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The Mohawk artist Shelley Niro was inspired to professionally pursue art after seeing prints of Norval Morrisseau's work on the wall at her dentistâs office. Now, she has two prestigious Canadian contemporary art awards under her belt (the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the Scotiabank Photography Award) and sheâs celebrating her first major career retrospective, â500 Year Itch,â at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Shelley joins Tom Power to talk about the show, how her work uses pop culture and satire to puncture stereotypes about Indigenous people, and how she developed her unique sense of humour.
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Jeremie Albino is one of the most soulful voices in Canada right now. He grew up in Scarborough, Ont., but spent many years in rural parts of Ontario and Quebec, where he focused on his dual passions for farming and music. While he still has a green thumb, music kind of won out in the end. His new album, âOur Time in the Sun,â was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys who brought in some of Nashvilleâs best musicians to help out. Jeremie sits down with Tom Power to talk about the record and to set up his song âSo Many Ways To Say I Love You.â
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The American fashion designer Anna Sui helped create and define the styles that we now associate with â90s fashion. Widely regarded as a visionary and a trailblazer, Anna is known for her incredibly thoughtful yet whimsical designs that draw inspiration anywhere from Pre-Raphaelite art to Agatha Christie novels to coral reefs. She joins Tom Power to discuss some of her career highlights from that golden era, her lasting influence on the â90s aesthetic, and her new collaboration with Fluevog Shoes.
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Three years after the release of her acclaimed debut album, âAnything Canât Happen,â the Canadian singer-songwriter Dorothea Paas has returned with a brand new record, âThink of Mist.â She sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger to set up a song from the album.
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For the last two decades, the artist and author Oliver Jeffers has created childrenâs books, such as âHow to Catch a Starâ and his latest book âWhere to Hide a Star,â that have become staples in homes around the world. Oliver joins Tom Power to talk about his new book and how growing up amid the conflict in Northern Ireland gave him his life's mission to change the stories we tell.
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When you read about a global climate summit in the news, you probably don't see a lot about Jenga. But at this yearâs UN Biodiversity Conference (also known as COP16), the Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong unveiled a provocative large-scale art installation called âBiodiversity Jenga,â which really got people thinking about climate change. Some of Benjaminâs past work includes giant skulls made of electronic waste and a massive structure made of drinking straws. His work is accessible, whimsical and in-your-face. Benjamin talks to Tom Power about his latest installation, his âclickbait approachâ to activist art, and why he believes art is a key player in the survival of our planet.
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More than 20 years ago, Paris Hilton started building an entertainment empire that went hand in hand with her reputation for being a ditzy blonde heiress. But that wasnât her true self â it was a character she played in public as a trauma response. Now, sheâs dropped the character and is showing the public the real her. In this conversation with guest host Talia Schlanger, Paris opens up about her mental health struggle and the abuse she faced at a boarding school for troubled teens. Plus, she talks about making her return to music with her new album, âInfinite Icon,â and reuniting with Nicole Richie to celebrate 20 years of âThe Simple Life.â
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Tokyo Police Club started as a high school band in an Ontario suburb, but it didnât take long for them to become Canadian indie rock darlings. Now, after nearly 20 years together, Tokyo Police Club is calling it quits. Dave Monks and Graham Wright from the band sit down with Tom Power to tell us how theyâre feeling as they head into their final shows this week.
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The actor Henry Winkler spent 11 seasons playing The Fonz on âHappy Days,â and for much of that time, he was struggling with an undiagnosed learning disability. He only realized he had dyslexia at age 31, when his stepson was diagnosed. Now, Henry is a prolific childrenâs author whoâs helping kids who have trouble with literacy. He joins Tom Power to talk about the latest book in his âDetective Duckâ series, the shame he felt as an actor who struggled with reading, and what happens when you admit you need help.
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At this yearâs Cannes Film Festival, the director Payal Kapadia won the prestigious Grand Prix award for her debut narrative feature, âAll We Imagine as Light.â Itâs one of the buzziest films of the year and the first Indian film in 30 years to compete at Cannes. The story centres around three women who are each living and working in Mumbai. Though theyâre all financially independent, theyâre not free from the expectations of what it means to be women in a patriarchal society. Payal joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about making a film that celebrates female friendship, how she addressed some of her own biases against women in the film, and how she feels about it not being selected to represent India at the next Oscars.
