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

927 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Noah Kahan

   Noah Kahan: Stick Season, authenticity, TikTok & lying to therapists · 2 episodes

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   Alan Cumming

   Alan Cumming: What connects him to a New Brunswick ad man · Dec 2024

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   Amanda Seyfried

   Amanda Seyfried had something to prove after Mean Girls · Mar 2025

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   Arlo Parks

   How the dance floor got Arlo Parks out of her head · May 2026

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   Baz Luhrmann

   Never mind method acting. Baz Luhrmann is a “method director” · Mar 2026

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   Bob Geldof

   Bob Geldof: How he convinced Queen’s Freddie Mercury to do Live Aid · 2 episodes

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   Brett Goldstein

   Brett Goldstein is obsessed with love stories · Sep 2025

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   Carly Rae Jepsen

   Carly Rae Jepsen on her latest album and 10 years of “Call Me Maybe” + Bells Larsen’s new song “Ten Hands” · Jul 2023

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   Catherine O'Hara

   Catherine O'Hara: Moira Rose and Delia Deetz walk into a room… · Sep 2024

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    Colm Toibin

    Colm Tóibín on why writers imagine evil · May 2026

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    Donald Sutherland

    Donald Sutherland: Why, after an incredible career in film, he’s most proud of being commemorated on a stamp · Dec 2023

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    Dua Lipa

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism, leaving bad relationships & music as a mantra · 2 episodes

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    Elif Shafak

    Elif Shafak: What being prosecuted for her novels taught her about freedom of expression · Dec 2024

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    Evelyn Glennie

    Dame Evelyn Glennie: Why she wants to teach the world to listen · Sep 2024

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    Finn Wolfhard

    Finn Wolfhard's childhood 10-year plan worked out · Jul 2025

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    Florence Pugh

    Florence Pugh: How making We Live in Time changed the way she lives her life · Oct 2024

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    Gracie Abrams

    Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us, overcoming stage fright, and working with Taylor Swift · Jun 2024

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    Harlan Coben

    Harlan Coben: After 80 million copies sold, the bestselling author still suffers from self-doubt · May 2024

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    Harris Dickinson

    Harris Dickinson on his directorial debut and playing John Lennon · Oct 2025

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    Hayley Williams

    Hayley Williams: Getting Paramore back together, being a woman in the pop-punk scene, and why she’s “addicted to a survival narrative” · 2 episodes

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    Isabella Rossellini

    Isabella Rossellini: Conclave, Catholicism & the family business · Oct 2024

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    Jacob Collier

    Jacob Collier moves toward restraint and limitation on his new record · 2 episodes

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    Jason Reitman

    Jason Reitman: How guest writing for SNL inspired Saturday Night · Oct 2024

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    Jerry Bruckheimer

    Jerry Bruckheimer knows how to build a summer blockbuster · Jun 2025

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    John Fogerty

    John Fogerty reveals the origin of CCR’s Fortunate Son · Aug 2025

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    June Squibb

    June Squibb: On starring in her first leading film role at 94 · Jul 2024

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    Kelsey Grammer

    Kelsey Grammer: Why Frasier is more than just his most famous role · Oct 2024

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    Kiefer Sutherland

    Kiefer Sutherland on his analog life + visual artist Shary Boyle · Apr 2023

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    Killer Mike

    On his new album “Michael,” Killer Mike is ready to show the man behind the MC · Jun 2023

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    Kristin Scott Thomas

    Kristin Scott Thomas made a movie inspired by memories of her dads · Aug 2025

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    Lang Lang

    Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him · 2 episodes

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    Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Linton Kwesi Johnson: Dub poetry, the Black Panther Party, and poetry as a ‘cultural weapon’ · Nov 2023

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    Maggie O'Farrell

    Maggie O’Farrell on the tragedy of Hamnet · Dec 2025

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    Margaret Atwood
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    Max Martin

    Pop hitmaker Max Martin on the biggest songs of his career + Erez Zobary on being a highschool teacher by day and musician by night · Jul 2023

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    Nicholas Sparks

    Nicholas Sparks teams up with M. Night Shyamalan · Oct 2025

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    Nick Cave

    How grief changed Nick Cave forever · May 2025

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    Nish Kumar

    Nish Kumar: The political comedian on getting death threats from the far-right · Feb 2025

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    Pam Grier

    Pam Grier: How she became the queen of Blaxploitation film and Hollywood’s first female action hero · Feb 2024

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    Peter Capaldi

    Why people want Peter Capaldi to tell them to “f–k off” · Apr 2026

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