Category: 5. Entertainment

On a sunny, breezy August afternoon in Mani-Utenam, a reservation on the Quebec coast for the Innu people, a powwow ceremony is under way. Two sets of drummers beat out a steady rhythm while chanting in tandem, as dancers sway in their traditional, colourful regalia, ringing with the sound of small bells attached to their clothing. It is part of Innu Nikamu, one of the largest Indigenous festivals in North America, but this joyful performance is taking place on troubled ground.

This was once the site of a residential school where children were taken away from their families to force them to assimilate to western culture and forget their heritage. Active from the 1800s, such schools were run by the Canadian state and the Catholic church, who would inflict severe punishments on children who spoke their Indigenous languages and practised their customs. Beyond the thousands of traumatised survivors, 3,200 children are documented to have died (unmarked graves have also been discovered), and in 2022, Pope Francis made a “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada to atone on behalf of the church.

There have been numerous reports of physical and sexual abuse carried out by staff at the Mani-Utenam school before its demolition in 1971. And until 1951, powwow ceremonies were banned by the government as part of the push for assimilation, which led to them being held in secret.

Today, there is music, dance and community spirit out in the open as First Nations artists try to preserve this hyper-diverse culture. “People need to archive, record, and film their songs and dances as they are starting to lose them, to forget them,” says Ivanie Aubin-Malo, a contemporary dancer and artist belonging to the Wolastoqiyik Nation. “They don’t have enough interest to gather people to maintain them, to keep them practised and alive.”

The cruel irony is that while the province does all it can to preserve the French language, surrounded by anglophone Canada, Indigenous languages are endangered. There is provincial and national funding to support them and according to the 2021 Canadian census, Quebec had the largest share of Indigenous speakers nationally, but only 33,590 people knew a language well enough to hold a conversation. Other factors have contributed to the decline beyond the residential school abuse, including Quebec’s mass media being in French, and these communities being so widely dispersed.

Aubin-Malo is from L’Islet, an hour from Quebec City, and her ancestral language is Maliseet, which is no longer spoken in Quebec but survives in the province to the east, New Brunswick. By bringing contemporary dance to a powwow context, she says she is dedicated to “revitalising and re-practising our traditional dances. Maybe the next generation will take [film] archives and watch them, and it will be possible to revitalise them, to incorporate them, to embody them. That is art to me. To go back to these documents and bring them back to life.”

By doing so, Indigenous people can perhaps also confront the trauma of the forced assimilation years. Singer-songwriter Ivan Boivin-Flamand is part of the Atikamekw Nation in western Quebec, who sings in Atikamekw, French and English and performs at Innu Nikamu with the band Maten, wowing the crowd with shredding guitar solos. “My grandparents went to a residential school and I thought, ‘Nah, that’s bullshit, how could it affect me?’” he says. But, he adds, “I’ve seen in my own behaviour that …” He tails off. “I did a lot of introspection, and found that my parents had trauma too.”

Boivin-Flamand sees himself as a “flame which draws a lot of moths”. The 27-year-old made history in 2025, marking National Indigenous Peoples’ Day by singing a song called Kwe! (meaning hello) with other native musicians in all 11 of the province’s Indigenous languages – including some phrases from extinct languages in Quebec such as Maliseet and Huron-Wendat – in front of the National Assembly of Quebec. For First Nations people, among whom the suicide rate is three times the national average, this has huge social value. “A lot of people approach me and say ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with me’, but they say my music helps them heal,” he says. “So that’s pretty cool.”

A one-hour plane ride to Montreal takes me to the International First Peoples’ festival, showcasing First Nations arts from around the world through music, short films, literature, and visual art. There is also satire and activism with a clear message to the US government: Canada is not for sale.

In the festival’s Captain America-inspired poster, an Indigenous superhero named Captain Assi Nukum punches Elon Musk in the face, depicted as Hitler. Donald Trump, as a despairing red-tinged Hulk, looks on next to a decapitated statue of Canada’s first prime minister, John A Macdonald, the architect behind the residential schools.

