Tapestrywith Mary Hynes

Journalist Talia Lavin is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for many reasons, including the fact that he reminds her of a zaydie — the Yiddish term for grandfather. Lavin reflects on what it would mean to have a Jewish president and wonders if America is ready.

iskwē delves into the motivation behind her song, Little Star, and explains why it’s important that her Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences feel included in the experience of her performances.

Nova Scotia’s Frank Kadillac reflects on his musical mission with his band Neon Dreams, how a spiritual retreat helped him process trauma and how music has given him a special opportunity to connect with fans.

Rabbi Harold Kushner became a household name after he published his bestselling book Why Bad Things Happen to Good People. His signature blend of hard-earned wisdom, compassion and straight-talk have made him one of Tapestry’s most requested guests.

Tim Lomas is the creator of The Positive Lexicography Project, a collection of roughly 1,300 words from 120 languages. Each word captures a unique experience of well-being that doesn’t have a direct English translation. If you learn the word, can you access the feeling?

Tim Lomas is the curator of an online lexicography of words from over 100 languages that all have this one thing in common: they aren't translatable. CBC Radio's William Firth hosts a show entirely in the Gwich'in language.

From a young age, William Firth knew he would dedicate his life to learning, regenerating, and passing on Gwich’in, a language he learned from elders in the Northwest Territories. Every weekday, he reaches the several hundred speakers of the language through his all-Gwich’in CBC Radio show.

Mohammed Hashim is known to some as the Toronto Muslim community’s crisis manager. He helps those who face intense Islamophobic attacks in the heat of a media firestorm navigate the messy and often difficult road ahead.

Mohammed Hashim on how he became the “unofficial crisis manager” for Canadian Muslims. Victoria Yang remembers how she was treated as a Chinese-Canadian during the SARS outbreak.

Victoria Yang remembers how she was treated as a Chinese-Canadian during the SARS outbreak and explains how she’s working through that shame to reclaim her heritage.

Dr. Willie Parker is a religious man who felt called to work in a very different setting than the one he had imagined for himself as an obstetrician. He’s one of the few doctors in the American South who provides abortions. Dr. Parker says answering that call wasn’t just a medical decision - it was a spiritual one.

Dev Cuny grew up in a charismatic Evangelical home. Coming out as queer meant being condemned to hell. They tried to pray the gay away. It didn't work. Now Dev Cuny helps other survivors of conversion therapy.

A tormented Cuny agreed to undergo gay conversion therapy, survived the abusive experience, and now helps other survivors. Dr. Willie Parker on why he felt morally and spiritually compelled to do perform abortions.

Alexander Leon, a London-based LGBTQ activist, spent his childhood pretending to be someone else. He posted a tweet about his experience growing up gay and his search for authenticity in adulthood — and it went viral.

A viral tweet inspires feelings of solidarity around queer identity and the search for authenticity. And one woman grapples with the traditions around marriage, a decade after same-sex unions were legalized.

After coming out and getting into a serious relationship, Lauren Strapageil wants to one day get married. But she wrestles with the institution of marriage and its place in the LGBTQ community.

Leona Godin discovered punk rock around the time she began to lose her eyesight. From its mistrust of authority to its brutal aesthetic, the punk scene spoke to the part of Leona that didn’t want to ‘make nice’ but wanted to make noise.

Originally broadcast in September 2007, this is one of the most requested episodes we’ve ever produced. Poet Coleman Barks and the ‘modern-day mystic’ Andrew Harvey explore all the ways Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, speaks to 21st-century hearts and minds.

When he was cast as Herod in the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Richard Kelly Kemick, an agnostic, found himself immersed in conversations about faith and surrounded by believers. Despite their differences, Kemick was startled by how much they had in common.

Leona Godin reflects on the strange symmetry between discovering punk rock and losing her eyesight as a girl. And agnostic Richard Kelly Kemick recounts his summer playing Herod among a cast of believers in the Badlands of Alberta.