Atlantic Voice

From archival snippets of slave names to modern police shootings, filmmaker and writer Sylvia Hamilton filters those Black experiences - and her own - into her @GaspereauPress poetry collection, Tender. Sylvia reads from her book in this week's episode: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Throughout his life, Craig Mackie used his voice to help others. He decided to do the same as he faced death, and his choice of medical assistance in dying. Listen to A Living Wake: this week's doc by @JDoriaBrownCBC cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

From personal flubs to professional flops: don’t ignore your failures - talk about them. Hear from 2 people who think *a lot* about failure in this week's episode, The F Word. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra….

"Rita Joe did not spend decades fighting to find her talk, for me to not try." This week: an evening with the next generation of Mi'kmaw writers, inspired by the legendary poet. From an @AfterwordsF event | episode by @MoiraDonovan | 📷: Stoo Metz cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

A stroke at age 41 changed this N.S. musician's life. Her music changed, too cbc.ca/1.6766783

When Alana Yorke woke up one morning, her left arm wouldn't work. In the weeks that followed, the musician had to relearn, rethink and rebound. Alana's Anthem, by @CBCNS producer @KnoxCarsten cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Music production is a male-dominated field. But 4 producers in Nova Scotia share their thoughts and sounds on why that's changing, in this week's doc. Behind the Mixing Board, from CBC's Aly Thomson cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Alone and pregnant, Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa came to St. John's from Nigeria for her PhD. 5 years on, her degree and family are thriving. So are her side hustles, helping other immigrants find their way in Canada. Changemaking with Joy, with @HeatherMGillis cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Fleeing a war - and ending up in Newfoundland and Labrador. The story of those arriving in a strange land, where things didn't stay strange for very long. Flights(s) from Ukraine: this week's documentary from @hillier_c and @KrissyHolmes cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

One province holds a dubious distinction in the cost of living crunch: PEI has had the highest inflation in Canada for almost 2 years. How are Islanders coping? Laura Meader & Maggie Brown of @CBCPEI bring us their stories, and sacrifices, this week. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

'I want to start conversations': Why author Michelle Butler Hallett writes about disability cbc.ca/1.6728129

Michelle Butler Hallett is an award-winning novelist from St. John's - but she turns the pen on herself in her very personal essay, "You're Not Disabled, Disabled." Listen to part of that work and hear from Michelle on our latest episode cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

How Buddhist nuns are building bridges in wake of monastery controversy (link to our latest doc in here too.) cbc.ca/1.6718938

In our latest doc, meet some of the Buddhist nuns who make their home in the eastern corner of PEI. And how when they looked to expand their home- they found confrontation instead. Outside the Monastery, produced @JannaGraham cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Pianos aren't the household fixtures they used to be. When @myfanwycbc acquired one for free, it sparked this doc: of household pianos, and the people who love them. (1st aired in 2016.) cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Meet the scientists and their underwater drones tackling the 'weirdly complicated' world of ocean carbon cbc.ca/1.6685660

New year, new doc. Head out on a Newfoundland expedition using underwater drones try to answer pressing scientific questions, like: why is the North Atlantic so good at absorbing carbon, and how much more can it hold? cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

The night sky over Mi'kmaki: a Q&A with astronomer Hilding Neilson (and a link to listen to this week's show) cbc.ca/1.6679072

This week: where stars and culture intersect. Astromer Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej joins us to talk about Indigenizing astronomy, the language and ethics of exploring space, and share some Mi'kmaw stories cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

New Canadians face a parenting challenge: instilling heritage languages in their children. The CBC's Mariam Mesbah meets families around Moncton making that happen - and why this is about much more than grammar - in this week's doc, Speaking of Home. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…