Toronto's Soraya Peerbaye's latest collection of poetry ponders the 1997 murder of 14 year-old B.C. native Reena Virk and the trials that followed. From that collection here is Soraya Peerbaye performing a piece she calls "Rainfall".

Ellen Page's new film "Into the Forest" isn't your typical end-of-days movie. Forget the zombie attacks or fire and brimstone, this drama from writer-director Patricia Rozema looks at the psychological side of complete loss. Page joins Shad to discuss why she chose Jean Hegland's novel as her first self-produced film.

Comedian Darryl Lenox joins Shad to discuss his new 20/20 tour, why it can be easier to talk to strangers than friends, and why he'll always remember something his surgeon said in the middle of a risky surgery.

Canadian actor and 90210 heartthrob Jason Priestley joins Shad to talk about his new series, "Private Eyes". He plays a pro hockey player turned private investigator who uncovers crimes in unlikely places.

During the musically transformative 90s, Moby was going through a transformation of his own. As the serious, sober Christian struggled to make it as a DJ in the burgeoning New York club scene, he could scarcely imagine the future ahead of him. Today he joins Shad to discuss "Porcelain" his painfully honest memoir that looks into his life as a young artist.

The Surrey B.C. native joins Shad to talk about her big win and her prospects as an up-and-coming artist.

212 rapper Azealia Banks has apologized for a barrage of tweets she unleashed at former One Direction member Zayn Malik. Was Twitter right to shut her down her account?

While Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, the ongoing sexual assault allegations have surfaced once again - this time in a damning column written by his estranged son Ronan Farrow. Today’s Pop Culture Panel discusses the responsibility of journalists to pursue the story.

Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" is cunning, charming and occasionally cruel — but the resourceful widow is lesser known than the characters who inhabit the worlds of "Mansfield Park", "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice". Lifelong Austen fan Whit Stillman joins guest host Gill Deacon to discuss his creative adaptation of the unfinished Austen novella, "Love & Friendship".

Actress Kim Cattrall is launching the second season of her darkly funny mid-life crisis comedy "Sensitive Skin" on HBO Canada. The actress joins Shad to discuss portraying mid-life on screen, coming to terms with her own mortality, and whether she is, in fact, Justin Trudeau's mom.