On the eve of Snow’s Informer and Bran Van 3000’s Drinking In L.A. being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, music critics Dalton Higgins and Stuart Berman look back on the impact these two acts and their music had on pop culture then and now. Plus, author and publisher Michael Hingston chats with host Elamin Abdelmahmoud about the legendary ... Show More
Yesterday
Mariah Carey's new album, and why she's still one of the most iconic singers of our time
Elamin is joined by culture critics Pablo The Don and Michael Blackmon, along with Juno nominated singer Tanika Charles to discuss ‘Here For It All’ - the new album from Mariah Carey, and why she remains one of the most iconic singer/songwriters of our time. Fill out our listener ... Show More
25m 35s
Oct 7
The pressure on writers to write the next bestseller, and the Japanese film Demon Slayer
There’s a mounting pressure on writers to turn their debut books into bestsellers, but it hasn’t always been this way. The Walrus writer Tajja Isen and author Jen Sookfong Lee join Elamin to talk about how publishers are relying on incomplete data to predict the next big thing, i ... Show More
25m 11s
Sep 2024
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
Poet Kathleen Jamie, whose tenure as Scotland's Makar, or National Poet, recently came to an end, talks about her new collection of poems written in Scots, The Keelie Hawk. Composer Helen Grime, soprano Claire Booth and author Zoe Gilbert chat about the world premiere of Folk, an ... Show More
42m 23s
Aug 2021
Jimmy Cliff on New Music, Working with Tarrus Riley, and the 50th Anniversary of The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff grabs some talk time with Kyle Meredith to tell us about his new single, “Human Touch,” and the upcoming album, Bridges. The reggae legend tips us on working with Tarrus Riley in the producer chair, reveals where his unending source of positivity comes from, and share ... Show More
11m 52s
Aug 2022
Beyoncé's album Renaissance, poet Don Paterson, the New Diorama Theatre, Free-for-All exhibition, Nichelle Nichols remembered
Beyoncé's Renaissance: we discuss Beyoncé's house and disco inspired new album – her first solo material in six years - and her huge significance as an artist and cultural icon. Nick is joined by Jacqueline Springer – curator, music journalist and lecturer- and by the writer an ... Show More
42m 5s
Mar 2022
Tears for Fears, English Heritage, Unboxed Festival, Welsh poetry on St. David's Day
Tears For Fears, the duo who sound-tracked the 1980s with songs such as Shout, Mad World and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, have just released a new album, their first for 17 years. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal tell Samira Ahmed about The Tipping Point and how they reached i ... Show More
42m 11s
Oct 2024
Musician Laraaji on the origin of creativity
Sean revisits his interview with musician Laraaji, a pioneer of new age music who has recorded more than 50 albums since he was discovered busking in a park by Brian Eno. Laraaji and Sean discuss inspiration, flow states, and what moves us to create.This is the second conversatio ... Show More
47m 6s
Feb 2022
Erin Doherty on new drama Chloe, Andrei Kurkov on culture in Ukraine, true crime podcasts
Erin Doherty shot to fame playing Princess Anne in The Crown and joins Tom to discuss her latest role as social media obsessed stalker Becky in BBC drama Chloe.The writer Andrei Kurkov talks about literature, TV, music and cultural festivals across Ukraine.Documentary and true cr ... Show More
42m 20s