The Signal

Today on the show we talk cuts to economic immigration spaces. The conversation covers who is impacted and what it means for the province. Guests include Wanda Cuff Young vice president of operations with Work Global Canada Inc.; Tony Fang economics professor at Memorial University; Laura Aguirre Polo, Amal Youth and Family Centre; Julianne Griffin, CEO Labrador North Chamber of Commerce.

We are living in a time of record low fertility rates across much of Canada. Today on the show we speak to people who have made the choice to live child free. Guests include: Ainsley Hawthorn, cultural historian and author, Shae Beck, Josh McLearn and Marie Curtis. 

Host Adam Walsh has a techNL panel on the show today. Newfoundland and Labrador industry leaders featured in the second season of the podcast Creators at the World's Edge. Today's guests are Jacob Critch, co-founder of Songflow; Andrea King, COO at Retellio; and joining from San Francisco is Mike Winter co-founder and CEO trophi.ai. 

Today's show features a documentary about an Inuit choir called "The Joy of Being Inuk" and an interview with a retired crown prosecutor about his career, the toll it can take and the case that made him decide to retire. 

Today's show has an MHA panel weigh in on the big political topics so far in the early days of 2025. Panelists include Andrew Parsons, Liberal minister of industry, energy and technology; Jim Dinn, NDP leader; and PC deputy house leader Lloyd Parrott 

Today on the show we ask what it would take to end homelessness in Newfoundland and Labrador. Guests Doug Pawson, executive director of End Homelessness St. John’s and Jennifer Tipple, 

senior director of strategy and impact of End Homelessness St. John’s talk about their plan to help make that happen. We also speak with Noreen Coreen,  

board of director chair of N.L. Housing and Homelessness Network, and Krystal Saunders, housing support services manager with the Nunatsiavut government.

From historic buildings and landscapes to keeping museums up and running, today's show talks about this province's cultural legacy, what is being done to preserve it and how to keep heritage from being lost to history. Host Adam Walsh is joined by Kate Pitcher, executive director of the Colony of Avalon and Luke Quinton, president of Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Trust. 

Today on the show Paris Marx, a critic of tech futures, comes into the studio to talk about how the history of the internet led us to where we are today. Paris covers worries over a tech dystopia and expands on calling Facebook a social cancer.

Today on the show we talk about the love of music and why it’s so important to keep ensemble performances alive, live and thriving. Our guests are Florian Hoefner, instrumental conductor; Dylan Maddix, instrumental conductor; Susan Evoy; music teacher and Jo Dashney, musician and music student. 

A lot has happened in the past 25 years and today we are talking about that. The Signal dives into the moments that changed recent history and set us on the course to where we are today and where we are headed.