A curious podcast for curious people. We step away from the news run, into what real life on the east coast of Canada sounds like: from a 12-hour shift at Nova Scotia’s famous Shore Club, to a giant squid’s photoshoot in St. John’s. And you don’t need to live here to get it: our documentaries have won national and international awards for creative, thoughtful audio. New episodes drop every Saturday.
Latest episodes
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32 min
Lilly's Leap: From the southeastern U.S. to Newfoundland's northeast coast
How did a 30-year-old American come to captain a fishing enterprise in rural Newfoundland? A few twists, a little luck, and a lot of friends are all involved in Lillian Saul's jour…
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26 min
A tale of two fish on the Miramichi
How much do you meddle with Mother Nature? Atlantic Salmon and striped bass have always lived in the Miramichi watershed, but with populations of each out of whack - the salmon wan…
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26 min
Jane Austen never gets old in Nova Scotia
Or anywhere else, really. Austen fans spent 2025 celebrating her 250 birthday, and Halifax was no exception, with empire waists and cutting wit galore. Why does Austen hold so much…
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26 min
They signed up to be firefighters. They've found themselves fighting climate change
The work of the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department has fundamentally changed in the last few years. Follow along with these Nova Scotian fire fighters as they face floods, wildfire…
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26 min
Donna Morrissey comes home to Newfoundland
Acclaimed author Donna Morrissey is once again a resident of The Beaches, a small community in White Bay, Newfoundland. We meet up with her at her summer home, to hear about her ne…
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26 min
A tale of two generations of Maritime tick science
Tuck your pants into your socks, people. That's the new Maritime fashion if you want to enjoy the wilderness without ticks these days. It's a world away from Vett Lloyd's bite, bac…
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2 min
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26 min
Behind the scenes of Gander's Heritage Minute
How do you squeeze complicated history into 60 seconds of iconic Canadian television? Find out by visiting the filming of the latest Heritage Minute, set in Gander N.L., that marks…
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26 min
It was a chance encounter between strangers near St. John's. It changed both their lives
Not only was Yassir El-Tahan the last person to see a missing man in St. John's - Yassir actually took him deeper into the woods, where he disappeared. The encounter stayed with Ya…
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26 min
Fancy fowl, and the Nova Scotians who love them
You know about purebred dogs. But what about purebred...ducks? Or chickens? Meet the Maritimers dedicated to beautiful poultry, and tag along on their roadtrip to show them off on…
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26 min
Slaying the Gander (The lake. Not the animal)
Newfoundland's Gander Lake is so long and deep, that a warplane once crashed there, never to be seen again. So you get the picture that paddling it is a challenge. But the dragonbo…
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26 min
How a convicted felon and his lawyer found freedom - and friendship
Renford Farrier was past his parole date by decades, when he met a Halifax lawyer who changed everything. Ren's journey in and out of prison, and the friendship he found, is chroni…
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26 min
How an Inverness woman shed light on a century old family mystery
Eliza Showell's family in the UK never knew what happened to her, after she was sent at the age of 12 to Cape Breton to work. That is, until a woman from Inverness came forward. Pa…
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26 min
A giant squid's photoshoot in a St. John's studio
A 150-year-old photo of a giant squid has an even stranger backstory. Follow squid mystery from its St. John's photo studio, to archives at Yale University, to deep below the sea.…
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26 min
Why cricket is so much more than just a sport in Fredericton
Meet the cricket lovers finally have their own pitch, where people from all over the world come together to break a sweat. As these athletes take part in the world's second most po…
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26 min
He quit a dream job - and found new inspiration on PEI
Teaching is a stressful career, and for Patrick Guindon, the classroom became too much to handle. But after burning out, he new inspiration in the aftermath - and has made a new li…
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26 min
Falling in love on the high seas
Working on a cruise ship is kinda like its own reality TV show: there's love, lust, and more than a few parties on board. So it's no surprise that babies eventually end up in the m…
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26 min
80 Years of Saturday Nights
Rumour is, no one ever quits the Shore Club. The beloved dance hall turns 80 this year, staffed by generations of families from tiny Hubbards, N.S. Along the way, its simple formul…
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26 min
The secret(ish) cabins of Nova Scotia
Want a free, peaceful spot for summer camping? If you're wily enough, you can make it in to a handful of rustic, century old cabins in Nova Scotia's wilderness. Why they exist, who…
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26 min
Four organs, infinite gratitude
Mark Black was given about 5 years to live after receiving a heart and two lungs. That was in 2002, and he's been defying doctors ever since... or at least, until 2026. Now, he's i…