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Alison Bechdel on making money and seeing Fun Home in a new light
Jun 4, 2025 – 00:37:14 -
David A. Robertson puts stories at the heart of reconciliation
Jun 1, 2025 – 00:39:11 -
An opera singer gives voice to the Grenadian revolution
May 28, 2025 – 00:33:31 -
When young men murder, what can we learn?
May 25, 2025 – 00:32:58 -
Music, sex and finding the soundtrack to queer joy
May 21, 2025 – 00:32:29 -
Weightlifting made Casey Johnston stronger — in muscle and mind
May 18, 2025 – 00:30:14 -
Fans asked for another happy ending — Carley Fortune delivered
May 14, 2025 – 00:32:05 -
Bookends Introduces | Understood: Who Broke the Internet
May 12, 2025 – 00:38:29 -
Ocean Vuong finds beauty in a fast food shift
May 11, 2025 – 00:36:59 -
Writing about catastrophe gives Madeleine Thien courage
May 7, 2025 – 00:36:23 -
Fighting for an unlawful love in Uganda
May 4, 2025 – 00:32:05 -
NOT CLICKBAIT! She stole her dead twin sister’s identity!?
Apr 30, 2025 – 00:29:57 -
What if your dreams could land you in jail?
Apr 27, 2025 – 00:36:29 -
Meet the winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
Apr 23, 2025 – 00:21:13 -
Why you can’t forget your first love
Apr 20, 2025 – 00:33:17 -
Why growing up is so hard — and why Canadians are so funny
Apr 16, 2025 – 00:30:27 -
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s triumphant return to fiction
Apr 13, 2025 – 00:35:49 -
Scaachi Koul calls herself a professional ex-wife
Apr 9, 2025 – 00:31:52 -
Yes, tuberculosis is still a thing — John Green tells us why
Apr 6, 2025 – 00:29:19 -
Mapping the stories of Uganda’s abducted children
Apr 2, 2025 – 00:31:22 -
Kate Bush spins a magical story on her album Hounds of Love
Mar 30, 2025 – 00:46:50 -
Curtis Sittenfeld is fascinated by fame
Mar 26, 2025 – 00:32:06 -
Emma Donoghue boards a train destined for disaster
Mar 23, 2025 – 00:33:38 -
Why Heather O’Neill believes in magic
Mar 19, 2025 – 00:24:18 -
Getting to know Canada’s king of suspense
Mar 16, 2025 – 00:38:25 -
How Frida Kahlo and Sylvia Plath inspired a novel about chronic pain
Mar 12, 2025 – 00:34:52 -
We can still avoid a tech dystopia — here’s how
Mar 9, 2025 – 00:41:05 -
In the Caribbean, secret lives come at a cost
Mar 5, 2025 – 00:34:12 -
Pitbull, Scarface and a whale walk into a book
Mar 2, 2025 – 00:39:53 -
Emily Austin: Would life be easier as a rat? And other ways to escape adulthood
Feb 26, 2025 – 00:38:06 -
Nnedi Okorafor: Bringing a writer to life in Death of the Author
Feb 23, 2025 – 00:28:56 -
Jack Wang: Reimagining the lost stories of Chinese Canadians during WWII
Feb 19, 2025 – 00:34:30 -
Helen Phillips: In a world run by AI, what makes us human?
Feb 16, 2025 – 00:29:13 -
Daniel Aleman: Loneliness inspired a novel about a Grindr date gone fatally wrong
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:32:22 -
Kate Gies: Reclaiming her body after years of medical trauma
Feb 9, 2025 – 00:33:42 -
Emma Knight: 'Bad' mothers make good stories — and are more true-to-life
Feb 5, 2025 – 00:36:14 -
Imani Perry: Tracing blue through Black American life
Feb 2, 2025 – 00:34:14 -
Chris Ware: Inside the sketchbooks of a comics master
Jan 26, 2025 – 00:53:58 -
Amy Lin: Widowed at 31, she looks for the beauty in grief
Jan 22, 2025 – 00:23:29 -
Rumaan Alam: How would you spend a billion dollars?
Jan 19, 2025 – 00:35:00 -
Rachel Robb: Exploring reconciliation and the natural world
Jan 15, 2025 – 00:18:43 -
Judith Butler: Breaking down why people fear gender
Jan 12, 2025 – 00:39:56 -
Zoe Whittall: Why heartbreak is a valid form of grief
Jan 8, 2025 – 00:28:12 -
Adrian Tomine: Answering his readers’ burning questions
Jan 5, 2025 – 00:31:50 -
Bookends: Highlights from 2024
Dec 29, 2024 – 00:53:17 -
Samantha Harvey: In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
Dec 22, 2024 – 00:50:57 -
Bryan Lee O’Malley: 20 years of Scott Pilgrim
Dec 18, 2024 – 00:28:56 -
Nita Prose: The Maid series returns with a Christmas twist
Dec 15, 2024 – 00:36:38 -
Charles Burns: Why the comics icon keeps returning to teenage angst
Dec 11, 2024 – 00:33:18 -
Pasha Malla: Parodying a wellness resort with horror and humour
Dec 8, 2024 – 00:34:26
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