The Signal

Gardening season is on the horizon. Today on the show we speak with gardening expert Dan Rubin on how to prepare and what you need to have a successful start to the grow season.

It's a year of three elections in Newfoundland and Labrador -- that means one heck of a lot candidates. Today on the show we ask: What do women face when running for politics or a job in the public eye? How is the experience different? Guests: Kristina Ennis, Kristina Ennis Consulting and president of the PC Women's Association; Kate Cadigan, chair Equal Voice; and Julie Dwyer PhD candidate in psychology and owner of the Centre for Mindfulness

Today on the show we celebrate 60 years of a Newfoundland and Labrador cultural institution -- Land & Sea. The show has spent six decades highlighting the way of life and living in this province, covering stories about nature, culture and community all colliding together. GUESTS Land & Sea host Jane Adey; former Land & Sea host Dave Quinton

Today on the show we chat with journalism students about the future of news, the industry, and current events. We also ask their thoughts on trying to enter the industry in a time of shrinking and disappearing newsrooms, and eroding trust. GUESTS CNA instructor Peter Walsh; Madeline Westcott; Mahalia Ardis; Olivia Taylor

The provincial government wants to transform and modernize the education system in Newofundland and Labrador. It has engaged folks to come up with a 10-year roadmap called the Education Accord. Today on the show we speak with the co-chairs of the accord about the future of education in this province. Guests: Education Accord N.L. co-chairs Anne Burke and Karen Goodnough

Today on the show we speak with experienced tech founders who want to establish Newfoundland and Labrador as a global hub for health-care innovation. We dig into how that can happen, what's needed to make it happen and why this time of acute focus on the economy might be able to give a boost to the process. Guests: Mike Wesolowski, CEO Luxsonic; Dr. Stephen Ryan co-founder and chief marketing officer PolyUnity; Mandy Woodland CEO and co-founder of Amp Health; and Laurent Carbonneau director, policy and research Council of Canadian Innovators

This International Women's Day, we are celebrating the everyday ways women are there for us — from cooking, making holidays special, offering a shoulder to cry on, and making us feel loved. We want to show that we appreciate those moments.

Today on the show we speak with experts and avocates who have frontline perspectives on what vulnerable youth are facing in Newfoundland and Labrador. We talk housing, food insecurity, mental health struggles, and the justice system -- from gaps to fixes.

Today on the show we talk about the trade war, impacts to Newfoundland and Labrador, and finding the best way forward.

Today's show speaks with young activists and organizers about climate change action facing the 2025 landscape -- U.S. announcement it's pulling out of the Paris climate agreement and a federal election coming at some point.

Today on the show we talk about something called the 'resource curse' and whether it is hindering economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador. And we ask folks what kind of economy do you want for the future?

On today's show we speak with political watchers about Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey's surprise resignation. Guests react to the news and talk about what kind of leadership should come next.

David Behm, a professor at Memorial University's School of Human Kinetics and Recreation; Mike Wahl, a health educator, writer and professor at MUN’s Faculty of Medicine.

As Ukraine's war with Russia enters its fourth year, we speak with folks from the Newfoundland and Labrador Ukrainian community. The conversation covers the latest on the war, how folks are coping back home and how the diaspora is doing in N.L.

Today's show dives into calls for buying local and Canadian and the noticeable uptick in Canadian pride in respinse to tariff threats and musings of Canada becoming the 51st state by the U.S. president. During the hour we ask guests about the increase in patriotism, we ask what it means to be Canadian and if there is such thing as having too much pride.

Today on the show we speak with some tech and manufacturing folks in Newfoundland and Labrador about Trump tariff threats and the way forward. We talk about how to mitigate economic downfall, find new trading partners and reform some of the ways we do business in this province, and across the country.

Today on the show we speak with folks from the Black community in Newfoundland and Labrador about the meaning of the month to them and about their experiences living in the province.

Today's show gets down to the dollars and cents of starting a business. We hear from local entrepreneurs on what it's like to take the leap, get a business up and running, and operate in this current economic climate.

AI is seeping into every corner of the internet. Streaming platforms give you a new playlist every day, curated by an algorithm. But that also means every artist has the chance to make it big. The internet has completely changed the music industry, and how we listen to music — for better, and for worse. Today on The Signal, we talk about the upsides and the downsides.

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, today's show gives some love to local libraries and authors. It explores how the library is a lot more than books, it has programming for all ages, resources, computers, games. It’s a third place people can simply exist without having to pay or do anything. You will also meet some talented writer folks.