When Catherine MacInnis gave birth to her son, it fulfilled her greatest fear. An award-winning documentary about strength, parenthood and a journey to joy, from Sarah Keaveny-Vos.

When Hilding Neilson isn't studying exoplanets or teaching students at Memorial University, he's considering the night sky from a cultural perspective. As an astronomer and a member of the Qalipu Mi'kmaw First Nation, Hilding works to Indigenize astronomy - from pushing for more diversity behind the microscope, to changing the colonizing words often used to describe our interactions with outer space.

Arabic-only playdates, Saturday morning Chinese songs: New Canadians face a big parenting challenge of instilling their heritage languages in their children. CBC producer Mariam Mesbah meets some families around Moncton making that happen - and why this is about so much more than grammar.

Terri Taylor of Fredericton always dreamed of becoming a surrogate, but she never imagined all the complications and questions along the way. In this archival episode from 2018, producer Moira Donovan follows Terri's journey, and dives into the ethics and legal red tape of surrogacy.

The hard work of lobster fishing, and the humbling nature of the open ocean. That's a little bit of the inspiration behind Some Hellish, the debut novel from Nicholas Herring of Murray Harbour P.E.I. He joins Atlantic Voice to talk about his book, which just won a $60,000 Writers' Trust prize for fiction.

7 months, 230 witnesses, 7,200+ documents. A lot happened during the Mass Casualty Commission's now-wrapped public hearings, and the CBC's Angela MacIvor was there every step of the way. She rounds up the revelations, police tape and red flags exposed about the 2020 tragedy that left 22 Nova Scotians dead.

Mary Ann Nui loves visiting her childhood home off the Labrador coast. That home? Davis Inlet, so notorious for the intense poverty that led to the Mushuau Innu being resettled in 2002. Go beyond those headlines and see Davis Inlet through Mary Ann's eyes, as a place where love and hardship intertwine, and where she still goes back to in her dreams.

1 in 6: it's the number of couples who face infertility worldwide. It's also an in-depth and intimate look into one couple's journey to conceive, told through a new podcast helmed by Jen White from CBC St. John's. This week we hear from Jen and her husband Neil, with an excerpt from Episode 1 of One in Six: Uterus Half Full.

Most of us don't think much about our garbage, beyond putting it out by the curb. But the 2 guests on today's show take trash to heart. Meet a PEI artist putting her own plastic waste on display, and a St. John's author who asks us to open our eyes to the often invisible world of discards.

Once upon a time, there was a man who helped people feel better: Uncle Wes Abbott. Known in his small Newfoundland town as "a charmer," producer Andrea McGuire unravels the myth and mystery around Uncle Wes, his charming talents, and the powers of belief in this documentary.