The Signal

It's the first Friday of the month which means it's trivia day with quiz master John Gushue.

Today on the show we are asking how do we plan for an aging population? What needs to change? Are we failing seniors in Newfoundland and Labrador? Guests: Mohamed Abdallah, executive director, Connections for Seniors; Ron Taylor, director of strategy, Connections for Seniors; Lisa Taylor, founder and CEO of Challenge Factory.

Today's show asks a parent panel what they want to see and hear from their politicians and what they want Canada to look like for their children. Guests: A local parent panel of Laurabel Mba, Luke Quinton, Gillian Pearson and Pam Pardy

Today on the show we explore the new issue of the Newfoundland Quarterly with its theme - water. In 2025 the each issue will be categorized by elements - water, earth, fire, air. Guests Joan Sullivan, managing editor NQ; and non-fiction writers Christina Wells, Chris Peters, Jessica Richardson, and Marjorie Doyle

Today's show looks at the impacts art can have on climate change discourse and why, in a world of noise, it can sometimes break through.

With calls to build more housing, who do we do it right? What does right look like? Affordable housing, accessible housing, while also having community needs in minds.

Carney called on the election and we are asking these MUN profs what issues are on their radars.

The federal election campaign is underway and we have money on our mind. Today's discussion looks at everything from the stock market and mortgage prices to the national economy of Canada. We ask folks about their hopes for the economy and personal finances under the next federal government.

Today's show is a conversation about the way roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons can help people process emotions and provide a safe space for exploring oneself. Guests: Craig Power, fiction author; Mark Callanan, St. John's poet laureate; Dr. Hilary Alteen, psychiatrist; Jason Wells, artist and drag performer

Right now in the U.S. the Trump administration is working hard to change not only what their country is, but what it has been, and who gets to take part in it. Government records are being deleted or heavily edited. In many cases, references to women or Black men in leadership positions, and references to trans people have been deleted. What's more, the non-government organizations that collected these histories are being defunded, and that has historians worried. Guests: Head of MUN's folklore department and Associate Professor of Folklore, Identity, Religion and Politics Mariya Lesiv, Assistant professer at MUN's history department specialising in LGBTQIA-plus history and women's studies Alessio Ponzio, Assistant Professor in Communications and Media Studies specializing in Feminist Media Studies Julia Polyk-O'Neil

Members of the Muslim community talk about the Ramadan market and how to empower and nurture a sense of community. Guests: Global Citizen Inc. founder Sa'adatu Usman, Abdulkabir Sulaiman, Tasbeeh Elfarghaly, Angela Hajek, Sara Seif

Gardening season is on the horizon. Today on the show we speak with gardening expert Dan Rubin on how to prepare and what you need to have a successful start to the grow season.

It's a year of three elections in Newfoundland and Labrador -- that means one heck of a lot candidates. Today on the show we ask: What do women face when running for politics or a job in the public eye? How is the experience different? Guests: Kristina Ennis, Kristina Ennis Consulting and president of the PC Women's Association; Kate Cadigan, chair Equal Voice; and Julie Dwyer PhD candidate in psychology and owner of the Centre for Mindfulness

Today on the show we celebrate 60 years of a Newfoundland and Labrador cultural institution -- Land & Sea. The show has spent six decades highlighting the way of life and living in this province, covering stories about nature, culture and community all colliding together. GUESTS Land & Sea host Jane Adey; former Land & Sea host Dave Quinton

Today on the show we chat with journalism students about the future of news, the industry, and current events. We also ask their thoughts on trying to enter the industry in a time of shrinking and disappearing newsrooms, and eroding trust. GUESTS CNA instructor Peter Walsh; Madeline Westcott; Mahalia Ardis; Olivia Taylor

The provincial government wants to transform and modernize the education system in Newofundland and Labrador. It has engaged folks to come up with a 10-year roadmap called the Education Accord. Today on the show we speak with the co-chairs of the accord about the future of education in this province. Guests: Education Accord N.L. co-chairs Anne Burke and Karen Goodnough

Today on the show we speak with experienced tech founders who want to establish Newfoundland and Labrador as a global hub for health-care innovation. We dig into how that can happen, what's needed to make it happen and why this time of acute focus on the economy might be able to give a boost to the process. Guests: Mike Wesolowski, CEO Luxsonic; Dr. Stephen Ryan co-founder and chief marketing officer PolyUnity; Mandy Woodland CEO and co-founder of Amp Health; and Laurent Carbonneau director, policy and research Council of Canadian Innovators

This International Women's Day, we are celebrating the everyday ways women are there for us — from cooking, making holidays special, offering a shoulder to cry on, and making us feel loved. We want to show that we appreciate those moments.

Today on the show we speak with experts and avocates who have frontline perspectives on what vulnerable youth are facing in Newfoundland and Labrador. We talk housing, food insecurity, mental health struggles, and the justice system -- from gaps to fixes.

Today on the show we talk about the trade war, impacts to Newfoundland and Labrador, and finding the best way forward.