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The healing power of jazz, comedy and puppets

We're talking all about the healing power of art on the show this week. From stand-up comedy, to jazz music - and even puppets!
Rosanna Deerchild with Marcel, Mathias and Thimble. (Erica Daniels/CBC)

We're talking all about the healing power of art on the show this week. From stand-up comedy, to jazz music - and even puppets!

Howie Miller is a Cree comic from Edmonton who has been doing stand-up comedy for 20 years. Find out how he uses laughter to bridge the divide between his culture and the one he grew up in. Also tune in for his impressions of Christopher Walken and Elvis!
Howie Miller (courtesy Howie Miller)


Find out how jazz musician Chuck Copenance found his song in ceremony. He'll play a new song, The Opening, live with the Chuck Copenace Group.

They each stand twp feet tall, wear two long braids and are stuffed with cotton. Mathias, Marcel and Thimble are puppets from Pukatawagan Cree Nation. Their funny videos shot in the Cree language have been going viral. 

This week's Playlist

Chuck Copenace (Facebook)

Twin Flames - Native By Nature
Chuck Copenace Group - Appetites
Chuck Copenace Group - The Opening
Sidney Castel - Pukatawagan Song
Christa Couture - Invitation in Three Parts