Joe Carangi, an NPA candidate for Vancouver city council, discusses his campaign, the issues, and why he should be elected on November 19th, with Joseph Planta.
The anthropologist, National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence, and bestselling author Wade Davis discusses his new book, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest (Knopf, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
Dr. Samantha Nutt, the founder of War Child, discusses her new book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid (Signal, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
Buying property in the United States is made easier with a new book, Owning US Property the Canadian Way, 2nd Edition: Protect Your Family with The Cross Border Trust and Other Strategies (Altro Law, 2011); its author David A. Altro talks to Joseph Planta about the book.
Sandy Garossino, an independent candidate for Vancouver City Council discusses the upcoming November 19th municipal election, why she’s running, and the issues in this campaign, with Joseph Planta.
The chef and restauranteur Mark McEwan discusses his new book Mark McEwan’s Fabbrica: Great Italian Recipes Made Easy for Home (Viking, 2011), his career as a celebrity chef, judging Top Chef Canada, his four restaurants and retail store, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The legendary journalist and columnist Allan Fotheringham discusses his new memoir, Boy From Nowhere: A Life in Ninety-One Countries (Dundurn, 2011), with Joseph Planta; also discussed his recent health scare, the late Marjorie Nichols, and more.
The historian and author Daniel Francis discusses his new book, Selling Canada: Three Propaganda Campaigns That Shaped the Nation (Stanton, Atkins and Dosil, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
The writer and author D.W. Wilson discusses his short story collection Once You Break A Knuckle (Hamish Hamilton, 2011), writing, and his burgeoning career, with Joseph Planta.
The author and journalist Terry Glavin discusses his new book Come From the Shadows: The Long and Lonely Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
Dr. Steven Lee, associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia talks about upcoming talks he’ll be giving on the Korean War in relation with the play Falling in Time, why the war is forgotten, and more, with Joseph Planta.
Judyth Vary Baker, the lover of Lee Harvey Oswald, talks to Joseph Planta about Oswald, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, her life since the assassination, and her new book Me & Lee: How I Came to Know, Love, and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald (Trine Day, 2010).
The author and Time Magazine writer and critic Lev Grossman discusses his new book The Magician King (Viking, 2011), fantasy writing and the future of books, with Joseph Planta.
The author and 2010 Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud talks to Joseph Planta about her new short story collection, This Will Be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories (Hamish Hamilton, 2011).
The neuroscientist and author Marc Lewis discusses his new book, Memoirs of An Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs (Doubleday, 2011), with Joseph Planta.