According to the creative director, André Dudemaine, Captain Assi Nukum “heralds the inevitable triumph of the immemorial spirit that shaped the cultures and civilisations of America’s First Peoples, and the coming doom of the barbaric Maga lords”.

Trump’s recent grandstanding about the US annexing Canada “is not taken seriously”, says Dudemaine. “Everybody is laughing out loud. And we all know that Trump is hostile to First Nations by renaming Denali or the Gulf of Mexico. So when he opens his mouth, everybody is already ready to oppose what he will say, even before he articulates something insane.”

But other issues aren’t so easy to mock or brush off. The Canadian government established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2008 to better the lives of Indigenous people harmed by the residential schools system, and today’s Indigenous rappers such as Samiam and Q052 use their lyrics to keep the topic of reconciliation at the forefront of the national conversation.

Over at the Place des Arts in downtown Montreal as part of the International First Peoples’ festival, Sedalia Fazio, an elder with the Kanien’kéha Nation, is doing the same, telling the crowd how Mother Nature is angry with humans for abusing our rights on Earth, before delivering a prayer for healing and making amends for our mistakes, referring to Montreal as Tiohtià:ke, the Kanien’kéha name for the city, meaning “where the currents meet”.

These are values shared by Indigenous people right across the Americas, such as Pedro Diaz, a half-Indigenous Peruvian whose powwow singing and percussion group Manitou Singers are also performing today. Diaz tells me “there are a lot of similarities with the struggles in Quebec and Peru in terms of fighting for land rights and reconciliation”. He says that in the face of inequality, he wants “to teach respect, to work together, and for no one to feel discriminated against, no matter their culture. Music gives us the platform to share that with our audience.”

Powwows and Indigenous festivals are keeping alive cultures that began about 40,000 years ago. “We have a lot of trauma and wounds, but some of us don’t even know that we’re still carrying them,” Boivin-Flamand says. “It helps to create music to put names on how we felt. It’s always going to be there for us as a people to heal.”

Listen to Yousif Nur’s playlist of Indigenous Canadian music.

How Are We Today?, an educational program focused on mental health awareness and education, premieres September 15 on Public Television

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Season one of How Are We Today? premieres September 15 on Public Television. How Are We Today? is an educational TV program for ages 12 and up that provides free education, at-home therapeutic techniques and resources for managing mental health conditions.

Following in the footsteps of Fred Rogers and other trailblazers of educational programming, the program encourages open discussion on mental health. Each episode follows host Tyler Coe and his neighbors as they navigate the world of mental health conditions and how to address them with practical tools, along with the guidance of resident psychologist Dr. Erin Newins. 

The inaugural season includes seven episodes, each focusing on a unique mental health challenge such as depression, social anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder and panic attacks. Created by individuals with firsthand experience of mental health challenges, the show features a diverse cast including Tyler Coe and his friends Barbara Dunkelman, Mariel Salcedo and Elyse Willems.  

“I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 12 years old,” shares Tyler Coe. “With 15 years in the entertainment industry and experience with mental illness, I saw an opportunity to create something fresh that can speak to and help all of those who suffer from mental health challenges.”

Starting September 15, episodes will be available weekly on the PBS app and air across PBS local affiliates. The Austin-based show is giving residents the chance to tune in early on September 13 at 6 p.m. on Austin PBS. Austin PBS will air the show weekly at 6 p.m. on Saturdays starting September 13 and repeat the program on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. starting September 18. Austin PBS serves as the presenting station and distribution partner for the new series.

Emerson is proud to be the largest corporate sponsor of How Are We Today?.

“We believe in building not just better technology, but better communities,” said Ron Martin, president, Americas at Emerson. “Our sponsorship of How Are We Today? reinforces our commitment to strengthening our local communities and our support for access to effective mental health resources.” 

For more information about the show, visit howarewetoday.com.

