Weekend AM
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
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.
Location:
St. John's, NL
Networks:
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@CBCWam
Language:
English
Contact:
95 University Ave. Box 12010, Sta A., St. John's, NL A1B 1Z4 1-877-576-5245
Website:
http://www.cbc.ca/wam/
Email:
cbcinput@cbc.ca
Episodes
Building a better berrypicking bag
9/14/2024
Elona Severs of Crackerberry Bags demonstrates her system for berrypicking and foraging
Duration:00:11:15
Targa Newfoundland returns to Gander
9/13/2024
Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin takes a drive along the Come From Away memorial stage of the automobile rally, with local organizer Wayne Lorenzen.
Duration:00:09:27
Run the rainbow with QRC YYT
9/13/2024
We'll meet members of Queer Run Club YYT, just as they start their regular Saturday morning group run.
Duration:00:07:42
Ben Bisaillon brings us a card trick and their portable drum kit
9/11/2024
Ben Bisaillon is bringing their magic and beatboxing skills to Queering the Arts in Conception Bay North, but first, they dropped by the Weekend AM studio.
Duration:00:12:03
Fog Vodka
9/6/2024
Brothers Bill and Kenny Tuff have figured out a way to make vodka out of, yes, Newfoundland fog.
Duration:00:10:16
The fruit of their labour at the Port Blandford public garden
9/1/2024
From pears, raspberries, and kiwis, there's a lot growing in Port Blandford. Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin meets volunteer Wayne Humphries for a tour of the new public gardens, the largest outside St. John's.
Duration:00:10:24
Hardcord for hardcore
8/31/2024
The alternative music scene is alive and thriving. We speak with Ontario band Mile End about why they travelled so far for their fans, and how the scene is growing.
Duration:00:06:04
The uniting factor of Oasis
8/31/2024
Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan grew up listening to Oasis through her parent's stereo. Now that the band is reuniting, she sits down with her dad, Gerry Ryan, to reflect on what made the band so influential to a generation.
Duration:00:08:01
The sounds of dungeon synth
8/31/2024
Happy Valley-Goose Bay artist Julia Schultz - aka pupfish - talks about their music, inspired by the fantasy worlds of their imagination.
Duration:00:07:23
The Baker's Dozen reunite
8/31/2024
In the 1970s, the Gander choral group The Baker's Dozen won awards for their harmonies. This year, they got back together after 53 years, and it's just like old times.
Duration:00:10:40
Sprucing up the public park in Port Blandford
8/25/2024
With a new cookhouse and amphitheatre, the municipal park in Port Blandford is ready for AppleFest - all thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers.
Duration:00:11:50
The lost art of handmade toys
8/24/2024
Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan speaks with Katrina Tompkins, who's reviving the art of handmade toys in her new exhibition, Good Fun: A Heritage Toy Project.
Duration:00:08:59
Inclusive drag
8/24/2024
Drag queen Stella Starlet talks about making space for fellow Sapphic and femme performers and how she's inspired by Chappell Roan.
Duration:00:14:08
Creating the perfect tan lines
8/24/2024
Local designer Lauren Hewitt of Avonlea Apparel is combating fast-fashion with her own, custom-made swimwear line.
Duration:00:08:15
Teaching the Newfoundland accent
8/17/2024
Veteran Hollywood dialect coach Joel Goldes talks about his career helping actors change their accent, including Come From Away cast members around the world.
Duration:00:11:08
Resting in public
8/17/2024
Artist Brenda Mabel Reid explores gender queerness, quilts, and what it means to rest in public in their latest exhibit, Underlay, as part of the Hold Fast Festival in St. John's.
Duration:00:08:07
Find zen with bees
8/17/2024
Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin meets Nicole Russell, owner of The Honey Bee Healing Hut in Blaketown, NL and learns how lying with bees can be a calming experience.
Duration:00:12:39
The Drive to work with friends
8/17/2024
Playwright and actor Sharon Wheatley met her pals Astrid Van Weiren and Petrina Bromley as cast members for the Broadway production of Come From Away. Now they are working together on Wheatley's new work, Drive, playing in Gander and St. John's this summer.
Duration:00:11:50
Pianist Jeremy Denk is set to perform in St. John's
8/7/2024
Acclaimed American pianist Jeremy Denk talks about his upcoming performance at the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival
Duration:00:09:27
Tom Allen takes us on a Bach walk
8/7/2024
Musician, storyteller and broadcaster Tom Allen talks about his show, J.S. Bach's Long Walk in the Snow
Duration:00:11:01