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The award winning actor's film is having its debut at the Atlantic International Film Festival. Wayne Burns gives Jeff Douglas a bit of non-spoiler background ahead of the films showing.

Alex Khasnabish is chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. He studies social movements, radical politics and social and political theory. He speaks with Jeff Douglas about the current polarized moment with social movements and why we struggle to speak to one another when we have differing political and social views.

We hear some of what Mark Carney said during his news conference today, where he unveiled his top five picks for "nation building projects." Then Jeff speaks with Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston about what's next for Wind West.

Following this new interview with Mo Green, we've attached Jeff's story about his visit to a GuysWork session at Millwood High School, in Middle Sackville. It first aired May 7th.

Seana Jewer is Nova Scotia Health's community engagement lead with Roots of Hope. She speaks with Jeff Douglas about the project and what it means to talk a holistic community based approach to suicide prevention.If you or someone you know is struggling here is some resources you can access:The Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or if this is an emergency call 911.NSH's Mental Health and Addictions Program's Central Intake service at 1-855-922-1122The number for Talk Suicide Canada is 1-833-456-4566.You can call or text the national suicide crisis helpline at 9-8-8.The number for Kids Help Phone is 1-800-668-6868, or you can text them at 686 868.

Nancy Saunders' son, Ben Brennan, died by suicide in 2023. He was 29 years old. Nancy shares with Jeff Douglas what her son was like and about her efforts to advocate for change in Nova Scotia's mental health.If you or someone you know is struggling here's some resources you can access:The Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or if this is an emergency call 911.NSH's Mental Health and Addictions Program's central intake service at 1-855-922-1122The number for Talk Suicide Canada is 1-833-456-4566. You can call or text the national suicide crisis helpline at 9-8-8.The number for Kids Help Phone is 1-800-668-6868, or you can text them at 686-868.

Alex Mason drops into the Chebucto Connections office, in Spryfield, to talk with Leigh MacLean who is the organization's Outreach & Housing Director.

Joshua Saunders is a Halifax based cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. His latest work, 'Last Ride Home', is coming to the Lunenburg Doc Festival on Sept 20th. This film details the profound human cost of the Ukraine war by shining a light on the lives of volunteer medics providing aid on the frontlines, families left waiting in uncertainty and for husbands and fathers who may never return home. Alex Guye spoke with Josh. Here's that conversation.

Research done right here in the Maritimes indicates no. But there are places in the world where some kinds of sharks are drawn to aquaculture pens for some reasons. Alex Mason's interview with DFO research scientist Marc Trudel is followed by an extended version of his conversation with shark researcher Chris Harvey-Clark.

Jeff speaks with our defence columnist, Ken Hansen.

Michelle Morgan-Coole was a lawyer with a disability law practice who passionately advocated for accessibility, disability rights and inclusion. According to her obituary, she died on August 14 at the age of 59. Meig Campbell spoke to two people who knew and worked with Michelle, about who she was and the legacy she leaves behind.

Matt Hunt Gardner is a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and a researcher at the University of Oxford. He explains why there are so many regional accents in our province and what could be putting these accents at risk.

According to numbers from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, the number of volunteer firefighters have been reduced by over 2,000 since 2022. The chief of the Greenfield and District Volunteer Fire Department, Moyal Conrad, spoke with our colleague Meig Campbell about this.

Charmaine Nelson is a provost professor of art history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she runs the Slavery North Initiative. She explains the harm changing the narrative of history can cause and what the Trump's administrations push to do this signals to her.

Most East Coast musicians lose money attending the annual ECMAs. Former ECMA CEO Blanche Israel has concerns over the amount of financial support available to artists, relative to other ECMA expenditures. She also has concerns over possible conflicts of interest. Jeff reads a statement from ECMA's board chair Michelle Eagles in response.

Terje van der Meeren is a research professor with Norway's Institute of Marine Research, the country's leading marine research organization. He explains to Alex Guye why tailings are allowed to be dumped in Norwegian fjords and about how environmental organizations are pushing back.

We learn more from Teresa Heffernan, a professor of English language and literature at St. Mary's University, about this the consequences of using AI to do your reading for you.

The Israeli government is going ahead with a controversial settlement project in West Bank. Canadian Journalist Jesse Rosenfeld provides us with an update and in what ways Canada is economically tied to the area.