Additional resources:

• To download the free app, go to the app store and search “PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries.” It will also be available on PBS YouTube.
• How Are We Today? social media:
• Check out Austin PBS social media for more information on the series:

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If you’re on BookTok, you know the drill. You scroll, you tap, and suddenly your “To Be Read” list is overflowing with trending must-reads. Not unlike Spotify, BookTok has become a cultural phenomenon, creating global bestsellers and connecting readers from every corner of the world. But after you’ve added a recommendation to your wish list, then what?

Enter the Big on BookTok hub on Spotify. We’re piloting a co-branded hub in partnership with TikTok that turns your BookTok wish list into a “To Be Listened” playlist. Through November, our community of book lovers in the US can dive into a dedicated space to press play and discover the audiobooks that are taking over their feeds.

A hub to curl up with

The Big on BookTok hub is your one-stop spot for all the trending audiobooks you won’t want to pause. Using data directly from TikTok, the hub will be updated every two weeks to feature the latest titles making waves in the #BookTok community.

To start, you’ll find shelves curated with the top BookTok audiobooks, alongside author playlists from Emily Henry to Jane Austen. We’re also rotating in trend-driven themes, with playlists like “audiobooks I would sell my soul to listen to again” and “audiobooks that got me back into reading.”

At launch, you can expect to see celebrated titles, including A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, Becoming by Michelle Obama, and Beloved by Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison.

Our expert team of editors has curated shelves to help you find your next favorite story, including “BookTok’s current obsessions,” “Hottest authors,” and “The OGs of BookTok.”

This collaboration allows you to tap into literary engagement in a new way, bringing the books you love to the audio format you crave. It’s all about turning those never-ending wish lists into a seamless listening experience.

Ready to turn your TBR into a TBL? Dive in, press play, and start listening to the books that are Big on BookTok now.

ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius.

ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast.

ADI IGNATIUS: All right, so, Alison, did you know there is a social media report that says the lead article in last month’s Harvard Business Review is actually a coded prophesy for the end of the world, and this thing is going crazy viral?

ALISON BEARD: Wow, that is highly alarming; I didn’t know that.

ADI IGNATIUS: Well, because it of course didn’t happen.

ALISON BEARD: [Laughing]

ADI IGNATIUS: And that’s really the topic of this week’s IdeaCast: fake news and how companies can respond to it.

ALISON BEARD: Yeah, it’s interesting because I think about this so much in the realm of politics and science, but I haven’t really thought about it affecting businesses. Is it pretty prevalent?

ADI IGNATIUS: Yeah, it is prevalent. I mean, it’s hard to say exactly who the perpetrators are, whether it’s rivals, whether it’s short sellers, whether it’s just trolls trying to create some entertainment for themselves. You know, there’s a case, a few years ago, Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, was shown in a video supposedly saying that by a certain year, “We will reduce the number of people in the world by 50 percent.” OK, that’s not a good statement, but that’s not what he said. What he had said was, “We will reduce the number of people in the world who cannot afford our medicines by 50 percent.” Somebody doctored it, and Pfizer had to deal with the fallout. So, it is definitely a problem, it’s a growing problem, and companies need a strategy for it.

ALISON BEARD: So, what do you do to counter this phenomenon? Who did you talk to?

ADI IGNATIUS: So, my guest is Patrick Haack, who’s a professor of strategy and responsible management at HEC Lausanne. He’s the co-authors of the HBR article “How to Counter Fake News.” Yeah, and it’s not enough to show that the information is incorrect. The old playbook of bringing out the CEO or someone from the comms department to say, “This is incorrect” probably won’t help you. What’s necessary is to demonstrate that other influential people similarly discount this fake news and that your company’s reputation is and should be intact. So, it actually requires high-level attention and needs to be taken seriously. So, this article really points to ways to be prepared for it. So, here’s my interview with Patrick Haack, professor of strategy and responsible management at HEC Lausanne.

ADI IGNATIUS: All right, so, Patrick, welcome to the IdeaCast.

PATRICK HAACK: Thanks for having me.

ADI IGNATIUS: Alright, so we’re talking about willful fake stories that are meant to harm a company’s reputation and are meant to go viral.

