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Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020: Big Sean, Billy Collins and more

Today on q: rapper Big Sean, tech and culture journalist Alyssa Bereznak, actor Jean Yoon, poet Billy Collins.
Rapper Big Sean, actor Jean Yoon, poet Billy Collins. (Getty Images, Denise Grant, billycollinspoetry.com)

Today on q, with Tom Power:

  • Rapper Big Sean opens up about his struggle with depression, how he rediscovered his passion through therapy and meditation, and why Detroit 2 is his most honest album yet.

  • Tech and culture journalist Alyssa Bereznak unpacks how more and more celebrities like Travis Scott and The Weeknd are using avatars to reach their fans virtually.

  • Actor Jean Yoon reflects on the ongoing success of Kim's Convenience, and why she's been championing diversity on stage and on screen since the 1980s.

  • Bestselling poet Billy Collins, the former poet laureate of the United States, discusses his new collection, Whale Day: And Other Poems, and how the pandemic has "slowed the world down to the speed of poetry."