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10/15/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 10/15/2013 - Happy Tuesday! Here's what's on tap for the show today: journalist David Kushner on the strange competition -- between the American government and corporations -- to recruit the most talented hackers in high stakes cyber-wars. Hockey legend -- and legendary Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr -- on his new memoir "Orr: My Story". World champion and 3-time X Games gold medalist, slopestyle skier and extreme athlete Kaya Turski. She's been an odds-on favourite to win the gold at Sochi until an injury threatened her Olympic dreams. We speak to her about her sport, recovery, and her friendship with the late skier friend Sarah Burke.
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10/14/13 7:00pm |
Michael Pollan / Patti Griffin / Rick Moranis - Jian talks with author and food expert Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma. Plus, a performance and chat with American folk-roots singer/songwriter, Patty Griffin. And comic, actor and SCTV alumnus Rick Moranis talks about his new album "My Mother's Brisket and Other Love Songs."
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10/11/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 10/11/2013 - Happy Friday! Here's what's on tap today on Q ... violinist James Ehnes performs throughout the show. The Brandon Manitoba native has become one of the world's most in-demand concert violinists. He's performed in more than 30 countries and has a total of 32 recordings released through 2013. The multiple Juno winner returns to Studio Q to perform and chat. Olga Khazan says that paid pro-Kremlin online trolling can create a chilling effect on the few independent media outlets that remain in Russia because it makes certain discussion forums meaningless. Q's media panel - Jonathan Kay, Judy Rebick, John Cruickshank - give us an inside perspective on the top news stories of the week. From the Best of Q, entertainment producer and philanthropist Mick Ebeling on his work with graffiti artist TEMPT ONE on the EyeWriter, a device that helps people with disabilities draw. Plus Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame!
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10/10/13 7:00pm |
Lorde - A performance and conversation with Lorde, the 16-year-old New Zealand singer whose hypnotic and culturally-insightful hit Royals, has made many observers see her as a kind of "anti-Miley Cyrus" figure among young women in the pop mainstream. Find out what she thinks of that description. Also, Vince August, a New Jersey judge whose sideline as a stand-up comedian has put him in professional hot water.
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10/9/13 7:00pm |
Richard Dawkins - Q debate: should a law school be able to require students to promise not to have gay sex? Also, author and scientist Richard Dawkins on the roots and flowering of his controversial and outspoken atheism, as well as his new memoir, "An Appetite for Wonder". Plus, a performance by internationally-renowned pianist and Q favourite, 18 year old Jan Lisiecki.
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10/8/13 7:00pm |
10/08/2013 - Peter Buffett -- philanthropist son of multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett -- has some surprising views on the charitable rich, and the way that random acts of philanthropy actually sustain global inequality. Rock legend Robbie Robertson -- guitarist and co-founder for The Band, as well as a solo singer-songwriter -- has collaborated with artist manager Jim Guerinot and his son to produce a book and CD set for young people that tells the stories of major figures in music...from Ray Charles to Bob Dylan. Michelle Maclaren, television director, talks about the rewards of expressing the visual style of TV dramas including Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.
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10/7/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 10/07/2013 - Ashley Merriman -- co-writer of "NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children" -- on why the "everyone's a winner" philosophy around sports and achievement is bad for kids...and society. Jack Johnson - the singer-songwriter (and former surfer from Hawaii) has made the top of the Billboard album charts for the fourth consecutive time...with his latest melodic, dreamy pop "From Here to Now to You". He performs and talks to Jian in studio Q. Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter.com on how crowd-funding is transforming culture ... and why it's okay for celebrities to use it too.
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10/4/13 7:00pm |
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - Friday Live: Performances throughout the show from Montreal rock band Yamantaka//Sonic Titan perform an genre-bending blend of operatic, heavy and progressive tunes. They stop by Studio Q to play songs from their new album, "Uzu".
Also, UK writer Ian Leslie talks about how the internet is having a chilling-effect on gossip and why gossiping is good for us.
And, Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame + Friday Live performance and conversation with Montreal rock band Yamantaka//Sonic Titan.
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10/3/13 7:00pm |
Everybody Matters - A conversation with former Irish president and UN Commissioner of Human Rights Mary Robinson on her memoir, Everybody Matters - a book that explores how her own roots led her to fight for justice around the globe.
City & Colour, a.k.a Dallas Green, performs a preview from his new album, "The Hurry and the Form".
The leader of the Berlin protest Occupy Barbie's Dream House explains why he and others are so upset that Mattel has set up a lifesized Barbie dollhouse experience for children to visit in that city.
New York choreographer and dancer Mark Morris, one of the most imaginative and in-demand dance world fiigures at work today. He's collaborated with the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Yo Yo Ma. His Mark Morris Dance Group is in Toronto to perform a work inspired by the poetry of Milton, the paintings of Blake and the music of Handel.
