Today on the show we talk about Love Our Local Authors (LOLA) Month which is brought to you by Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries. So join us for a conversation about writers and stories that help shape the province’s literary culture.

Today on the show we talk science with eight univeristy researchers and it's all jargon free. It's part of this week's Scientific Endeavours in Academia conference at Memorial University.

A show where we play episodes from This is Newfoundland and Labrador podcast all under the theme of policing. From gun crime, officers quitting and calls for more policing in rural N.L.

Today on the show we talk about wild foods. Whether it's foraging, hunting or harvesting what the ocean has to offer, we ask guests if we have enough access to wild foods, what's working and what may need changing.

Guests: Todd Perrin, chef; Barry Fordham, hunting and fishing advocate; Lori McCarthy, food and culture advocate; Byron Alexander, Chief of Indian Head First Nations; Patricia Kemuksigak, chairperson for the NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation.

The Newfoundland Quarterly magazine is out with a new issue this spring with the theme this time around being “fabric.” We invited the editor and contributors to the show to talk about their pieces and the inspiration behind them.

We have a changing word and and a changing economy, today on the show we ask how do we make sure people are equipped for the jobs of today and tomorrow? Education is part of it and so is understanding what employers want and how jobs are changing. We've got a great panel that digs into all of it.

Guests:

From College of the North Atlantic: Brent Howell, dean, Natural Resources and Industrial Trades; Brenda Lockyer, associate dean, Business & IT; Fergus O'Brien, vice-president, Academic & Applied Research.

Team Broken Earth is celebrating 15 years conducting medical relief missions around the world. Today on the show we talk about this milestone, as well as recent missions conducted in Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Uganda and for the first time, Jamaica.

Today on the show we talk about housing supports needs in Newfoundland and Labrador. We start with a look at the recent Auditor General report which found social housing supports stagnated as waitlists swelled.

GUESTS - Hope Jamieson, housing researcher and the president of Annex Consulting; Angela Crockwell, executive director of Thrive; Rebecca Larkham, supportive living co-ordinator with Mokami Status of Women Council; Doug Pawson, executive director of End Homelessness St. John’s.; Kelly Rogers, executive officer of Canadian Home Builders’ Association Newfoundland and Labrador.