Q with Tom Power

Five days a week, Tom Power brings you candid conversations with the artists shaping our culture. Whether he’s chatting with A-listers or rising stars, his disarming warmth and meticulous research always gets below the surface, bringing us deeper into the art and lives of today's most compelling musicians, writers, actors and filmmakers. As a Canadian institution, Q has attracted the biggest names in the world. But it's never been about the fame. It's always been about the art. Since becoming the host of Q in October 2016, listeners have come to know Tom for his in-depth interviewing style (asking founding Wu-Tang Clan member RZA what was inside his teenage notebooks), his mischievous sense of humour (jokingly chiding actor Catherine O'Hara for her parenting skills in Home Alone), and his genuine enthusiasm and fearlessness (singing a duet with Mavis Staples). You’re just as likely to hear from celebrities and cultural icons as you are to hear from emerging artists at the beginning of

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Every guest on Q with Tom Power

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   Jer Baer
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   Jeremie Albino

   Quick Q: Jeremie Albino on working with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys · Nov 2024

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   Jeremy Dutcher

   Jeremy Dutcher worked with improvisers to score this thriller · 3 episodes

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   Jesse Mockrin

   Jesse Mockrin is reframing the lost stories of women in historical art · Feb 2026

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   Jessi Cruickshank

   Jessi Cruickshank: Why getting real about motherhood is good for some laughs · Jun 2024

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   Jessica B. Hill

   Jessica B. Hill’s childhood dream came true · Jul 2025

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   Jessie Reyez

   Jessie Reyez got everything she ever wanted — but it came with a cost · Jan 2026

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   Jim Bryson

   Quick Q: Jim Bryson on getting The Tragically Hip to rehearse + his new music · Sep 2024

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   Jim Cuddy

   Jim Cuddy: His new solo album, relationships & songwriting · Jul 2024

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    Joan Chen

    Joan Chen is embracing her second act · Feb 2026

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    Jodie Comer

    Jodie Comer: The Bikeriders, accent training, and her path to acting · Jun 2024

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    Joe Hill

    Joe Hill’s new novel is in conversation with dad Stephen King’s work · Nov 2025

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    Joel Plaskett
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    John Adams

    John Adams: Classical music’s role in telling contemporary stories · Dec 2024

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    John Carter Cash

    Quick Q: John Carter Cash on his father Johnny Cash's new posthumous album · Jul 2024

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    Jon Klassen

    Jon Klassen: Illustrating children’s books, early influences, and when he realized he could draw · Dec 2023

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    Jonah Yano

    Quick Q: Jonah Yano on his 30-minute improvised experimental noise music piece · Jan 2025

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    Jonathan Glazer

    Jonathan Glazer: Shooting his film at Auschwitz, the humanness of evil, and why he always knew he’d create a film about the Holocaust · Dec 2023

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    Jonathan Roumie

    Jonathan Roumie on the pressures of playing Jesus · Apr 2025

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    Jordan Alexander
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    Joseph Kahn

    Joseph Kahn on Ick, music videos and the magic of '80s horror flicks · 2 episodes

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    Josh Hartnett

    Josh Hartnett: Shedding the heartthrob label · Aug 2024

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    Josh Ramsay

    Josh Ramsay: Marianas Trench, the hero’s journey & Call Me Maybe · Aug 2024

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    Joshua Jackson

    Joshua Jackson had to make a tricky transition before Dawson’s Creek · Jun 2025

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    José Lourenço

    José Lourenço: His new rom-com based on an 18th-century German tragedy · Jan 2025

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    Jovanni Sy

    Jovanni Sy: Revisiting Arthur Miller’s Chinese staging of Death of a Salesman · 2 episodes

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    Joyner Lucas

    Joyner Lucas: On his new album Not Now I'm Busy · May 2024

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    Judy Blume

    [Full episode] Director X, Judy Blume, Amil Niazi, Teri Hart, Rad Simonpillai · Dec 2022

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    Julia Dault

    How a midlife crisis led Julia Dault to embrace the hyper-local · Mar 2026

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    Julian Taylor

    Julian Taylor: Why he needed to go inward to write his new album · Dec 2024

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    Julianna Riolino

    Julianna Riolino is leaning into her confidence as an artist · Nov 2025

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    Julie Kim

    Julie Kim couldn't express herself. And then she found comedy · May 2026

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    Jully Black

    Jully Black is touring Canada’s most beloved intimate venues · 3 episodes

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    June Clark

    June Clark: Unrequited Love, her relationship with the American flag, and the artistic appeal of rust · Jan 2024

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    Justin Peck

    Justin Peck: Adapting Sufjan Stevens’s album Illinois into a Broadway musical · Apr 2024

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    Justine Triet

    Justine Triet: Anatomy of a Fall, a marriage on trial, and the future of French cinema · Mar 2024

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    Kaia Kater

    Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine and the Black origins of the banjo · May 2024

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    Kane Parsons

    Kane Parsons on being the youngest director in A24 history · Jun 2026

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    Kaniehtiio Horn

    Kaniehtiio Horn: Channeling her rage into Seeds, her directorial debut · Oct 2024

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    Kapwani Kiwanga

    Kapwani Kiwanga: Combining history and art at the Venice Biennale · Jul 2024

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