Billianne is a Canadian singer-songwriter who got her start after she posted a viral TikTok cover of Tina Turner's iconic hit The Best. Since then, she's released an EP, performed on The Today Show and The Kelly Clarkson Show, and was called a "young Adele" by Rolling Stone. Billianne sits down with guest host Gill Deacon to talk about her blossoming career, her relationship to her family and her new album, Modes of Transportation.The full interview with Billianne is available on our YouTube cha...

It's been a year since the viral meme of Australian Olympic breaker Raygun hit the internet. But at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, her story lives on. Comedian Steph Broadbridge wrote and stars in Breaking: The Musical, which follows a breaker named "Spraygun" who ends up representing Australia at the Paris Olympics.Today on Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks with Australian journalist Sean Tarek Goodwin about the musical and the legal battle behind it. You can listen to the full discuss...

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem.

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.

Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem.

The Alien universe is expanding. The 1979 sci-fi movie now has its own TV show on Disney+, Alien: Earth. This prequel focuses  on the "synthetics," who are androids that have the consciousness of children embedded in them.But does Alien work on the small screen? Today on Commotion, guest host Ali Hassan sits down with TV critics Alison Herman and Rad Simonpillai to discuss Alien: Earth, and how it compares to its big screen counterparts. We've included some highlights below, edited for length an...

The bad news is Chappell Roan just shared she might make us wait years for a new album.The good news is, she recently released a new single called The Subway to tide us over until then — and, it's pushed Saskatchewan into the spotlight.Music journalist Reanna Cruz joins Commotion guest host Rad Simonpillai to talk about what they think of the single, whether they'd heard of the western Canadian province before listening to the song, and how Chappell Roan continues to speak out on everything from...