Five days a week acclaimed interviewer Tom Power sits down with the artists, writers, actors and musicians who define pop culture. Whether he’s ribbing Adele, singing a boyband classic with Simu Liu, or dissecting faith with U2 frontman Bono – Tom brings the same curiosity, respect and meticulous preparation into every conversation. He also has a track record for interviewing artists on the precipice of stardom – like Lizzo and Billie Eilish — who appeared on Q well before hitting the mainstream. Hear your favourite artists as they truly are, every weekday with Tom Power.
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[Full episode] Kathleen Robertson, Tom Wilson, Domanique Grant, Tareq Hadhad and Jonathan Keijser, Christine Jensen
Actor, writer and producer Kathleen Robertson talks about adapting the 1994 film Swimming With Sharks into a dramatic series that reflects on Hollywood today, including the #MeToo movement. Musician Tom Wilson shares how he learned that the parents who raised him were not his birth parents and that his biological mother was a family friend from the Kahnawake reserve. Singer-songwriter Domanique Grant talks about her new EP, QUEEN/DOM Chapter 1: Queen, and the family tensions that inspired her song Save Me. Entrepreneur Tareq Hadhad and filmmaker Jonathan Keijser discuss Peace by Chocolate, a new film based on Hadhad's family story. Christine Jensen, the artistic director and conductor of the new Canadian National Jazz Orchestra, fills us in on the project, which has gathered musicians from across the country to perform Canadian compositions.