We speak with the co-writer and performer of a show coming to the LSPU this week celebrating the power of sad songs. (Krissy Holmes with Jane Miller)

What do working people need to hear during this federal election campaign? A lot, according to Canada's labour leaders... from healthcare to housing to threats from south of the border. We get into the election issues identified by Canada's unions with the president of the NL Federation of Labour and the president of the Canadian Labour Congress. (Krissy Holmes with Jessica McCormick and Bea Bruske)

The provincial Liberal leadership candidates have been officially declared. John Abbott and John Hogan will now have 40 days to rally party support. We speak with the chair of the Liberal Leadership Election Committee about next steps in the "battle of the Johns." (Krissy Holmes with Judy Morrow)

What do working people need to hear during this federal election campaign? A lot, according to Canada's labour leaders... from healthcare to housing to threats from south of the border. We get into the election issues identified by Canada's unions with the president of the NL Federation of Labour and the president of the Canadian Labour Congress. (Krissy Holmes with Jessica McCormick and Bea Bruske)

On The Go's usual health contributor joins us for a conversation about lower back pain - and what makes it so challenging to treat.  A new study looks at what works... and reveals what doesn’t.  (Krissy Holmes with Dr. Iris Gorfinkel)

They'll head to Churchill Park this summer looking for Hysteria... and a slew of other bangers by Def Leppard. The pop-metal veterans have been confirmed as one of the headliners for the summer festival, along with Honeymoon Suite and Sam Roberts Band. We speak with the man who books the bands. (On The Go's Jamie Fitzpatrick with Peter Quinton of Mighty Quinton Productions)

If we're going to get our healthcare system back on track, technology will surely be part of the solution. Some MUN students who are developing award-winning apps to help with that effort entered the Mel Woodward Cup - a startup pitch competition for MUN students. We meet the winner of the Woodward Cup: the owner of Kierep Enterprise that developed an app to improve hiring at personal care agencies. Also, we welcome the runners-up: the co-founders of NutraForge, an app that helps optimize nutrition programs. (Krissy Holmes with Samuel Adeniyi, Garreth Kippenhuck and Jager Cooper)

While we wait for a firm replacement for Her Majesty's Penitentiary... one Dalhousie architecture student has been busy working on an afterlife plan for the Victorian-era corrections facility. She joins us to talk about her vision... and why she choose to do her masters thesis on the future of HMP. (Krissy Holmes with Mya Staubitzer)

The Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra is back in action Friday night with another candidate auditioning for the job of principal conductor and music director. We meet him, and the featured pianist for the Masterworks concert. (Krissy Holmes with Andrei Feher and Ian Parker)

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were on the phone this morning, talking about ceasefire negotiations for Russia's war in Ukraine. We look beyond the headlines with a Ukrainian freelance journalist in Kyiv. (Krissy Holmes with Jeanne Dovych)