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[14 Apr 2011]

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.

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[13 Apr 2011]

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.

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[13 Apr 2011]

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.

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[12 Apr 2011]

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.

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[11 Apr 2011]

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.

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[7 Apr 2011]

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).

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[30 Mar 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.

The Commentary »

[28 Mar 2011]

BY JOHN TWIGG: Despotic hypocrite Harper triggered election in desperate bid to gain powers of a majority | Harper claimed he was forced into the election call but instead he could have softened his draconian Bills | The non-confidence vote was over his apparent abuses of Parliament and had little to do with the new budget’s array of vote-buying goodies.

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[28 Mar 2011]

The author and chef Cory Parsons discusses his new cookbook Cooking with Cory: Inspirational Recipes for the Fearless Cook (Whitecap, 2010), food, as well as the diving accident that left him a quadriplegic, with Joseph Planta.

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[25 Mar 2011]

The Savvy Insider’s George Froehlich, veteran journalist and television executive, discusses Vancouver restaurant reviews online, the local television news business, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[24 Mar 2011]

The political strategist, author, and former vice president of the National Citizens Coalition Gerry Nicholls looks at federal politics what with an election call looming, as well at The Office as Steve Carrell’s character Michael Scott leaves, with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Mar 2011]

BY JOHN TWIGG: Christy Clark won the B.C. Liberal Party leadership by promising major changes from the Gordon Campbell era and with her installation as Premier and simultaneous cabinet shuffle on Monday she began delivering those changes in a variety of obvious and subtle ways.

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[14 Mar 2011]

Recently, I wandered into First Used Books, an estimable shop on that strip of Kingsway between Broadway and Main. I saw on the shelf a biography of Louis St. Laurent, Canadian by Dale Thomson. Having no books on St. Laurent I bought it.

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[11 Mar 2011]

The author and academic Mark van Vugt discusses leadership, the research and science behind it, and his new book Selected: Why Some People Lead, Why Others Follow, and Why It Matters (Random House, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[7 Mar 2011]

Public transportation in Metro Vancouver and its history are discussed with Jhenifer Pabillano, editor-in-chief of TransLink’s The Buzzer, with Joseph Planta.