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Schedule for Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015

Broadcaster, reporter and producer Sean Rameswaram takes over the host chair this week. All schedules are subject to last minute changes, so please check back for updates. TBA TBA Q's Canadian expat panel convenes for the first time. Three culturally savvy Canadians living abroad bring their unique perspectives to the week's arts and culture news....
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Cast members Leslie Jones and Colin Jost on SNL's weekend update last spring. (NBC)
Q1:16:09"Good" radio voices, Saturday Night Live at 40, Q's expat panel 02/12/15

Broadcaster, reporter and producer Sean Rameswaram takes over the host chair this week. All schedules are subject to last minute changes, so please check back for updates. 

  • Does public radio sound too 'white'? Does the CBC most often feature one dominant style of speech and narration -- one that is deemed 'professional' sounding? We tackle those questions with American professor, hip hop artist and radio producer Chenjerai Kumanyika and CBC Producers Nick Davis and Mariel Borelli. [FULL POST]
  • This weekend, Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Ahead of that, Q guest host Sean Rameswaram will speak with original series writer Rosie Shuster about the mythological origins of the show, and also journalist James Andrew Miller about what the show means now. [FULL POST]
  • Q's Canadian expat panel convenes for the first time. Three culturally savvy Canadians living abroad -- in Italy, Colombia and Afghanistan -- reflect on media coverage of sexual violence and how comedians like Jon Stewart serve as barometers for free speech. [FULL POST]

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