House of Crouse

On the Saturday August 1, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Jess Gibson. She is a Canadian-born writer (daughter of Margaret Atwood and the late Graeme Gibson), art historian with a Yale PhD, who has lived all over the world. Her first book “The Good Eye” is already generating buzz as a sharp, original, and “bewitching” debut. The stories explore themes like perception vs. reality, the limits of what we “see,” betrayal, revenge, and everyday life tilting into the strange or magical.

Then, we meet Juno Award-winning R&B/soul singer, actress Divine Brown. She broke through in 2005 with the hit single "Old Skool Love", which topped Canadian radio charts and earned a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award. Her self-titled debut album followed as an underground success, and her second album, The Love Chronicles (2008), won the Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year. She has toured with the Backstreet Boys, contributed vocals to Drake’s Take Care, and can now be seen in staged concert The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience, playing at the CAA Theatre on Yonge Street in Toronto until August 16, 2026.

On the Saturday August 1, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet award-winning documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and editor Alison Elwood. Her standout music documentaries include the Emmy-nominated "Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time," the Critics’ Choice Award-winning "The Go-Go’s," "Let the Canary Sing" about Cyndi Lauper, and the acclaimed History of the Eagles. Her latest film is "Boy George & Culture Club."

Then, we’ll meet writer, screenwriter, and copywriter Edward Chisholm. His new book, “Murder in Paris ’68,” is a work of narrative non-fiction that dives into the unsolved murder of Stevan Markovic, the Serbian bodyguard and associate of French film star Alain Delon. It was an immense scandal at the time, and Edward’s book captures the whole story.

On the Saturday July 25, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Suzie McNeil. She has built a career spanning television, stage, touring, and recording. She first broke through as the last woman standing on CBS’s Rockstar: INXS and has since shared stages with international artists including P!nk, Aerosmith, Alan Frew and more. She also starred as “Oz” in We Will Rock You and has led multiple genre-crossing projects, including The Loving Mary Band. Her gold-certified hit “SuperGirl” and a string of releases that have reached the Top 20 on Canadian pop charts continue to underscore her impact as a recording artist.

Today we’re talking about her new music Line 49, a collection that reimagines classic Canadian songs through the rich, emotional lens of soul music. Where Northern roots meet Southern soul, and breathes new life into iconic Canadian classics with modern arrangements infused with pop and reggae influences.

Then, Liv Albert, the host, creator, writer, editor, and producer of the Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast, and a self-proclaimed giant nerd for all things Greek and Roman mythology. Liv studied English Literature and Classical Civilisations, and has authored two adult books on Greek mythology, including the bestselling title Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook. Today we’ll talk about her first children's book, a retelling of The Odyssey.

On the Saturday July 15, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we spend the hour with with director Michelle Mama, and the subject of her new film, music icon, provocateur, queer trailblazer and Rough Trade singer Carole Pope. The documentary is “Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions,” a new, raw, rollicking look at the underground scene of the 1970s that spawned the band and how Carole Pope’s incendiary lyrics and magnetic presence shattered expectations of what a woman could be onstage.

Today we’ll talk about the movie, which will be hitting select Canadian theatres this summer and premiere on the Documentary Channel, Sunday, July 19, and on CBC Gem Friday, July 24. We’ll explore Carole Pope’s edgy artistry and find out why she doesn’t have to try and bring a dangerous feel to her work these days… here’s a hint, it never went away.

On the Saturday July 4, 2026 edition of The Richard Ccrouse Show we meet Darragh McGee, a University of Bath sociologist, BBC New Generation Thinker, and expert on the globalization of sports gambling—especially its digital/tech-driven explosion, normalization among young people, and public health impacts (including in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa). His book “Imitation Games: How Gambling Hijacked Sport” is a deep dive into these issues.

It’s a pioneering investigation into the tech-fuelled world of online gambling—its explosive growth, and the transformational impact it is having on sports, fandom, and society.

Then, we’ll meet musician John Fellner. Before stepping into the spotlight as an artist, Fellner built a strong reputation as a JUNO-nominated producer and songwriter. With more than 80 million streams tied to his production work, he’s now building momentum as a solo artist as well with the release of the EP “Boundaries.”

On the Saturday July 11, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Linus O’Brien, director of “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror,” a documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Show” and its creator, and Linus’s father, Richard O’Brien.

The documentary, which is available now on Digital HD including Apple TV and Prime Video, tracks Rocky Horror’s humble beginnings as a 1973 London fringe theatre play, its subsequent flop on Broadway, its adaptation into the 1975 feature film, and its eventual resurrection via the midnight movie circuit.

