When it comes to storytelling, one person reigns supreme: LeVar Burton.

For years, the Star Trek and Roots actor helped parents raise their children by sharing stories as the host of Reading Rainbow. The show encouraged a whole generation of young people to get out to the library and escape inside a good book.

Today, Burton is still telling stories, but now with his own podcast: LeVar Burton Reads. His mission is to get adults to take some time to enjoy a good story and listen to the ones he'll share through your headphones.

Burton joined Tom Power live in the Q studio to tell us more about his podcast in 2018, when he was in town for the Hot Docs Film Festival.

— Produced by ​Ben Edwards