This archival shipwreck story of sonic wizardry spans continents and centuries, courtesy of the great radio producer Chris Brookes. Chris passed away earlier this month in St. John's, but leaves behind a trove of audio stories like this one, that first aired in 2002.

When Jennifer Crawford donned the wild colours of their wrestling persona Moon Miss, they seemed unstoppable in the rookie wrestling season. Then came a huge setback. Luckily - Jennifer is no stranger to setbacks. A comeback story as unexpected as Moon Mist ice cream itself, produced by Emma Smith, David Irish, and Jennifer Crawford.

From archival snippets of slave names to modern police shootings, filmmaker and writer Sylvia Hamilton filters those Black experiences - and her own - into her poetry collection, Tender. She reads us a few poems and talks about the lives within it.

Throughout his life, Craig Mackie used his voice to help others. And he decided to do the same as he faced death, and his choice of medical assistance in dying. A documentary by Jessica Doria-Brown.

Failing: we've all done it. So why don't we talk about it more? 2 scholars at the University of New Brunswick say there's a lot to be gained from opening up about what goes wrong in our lives.

"The way I see it, Rita Joe did not spend decades fighting to find her talk, for me to not try," Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters tells a crowd at the Halifax Central Library. The crowd is there to listen as Mi'kmaw writers and thinkers share personal histories and imagined worlds, all inspired by the legendary poet. Producer Moira Donovan was in the audience too, and brings us inside the event, put off by the Afterwords Literary Festival.

This last year has filled with unimaginable upheaval for Ukrainians. Some who have fled the war have taken up offers of free flights to Newfoundland and Labrador, arriving as strangers in a strange land - where things didn't stay strange for very long. This is their story. A documentary produced by Krissy Holmes and Caroline Hillier, with additional reporting by Andrea McGuire. This is the story of some people taking up that offer of refuge…and arriving in a strange land…among strangers… but -- things didnt stay strange for very long.

Alone and pregnant, Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa arrived in St. John's from Nigeria to pursue her PhD dreams in 2018. By 2023, her science degree and family life are thriving - and so are her side hustles, all dedicated to helping other international students and immigrants find their way in Canada. Joy is a CBC Black Changemaker for 2023, and this is her story. Reporting by Heather Gillis.

One province holds a dubious distinction in the cost of living crunch: PEI has had the highest inflation in Canada for almost two years. How are Islanders coping? The CBC's Laura Meader and Maggie Brown bring us their stories, and sacrifices.

Michelle Butler Hallett is an award-winning novelist from St. John's. But she turns the pen on herself in her very personal essay, "You're Not Disabled, Disabled." Michelle reads from that essay and shares her experiences of varying mobility and being policed by others, with the hope of sparking compassion and conversation.