SaltWire Connects

The actor-turned-politician talks about life after politics and being the universe’s strongest woman.

The roller-coaster film life: Lara Cassidy on making a career in film and video.

John DeMont speaks with Rick Mercer about his new memoir

Acupuncture has been around for more than 5,000 years with the promise of healing ailments and other health benefits attributed to the practice. But how did this ancient form of Chinese medicine migrate to Canada, and why is it so popular?

SaltWire host Sarah Poko spoke to Dr. Diana Li of S-T Acupuncture and Natural Medicine Clinic in Bedford, N.S. to discuss the origins and art of acupuncture. Li is also president of the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.

What would you do if you caught yourself laughing at a funeral, or crying uncontrollably at a birthday party? Those suffering from pseudobulbar affect (PBA) face situations like this every day and have a hard time navigating daily activities that most of us do not struggle with.

In today’s episode, SaltWire host Sarah Poko speaks to Melissa Bickford about her life with PBA and what changes she would like to see to help others like her.

Most of us are familiar with the stories of Cinderella, Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, but not many know these stories are heavily edited, their original plots lost to history.

While we get lost in the "happily ever after," folklorists are hard at work studying these beloved stories and tracking their changes throughout history. That is where the ATU (Aarne-Thompson-Uther) Index comes in. On today's episode of Poko Ponders, SaltWire host Sarah Poko talks to Ian Brodie, a folklorist at Cape Breton University, about the importance of the index and how the idea of "happily ever after" is a matter of location.

Folklorist Clary Croft on the black window on Robie Street and other N.S. tales of the supernatural

For the final episode of the Spooktober special, join SaltWire host Sarah Poko as she hits the streets of Halifax to collect people's ghost stories.

SaltWire's Mark DeWolf interviews French-born, South African resident sommelier Jean-Vincent Ridon, author of Passion for Pairing

Savouring Wolfville’s Devour! The Film Food Festival

A conversation with Lia Ronaldo, Devour! co-chair about this year’s edition of the world’s biggest culinary film fest.