Madeleine Thien : The Book of Records
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
2:00:32 | May 19th, 2025
The Book of Records is many things: a book of historical fiction and speculative fiction, a meditation on time and on space-time, on storytelling and truth, on memory and the imagination, a book that...Show More
The only word that can be used to adequately describe Kapka’s work is ‘mesmerizing.’ The effect either of reading her writing or of listening to her speak is one of being swept into what feels like an...Show More
Hear a panel discussion from Big Ears 2025 titled 1965: Sound, Fire & Revolution, where guitarist Nels Cline, bassist Melvin Gibbs, and drummer Chad Taylor, join critic and author Nate Chinen to refle...Show More
Early in August, Record Store Day held their annual "Summer Camp" meeting in New Orleans, once again returning to the lovely Hotel Monteleone, in the heart of the French Quarter, for a few days of mee...Show More
Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive?
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
2:12:14 | Jun 27th, 2025
Don’t miss today’s conversation with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive into the mysteries of words and rivers, of speech acts as spells, whorls as worlds, of grammars of animacy, of...Show More
Richard Powers : The Overstory
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
1:30:10 | Nov 1st, 2019
“This book is beyond special. Richard Powers manages to turn trees into vivid and engaging characters, something that indigenous people have done for eons but that modern literature has rarely if ever...Show More
Joe Boyd
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
1:00:46 | Nov 4th, 2025
Joe Boyd has spent more than six decades as a producer, label executive, and writer whose influence extends far beyond the studio. From producing Nick Drake's luminous folk albums to working with Fair...Show More
The Mirror and the Light is the final book in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy, showcasing the final years of Thomas Cromwell. Before you watch the newest season of the tv show, listen to Mantel talk...Show More
What do you owe to a stranger who arrives at your door? In ancient Greece, hospitality (or xenia) was seen as a sacred moral imperative. Someone who defied the obligations placed on both host and gues...Show More
Universality is the core promise of human rights: these rights extend to everyone, everywhere. But above all else, this is where we have failed. In his first CBC Massey Lecture, Alex Neve explores how...Show More