North by Northwest
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
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.
Location:
Vancouver, BC
Networks:
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@nxnwcbc
Language:
English
Contact:
P.O. BOX 4600 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4A2 (604) 662-6000
Website:
http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/
Episodes
Sheryl MacKay signs off
12/31/2022
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.
Duration:00:20:48
Anny Scoones' complete cancer diaries
12/30/2022
Here are all four parts of writer Anny Scoones' reflections on being diagnosed with cancer.
Duration:00:43:19
Handy Candy: The Complete Series
12/18/2022
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.
Duration:01:38:04
Record Keeping with cellist Marina Hasselberg
12/3/2022
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.
Duration:00:19:31
Dr. Corey Nislow on sending yeast and algae to space
11/19/2022
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.
Duration:00:23:38
David Sedaris from 2009
11/6/2022
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.
Duration:00:46:22
Environmental Scientist Ian Mauro
10/15/2022
Ian Mauro is an environmental scientist and a filmmaker, and he's the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
Duration:00:19:17
Record Keeping with Ian William Craig
9/2/2022
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.
Duration:00:36:45
Dr. Stefanie Green on assisted dying
8/13/2022
Stefanie Green's new memoir is "This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life." This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience at the Vancouver Public Library.
Duration:00:56:40
Astronomer Kim Venn
2/6/2022
Kim Venn talks about her team's research into some of the oldest star clusters ever observed.
Duration:00:17:58
Michael Harris
1/19/2022
Michael Harris talks about his new book All We Want; Building the Life We Cannot Buy
Duration:00:18:11
Nikki Hedstrom
12/5/2021
Nikki Hedstrom has written a book for children about dealing with anxiety called A Thought is a Thought.
Duration:00:12:06
Sunday November 7
11/7/2021
In this episode you will hear from Naomi Leung who is an climate activist and member of the Sustainabiliteens, from June Goldsmith about classical music, from actor Cheri Maracle who is presenting Paddle Song at the Firehall in Vancouver and from shoemaker Amy Slosky who is part of the East Side Culture Crawl this year.
Duration:00:53:49
Sunday October 24
10/24/2021
In this episode you'll hear writer Rita Moir talking about her latest book Not of Reason, A Recipe for Outrunning Sadness, Rizwaan Abbas talking about his exhibit at the Surrey Museum titled The Indo-Fijians: Surrey's Pocket of Paradise, Word Guy Jonathan Berkowitz with a history lesson and Christa Ovenell in another installment of her series on death and dying.
Duration:01:18:04
Saturday September 11
9/11/2021
In this episode: a children's book created during the pandemic by a Victoria family, Ryan Dickie talks about the film In The Land of Dreamers that he co-directed, potter Elaine Brewer White and Matthew Parsons with another whirl around Wikipedia, this time starting with Fort Nelson.
Duration:01:02:27
Sunday September 5
9/5/2021
In this episode: violinist Timothy Chooi, musician and composer Moshe Denburg, a great reading list from Upstart and Crow book store on Granville Island, and award winning designer Jill Anholt.
Duration:01:15:26
Nostic & Nicki blend Peruvian culture with hip hop and electronic in Kipus
8/22/2021
Guest host Rohit Joseph speaks with Victoria artist Marco Bermudez, also known as Nostic of Nostic & Nicki, about his latest album Kipus. Nostic says it was important for him to highlight his heritage through traditional Peruvian instruments and elements of Indigenous language.
Duration:00:14:11
Social Distancing Portraits
8/21/2021
Multimedia artist Adad Hannah joined guest host Rohit Joseph to discuss his work which can be described as "living pictures". It is on display at the Kelowna Art Gallery till November 21st, 2021, and can also be found on Instagram by looking for @adadhannah.
Duration:00:10:10
Mug Shots: Lance Hall and Maureen McEwen of StillPoint Pottery
8/14/2021
In this installment of Mug Shots, North by Northwest's series focusing on pottery, guest host Rohit Joseph reached out to potter Lance Hall to find out how he and his wife work together at StillPoint Pottery.
Duration:00:07:52
Collaboration is the name of the game at Monsoon Festival's Music Night
8/14/2021
Guest host Rohit Joseph spoke with Monsoon Festival of the Performing Arts' executive director, Gurpreet Sian, about the world class drummers jamming together at the festival's music night on Sunday August 15.
Duration:00:14:16