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Atlantic Voice
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Atlantic Voice is the home of east coast documentary storytelling. Settle in for thoughtful radio docs and interviews that dive deep into the people of Atlantic Canada and what they're up to.
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A giant squid's photoshoot in a St. John's studio
2w ago00:26:19Tap to summarizeA 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. And if you want to see the picture at the heart of it all, we recommend Googling "Moses Harvey giant squid." It's one weird looking photo. This story was produced by Mike Rossiter and first aired on Atlantic Voice in 2023.
Transcribe →Why cricket is so much more than just a sport in Fredericton
3w ago00:26:19Tap to summarizeMeet 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 popular sport, they're also creating an unofficial immigration strategy, attracting newcomers to Fredericton with a little taste of home. A documentary from Myfanwy Davies that first aired in 2025.
Transcribe →He quit a dream job - and found new inspiration on PEI
Jul 1200:26:19Tap to summarizeTeaching 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 life out of it. Hear his career-switching journey from Ontario to PEI in this moving story from Sarah Keaveny Vos, that won a silver 2026 Atlantic Journalism Award. The Art of Life first aired in the fall of 2025.
Transcribe →Falling in love on the high seas
Jul 500:26:19Tap to summarizeWorking 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 mix. Jen Winsor of St. John's is one such "ship mom" - and she's written about her story, and others' from around the world, in her book Ship Moms. She tells her story this week, and stick around at the end to hear from her own ship baby. This episode first aired in September 2025, and we'll have more from the Atlantic Voice archives all summer long.
Transcribe →80 Years of Saturday Nights
Jun 2800:26:19Tap to summarizeRumour 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 formula of lobsters, live music, and secret ingredients (even Col. Sanders was denied its coleslaw recipe) have turned it into a staple of Nova Scotian summers. Spend one epic Saturday night at the Shore Club in this documentary, produced by Jeff Douglas.This episode was recorded live at the Echo Podcast Summit in Halifax, with an awesome technical crew and audience. Atlantic Voice will return with new episodes in September - in the meantime watch our feed for some of our favourite stories from our archives. See you in the fall.
Transcribe →The secret(ish) cabins of Nova Scotia
Jun 2100:26:19Tap to summarizeWant 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 looks after them and how the heck you get there are all questions the CBC's Dave Irish set out to answer. Hop in his canoe for an audio adventure, that just won a 2026 Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in sound. Monuments of the Backcountry first aired in September 2025.
Transcribe →Four organs, infinite gratitude
Jun 1400:26:19Tap to summarizeMark 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 in need of another organ. Producer Maeve McFadden follows Mark's extraordinary medical journey - part of an extraordinary life - in her documentary Four Gifts.
Transcribe →The making of a drag queen
Jun 700:27:11Tap to summarizeKJ Denny gives pure diva on stage as the drag queen Kage. But getting there was a years-long struggle - from self acceptance to sobriety, from Membertou First Nation to Halifax - that KJ says healed his inner rez kid. (Dr. Seuss helped a little too.) Check out this audio diary, produced by KJ Denny.
Transcribe →A plane crash, and what came after
May 3100:26:19Tap to summarizeEvery year, people in Forteau raise the flag of a First Nation hundreds of kilometres away. They do it to honour the moments and days after a plane crash took one of their own - a beloved son and young pilot - in a tragedy that bonded these two communities for decades. This episode was produced by Andrea McGuire of CBC Labrador.
Transcribe →Get your Gaelic on
May 2400:26:20Tap to summarizeThe longest Gaelic immersion program in Nova Scotia just wrapped up. What happened during those four months, and how did it change the people who lived fully in their favourite language? CBC's Brittany Wentzell followed this latest effort of language's revitalization... and found out what a stuffed octopus has to do with it. That's all in her documentary, The Shieling.
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