Weekend AM

Wendy Short of Crazy Cat Lady Spa explains why cats need more attention than we, their humans, might think.

Heidi Dixon of First Light shows us around an exhibit of Indigenous artwork curated from First Light's facilities, on display at Eastern Edge Gallery

Leslie Martin, operations manager of Holy Heart Theatre, talks about the enduring popularity of the performing arts venue for everyone from school choirs to Leonard Cohen

Andrew Loman, chair of the E.J. Pratt Lecture Committee, tells us about a new anthology of selected Pratt Lectures, and Madeleine Thein, the 2025 Pratt Lecturer, tells us about her upcoming talk.

Two St. John's Eurovision superfans - Krista Vincent and Remzi Cej - discuss the potential for Canada - and Newfoundland and Labrador - getting involved in the famous song contest

Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin checks out the province's newest microbrewery with Rebecca Lane, the communications and marketing manager for Salvaje Longhouse and Brewery

Akita Equipment co-owner Amy Howlett describes how the company moved a large sculpture by Jean-Claude Roy

Musician Carolina East tells us about her experience with a life threatening illness, and how that has changed the way she sees the world

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

How a late night pee made Nelson Bradbury a viral sensation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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