CBC Radio host Margaret Gallagher meets creative people from all around the province. Hear about their passions and inspirations. You'll visit artists and in their studios, musicians and performers backstage, writers at their keyboards and chefs at the cooktop. There's great conversation and a lot of laughs too waiting for you every weekend on North by Northwest.
285 Available Episodes (291 Total)Average duration: 00:29:59
Dec 31, 2022
Sheryl MacKay signs off
00:20:47
After 22 years as the host of North by Northwest, Sheryl MacKay is retiring. To finish off her last show, Sheryl allowed NXNW's associate producer Matthew Parsons the rare privilege of turning the tables and interviewing her.
Dec 30, 2022
Anny Scoones' complete cancer diaries
00:43:19
Here are all four parts of writer Anny Scoones' reflections on being diagnosed with cancer.
Dec 18, 2022
Handy Candy: The Complete Series
01:38:04
Here are all ten parts of Grant Lawrence's series about a wonderfully driven, talented, and outspoken art school teacher from Tacoma, Washington, named Handy Candy Anderson, who calls Desolation Sound home in the warmer months.
Dec 03, 2022
Record Keeping with cellist Marina Hasselberg
00:19:31
Marina Hasselberg's debut album "RED" is a mix of new music by contemporary composers, and improvisations with icons of the Vancouver experimental music scene. Matthew Parsons talked with her about her musical origins, and some of the music that has shaped her life.
Nov 19, 2022
Dr. Corey Nislow on sending yeast and algae to space
00:23:38
Corey Nislow works in the field of genomics at UBC's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His lab has sent samples of yeast and algae into space aboard the Artemis 1 mission that's currently heading to the moon and back. Sheryl talked with him about this mission, and his life in science generally.
Nov 06, 2022
David Sedaris from 2009
00:46:22
In 2009, the humourist David Sedaris visited CBC Vancouver as part of the NXNW book club, just after the publication of his bestselling collection of true stories "When You Are Engulfed In Flames." Here's the complete recording.
Oct 15, 2022
Environmental Scientist Ian Mauro
00:19:17
Ian Mauro is an environmental scientist and a filmmaker, and he's the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
Sep 25, 2022
Susan Cormer reads "Advice for a New Beekeeper"
00:16:55
Susan Cormier is the winner of this year's CBC Nonfiction Prize. Here she is reading her winning essay, "Advice for a New Beekeeper," drawn from her own experience keeping bees.
Sep 11, 2022
Christa Ovenell on talking to kids about death
00:14:40
Funeral director Christa Ovenell from Death's Apprentice in Vancouver is here with some advice on how to talk to kids about death.
Sep 02, 2022
Record Keeping with Ian William Craig
00:36:45
Ian William Craig is a singer, an ambient musician and songwriter based in Vancouver. He has a new album coming out later this month. It's the soundtrack to a video game called "Magnesium 173." Matthew Parsons talked with Ian for our series "Record Keeping," where we talk with creative people around the province about the music that shaped their lives.
Dec 31 | 00:20:47
Sheryl MacKay signs off
Dec 30 | 00:43:19
Anny Scoones' complete cancer diaries
Dec 18 | 01:38:04
Handy Candy: The Complete Series
Dec 03 | 00:19:31
Record Keeping with cellist Marina Hasselberg
Nov 19 | 00:23:38
Dr. Corey Nislow on sending yeast and algae to space
Nov 06 | 00:46:22
David Sedaris from 2009
Oct 15 | 00:19:17
Environmental Scientist Ian Mauro
Sep 25 | 00:16:55
Susan Cormer reads "Advice for a New Beekeeper"
Sep 11 | 00:14:40
Christa Ovenell on talking to kids about death
Sep 02 | 00:36:45
Record Keeping with Ian William Craig
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