Guest host Laurie Brown speaks to 2020 Juno nominees Frank Kadillac of Neon Dreams and singer iskwē about finding their voices changed the way they make music.

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Junos Special

Rabbi Harold Kushner became a household name after he published his bestselling book Why Bad Things Happen to Good People. His signature blend of hard-earned wisdom, compassion and straight-talk have made him one of Tapestry’s most requested guests. In this episode, Kushner offers thoughtful, practical advice for dealing with disappointment and managing fear.

Tapestry@25: life advice from Rabbi Harold Kushner

We bring you a bonus episode from Chosen Family. Hosts Thomas Leblanc and Tranna Wintour are Montreal comedians, artists, and best friends. Each week they talk to established artists and up-and-coming makers, about pop culture, all facets of identity, and how to make great art. In this episode, they spoke to Lisa Grushcow, who is gay, a mother of three, once-divorced, and a rabbi. Rabbi Grushcow talked to Thomas and Tranna about reconciling same sex desire with her calling, looking at Tinder through the lens of Judaism, what a modern shabbat could look like, and more. Chosen Family, from CBC Podcasts, is out now. Subscribe at smarturl.it/chosenfamilycbc

Introducing: Chosen Family

Tim Lomas is the curator of an online lexicography of words from over 100 languages that all have one thing in common: they aren't translatable. In an interview with Tapestry host Mary Hynes, Lomas talks about how this massive cross-cultural vocabulary can help us build a more universal understanding of well-being. CBC Radio's William Firth hosts a show that is broadcast in the Gwich'in language. He tells Tapestry host Mary Hynes about how he embarked on a life-long mission to regenerate the language for today's youth.

The life-giving nature of language

Every so often, Mohammed Hashim gets a call to help someone who finds themselves in the news. In this feature interview, Tapestry host Mary Hynes goes deep with Hashim, who’s known as the “unofficial crisis manager” for Canadian Muslims. Victoria Yang remembers how she was treated as a Chinese-Canadian during the SARS outbreak and tells how she’s working through that shame to reclaim her heritage.

Recovering from a crisis

Everything changed for Dev Cuny when they came out as queer to her Evangelical parents. A tormented Cuny agreed to undergo gay conversion therapy, survived the abusive experience, and now helps other survivors. Dr. Willie Parker believed performing abortions was wrong. One day, he felt morally and spiritually compelled to do so.

Life-changing moments

Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be terrorizing and torturing children. There were hundreds of false allegations and countless lives torn apart — but never any real proof. Uncover: Satanic Panic from CBC Podcasts is out now. Subscribe at cbc.ca/uncover

Introducing Uncover: Satanic Panic

Originally broadcast in September 2007, this is one of the most requested episodes we’ve ever produced. Poet Coleman Barks and the ‘modern-day mystic’ Andrew Harvey explore all the ways Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, speaks to 21st-century hearts and minds.

Tapestry@25: Rumi: Poet Laureate of the Planet Earth

Leona Godin reflects on the strange symmetry between discovering punk rock and losing her eyesight as a girl. And agnostic Richard Kelly Kemick recounts his summer playing Herod among a cast of believers in the badlands of Alberta.

Punk rock and Passion plays

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Tapestry examines the politics of appearance with disability advocate s.e.smith and writer Lisa Tognola.

BEAUTY: Rocking the Foundations

From plantation tours to the myth of the black Confederate soldier, the history of slavery and the American Civil War has often been whitewashed. In this special episode, Tapestry investigates how distorted versions of the past can do so much harm in the present.

Uncivil History

Want to help build better world? Margaret Wheatley is training 'Warriors for the Human Spirit.' Want to see the world in a new light? Riz Virk argues we are all living in a computer simulation.

New Year's Revolution

Victor Wooten is considered one of the best bass players alive. His soulful conversation with Tapestry host Mary Hynes, punctuated by some exceptional bass-playing, is one our bass-playing host has never forgotten.

Tapestry at 25: bass player Victor Wooten

This episode is a holiday favourite from the Tapestry vaults: a playful, thoughtful exploration of the ways different spiritual traditions think about light at the darkest time of the year.

Tapestry at 25: Let There Be Light

Writer Priya Basil reflects on the meaning of hospitality and generosity in our homes and our countries. And Anne Thériault tells the story of the 7th-century Irish saint that helped her overcome her fear of flying.

Welcoming Strangers

CBC Radio's Tapestry is a weekly exploration of spirituality, religion and the search for meaning, hosted by Mary Hynes.

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