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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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9/17/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/17/2013 - Technology writer Andrew Leonard on how the internet is killing the ad industry, and why an online ad blocker -- designed to shield people from irritating advertisements during internet use -- has actually been letting some through, on behalf of advertisers. Indie music icon Iron and Wine a.k.a. Samuel Beam performs from his latest album, "Ghost on Ghost". When NPR's Scott Simon tweeted his mother's dying moments, it started a conversation about how social media is changing our approach to death. We talk to hospice worker and "death café" facilitator Lizzy Miles and Larry Samuel, author of "Death American Style" about how changing tastes and increased transparency may be resulting in more open discussions about death.
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9/16/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/16/2013 -
North America's first in-patient rehab program for Internet Addiction opened last week. We convene a Q debate between Dr. David Greenfield -- founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction -- and influential psychiatrist and Saving Normal author Allen Frances on whether the increasingly popular diagnosis of internet addiction is a positive development. UK comic Eddie Izzard, an advocate for cross-border and cross-language comedy, recently visited a Syrian refugee camp as an Ambassador for UNICEF UK, and ran a series of marathons in tribute to Nelson Mandela. He's about to embark on a cross-Canada tour with his stand-up show "Force Majeure". Scottish electropop band Chvches returns to Studio Q. Their first album, "The Bones of What You Believe", comes out next week.
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9/13/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/13/2013 - Live performances throughout the show from indie pop band Young Galaxy, playing from their latest album, "Ultramarine". PLUS, a Detroit prosecutor on how she is publicly fundraising to investigate neglected rape cases.
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9/12/13 7:00pm |
Denis Villeneuve on Enemy - From the Toronto International Film Festival, Quebec and now Hollywood director Denis Villeneuve on his film Enemy, one of two recent outings starring actor Jake Gyllenhaal in dark, psychological roles about identity.
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9/11/13 7:00pm |
MMA For Kids, Tom Hiddleston, Vanessa Paradis - Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a controversial past-time even for adults -- so you might be surprised that it is also growing in popularity for kids. Advocates say it's not only great for fitness, but can also build confidence and help prevent bullying too. We convene a Q debate between a former MMA fighter turned politician who runs an MMA-based anti-bullying program for young people and a psychology professor at Queen's University and bullying researcher. Then a look at the latest from New York director Jim Jarmusch and the new comedy "Fading Gigolo," co-starring Woody Allen, and John Turturro.
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9/10/13 7:00pm |
Q 09/10/2013 - Following the recent murder of an Indian doctor known for debunking miracles, we speak with his friend, another prominent Indian rationalist, Sanal Edamaruku -- presently in exile in Finland -- about the dangers and challenges of taking on superstition in India. Then, actor Jessie Eisenberg and writer/director Richard Ayoade on The Double, a new film based on a Dostoevsky novella about a man whose life is upended by another man who looks uncannily like him. And Amanda Lindhout on her memoir, A House in the Sky, which details her experience as a freelance journalist kidnapped and held for ransom in Somalia for over a year with her photojournalist friend.
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9/6/13 7:00pm |
Q 9/6/13 - Happy Friday! Today on the show: Polaris Prize-nominated rockers Metz perform from their latest, self-titled album. As our Friday Live guests, the explosive Toronto post-punk trio will wow us throughout the show. Q's media panel is back! Ready to weigh in on the latest news, we have: rabble.ca's Judy Rebick, Toronto Star publisher John Cruickshank, and Jonathan Kay of the National Post. Daniel Bruhl, the Spanish-born German actor who co-stars in a new film, a drama about the Wikileaks affair and the rise and fall of Julian Assange called The Fifth Estate. The film opened last night's Toronto International Film Festival. And Elvira Kurt is back with a new addition to the cultural hall of shame!
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9/5/13 7:00pm |
Q 9/5/13 - Yahoo technology columnist and former New York Times writer Virginia Heffernan explains why she chose to come out as a creationist this summer, a move that generated a great hue and cry from fellow journalists. Then, the new documentary The Square, which follows the historic events in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011 as activism spreads in the street and on social media. Finally, the co-founders of website Rap Genius -- a user-generated site that decodes hip hop lyrics -- explain their ambitious expansion plans and their mission to out-wiki Wikipedia.
