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On Father's Day, Harry Ingram pays tribute to his Dad in rhyme from 2023-06-15T22:40
Storyteller Harry Ingram brings us a new recitation for Father's Day
ListenMeeting a television idol, a pair of marionettes, and a dodgeball to the microphone from 2021-09-17T22:40
Andrew Perry meets his television idol, Eric McCormack, at a restaurant in St. John's, Jamie Skidmore introduces us to The Ape and Mr. Fancypants, and Steve Finn goes to an adult dodgeball game.
ListenAn operatic recording made during a dramatic year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Operatic tenor David Pomeroy and the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marc David, recorded an album, Great Tenor Arias, during a short period of calm between the storms of 2020.
ListenIt's full tilt for two N.L. breweries, a Torbay trombonist, and Barry Squires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quidi Vidi Brewery and the Port Rexton Brewing Company are expanding, trombonist Hillary Simms prepares for an important concert, and writer Heather Smith brings us Barry Squires: Full Tilt.
ListenThe Perfect Man from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Uju Onah tells the story of Úlùnma, and what became of her as she sought out The Perfect Man.
ListenSister Beads from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Crane tells the story of Sister Beads, the nun rumoured to haunt Holy Heart of Mary High School in St. John's.
ListenThe tale of the Qallupilluit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kathy Walsh tells the Inuit legend of the Qallupilluit, sea witches who live under the ice and steal children into the water.
ListenYamamba and The Three Amulets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yohei Sakai tells the story of an evil mountain crone who steals children away, and how one boy escaped.
ListenThe epic of Kali from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gaurav Madan tells a consensed version of the epic tale of Kali, who battled the demon Raktabija.
ListenAn epic Halloween at the Berlin Wall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Heather tells us about October 31, 1990 - the day she hacked out her own piece of the Berlin Wall.
ListenThe legend of La Llorona from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mariana Esquival Suarez warns of the legend of La Llorona, who haunts bodies of water in Mexico.
ListenPedlar Press and Fong's are two casualties of 2020, and Memorial University starts a virtual book club. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fong's Restaurant and Motel throws in the towel, and Pedlar Press closes the book on 2020, and Memorial University starts Coast Lines, a Virtual Alumni Book Club
ListenA virtual tour, an app tour, and an old school railway tour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Writer Charis Cotter begins a spooky school tour, Mark Critch and Chris Brookes tell us about a new storytelling app for Victoria Park, and two Clarenville men are building a railway pump car.
ListenBringing Arts and Culture centre productions, and the Doyle Songbook, to new audiences from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We'll check out the new video recording system for Arts and Culture Centre stages, and a young Pouch Cove musician brings the Doyle songbook to social media
ListenNigerian style, a New Zealand connection, and a trip to Herbie's from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's Nigerian Week in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nigerian-NL fashionistas are doing it in style, we'll learn about Margaret Peace and her NL-NZ legacy, and we'll shop around at Herbie's in Pett...
ListenA trip to Echo Village, then to Petty Harbour, and refuelling with street fries from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MUN's Botancial Garden is transformed into Echo Village, an old trunk at a gift shop in Petty Harbour inspires three new knitting patterns, and the CBC's Jonny Hodder takes the Street Fries Challenge
ListenBirds, community music in the time of COVID, and Fogo Island fiction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We go on an early morning bird photography session, two community music directors ponder COVID-19 guidelines and writer Catherine Bush talks about turning Fogo Island into the fictional Blaze Island.
ListenChecking out a science image, a forgotten corner, and the Postmaster's Kitchen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An image from a Memorial University researcher is vying to be Canada's top Science Image, we'll have a look at the Forgotten Corner of Bay Bulls, and then head over to the Postmaster's Kitchen.
ListenHeavy metal musicians tackle racism in NL, and the story of Corner Brook's Boomstick Brewing. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new heavy metal compilation called 'Burn the Leeches' is tackling racism in NL. And Boomstick Brewing in Corner Brook opened two weeks before the pandemic shut it down; today the business is thri...
ListenFind out how an English professor from Alabama ended up in Carbonear, NL ...and how he came to own so many hats. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Dubois is an English Professor, writer, and bookstore owner. Dubois also owns a large collection of vintage hats that were once worn by screenwriter, Anita Loos.
ListenCatching up with Liz, and All Hands Wiki NL diversity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mimi Sheriff is the WikiNL guest editor on diversity and immigration, and Liz Solo, a.k.a. JE Solo, a.k.a. Elizabeth Pickard, tells us about her latest projects
ListenA sculpin cone, girls from away, and historic buildings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dark Tickle has the snack of the summer - a scuplin cone, two playwrights introduce us to the Girls From Away, and the All Hands Wiki project is all about N.L. historic buildings
ListenAn epic run, from shipwreck to guitar, and this week's NL wikipedia project theme is flora from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Greg Fleming tells us how he's making guitars out of wood salvaged from a shipwreck, Tim McDonough runs the entire East Coast Trail, and Horticulturalist Todd Boland is Memorial's All Hands Wiki Ed...
ListenWeekend AM celebrates the 2020 East Coast Music Awards, and Labrador is the Wiki theme of the week from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Weekend AM presents the 2020 ECMA Stompin' Tom Connors Award to the Wonderful Grand Band, Heather talks to ECMA recipient Kelly Russell, Memorial University wants your Labrador Wiki help.
ListenSaving real history, and peeking behind the curtain of a lifelong friendship from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Heidi Wicks reveals a few secrets about Jess and Cait, the two best friends at the centre of her new novel, "Melt." Also this week, Dale Jarvis talks about history at risk in our deteriorating ceme...
ListenLivestream or live audience, and Sandy Morris remembers Dame Vera Lynn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The CBC's Jill Power investigates whether live streaming will replace live performances for N.L. musicians, and speaking of live performances, musician Sandy Morris remembers that time he played in...
ListenCalling All Hands for a N.L. Wikipedia project from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Memorial University needs YOU to join the effort to get more Newfoundland and Labrador content on Wikipedia. Janet Harron and Jenny Higgins will give us the details.
ListenOrigami on the radio, resist the vinyl siding and think about local folklore connections with Bangladesh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yohei Sakai teaches Heather how to make an origami box, which doesn't go as planned, Jerry Dick of Heritage NL gives us some tips on clapboard maintenance, and Nadia Sarwar tells us about her resea...
ListenNONIA turns 100, and Mudders' Brudders make an epic video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We celebrate NONIA's centenary with a chat about all things knitting, and Mudders' Brudders bring us behind the scenes of their multi-sibling, multi-province, multi-continent video.
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