PATRICK HAACK: Yeah.

ADI IGNATIUS: Okay. So, obviously we’re going to get into some of the remedies, but let me start with a few basic ones. If there’s a fake news report damaging to a company, what about just ignoring it?

PATRICK HAACK: Ignoring fake news might backfire because silence can be seen as sort of confirmation; and given the speed and virality of fake news, it might not work out well, right?

Another type of strategy typically recommended by the traditional playbook is removing the content, but here the problem is some sort of digital hydra effect. So, you cut off one fake news story, and then it reappears again, and even multiple times in the form of repulse and screenshots and so on.

And then finally, of course, one of the key strategies of course is fact checking, providing accurate facts. But also here we know of many examples where the company provided facts and tried to get the record straight, but nevertheless, the narrative and the fake news just continued being spread and went out of control and went viral.

ADI IGNATIUS: There’s also the Streisand effect, where efforts to hide information actually can backfire and bring more attention to the negative information than ignoring it might. How does one avoid the Streisand effect trap?

PATRICK HAACK: Yeah, that’s an interesting one. So, Streisand Effect is named after actor singer Barbara Streisand, who tried to suppress information, actually a picture about her house in Malibu in California. And I think the picture was taken for the purpose of reporting on coastal erosion, and attached to the picture was her name. So, Barbara Streisand was concerned in terms of privacy, understandably, but then she sued the photographer, right, and this actually then raised attention to the picture. And interestingly, before suing, I think only four people have downloaded the picture. And then after this became public, more than 400,000 people actually accessed this picture, showing that, well, if you try too hard to censor or suppress information, it backfires.

Now, how to avoid the Streisand effect. It’s probably very challenging to identify the point in time when one should communicate as a company. And it’s actually interesting because another classic recommendation and crisis communication is stealing thunder. Stealing thunder means, OK, if you know have a problem, it could be a fake news crisis. it’s better you disclosing the problem and not one external source, right? Because this actually helps creating favorable attributions. People say, OK, they actually did disclose that issue themselves. So, we give them credit for that, right? Again, how to identify this sweet spot, when to come forward with information and when not, I don’t know. I think this is really a challenge for future research.

ADI IGNATIUS: Um, OK, and let’s talk about to what extent companies can prepare for this. You know, if the best offense is a good defense, what can organizations do before the fake news comes out that goes viral? Is there anything that companies can do ahead of time to minimize the threat that could come?

PATRICK HAACK: Yeah, absolutely. They can prepare, and we suggest three tactics. So, the first thing we propose is monitor social resonance. So really trying to understand, OK, who’s influencing the story? When does the story cross a visibility threshold? Second, what companies can do, they can ensure transparency. So, this is really about earning trust and credibility before a crisis hits. This can be achieved through independent audits, certifications, inviting stakeholders to visit factory sites.

McDonald’s did, for instance, a very good job. They were facing allegations, false allegations, of pink slime in the burgers, and then they came up with a campaign called Our Food, Your Questions. So, they had a Q&A website. They had live sessions where actually people could see how burgers were prepared. People could visit sites and restaurants. So, this is the type of transparency companies can establish before a crisis hits.

Then the third tactic we propose is more focused on action when a fake news crisis hits. Here, the core idea is that you need to activate allies, so you need to reach out to your network, trusted partners, and other key stakeholders and asking them, Hey, you need to help me here in this crisis. Maybe also considering that your reputation is at stake. So, you really need to get this support to ensure that people realize, OK, it’s not only the company saying this piece of information is false, but actually other people, many other people are saying this.

A good example is perhaps Taco Bell. Taco Bell was accused to have fillings in the taco containing only 35 percent beef. And then they actually started very sophisticated campaign. They had ads and big newspapers saying, “Thank you for suing us.” And they brought in third-party validation, including the US Department of Agriculture saying, Well, this is actually incorrect.

ADI IGNATIUS: So, some of the fake news claims are ludicrous. What’s the threshold for when a report that seems ridiculous, beneath comment, actually needs to be addressed?

