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Q with Tom Power

Q with Tom Power

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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.Copyright © CBC 2023 Art Hourly
Episodes
  • Diego Luna on the absence that shaped his career
    Oct 21 2026

    Diego Luna (Rogue One, Y Tu Mamá También) has been acting since he was a child, starting out in Mexican cinema before taking on Hollywood blockbusters and some of television’s biggest shows. This year, he returned to the Toronto International Film Festival as a director with his latest film, Ashes. Diego sits down with Tom Power in the Q studio to talk about the choices that have shaped his career, what it was like coming face-to-face with Darth Vader on the set of Rogue One, and what he’s still searching for as a storyteller.

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    24 mins
  • Karine Vanasse on the real-world impact of the film Polytechnique
    Oct 21 2026

    Long before she stepped into her role as the intimidating, impeccably dressed host of The Traitors Canada and Les Traîtres, Karine Vanasse co-produced and starred in Polytechnique. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the harrowing film fundamentally changed the national conversation around the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, reframing it as an act of gender-based violence. Karine joins Tom Power to reflect on the fraught making of the film, its lasting real-world impact and why she ignored a teacher’s advice to quit acting.

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    21 mins
  • ‘Death looks after itself and I would take care of life’
    Oct 20 2026

    Tracey Emin is one of Britain’s most provocative artists. She’s known for turning sex, trauma, heartbreak and her own messy life into boundary-breaking art. But after surviving aggressive bladder cancer and major surgery, her relationship with her body — and her art — has fundamentally shifted. Spanning nearly 40 years of work from My Bed to her latest paintings, her retrospective, A Second Life, marks a profound new chapter. Tracey joins guest host Gill Deacon to talk about survival, healing through art and what it means to get a second shot at life.

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    33 mins
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