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…

This week: where stars and culture intersect. Astromer Hilding Neilson Hilding Neilson 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…

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

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…

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

Pianos aren't the household fixtures they used to be. When myfanwy davies 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…

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…

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

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…

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

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 CBC P.E.I. bring us their stories, and sacrifices, this week. 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 Caroline Hillier and Krissy Holmes 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 Heather Gillis 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…

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 CBC Nova Scotia producer Carsten Knox 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

"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 AfterWords Literary Festival event | episode by Moira Donovan | 📷: Stoo Metz 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….

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 Jessica Doria-Brown cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

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…