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Tuesday, March 7, 2017: Greg Graffin, the state of sketch comedy and more

Today on q: Carolyn Taylor and Paul Thomas on the state of sketch comedy, video game contributor Sam Maggs, film professor Jamsheed Akrami, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin.
Today on q: Carolyn Taylor and Paul Thomas on the state of sketch comedy, film professor Jamsheed Akrami, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin. (Melody Lau/CBC, courtesy of Paul Thomas, courtesy of Jamsheed Akrami, Getty Images)

Today on q, hosted by Tom Power: (1) Carolyn Taylor and Paul Thomas discuss the 'power of sketch comedy' now, (2) Jamsheed Akrami says films are an important source of empathy in the Trump era, (3) Greg Graffin's musical universe makes space for country and punk, (4) Blue Rodeo, Junior Boys and more: music from today's episode.