Social media expert, author and speaker Angela Crocker discusses her new book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Social Network (Alpha Books, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
Canada AM’s Seamus O’Regan calls in from London, England to talk about CTV’s coverage of the Royal Wedding, covering William and Kate, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The series of interviews featuring the candidates running in Vancouver Kingsway in the 2011 Federal election begins with Joseph Planta speaking with Green Party candidate, Louise Boutin; they discuss the issues surrounding the campaign, the riding, and Boutin’s background.
The environmental journalist Emily Hunter discusses her father, Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter, and a new book she’s edited, The Next Eco-Warriors: 22 Young Women and Men Who Are Saving the Planet (Conari Press, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
The 2010 Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud discusses her debut novel The Sentimentalists (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), the sales and attention it got, writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.
John Twigg discusses Adrian Dix and his winning of the BC NDP leadership, as well as other BC political matters, including the federal election, with Joseph Planta.
The bestselling author and conservative commentator Ezra Levant discusses the current federal election campaign, and his new role on the Sun News Network beginning Monday, with Joseph Planta.
BY JOHN TWIGG: One of the major impressions to emerge from the B.C. NDP’s leadership contest that concludes Sunday (April 17) is that there are supposedly very few if any policy differences between the four remaining contenders and not many differences in their styles and personalities either.
The bestselling author John Elder Robison discusses his new book Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian (Doubleday, 2011), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss Asperger’s, its symptoms, and how Robison coped with being different.
The host of TVO’s The Agenda Steve Paikin, the moderator of last night’s federal leaders debate talks to Joseph Planta about the debate, its format, Martin Short, and more.
The political commentator and consultant Warren Kinsella provides his take on the federal election campaign thus far, last night’s leaders debate, his forthcoming work with the Sun News Network, with Joseph Planta.
The author Rupinder Gill discusses her new memoir, On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
The journalist Andy Lamey discusses his new book, Frontier Justice: The Global Refugee Crisis and What to Do About It (Doubleday, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
Francine Pascal, the creator of the Sweet Valley High series, talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, which updates the series, Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later (St. Martin’s Press, 2011).
The political consultant and commentator Michael Geoghegan talks politics with Joseph Planta: the federal election campaign so far, Christy Clark and other BC political news, including John Cummins entry into the arena.