With interviews with creator Richard O'Brien and original cast members like Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick, alongside commentary from high-profile celebrity fans like Jack Black and Trixie Mattel, it is the most complete look at the Rocky Horror phenomenon to date.

Then, we’ll meet longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Patrick Radden Keefe. He’s earned a reputation for transforming complex, high-stakes stories of power, secrecy, crime, and corruption into gripping, cinematic page-turners that read like thrillers while maintaining rigorous factual depth. Today we’ll talk about his new book, “London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth,” the gripping true story of 19-year-old Zac Brettler, who in November 2019 jumped (or fell) to his death from a luxury Thames-side apartment directly across from MI6 headquarters.

On the Saturday June 27, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Nicholas Shakespeare. He is a prize-winning British novelist, biographer, and journalist widely regarded as one of the finest English writers of his generation.

A former literary editor at the Daily Telegraph and The Times, he is the author of eight novels, including the acclaimed “The Dancer Upstairs” (adapted into a film starring Javier Bardem), “The Vision of Elena Silves” (winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards), and “The High Flyer.” He has also written acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin and Ian Fleming.

He returns to bookstores with “Frame 37” — a gripping, fast-paced political thriller in which ex-journalist John Dyer uncovers a dangerous conspiracy to bring his friend’s killer to justice in a world where proof is power and nothing is as it seems.

Then, we meet Lee Kuhnle and Nathan Radke, authors of “Uncover Up: How To Think Clearly In An Age Of Conspiracies,” a new book that offers sociological, historical, philosophical, and literary perspectives on conspiracy theories, allowing us to cut through the fog of misinformation. We’ll talk about the truth behind false conspiracy theories, critical thinking in an age of information overload and why lies travel further and faster.

On the Saturday June 20, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Tom Doyle, a veteran music journalist and contributor to Mojo and Q, with books on Paul McCartney in the 1970s, Elton John, and Kate Bush. Today we talk about his latest book, “Ringo: A Fab Life.” It’s a look Starr’s career far beyond the rose-tinted ’60s, through the various addictions and career left turns in the ’70s and ’80s, before reaching the ’90s, his legacy and reputation intact.

Then, playwright, actor and the internationally bestselling Canadian author of more than twenty novels, C.C. Humphreys drops by. Today we talk about his latest work of historical fiction, “The Double Life of Eve Sinclair,” a story of a female spy who must push herself to her very limits to save herself and everything she holds dear.

On the Saturday June 13, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet award-winning actor, writer, and director Mark O’Brien. You know him as Des Courtney on Republic of Doyle and ambitious Deputy District Attorney Thomas Milligan on HBO’s Perry Mason. On the big screen he’s delivered standout performances in films like Arrival, Ready or Not, Marriage Story, and Goalie — for which he won a Canadian Screen Award. More recently, he’s been behind the camera with his acclaimed directorial debut The Righteous, and now his chilling new supernatural horror film The Voices of Our Mother, which he wrote, directed, and stars in.

Then, we’ll meet Kevin Hardcastle, an award-winning Canadian author whose debut short story collection Debris won the Trillium Book Award and ReLit Award, while his first novel In the Cage established him as a powerful voice in contemporary fiction.  In his highly anticipated new novel County Road Six, Hardcastle delivers a taut, propulsive family drama about four O’Hare sisters forced to confront their violent father’s legacy and a long-buried secret on a decaying farmstead in rural Ontario.

On the Saturday June 6, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet singer-songwriter, TV host, producer, director and composer Kevin Gillis, creator of the beloved and legendary animated show “The Raccoons.” He is ushering in a new era for the beloved franchise as its iconic music is released digitally for the first time. Last month, the original version of the beloved theme song “Run With Us,” performed by Lisa Lougheed, arrived on streaming services for the first time ever. This leads into the release this month of “Evergreen Nights,” the first full album in the collection, featuring newly remastered originals with fresh interpretations from contemporary artists as part of a larger, multi-phase expansion. “Evergreen Nights” is available now wherever you legally buy, download and stream music.

Then, we’ll meet queer feminist author and high priestess of home mixology Lindsay Merbaum. She is an author and mixologist specializing in custom and themed drink recipes like the themed drinks she creates for her books! Today we talk ablout her new book, “Vampires at Sea,” which is a kind of an Anne Rice / Love Boat romp featuring two ageless vampires on a cruise.