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2/28/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/28/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbors made the author a target in his own country. Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service and how the rise of the service economy is making us slaves to "service with a smile."
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2/27/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/27/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Canadian former professional tennis player Rebecca Marino.
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2/26/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/26/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: An exploration of the cultural resurgence and popularity of Benito Mussolini (aka Il Duce), who now adorns calendars and T-shirts in Italy. Multi-platinum singer and actor Josh Groban on his latest album, All that Echoes. Plus, canadian filmmaker, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, on his new documentary Shadows of Liberty.
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2/25/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/25/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Guardian journalist, James Ball, on a newly discovered software that is drawing the ire of civil liberty groups, Rapid Information Overlay Technology. Reactions from last night's Oscars with the Globe and Mail's Johanna Schneller, Macleans' Brian D. Johnson and Global's Katherine Monk. Q's Sports Culture Panel tackles the big stories of the past week, including Rebecca Marino's exit from tennis.
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2/22/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/22/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Friday Live performances from Rachel Sermanni. At just 21, the up-and-coming Scottish singer/songwriter brings her poetic folk to Studio Q, performing songs from her forthcoming debut record, "Under Mountains". Film critics David Haglund of Slate and Daniel D'Addario of Salon debate the truth controversies around this Sunday's best picture Oscar contenders "Argo", "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty". Are we learning flawed history from film? Hit-making '80s and '90s singer and songwriter Michael Bolton ("Love is a Wonderful Thing") on his memoir, "The Soul of It All". Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame.
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2/21/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/21/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams is behind a new documentary called "God Loves Uganda", examining the influence that American evangelical groups have on the hate-filled climate for gay people in Uganda. Long-running folk rock duo The Indigo Girls perform live from their latest album, "Beauty Queen Sister". Laura Anderson Barbata, a Mexican-American artist who fought for the recent dignified burial of the remains of Julia Pastrana, the 19th century circus performer known as the "ugliest woman in the world."
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2/20/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/20/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: journalist Jennifer Senior on how new research reveals the extent to which our adult lives are shaped by our high school experiences. Bestselling country music star Tim McGraw drops by with his new album, "Two Lanes of Freedom". Director Megumi Sasaki and Dorothy Vogel from the documentary "Herb and Dorothy 50X50" talk about the Vogels giving 50 works of art to 50 U.S. states.
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2/19/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/19/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Stanford professor Andrew Ng is co-founder of a popular educational initiative called Coursera, which partners with top universities to offer an array of online courses to the public. Americana musician Josh Ritter performs live from his forthcoming album, The Beast in its Tracks. U.K. food author and broadcaster Nigella Lawson on her latest cookbook, Nigelissima.
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2/18/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/18/2013 - It's the best of Q! Are North American children's playgrounds too safe? We'll hear a unique perspective from a European playground manufacturer. Punk musician Kathleen Hanna of the Riot Grrrl movement. Plus, a look at the Oscar-nominated documentary, Searching for Sugar Man.
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2/15/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/15/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Jian is back! Friday Live musical guest TBA. Jian welcomes the winning author and juror of the year's Canada Reads, in their first conversation after yesterday's victory. Q's Media Panel with John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star, and others. Joe Warwick & Wylie Dufresne, editor and contributor to Where Chefs Eat, an international guide of insider recommendations.
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2/14/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/14/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Jann Arden guest hosts! Country singer Chely Wright reflects on the impact of her disclosure that she is a lesbian, and her life and career since. Performance by singer Jill Barber, whose new album Chansons interprets classic French songs from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
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2/13/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/13/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Jann Arden guest hosts! Country singer Chely Wright reflects on the impact of her disclosure that she is a lesbian, and her life and career since. Performance by singer Jill Barber, whose new album "Chansons" interprets classic French songs from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
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2/12/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/12/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Jann Arden guest hosts! Olympic gold medallist snowboarder Ross Rebagliati explains why he's opening a marijuana dispensary in Whistler, British Columbia. PLUS Phoebe Baker Hyde on her memoir, "The Beauty Experiment".
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2/11/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/11/2013 - On Q, Terry O'Reilly guest hosts! First, it's a look at Gambia's newly-instituted four-day work week, as well as the history and conventions of work week length. Then, marine biolgist Edith Widder on her discovery and videotaping of a giant squid, the subject of a new Discovery Channel documentary.
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2/8/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/08/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Friday Live musical guest Toronto singer/songwriter Chloe Charles performs throughout the show. 21-year-old LGBT rights activist Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout who formed Scouts for Equality, on why he thinks the Boy Scouts of America should lift their ban on openly gay Scouts and troop leaders. Wired journalist Charles Graeber walks us through the strange tale of Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand-based founder of Megaupload. The debut of the song "Is Somebody Singing", astronaut Chris Hadfield's space-themed musical collaboration with Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson.
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2/7/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/07/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Is modern wheat our enemy? A Q debate with Dr. William Davis, author of the bestselling diet book "Wheat Belly", and Timothy Caulfield, professor of health law and science policy at the University of Alberta and author of "The Cure For Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness". Plus, making a salary from your YouTube channel and Torquil Campbell's Rant or Rave.
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2/6/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/06/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Canadian film producer Robert Lantos on his pitch to have an all-Canadian film cable channel, like the Independent Film Channel in the US. Performance from the inventive Brooklyn musical duo, Buke and Gase, from their new album General Dome. A look at Portand, Oregon's epic karaoke culture, called one of the most exciting music scenes in America.
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2/5/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/05/2013 - A victims' rights group is objecting to ex-boxer Mike Tyson's guest-starring role on the TV crime drama "Law and Order: SVU". Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992, and served 3 years in prison, and is playing a convict on the show. Foo Fighters' frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl on his new documentary about a fabled recording studio, Sound City. PLUS Ron Sexsmith performs from his new album, "Forever Endeavour".
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2/4/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/04/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Canadian women's hockey captain Hayley Wickenheiser on heading toward the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia...one year from this week. Cissy Houston on her memoir, "Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss and The Night the Music Stopped". PLUS, Q's Sports Culture Panel, today with Mary Ormsby and Stephen Brunt, reflects on the Super Bowl.
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2/1/13 5:00pm |
Q With Jian Ghomeshi show on 02/01/2013 - On Q with Jian Ghomeshi: Q is on the Road in Hamilton, Ontario today featuring JUNO Award-winning rockers the Arkells performing throughout the show. Other guests include blues artist Rita Chiarelli, world-renowned McMaster University geneticist Hendrik Poinar, playwright and provocateur Sky Gilbert, Hamilton film actor John Migliore, and Q's Hamilton Media Panel.
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