PATRICK HAACK: That’s a very tricky but important question. You need to monitor influential actors like influencer, but also industry peers. Is this being picked up by the news media? So, you need to invest your social listening tools. Again, it’s a fine line between communicating too early and trying to debunk and communicating too late. So, you want to identify the sweet spot, and this is extremely challenging.

ADI IGNATIUS: Talk a little bit about your experiments. How are you gathering research on all of this?

PATRICK HAACK: So, in our research we studied the reputational impact of fake news. We actually distinguish between two types of reputation judgements. The first one is a person’s private belief regarding the reputation of a company, and the second thing we measure is a person’s belief about the belief of others. So, let’s assume there’s a fake news crisis. So, I might say, OK, I don’t believe this nonsense. However, I’m less certain regarding others, like the average person. And we know from research on media effects that people tend to assume that media messages have a greater impact other people than on themselves, that other people are more susceptible to influence or more easily swayed by media messages, right. And this is exactly what we find in our research.

In our research, we conducted a couple of experiments drawing on typical fake news scenarios.  People had to read these cases. We provided them with some vignettes. We also had some fact checking, like people being told, Well, this is actually fake, be aware.   And then we measured both types of judgments, what people privately believed and what they thought other people would think in terms of reputation. And most interestingly, people’s belief of what other people believe actually had an impact on their private beliefs, and it also shaped their behavioral intentions. So, even though people realized, OK, this is fake, they nevertheless adjusted their private beliefs to what they perceive to be the beliefs of others. And this also had an impact on behavior. They were less likely to invest in the company, and they were also less likely to buy the product, a product of the company.

ADI IGNATIUS: So, there’s just real cost here.

PATRICK HAACK: And this is really important because it essentially says, or, shows, even though people are aware that a fake news story is false, the traditional approach based on fact checking is not effective, at least not fully effective, because of this adjustment effect. And that’s why this traditional approach based in fact checking needs to be complimented with what we call social proof tactics. Companies, they need to increase confidence that also other people actually realize, OK, this piece of information is false. And this is kind of the main message we want to convey in our article.

ADI IGNATIUS: So, let’s go back to social proof. So what would social proof look like in practice?

PATRICK HAACK: Social proof in practice means I realize that many other people, including peers and experts, are not being swayed by the fake news. And this gives me confidence in my own judgment. So, social proof actually allows me to judge whether a piece of information is correct or right, whether certain behavior is right or appropriate. So, I really need this and link to others to understand, okay, what is the consensus here in my reference group, right? And this can be society at large, but it can also be my family, or it can be my work team or my organization.

ADI IGNATIUS: Okay. So, Patrick, as you know, we are always very practical in trying to give companies, leaders actionable advice right now. So, if someone’s listening to this and say, Yeah, I want to get better at handling the fake news threat, what can CEOs, what can people in the C-suite do right now?

PATRICK HAACK: Well, I guess here, start small. The goal is not to eliminate fake news. I think you can’t; the goal is rather to reduce its negative impact on reputation and trust, and yeah, you protect the trust you have built with the community.

Maybe one thing one could do is, well, sit down with your communications team and ask, “Hey, at what point does fake news about us become big enough that we must respond?” Right? Again, think about the Barbara Streisand effect and when a company should steal thunder instead. Here it would be important to define clear thresholds so you don’t amplify small stories unnecessarily. So, I guess the focus would be what is the volume of mansions, the influencer pickup, and do we see any media coverage, especially in the mainstream media? And you may also want to identify two or three of the most likely themes for fake news, be it, well, a topic related to supply chains, labor practices such as child labor or product safety.

I think another thing that can be done fairly quickly is to send a message to employees, sending a short internal note to staff explaining that fake news is a risk, and encourage your employees to flag suspicious content because essentially your employees are the first line of defense. And yeah, relatedly and more generally, map and brief your allies. Maybe identify five to 10 credible actors outside of your company, experts, satisfied customers, partners, and share your values and commitments and just let them know that you may call on them and ask for the help if fake news spreads.

