Your guide to CBC podcasts produced in Quebec
This is Montreal, Telling our Twisted Histories among titles
Here are 11 podcasts that are either produced in the province or are Quebec-focused. To see all CBC Podcasts, click here. You can also subscribe to CBC's biweekly newsletter to keep up with the latest in the world of podcasting.
This is Montreal
Dive into the Montreal stories you're curious about and the issues you want to understand.
From Laval to Longueuil and across the island, host Ainslie MacLellan explores the complexities of our colourful, vibrant, and sometimes frustrating, but always interesting city. New episode every Thursday.
LISTEN TO THIS IS MONTREAL HERE
The Village
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens its grip on major cities around the world, the relative safety of Montreal's nightlife becomes a magnet for gay men. But when they start turning up dead in hotel rooms, beaten lifeless in city parks, and violently murdered in their own homes, the queer community has more to fear than the disease. While the city's police force dithers over the presence of a serial killer, a group of queer activists starts making connections, and rises up to start a movement that would end up changing thousands of lives. Hosted by Francis Plourde.
This podcast is also available in French.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
This series reclaims Indigenous history by exploring 11 words whose meanings have been twisted by centuries of colonization.
Directed by Ossie Michelin and hosted by Kaniehti:io Horn, the 11-episode series guides listeners through conversations with more than 70 people from 15 Indigenous communities whose lands now make up Quebec, New Brunswick and Labrador.
LISTEN TO TELLING OUR TWISTED HISTORIES HERE
This podcast is also available in French.
Sorry About the Kid
Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back. In this emotional four-part series, Alex unearths his childhood grief — with help from family, friends, and a therapist who witnessed his brother's death. What happens when trauma and memory collide? Sorry About the Kid is a deeply personal meditation on the losses that define us.
Hosted by Alex McKinnon. Produced with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, Love Me).
LISTEN TO SORRY ABOUT THE KID HERE
Chosen Family
A podcast hosted by queer, cosmically-destined BFFs Thomas Leblanc and Tranna Wintour. Chosen Family shines a light on the intersection of art, community and identity, featuring conversations with renowned artists and up-and-coming creators.
Recall: How to Start a Revolution
While not produced in Quebec, this historical series looks into the FLQ and the October Crisis through the voices of those who lived it, 50 years later. This podcast reveals the stories of that time through immersive storytelling: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves.
LISTEN TO RECALL: HOW TO START A REVOLUTION HERE
Mic Drop
This is a podcast that hands the mic over to teenagers and lets them tell stories in their own voices. Created in 2018, the goal of the series was to provide a safe space for teens to talk about what's on their minds – without any adult interruptions.
Created and produced by Carrie Haber and Shari Okeke.
The series won an RDTNA award and was also nominated for a Peabody Award.
Seat at the Table
Friends Martine St-Victor and Isabelle Racicot have in-depth conversations with notable guests from media, sports and pop culture. In Season 2, they capture personal stories about the power of the Black Lives Matter movement, the urgency of this moment, and what it will take to move forward.
The series producer is Melissa Fundira.
Seat at the table was nominated for a Dynastie award for "best engaged podcast".
LISTEN TO SEAT THE THE TABLE HERE
Love Me
Deep down we all just want to be loved, so why is it one of the toughest things to get right? Love Me is a podcast about the messiness of human connection. It's a peek into the relationships of the people around you. Through personal stories and playful fictions, the show celebrates that weird little voice inside each of us that cries out: "love me."
Wiih'teh
Produced in Montreal, Wiih'teh is CBC's first podcast in East Cree. Join hosts Betsy Longchap and Mary Shem to explore the nuances, humour, and beauty of the language, share stories and learning and hear from guests about how the Cree language is evolving.
Montreapolis
Host Steve Rukavina takes you into the spaces of people making modern Montreal.
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