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Weekend AM is CBC Radio One's province-wide, Saturday and Sunday morning show across Newfoundland and Labrador. You'll meet creative people up to all sorts of things that keep life in Newfoundland and Labrador interesting.

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    • Oct 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 609 EPISODES


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    Spooky Newfoundland and Labrador stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 11:22


    Katie Crane, Folklore PhD candidate, tells us about the tradition of local spooky stories, and tells us a hair raising tale

    A Whale of a Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 15:08


    John Northcott visits the Core Science Building at Memorial University to learn about the blue whale skeleton suspended in the building's atrium

    Joey's bow tie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 5:36


    John Northcott, CBC's World Report host and noted bow tie aficionado, goes to The Rooms to check out the bow tie worn by Newfoundland and Labrador's first premier, Joseph R. Smallwood

    A Visit to Bidgood's

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 13:43


    John Northcott of CBC's World Report stocks up on provisions at locally owned grocery store, Bidgoods.

    Heave Away out of St. John's

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 15:54


    Chris Hearn, Director of the Centre for Marine Simulation at Memorial University's Marine Institute, directs John Northcott of CBC's World Report on how to steer a ship out of St. John's Harbour.

    Scratching the surface of vinyl DJ culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 9:22


    Weekend AM's Madison Taylor talks to Corey Steinke aka Corey Clocksy about why in an increasingly digital age, vinyl still plays an important role in the nightlife of St. John's.

    Gaultois gets a pickleball court

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 12:51


    The Coast of Bays town was at risk of resettlement a few years back. Now residents are rallying around a new pickleball court built with community pride

    Self-publishing boot camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 10:42


    Vickie Morgan, a self-publishing author, has experience to share with other aspiring self-publishing writers.

    Meet comedian Ashwyn Singh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 12:42


    Indian-Canadian comedian Ashwyn Singh brings his Wrong Singh to Say tour to St. John's

    A personal history through an ancient medium

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 14:03


    Visual artist Jennifer Young captures the life of a remarkable woman in her latest exhibit, My Story - Mi'Kmaq Elder Mardina Joe.

    Toilet paper - but make it fashion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 11:19


    Designer and model Shauna Griffiths, originally from Ship Harbour, Placentia Bay, is one of 16 designers taking part in this year's Cashmere Challenge

    Shaun Majumder is a Cool Dad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 11:05


    Actor and comedian Shaun Majumder tells us about his Cool Dad comedy tour across Newfoundland.

    The Newfoundland Salt Company shakes things up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 10:46


    Peter Burt, co-owner of the Newfoundland Salt Company, talks about the business's new equipment and pivot to wholesale orders.

    Come From Away is landing on more American theatre stages

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 11:08


    Come From Away is at the top of the list for the most staged theatre show in the United States for the 2025-26 theatre season, says Rob Weinert-Kendt of American Theater Magazine

    Meet the artist called the "next Elton John" - by Elton John

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 10:30


    American musician Jake Wesley Rogers is recording an album and doing a benefit concert in Winterton

    A homerun to our hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 11:05


    How a late night pee made Nelson Bradbury a viral sensation

    Popping with paper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 12:52


    CBC's Gavin Simms gets into the folds with with paper engineer Shawn Sheehy.

    Fashion Santa

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 13:23


    Fashion Santa, a.k.a. Paul Mason, visits Joe Batt's Arm and Gander.