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9/4/13 7:00pm |
Q 9/4/13 - A rare conversation from Beijing with Chinese visual artist Ai Weiwei. The internationally-lauded sculptor and creator of politically-charged work in many media is still under constant surveillance and forbidden from leaving China, despite a global reputation that admires his truth-seeking, human rights-conscious work. Then the creator of Axe Cop, Ethan Nicolle, a comic turned TV cartoon that tells action-packed adventure and science fiction stories that come from the mind of the creator's 5-year-old brother. And Q's roving cultural correspondent Torquil Campbell is back for a new season of ranting and raving.
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9/3/13 7:00pm |
Q 9/3/13 - Why is China cracking down on its "internet famous" citizens? Jian talks with a Wall St Journal reporter in Beijing. Also, a live performance by Neko Case and her band, who perform from her new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. And, why a TV drama called Hormones, about a group of teens experimenting with drugs and sex, is eliciting both praise and fury in Thailand.
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8/28/13 7:00pm |
Singer-Songwriter Joni Mitchell - A full show special on singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Jian interviewed the music legend at her home in Los Angeles, and the result is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on everything from why she stopped singing, and her transition to becoming a full-time painter, to originality versus plagiarism in the music industry.
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8/27/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/27/2013 - Jian's back this week with the Best of Q! He'll talk with Dov Charney - the Montreal-born CEO and founder of clothing manufacturer and retailer American Apparel, which prides itself on a "sweatshop free," fair wages domestic factories. And later he is joined by Bootsy Collins bass player from Parliment-Funkadelic. Then, multi-talented singer and actor Mandy Patinkin talks about Homeland.
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8/26/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/26/2013 - Jian's back this week with the Best of Q! Jian's interview with actor Zach Braff, co-star of the movie "Oz the Great and Powerful". Braff talks about the privileges and challenges of going from a longtime role as a memorable character in TV's "Scrubs" to finding a different identity behind and in front of the camera. Jian's interview with mixed martial arts fighter Georges St. Pierre on his memoir, "The Way of the Fight". Tracing his journey from a bullied kid to athlete, it's described as "an intimate, human and philosophical look at the life of the MMA world champion." Jian's interview with Dominican-American fiction writer Junot Diaz discusses his haunting, raw, and hilarious short story collection about love, "This Is How You Lose Her".
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8/23/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/23/2013 - Guest host Kevin Sylvester talks with Baz Luhrmann, celebrated director of Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, and Romeo and Juliet about his latest film The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film comes out on Blu Ray, this week.Also, journalist Emily Brady on her book "Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier," which looks at how an insular town in Northern California has thrived for almost four decades thanks largely to its underground marijuana trade, and how the community grapples with the potential legalization of weed.And, from the Best of Q, Jian's interview with musician Trent Reznor, a relentless experimenter who marries technology and creativity.
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8/23/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi - Guest host Kevin Sylvester talks with Baz Luhrmann, celebrated director of Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, and Romeo and Juliet about his latest film The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film comes out on Blu Ray, this week.
Also, journalist Emily Brady on her book "Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier," which looks at how an insular town in Northern California has thrived for almost four decades thanks largely to its underground marijuana trade, and how the community grapples with the potential legalization of weed.
And, from the Best of Q, Jian's interview with musician Trent Reznor, a relentless experimenter who marries technology and creativity.
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8/22/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/22/2013 - Guest host Kevin Sylvester talks with Sean Dunne, director of Oxyana, on his new documentary about a West Virginia town ravaged by Oxycontin. And, from the Best of Q, Jian's interview with writer Mohsin Hamid whose breakthrough novel is "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," about a Pakistani man working on Wall Street. It's now a feature film.
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8/21/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/21/2013 - Guest host Kevin Sylvester talks with acclaimed New York genre-bending Gypsy punks Gogol Bordello . . . a group lead by Ukrainian frontman Eugene H tz. They stop by Studio-Q for a chat and to perform songs from their latest album Pura Vida Conspiracy.
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8/20/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/20/2013 - Our guest host this week is Kevin Sylvester. From the Best of Q, Pete Townshend, guitarist and songwriter for The Who, on his incredible influence both in rock music and as composer and lyricist of the hit musical "Tommy" opening at this year's Stratford Festival.
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8/19/13 7:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 08/19/2013 - Our guest host this week is broadcaster and children's author Kevin Sylvester. Celebrated American linguist, philosopher and political activist, Noam Chomsky on the recent revelation that the CIA kept a secret file on him, and his reactions to the NSA scandal.
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