Greg Morrow is the MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie and is Nova Scotia's Minister of Agriculture. He spoke with Jeff Douglas about the funding increase.

Josh Oulton is the owner of Tap Root Farms in Kings County. He told Jeff Douglas although funding is appreciated, it's too little, too late for the 2025 season.

Brittany Smith is the senior communications advisor with Halifax Water. She gives on update on the municipality's water situation.

The tennis competition takes place in Halifax at the Scotiabank Centre on Friday September 12 and Saturday September 13. A letter that went out today calling for a boycott of the Davis Cup includes academics, athletes, and coaches as signatories. Daniel Sailofsky is an assistant professor of kinesiology and a member of the University of Toronto's Jewish Faculty Network. He speaks with guest host Alex Guye about the letter and politics of sport.

Over his 40 year career, Dr. Jacques Desrosiers was one of Nova Scotia's quiet champions of reproductive rights. The Reproductive Options and Services (ROSE) Clinic was named in his honour. He passed away at the age of 71 in early July. Martha Paynter, a current affiliate scientist with the ROSE Clinic, reflects on his life and the legacy he leaves behind.

Sarah Lyon is the communications officer for the SPCA. She tells Jeff Douglas about how people can prepare to leave safely and efficiently during an evacuation with your pets.

The director of the wild blueberry research program at Dalhousie, David Percival, tells Meig Campbell just how dire the situation is for wild blueberry producers in the province.

Brian Orde, the coordinator for Annapolis Regional Emergency Management Office (REMO) and Nadine McCormick is the public information officer for Annapolis REMO give an update to Jeff Douglas.

Sheri Donovan is the general manager of the Hants County Exhibition & Fairground.

Dan Stovel is the emergency coordinator at Kings County Regional Emergency Management Organization. He tells guest host Carolyn Ray, where to begin when it comes to planning for disaster.

In Antigonish, the drought has come with a certain smell to it and the lack of water is making their wastewater treatment facility smell worse. And where there's stink, our colleague Meig Campbell will follow. Here is her conversation with the mayor of Antigonish, Sean Cameron.

Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza city. Michael Lynk is a professor emeritus of law at Western University and the former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. He shares his thoughts on this move with Jeff Douglas and gives us an update of what is happening in Gaza.

You may have noticed brown leaves falling off your trees as the drought drags on. Our colleague Meig Campbell asked Crispin Wood, manager of urban forestry for the Halifax Regional Municipality, what is happening and how this will impact the trees long term.

Tawny Stowe is a farmer at Nourishing Circles Farmstead in Oxford who experienced a blueberry crop failure recently. She tells Jeff Douglas about this and what the future might look like.

James Turk is director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University. He tells Alex Guye about the recent deaths of Palestinian journalists in Gaza and the amount of journalists that have been killed since October 2023.

U.S. president also announced he's federalizing the local police and will launch a 'beautification" campaign that will remove homeless encampments. Robert Huish, an associate professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, explains this and more to Jeff Douglas.

CBC's Jane Sponagle spoke to Kings County Mayor Dave Corkum about the future project and partnering with the town's of Wolfville and Kentville.

Julia Davids is the choirs artistic director. Joel Tranquilla is the assistant conductor. They both spoke to guest host, Alex Guye.

Dalhousie marine biology student, Geraldine Fernandez and Atlantic Shark Expeditions president, Neil Hammerschlag, tell Jeff about a great white shark encounter from earlier this week. Geraldine managed to captured an incredible photo of the shark curiously peaking out of the ocean near the tour boat.

Waggin' Wheels Mobile Dog Gym is a service in HRM that brings a mobile, indoor gym directly to your dog and provides a supervised workout for dogs on a treadmill inside a climate-controlled van. Rob Doublett met up with owner and operator Spencer Fry this morning to see the idea in action.

Founder of OCEARCH, Chris Fischer, speaks with Mainstreet's Alex Guye about the organization's current expedition in Nova Scotia working alongside the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station.

One of them is Karin Jafer. She spoke with Jeff Douglas about what this opportunity means to her.

NSCAD associate professor, April Mandrona, joins Jeff Douglas to talk about the subversive, survival mechanism that is art.

Branko Mizerit tells Jeff Douglas about his company Aerodome Canada, a new model for future food production.