Q

Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017: Cold Specks, Irvine Welsh and more

Today on q: musician Cold Specks, Saturday Night Live production designer Eugene Lee, author Jen Sookfong Lee, and author Irvine Welsh.
Today on q: musician Cold Specks, Saturday Night Live production designer Eugene Lee, author Jen Sookfong Lee, and author Irvine Welsh. (Norman Wong, Ron Manville, ECW Press, Getty Images)

Today on q, guest hosted by Ali Hassan: (1) 'I hid for many years: how musician Cold Specks finally learned to embrace herself and her community; (2) staging Saturday Night Live; (3) author explores how Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho brought the marginal into the mainstream; (4) 'I was treated as some kind of pop star': Irvine Welsh reveals how Trainspotting changed his life; (5) Lady Gaga, The Deadly Snakes and more: music from today's episode.