Alex Winter is perhaps best for his roles as Bill in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, as well as Marko in The Lost Boys. In the last two decades, he has turned to directing, starting with the cult hit Freaked, as well as Smosh: The Movie. He has made documentaries on Napster, bitcoin, child stars and The Panama Papers. His latest is Zappa, about the eponymous legendary singer. It is out now.

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Dana Nachman is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. After working in television and creating films about politics, she has moved into more family friendly territory with her last two features Batkid Begins and Pick of the Litter. She continues that trend with her latest doc - Letters to Santa - which looks at how the United States Postal Service works with elves and volunteers from around the country in fulfilling children's Christmas wishes. That documentary was released December 4th.

Joel Bakan is an academic, university law professor, jazz musician, and filmmaker. In 2003, he co-wrote the documentary film The Corporation, which won over 25 awards internationally. 17 years later, he has written and co-directed a sequel The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel. Joel talks about the controversial ruling that allowed corporations to be treated as people, minimum wage, the problems with philanthropic and disaster capitalism, government mistrust and how we need to re-frame the narrative.

Heart Attack Kids are the new kids on the block in the Canadian punk scene, having their 2nd album produced by Liam Cormier of the Cancer Bats. Frontman Jared Ellul talks the band's new single Can't Stop, personnel changes, their virtual Halloween party and their upcoming 3rd album.

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Tania Cypriano is a documentary filmmaker who has worked in both the United States and her native Brazil for over 30 years. Her collaborators have included Martin Scorsese, Bill Moyers, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Much of her work has focused on medicine and medical issues (including films on AIDS and Breastmilk). Her latest is Born To Be, which follows pioneering plastic surgeon Dr. Jess Ting, as he runs the first ever fellowship in gender-affirmation surgery. The film is released on November 18th.

At only 20 years old, actress Sophie Nelisse has been on the Canadian film scene for ten years. Having co-starred with such luminaries as Geoffrey Rush, Tobey Maguire, Kathy Bates and Derek Jacobi, she has received both a Canadian Screen Award and a Prix Iris for her work in Monsieur Lazhar. She can be seen opposite former heartthrob Adam Brody in The Kid Detective.

The Sex Pistols. Ramones. The Clash. Black Flag. If you grew up in the 70s and were of a rebellious nature, chances are you listened to these pioneering punk bands. The Ramones invented modern American punk music while the Clash and Sex Pistols took care of matters across the pond.  But Canada also had its punk pioneers. Teenage Head. Born out of Hamilton, Ontario, this group of rebellious ragtags met playing baseball in the Hammer. 40+ years later Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon, the late Frankie Venom, and Dave Rave Desroches are still remembered for their riot-causing performance at Ontario Place. Steve, Gord and Rave also appear in a new documentary by filmmaker Doug Arrowsmith. Picture Your Face: The Story of Teenage Head was released on November 2nd. Steve and Doug joined me to talk about the film.

Just in time for the end of Quarantine Halloween, re-running some classic horror-themed interviews from 2017. Dr. Bob Curran is perhaps the world's most renowned folklorist and expert on the macabre having written books on everything from vampires to werewolves to the undead. He lives in the mountains of Northern Ireland. Also, actress Ashley C. Williams talks about appearing in the iconic cult horror film The Human Centipede.

Angela Chen is a science journalist and editor who has written for The Verge and Wall Street Journal as well as numerous other publications, and whose first book is Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. Considered, on of the first books about the asexuality and the lack of sexual attraction, Angela talks about her own journey, the slowly increasing exposure of the ace identity in media and pop culture (hello Bojack Horseman) and how desire is misunderstood.