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Joseph Planta hosts a special retrospective of the On the Line program on the occasion of its sixth anniversary, featuring: Alan Bradley, Ian Brown, Christopher Buckley, Michael Chabon, Denise Chong, Wayson Choy, Karen Connelly, Sheila Copps, Frans de Waal, William Deverell, Dustin Diamond, David Finkel, Mary Lou Finlay, Tom Flanagan, Richard Florida, Deborah Grey, Janice Gross Stein, Tony Hendra, Warren Kinsella, Eugene Lang, Ricardo Larrivée, Mike Leonard, Margaret MacMillan, Rafe Mair, Michael Meyer, Kevin Newman, Steve Paikin, Ken Rockburn, John Ralston Saul, Deborah Tannen, Bill Vander Zalm, Eleanor Wachtel, Lauren Weedman, and Kenneth Whyte.
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The author and poet George Fetherling discusses his new novel, Walt Whitman’s Secret (Random House, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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Gillette Drafted: The Search for Canada’s Next Sportscaster debuts its second season for The Score channel in September, and joining Joseph Planta is Austin Spencer, a Vancouverite contestant whose previous experience with the WWE might make him The Score’s latest sportscaster.
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The social columnist and teacher Michael Schratter discusses his forthcoming year-long journey around the world by bicycle, raising awareness for mental health issues, as well as money for the Canadian Mental Health Association, with Joseph Planta; Schratter also discusses where he’s going, the stigma around mental illness, and more.
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The actor John Pyper Ferguson, who’s appeared in countless television and film roles, discusses his work and his upcoming run in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Glengarry Glen Ross, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Laura Robinson discusses her new book Cyclist Bikelist: The Book for Every Rider (Tundra Books, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The author Billie Livingston joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new short story collection, Greedy Little Eyes (Vintage Canada, 2010), as well as Vancouver, her writing, and more.
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The journalist and author Alexandra Popoff discusses her new book, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography (Free Press, 2010), her impact on Leo Tolstoy’s work, the misconceptions of her, and her relevance today, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Robert McCrum talks about his new book, Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language (Doubleday, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The number one book in Canada, The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things (Amy Einhorn Books, 2010) is discussed, as the author Neil Pasricha talks to Joseph Planta about all the awesome things in life.
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The author Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall discusses his first novel, Ghosted (Random House, 2010), his craft, being a new dad, living in Toronto, Paul Quarrington, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The bestselling author Derek Lundy discusses his new book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America (Knopf, 2010) with Joseph Planta. In the book, Lundy travels the American borders with Canada and Mexico atop a motorcycle and offers his observations of border-life, as well as America’s security concerns.
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The logophile and writer Howard Richler shares some wonderful, witty word stories from his new book Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words (Ronsdale Press, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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Yadi Sharifirad, the author of The Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (Thomas Allen, 2010), talks about his memoir about the brutal detention and torture he suffered in Iran, to his escape to Canada, with Joseph Planta.
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Discussed is the bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed novel Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco, who joins Joseph Planta to talk about Filipino culture, history, politics, arts, and more, topics covered in the book.
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