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10/2/13 7:00pm |
Q On Sports / Night Vale - The series -- Q on Sports: Legends, Rebels, and Recordbreakers -- continues with Sports Illustrated writer David Epstein talking about his new book The Sports Gene, an investigation of what science is telling us about athletic excellence.
Also, a welcome to Night Vale, an independent podcast that's been described as "NPR from the Twilight Zone." It's shot to the #1 spot on the iTunes charts. We hear from star Cecil Baldwin and writer Jeffrey Cranor about the secret of their success and how the internet is reviving the art of radio drama.
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10/1/13 7:00pm |
Ken Taylor | Daughter - Former Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor - the subject of a new documentary called, "Our Man in Tehran" - tells us the real story behind the Iranian hostage crisis and how they were misrepresented in the Hollywood blockbuster "Argo".
And, London-based trio Daughter stop by Studio Q to perform songs from their acclaimed, award-winning debut album "If You Leave".
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9/30/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/30/2013 - John Densmore, drummer for legendary rockers The Doors, on his new book, which chronicles his decision to fight -- in court -- his former bandmates wish to sell their song "Break on Through (to the Other Side") to Cadillac in 2004 for millions of dollars. Margaret Atwood on her latest dystopian novel, "Madaddam". And from the Best of Q, Mexican-American director Guillermo del Toro on his new movie, "Pacific Rim". Del Toro combines his encyclopaedic insight into film with a fanboy's glee for genre films...and his much-anticipated aliens versus robots blockbuster holds the promise of intelligence along with thrilling visuals.
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9/27/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/27/2013 - Q is live from POP MONTREAL and our special guests tonight include ... Polaris Prize-winning artist Patrick Watson; acclaimed experimental pop group BRAIDS; award-winning comedian Sugar Sammy, well known for his cheeky, multilingual humour; New York Times best-selling novelist, Louise Penny; star of the hit Quebec film Louis Cyr, Antoine Bertrand and a special Montreal media panel!
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9/26/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/26/2013 - Gill Deacon talks to Haifaa Al Mansour, the female director of Saudi Arabia's first-ever feature film "Wadjda" about a little girl who competes in a Koranic recitation contest to try and pay for the bicycle she covets, but cannot -- as a girl -- ride in public. It's being tipped as a possible Oscar contender. Writer Adam Gopnik and producer Catherine Burns on The Moth anthology...a collection of stories from the popular storytelling event, podcast, and radio hour. Writer and academic Karen Fricker, expert on the annual Eurovision Song Contest, on the bribery scandal that is putting recent results into question.
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9/25/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/25/2013 - Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and her Manufactured Landscapes collaborator, photographer Edward Burtynsky explore water around the world as compromised natural resource in their new documentary, Watermark. Performance from folksinger Basia Bulat, a preview from her forthcoming album, Tall Tall Shadow. She'll be touring North America this fall. Jian talks to the curators of musician David Bowie, a travelling exhibition featuring objects from his personal archive, described as celebrating the groundbreaking artist's collaborations in the fields of fashion, sound, theatre, art and film.
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9/24/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/24/2013 - Marc Maron, the veteran stand-up comic, turned around a troubled life and flagging career with the success of his comedy conversation podcast WTF, and parlayed it this year into a memoir, TV series, and popular performances across the continent...including tonight at the Just for Laughs Festival in Toronto. Writer, thinker, and former Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff, on his new memoir, Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics.
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9/23/13 7:00pm |
Q -- 09/23/2013 - Jian launches the new season-long series Q on Sports: Legends, Rebels and Record Breakers today with one of the most successful, colourful and controversial figures in the sporting world: Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, home to hugely popular mixed martial arts matches. Jad Abumrad, co-host of Radiolab, the inventive, award-winning NPR radio show and podcast about science, philosophy and big ideas. Vancouver musician Matthew Good performs from his new album, Arrows of Desire.
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9/20/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/20/2013 - Live performance throughout the show from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, from her new album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon. Q's media panel looks at the top news stories of the week. Comic Janeane Garofalo, who is a featured performer at this year's Just For Laughs. We also have a new installment of Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame!
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9/19/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/19/2013 - Filmmaker Alan Zweig explains the cultural argument behind his provocative new documentary, When Jews Were Funny -- a recent award-winner at the Toronto International Film Festival. The personal story behind a pop song chorus. Mary Lambert is a Christian singer who has come to wider prominence as the featured singer and songwriter on Same Love, a top 40 hit in support of gay marriage by rappers Macklemore and Lewis.
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9/18/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/18/2013 - Actor Michael C Hall reflects on the end of his time as TV's favourite killer "Dexter", and on his very different role as a murder victim in the forthcoming film "Kill Your Darlings", based on the true story of a Beat-era murder. Slash, solo act and Guns N' Roses guitarist, talks about his latest incarnation as a producer of, you guessed it, horror films.
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