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The author and former Chatelaine editor Rona Maynard returns to the program to share with Joseph Planta tips on travelling, as well as insight into battling insomnia, the media, Sarah Palin, and more.
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Judi Tyabji returns to talk techonology, social networking, politics, Michael Ignatieff’s leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, dreaming of Stephen Harper, the HST, Christmas in Powell River, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The Governor General’s Prize winning author William Gilkerson discusses his new book A Thousand Years of Pirates (Tundra Books, 2009), with Joseph Planta; as well as talking about pirates past and present (online and on the seas currently), they talk about Donald Sutherland, who is adapting one of the books for an animated series.
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Rafe Mair, author and environmentalist, former cabinet minister and broadcaster, returns to the program to talk issues political and environmental with Joseph Planta; also discussed are the Tiger Woods situation, and more.
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The author and prolific book reviewer, Robert J. Wiersema discusses The World More Full of Weeping (ChiZine Publications, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss growing up in Agassiz, fountain pens, books and book reviewing.
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The author and journalist David Sax discusses his new book Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Anjan Chaklader talks to the author Wayne Norton about his new book Women On Ice: The Early Years of Women’s Hockey in Western Canada (Ronsdale Press, 2009).
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The historian and bestselling author John English discusses his second of two volumes on Pierre Trudeau, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 (Knopf, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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UBC librarian emeritus Joseph Jones talks to Joseph Planta about the translation he’s just published of Hubert Aquin’s Les sables mouvants / Shifting Sands (Ronsdale Press, 2009); they also discuss Aquin’s life, his place in Quebec culture, and more.
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The Beaver magazine’s editor Mark Reid, has edited a collection, 100 Photos That Changed Canada (HarperCollins, 2009), and discusses it with Joseph Planta, and some of those notable moments in Canadian history so depicted.
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The celebrity chef, television personality and bestselling author Ken Kostick talks about his newest book, The $10 Gourmet: Restaurant Quality Meals that Won’t Break Your Budget (Whitecap, 2009), with Joseph Planta; as well they discuss his television partner Mary Jo Eustace, their programs, the secret to good fried rice, and his beloved dogs and their recent wedding.
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The bestselling author Adria Vasil talks to Joseph Planta about her new book Ecoholic Home: The Greenest, Cleanest and Most Energy-Efficient Information Under One (Canadian) Roof (Vintage, 2009), offering tips on how to live better with green tips to help us save the world and some money at the same time.
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The journalist and author Harvey Sawler discusses his new book, Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), McKenna’s career as a criminal lawyer, premier of New Brunswick (1987-1997), his post-political career as Canadian ambassador to the United States, and now as deputy chair of TD Bank, and quite possibly whether he’ll lead the Liberal Party of Canada.
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The Olympic Gold medalist Ross Rebagliati discusses his new book, Off the Chain: An Insider’s History of Snowboarding (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta; also discussed is the drug controversy that at first cost him his gold medal in 1998 and its subsequent reinstatement, as well as his recent foray into federal politics as he will be running as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla.
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Canada’s premiere wine writer, The Wine Guy, Tony Aspler talks to Joseph Planta about his new book, Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book: How to Design, Build, Stock and Manage Your Wine Cellar Wherever You Are (Random House Canada, 2009); as well, Aspler discusses his wine habits, what wine to serve with hot dogs, and his having had dinner at Rideau Hall recently with fellow guests, Charles and Camilla.
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