Family doctor and radio documentarian Monica Kidd digs into the headlines around the dramatic decrease in premature births since the start of the pandemic.

Journalists are meant to give the public insight into how society works, and that includes our what happens inside our courthouses. But when it comes to sexual assault trials, the details of what goes on behind those closed doors can be particularly distressing. How can journalists tell the truth without re-traumatizing victims.

Nicole MacLennon introduces us to the Cape Breton family who set up Cape Breton's first sledge hockey team, the Cape Breton Sledgehammers. They wanted to give their son, Kurtis, the chance to play hockey, now Kurtis has joined them to provide that same opportunity to more kids.

We’re going to the wharf in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia where a Mi’kmaw regulated lobster fishery opened. CBC Indigenous Unit reporter Nic Meloney was there for the opening and some of the protests that followed. I invited him onto the program to give a backgrounder on the protests, what the fishery means to Sipekne'katik First Nation and what it could mean in the rest of Atlantic Canada.

Nova Scotia writer Ami McKay on "Daughter of Family G," a memoir of Cancer genes, love and fate. The story of her family’s genetic history and how the determination and bravery of Ami’s ancestors is now fuelling early cancer detection. It's a story that started back in 1895 with her great great aunt Pauline - the seamstress.

A documentary by Luke Quinton introducing listeners to the work of Guggenheim and TED fellow Matthew Mazzotta. His internationally recognized art practise helps small towns see themselves in a new light and was inspired by his Newfoundland-born grandfather.

Michael Crummey won the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award last week for his novel The Innocents. The $25,000 prize recognizes the best work of fiction by an Atlantic Canadian writer. On this week's Best of Atlantic Voice, we're re-airing Crummey reading and Angela Antle's live interview with him from last summer's Writers at Woody Point Festival.

Jane Adey of The Broadcast accompanied Newfoundland fisheries companies on a visit to Iceland's Ocean Cluster House. A start-up incubator that is transforming the fishery there.

This week on the Best of Atlantic Voice an interview with artist Camille Turner who installed her Afronautic Research Lab at the Bonavista Biennale in 2019. The lab exposed viewers to the history of Newfoundland's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the builder of many of the ships.

This week on the best of Atlantic Voice, Moira Donovan’s documentary Breaching Tradition about the the threat posed by climate change to Nova Scotia’s Acadian dyke system and how scientists and communities are at odds.