And finally, maybe also review, and I think you could do this easily in the coming days, review what kind of credible public information you already have. So, do you have some sort of independent audit or certification? Do you have prepared a behind-the-scenes video? Do you have a webpage with customer FAQs, or do you have some sort of myth busting, a myth versus facts page?

ADI IGNATIUS: And who should be dealing with these issues? Is this for the communications department, or should this be dealt with at a higher level than that?

PATRICK HAACK: It depends case by case, I would say. I mean, typically it would be the comms team and the risk management team, but then it depends. If the fake news is actually quite severe and it gets out of control, then of course you want to get in senior executives up to the level of the CEO. So yeah, it depends case by case.

ADI IGNATIUS: Anything else that CEOs should keep in mind as they deal with this problem?

PATRICK HAACK: So, if you’re a company leader, and you see fake news, and it’s getting viral, please speak up. Help establish social proof. So, even if the fake news affects a competitor, maybe you have some sort of short-term benefit because, well, maybe people move to you and are more willing or interested in buying your products. But on the other hand, if fake news is affecting your competitor, it might actually create a negative industry spillover. And more generally, it can actually then also lead to a decline in trust, trust in our institutions, trust in media, but also trust in ourselves and into each other. And given that trust is really so fundamental for, well, any type of social activity, I think it’s really important to raise the voice and say, Oh, well this is actually wrong. This is fake news.

ADI IGNATIUS: That’s useful advice. This is a really interesting topic. So Patrick, I want to thank you for your time. I want to thank you for being on the IdeaCast.

PATRICK HAACK: Thank you again for having me. It was an honor.

ADI IGNATIUS: That was Patrick Haack, professor of strategy and responsible management at HEC Lausanne. He’s co-author of the HBR article “How to Counter Fake News.”

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There’s no better way to welcome fall than with a book you can’t put down, and Oprah’s latest selection promises to keep readers hooked—and give us plenty to talk about. All the Way to the River is the latest memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, the bestselling author best known for her 2006 phenomenon, Eat Pray Love. With the same emotional transparency and captivating voice that made her famous, Gilbert now tells a much heavier story of falling in love—and eventually, into mutual active addiction—with her terminally ill best friend.

“With Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert started a movement,” says Oprah Winfrey. “This new memoir is just as powerful—raw, unflinching, and deeply healing. She bares her soul, sharing her truth so openly, she offers readers the courage to face their own.”

Gilbert appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007 to discuss Eat Pray Love—which Oprah called “a modern woman’s bible”—and again to discuss the book’s lasting impact and film adaptation. Still, nothing can prepare an author for the honor of getting the phone call. “Oprah completely surprised me with a phone call saying that she had chosen All the Way to the River for her Book Club,” Gilbert recalls. “I’d been told by my publisher to expect a phone call at a certain time and date that week, but I thought I was going to be talking to my editor about book business. Instead, when I picked up the phone, there was that unmistakable voice, Ms. Winfrey herself, saying that she loved my memoir and believed that it would ‘set people free.’” You’d think someone who’d been played by Julia Roberts would be hard to sweep off her feet, but Gilbert admits that she “felt like a teenager” when she got the news of the Book Club selection, adding, “the honor is astonishing and extraordinary. I aim to be worthy of her faith in my work.”

Oprah and Gilbert recently discussed All the Way to the River over pumpkin spice lattes at a Starbucks café in Seattle. Along with a live audience of readers, the two dug into the book’s themes of addiction, grief, codependency, and the thin line between self-discovery and self-destruction. You can watch the entire conversation right now for free on Oprah’s YouTube channel or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation, by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Charley Burlock is the Books Editor at Oprah Daily where she writes, edits, and assigns stories on all things literary. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from NYU, where she also taught undergraduate creative writing. Her work has been featured in the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Hyperallergic, the Apple News Today podcast, and elsewhere. You can read her writing at charleyburlock.com.