    Terra Arcana and its mother-daughter podcast team

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 9:22


    Trudy Morgan-Cole and Emma Cole talk about their podcast in progress, Terra Arcana

    Clothing for plus ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 8:52


    Clothing designer Nora de Mariaffi takes the concept of matching outfits to the next level

    The Bowring Park bridge with connections to the Sydney Opera House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 14:01


    Architect Robert Mellin takes us on a walk over a mid-20th century architectural gem in the west end of St. John's

    Remembering D.F. Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 13:04


    Longtime music educators Doug Dunsmore and Andrea Rose talk about the legacy of their friend and colleague Donald F. Cook, the founding director of Memorial University's School of Music

    Kevin Tobin's career in drawing the news

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 12:29


    Editorial cartoonist Kevin Tobin talks about his long career and body of work with The Telegram and other newspapers in Newfoundland and Labrador

    The story of Churchill Park/Newtown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 10:19


    Louise Moyes talks to Weekend AM's Julia Israel about her latest Docudance, Churchill Park/Newtown - I Lived Here

    Meet Larry the Bedazzle Lobster

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 12:18


    WAM's Melissa Tobin speaks with artist Larry Weyand, who created a giant stuffed lobster and matching disco-ball cracker for this year's Bonavista Biennale.

    Serenaded by Seal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 10:01


    Musicians Becca Bartlett and Summer Bennett flew to New Jersey for an three-day artist retreat, where they sat around the campfire with GRAMMY-Award winning artist Seal.

    Dropping from Spotify

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 9:39


    CBC report Maddie Ryan tells us why some local musicians are taking their music off the world's biggest streaming platform.

    The threads of family

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 13:02


    We hear about Stitches We Share: From Grandmother's Hands to Ours, an exhibit at the 2025 Bonavista Biennale, where three granddaughters curated their grandmother's work.

    Ride for Recovery NL

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 13:23


    Joel Thomas Hynes, Leslie Smith and Carl Smith talk about their first ever Ride for Recovery NL, the vibrant recovery in Eastern Newfoundland, and their love of motorcycles.

    Bonavista Biennale 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 9:20


    Rose Bouthillier, artistic director, and Heather Igloliorte, curator, of the 2025 Bonavista Biennale, tell us about the artwork to explore on the Bonavista Peninsula.

    Circus and sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 15:02


    We meet circus performers at Wonderbolt Circus who talk about the physical art of circus, and what circus performers have in common with Canada Games athletes.

    Parasport NL is helping disabled athletes thrive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 11:26


    We meet Team NL para athletes Jeremy Jones and Seamus Reardon, and hear from Parasport NL president Margaret Tibbo and vice-president Doug Copp about how the organization works

    Meet Team New Brunswick's Mac Gnome

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 7:42


    Mac Gnome, along with his chaperone, Bruce MacFarlane of Team NB, talks about his role as unofficial Team NB mascot

    Lacrosse dancers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 4:47


    Team NL Box Lacrosse players Abby Adams, Jana Whiffen, and Paige O'Neill explain why Team NL and Team PEI Lacrosse players danced together after their matches

    wildfire update

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 6:43


    Mark Lawlor, N.L. Fire Duty Officer, gives a Sunday morning update on the wildfires, focusing on the Kingston wildfire, currently raging out of control.

    One family volleys their way across the country

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 7:58


    Rob and Madelyn Tomyn tell us about their connections to volleyball, the Canada Games, and several parts of Canada

    Mayor Curtis Delaney on the Kingston wildfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 6:49


    Curtis Delaney, mayor of Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, gives a Sunday morning update on the Kingston wildfire, burning out of control.

    Lacrosse runs in the Mont family

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 3:05


    The Mont brothers - Leo, Emmett and Henry, with their mother, Jessica, talk about their roles on Nova Scotia's Canada Games male lacrosse team.

    In sync in every way

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 8:20


    Taylor and Maddie Buchanan are identical twins and artistic swimmers with Team New Brunswick at the 2025 Canada Games.

    Wearing a hijab - while wrestling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 6:04


    Shahad Alouch of Chester, Nova Scotia explains how she showcases her culture and her wrestling skills in Canada Games competition.

    Back in the scrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 12:57


    Mya Roberts and Owen Connolly, rugby players with Team Prince Edward Island at the 2025 Canada Games, talk about how they are overcoming obstacles to pursue their sporting dreams

    Nelly the Adventure Cat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 10:05


    Nelly and her human, Lisa Roy, tell Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan about how Nelly has become a sensation on TikTok and YouTube

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