Debra Granik talks to Tom about her new film, Leave No Trace, and what draws her to stories about forgotten places and people in America.

Acclaimed screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, explains how he scripts every sound in his movies, and he tells the story behind how he used to deliver singing telegrams in his college days.

Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée discusses his latest TV series, Sharp Objects. Author Thea Lim explains what makes her debut novel An Ocean of Minutes a "hidden autobiography." Musician Hank Shocklee looks back at Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back on its 30th anniversary. Canadian musician Terra Lightfoot talks about her latest album, New Mistakes, and gives a special stripped down performance.

Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée cultivates characters who are often complicated, strong but also broken. He talks to Tom Power about his latest TV series, Sharp Objects.

Author Thea Lim explores time travel in a dystopian world wracked by pandemic in her first novel, An Ocean of Minutes. Lim talks to Tom Power about drawing on her own experience of growing up in Canada and Singapore to create this parable about immigration.

Terra Lightfoot discusses her latest album New Mistakes and joins us in the q music studio for a special stripped down performance with just her voice and her guitar.

Hank Shocklee of the legendary production team The Bomb Squad celebrates the 30th anniversary of Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back with a look back at the songs off that seminal album.

Canadian actor Ellen Wong has been named a Rising Star at 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Yrsa Daley-Ward explains why Instagram is the perfect medium for poetry and discusses her new memoir, The Terrible.

Legendary rapper turned actor, Ice Cube, is now also a pro basketball league owner. He chats with Tom Power about his rap legacy and his love of hoops.