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For many, September is a time to focus on learning - to hit the books, learn new skills, and soak up some knowledge. On this Now or Never, we break out of the classroom and into the world with people who are learning something new right now.

The friends of a soon-to-be 18-year-old get a crash-course in choreographed dance for her Filipino 'debut'.

Charmian Bland of Vancouver celebrates turning 50 by learning how to skydive and rope climb, just two of the growing list of things she wants to do this year.

Ryan Straschnitzki, one of the survivors of the Humboldt bus crash, has spent the past six months re-learning how to live everyday life. Now, he's learning to get back on the ice as a sledge hockey player.

In order to have a deeper relationship with her future mother-in-law, Erica Caputi of Toronto is learning how to speak Vietnamese. And it's not easy!

Alyssa Gagnon goes to Banff to learn the traditional art of moose hide tanning so she can teach it to the next generation.

We all have things in our lives that are weighing us down - projects we abandoned, conversations we're putting off, home renos we never got around to completing.

Today on Now or Never, meet people who are done with excuses and guilt, and finally finishing what they started.

A Winnipeg dad heads back to the classroom for his high school diploma - 40 years after bullies forced him to drop out of school.

A pair of self-described "man-children" go on an epic quest to pay back an overdue arts grant.

And a family who's never stopped searching for their two-year old daughter, who vanished from an Ontario campground more than 50 year ago.

You've told us about the personal unsolved mysteries that haunt your dreams, changed your family forever, or altered the course of your life. And on this episode we are getting to the bottom of it all.

You've told us about the personal unsolved mysteries that haunt your dreams, changed your family forever, or altered the course of your life. And on this episode we are getting to the bottom of it all.

Do you have a challenge that you don't feel quite up to facing? On this live episode of Now or Never, get the pep talk you need.

Hosts Trevor Dineen and Ify Chiwetelu, along with some very special guests - and team of literal cheerleaders - are here to pep you up. From an aspiring comedian who needs a confidence boost to a lifelong teacher on the cusp of retirement, listen along as people get some help tackling their own Now or Never moments.

For better and for worse, teenagers today are growing up with the world at their fingertips.

They're able to connect with their friends - and their bullies - 24/7 on social media. And they are more vocal and politically active than ever before. Earlier this year, thousands of students across North America staged walk-outs in protest of gun violence.

All this while still dealing with the pressures of figuring out who you are, who you want to be, and what is important to you.

From the pressure of being the best 13-year-old basketball player in the country, to the stress of keeping a secret that you know your family won't accept, hear from teens all across Canada who are ready to speak out about their experiences.

What's so funny? On this Now or Never, meet women who are storming the stand-up stage for the very first time.

Sit in the audience for a performance that was 10 years in the making. Listen as a seasoned comic rediscovers her voice after transitioning. Meet a group of young women trying to transform the Iqaluit comedy scene. Plus, hear Ify Chiwetelu's attempt to connect with her comedy idol.

The blink of an eye - that's how fast life can be turned upside down. And there's no going back, no matter how much you may want to.

A daughter shows up on her biological Dad's doorstep.

A couple struggles to adjust to their new normal after a split-second accident.

Two families find themselves sharing one home - and one shower - only months after meeting online.

On this Now or Never, meet people who are navigating the highs and lows of life after it changed in an instant.

Whether you have perfect pitch or are painfully off-key, singing music makes a lot of us feel vulnerable.

But singing can also lead to unexpected joys and life lessons. On this Now or Never, meet people who are singing for some very personal reasons... even if they don't all sound like Celine.

Ify and Trevor crash a restaurant with a pop-up karaoke machine and try to convince strangers to sing. We talk to a star about to make his debut in the hit musical Come From Away, even though he's never taken a voice lesson in his life. And find out what's compelling an Inuit artist to belt out Rhianna songs in Inuktitut.

This Now or Never is all about Canadians who are shouting, "Out with the old! In with the new!" - even if it sparks conflict between friends or family members.

A wife who tells her husband it's time to let go of his comic book collection.

Sisters who are fighting over mom's old garden gnomes.

A young woman who is using Indigenous ceremony to release her shame.

Not to mention all of us who desperately need to do a social media purge and unfriend all those deadbeat Facebook pals. Trevor and Ify will pressure, or at least encourage, you to lighten your load this summer.