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[18 Mar 2024]

The composer, author and educator Andrew Gerle discusses the new concept album of a show he wrote the music and lyrics for Whisper Darkly (TBIC Music Group, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Mar 2024]

The distinguished editor John Metcalf discusses the six Canadian writers (Caroline Adderson, Kristyn Dunnion, Cynthia Flood, Shaena Lambert, Elise Levine, and Kathy Page) he’s in conversation with in the new collection he’s edited Off the Record (Biblioasis, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Mar 2024]

The artistic director of Mitch and Murray Productions Aaron Craven discusses their new production that he’s directing, Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Feb 2024]

The award-winning songwriter, singer and actress Melissa Manchester discusses her new album RE:VIEW (2024), her versatile career, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Feb 2024]

The celebrated jazz pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton discusses her work, upcoming performances in Vancouver at Frankie’s Jazz Club (01, 02 March 2024), and her new album Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton Every Now and Then (release date: 12 April 2024), with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Feb 2024]

The community leader and author Michael Redhead Champagne discusses his new book for young readers We Need Everyone (Highwater Press, 2024), with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Feb 2024]

The distinguished thinker and philanthropist Yosef Wosk discusses his memoir Naked in a Pyramid: Travels & Observations (Anvil Press, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[5 Feb 2024]

The journalist and writer Morgan Campbell discusses his new memoir My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines That Made Us (McClelland & Stewart, 2024), with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Jan 2024]

The writer and educator Beth Kaplan discusses her new collection of essays MidLife Solo: Writing Through Chaos to Find My Way in the World (Mosaic Books, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Jan 2024]

The director of the 39th Annual Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival Dana Camil Hewitt previews this year’s festival (10-15 February 2024), with Joseph Planta.

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[26 Jan 2024]

The actress and singer Eleanora Owen discusses Being Piaf, which she stars in and is coming to the PAL Studio Theatre, 08-11 February 2024, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Jan 2024]

The property developer, philanthropist, and art collector Michael Audain discusses his book Pictures on the Wall: Building a Canadian Art Collection (Douglas & McIntyre, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Jan 2024]

The improv artists, and members of SPIT Manila Aih Mendoza and Karl Echaluse discuss improv and being part of The Improv Centre’s THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase (23-27 January 2024), with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Jan 2024]

The theatre artist Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg talks to Joseph Planta about her new show Pants, at the Firehall Arts Centre, 17-20 January 2024.

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[21 Dec 2023]

The theatre artist and writer Emelia Symington-Fedy discusses her new memoir Skid Dogs (Douglas & McIntyre, 2023), with Joseph Planta.