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[14 Dec 2009]

The Vancouver Courier columnist Mark Hasiuk discusses his work in the paper, livability in Vancouver, the Olympics, prostitution and human trafficking, and the sort of mail he gets from his readers, with Joseph Planta.

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[11 Dec 2009]

Public Eye Online’s Sean Holman talks BC politics and favourite movies with Joseph Planta; they look back at the recent session in the Legislature, insight on covering Victoria, the recent NDP convention, and what to expect in 2010, what with the Olympics and all.

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[11 Dec 2009]

Vancouver politics is discussed with CityCaucus.com co-editor Michael Klassen and Joseph Planta; they discuss the first anniversary party at City Caucus, the budget hearings at City Hall, the recent provincial NDP convention, the forthcoming Olympics, and more.

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[10 Dec 2009]

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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[10 Dec 2009]

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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[9 Dec 2009]

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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[8 Dec 2009]

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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[8 Dec 2009]

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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[8 Dec 2009]

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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[7 Dec 2009]

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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[3 Dec 2009]

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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[3 Dec 2009]

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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[2 Dec 2009]

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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[2 Dec 2009]

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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[1 Dec 2009]

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.