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Malcolm Washington knows a thing or two about legacy. As the youngest son of Denzel and Pauletta Washington, he grew up in a movie-making family of actors, directors and producers. Now, Malcolm is entering the family business with his debut feature film, âThe Piano Lesson,â which is an adaptation of the revered August Wilson play of the same name. Itâs about what we pass on from one generation to another and the legacy we leave. Malcolm sits down with Tom Power to discuss his directorial debut, how he personally connected with the storyâs themes of legacy, and what itâs like to carve out your own path when your father is a truly legendary actor.
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Whether you call it naan, roti, lavash or tortilla, flatbread represents our cultures and traditions, showing us how food can unite us across borders. It's for that reason that the Canadian artist Sameer Farooq believes that flatbread belongs in a museum. His latest project, âFlatbread Library,â is a large-scale sculpture that indexes flatbread from different regions, sourced from bakeries around Toronto. Sameer sits down with Tom Power to tell us how a trip to Pakistan sparked the idea for the project, why bakers are the best sculptors, and how âFlatbread Libraryâ challenges what we typically see in museums.
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As a cinematographer, director and producer, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, The Addams Family, Get Shorty) has done a lot in the world of film and TV. Last month, he released his second memoir, âBest Possible Place, Worst Possible Time,â which is full of candid stories from his blockbuster career. Barry joins Tom Power to share some of those Hollywood stories, including the unique challenges of directing Michael Jackson on âMen In Black IIâ and the time he fired Donald Trump off of a Macyâs commercial. Plus, he tells us why he became a Canadian permanent resident in 2016.
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a Haida artist whoâs considered the father of Haida manga â a distinct style that combines the traditional art of his culture with contemporary Japanese comic book storytelling. His work explores themes of cultural identity, environmentalism and colonialism, while making it accessible in the graphic novel form. Michael sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger to discuss Haida manga and his new exhibit, âDiaries After a Flood,â which is on now at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto.
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People donât think Graham Isador is losing his sight. They think heâs an asshole.
Short Sighted is an attempt to explain what vision loss feels like by exploring how it sounds.
Written and hosted by master storyteller Graham Isador, the showâs mini episodes are an intimate and irreverent look at accessibility and its personal impacts.
Get lost in someone elseâs life. From a mysterious childhood spent on the run, to a courageous escape from domestic violence, each season of Personally invites you to explore the human experience in all its complexity, one story â or season â at a time. This is what it sounds like to be human.
More episodes of Personally are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/6dEWdP7z
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Leon Bridges is back with his fourth studio album, âLeon.â Itâs a moving collection of 13 songs that take a look at the place that shaped him as a person and as an artist: his home of Fort Worth, Texas. Leon joins Tom Power to reflect on his supersonic rise to fame after the release of his debut album, his evolving relationship with his faith and how that shows up in his music, and why Fort Worth is such a meaningful place to him.
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Graham Isador is a Canadian writer and playwright whoâs living with a degenerative eye disease called keratoconus, which means heâs losing his sight. But since thereâs no obvious sign of it, people donât always believe him. His new project, âShort Sighted,â started as a one-man play and is now a five-part podcast series that explains what itâs really like for him to lose his vision. Graham joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about the project and what heâs learned about himself along the way.
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It's not uncommon for big musical artists to take a break in between albums, but it is uncommon for them to use that break to go to Harvard Divinity School. That's exactly what Maggie Rogers did a few years ago at the height of her success. She sits down with Tom Power to talk about that decision, how she applied her theological studies to her work as a singer-songwriter, and how trusting her instincts and prioritizing fun on her latest album, âDonât Forget Me,â changed her approach to songwriting.
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As one of Bono and Ali Hewsonâs four children, Eve Hewson (The Perfect Couple, Flora and Son, The Knick) might be as close to Irish royalty as you can get. But sheâs also managed to carve out her own path in acting. While she has a few high-profile Hollywood films in the works, itâs the Irish stories, like the Emmy-nominated black comedy series âBad Sisters,â that she holds closest to her heart. Eve talks to Tom Power about where that Irish pride comes from and what drew her to her latest role in âBad Sisters,â which is back for Season 2.
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Samuel D. Hunter is the award-winning playwright and screenwriter behind âThe Whale.â His latest play, âA Case for the Existence of God,â is about an unlikely friendship between two men who have one thing in common: theyâre single fathers of young daughters. Samuel was inspired to write the play after he adopted his own daughter and realized that as a parent he no longer had "the luxury of being cynical.â He joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about the play, and why he puts so much of himself in his work.
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