Schedule for Friday Feb. 7, 2014
More on the show.
Q has begun its special Olympics coverage, with Jian Ghomeshi doing interviews and co-hosting the show from Sochi. Gill Deacon hosts from Toronto this week and next.
- Upon the official kickoff of the Sochi Olympics, Jian dedicates his opening essay to the pure excitement inspired by athletic prowess -- the heart of the games.
- Folk-rocker Del Barber plays live from his new album, Prairieography, described as "a mix of heavy grooves and rustic roots".
- From Sochi, Jian's conversation with Canada's flag-bearer in today's opening ceremonies, Hayley Wickenheiser. The hockey champ shares what the singular honour means to her, what advice she would give to first time Olympians and why she says the games are in Russia, but they are not "Russia's games".
- Gill talks to Adam Sternbergh, culture editor at the New York Times Magazine, about his hard-boiled futuristic thriller, Shovel Ready, set in a post-nuclear New York. It's already been optioned as a film, starring Denzel Washington.
- Jian speaks with Vancouver City Councillor Tim Stevenson, a man who has spent the last four decades breaking ground for gay rights in Canada. In the face of Russia's anti-gay law, it's no coincidence that he was chosen as the city's official representative at the Sochi Olympics.