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<p>In a world that can feel pretty scary, it’s easy to get stuck. This is a show that celebrates what it takes to try. To take the risk. To have the talk. To rock the speedo. Because making even the tiniest change takes courage, and hosts Ify and Trevor are here to remind you that you’re not alone when you do. New episodes every Thursday.</p>
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May 1, 2025
<p>More than two million surgeries are performed every year in Canada, and behind every cut, stitch, or scar - there's a story. On this episode we're getting into the ripple effects of going under the knife, for better or for worse.</p><p><br></p><p>When <strong>Gilles Landreville</strong> noticed a small cut on his foot, he couldn’t have known that a week later, he’d be waking up in hospital, missing two-thirds of his left leg. But as Gilles adjusts to life in a new body, he’s also finding a new identity: Gilles 2.0, an update that refuses to let his circumstances bring him down—and is determined to help other people navigate tough changes too. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ashley Hiebert </strong>wants to celebrate her 10 year anniversary of donating a kidney to a stranger, by doing it again: this time, she's donating part of her liver to someone she's never met. The only thing standing in her way isn't fear, it's finances.</p><p><br></p><p>How does performing surgery change you? Hear from second-year medical student <strong>Samuel Bonne</strong>, pediatric surgeon <strong>Dr. Tito Daodu</strong>, and thoracic surgeon <strong>Dr. Ikennah Browne</strong> about the experiences in the OR that changed them.</p><p><br></p><p>For some reason vasectomies are the butt of many jokes, but for 26-year-old <strong>Daniel McIntyre-Ridd,</strong> choosing to get one before ever having children was no laughing matter. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jessica Fitchett</strong> has always been good with her hands. She planned to combine welding and art to create big things. But an accident at work changed everything.</p><p><br></p><p>When <strong>Marie and Erik Matchett</strong> travelled to India to adopt their daughter Norah, they knew she had a bilateral cleft lip and palate — but they didn’t yet know the extent of the surgeries she’d need or how they’d calm their nervous little girl during hospital visits. That’s when Big Brave Norah came into play, a nickname that’s inspired confidence in more kids than they imagined.</p>
April 17, 2025
<p>As political divisiveness becomes the new norm, it can get harder to see the other side, and understand why people vote the way they do. </p><p><br></p><p>But instead of demonizing those on the other end of the political spectrum, why not lean in and get curious as to why people believe what they do? </p><p><br></p><p>On this special election edition of Now or Never, hear from five different Canadians — an 18-year-old, a pastor, a Panamanian-Canadian immigrant, a gun enthusiast, and a senior citizen — about the personal experience shaping the way they’ll be voting in this federal election.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Gale Uhlmann</strong> has a job since she was 15-years-old, working as a trucker, waitress, and office worker. Now at 74, Gale's still working -- but not by choice. She doesn't have enough savings to retire, or to pay $10 000 for the new teeth she needs: "You're a statistic. And they don't - how can I put it nicely - they don't give a damn about what we're encountering."</p><p><br></p><p>Firearms were a big part of what brought<strong> Patrick Osborne</strong> and his wife Tara together. After she passed away from cancer in 2022, it’s also shaping how he’s planning to vote in this election.</p><p><br></p><p>Although he’s been a Canadian citizen for 20 years,<strong> Fernando Ameth Pinzon</strong> has never voted in a federal election. But Donald Trump’s comments about his home country have shifted something in him, bringing him back to a place he hasn’t been in a while: his childhood in Panama. </p><p><br></p><p>When<strong> Jason McAllister</strong> and his family moved into their new neighborhood in Prince George, B.C., bail reform wasn’t even a thought. After five years of living near a home where he frequently witnessed drug use and police raids, it’s become a key election issue. </p><p><br></p><p>18-year-old<strong> Harman Banga</strong> is casting her first vote in a federal election, something she’s been looking forward to since she was a child. But recently, voting has become even more personal for Harman — her parents both work in the auto industry and their jobs are threatened by tariffs.</p>
April 10, 2025
<p>As the world faces a now or never moment, Canadians are examining their values, picking their battles, and figuring out how they can stand up for their beliefs. Today on Now or Never we’re discovering how people are pushing back with big and small acts of resistance. </p><p><br></p><p>The Trump administration’s tariff war and comments about making Canada a “51st state” has spurred a wave of defensive patriotism across the country. Meet Mike Robitaille, who refuses to spend a cent on any American products or businesses - and that includes everything, from toothpaste to Netflix.</p><p><br></p><p>When Manitoba’s Janet Braun came out as a transgender woman, she knew she would have to find a new church because she didn’t feel safe at her old one. Then she saw the rainbows on full display in Brandon’s Knox United, and knew she’d found a home. But Reverend Craig Miller says the church’s reputation as a place where all are welcome, has made it the target of hate. </p><p><br></p><p>For 38 years Pickering’s Shenul Williams has fought to keep her late father’s family business alive. Just last month she was on the brink of closing her Indo-African condiment business, Aki Fine Foods, when that surge of Canadian patriotism changed everything. </p><p><br></p><p>First Nations Chief Lance Haymond knows more about radioactive nuclear waste than he ever wanted to, but he says that’s what it takes to protect his people’s land. Why he has to keep fighting “a David and Goliath battle” to stop Canadian Nuclear Laboratories from building a near surface disposal site on traditional Algonquin territory. </p><p><br></p><p>Fighting back doesn’t necessarily have to mean joining a rally or boycotting a business. Sometimes, taking a stand can mean breaking your mom’s curfew for the first time at 18 years old. We ask young people in St. John’s, N.L. what acts of resistance they are taking part in.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus a mashup of Canadian protest songs, Jim Cuddy’s latest, and a surprise cameo by Unreserved’s Rosanna Deerchild. </p><p><br></p>
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