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CPAC’s Holly Doan talks to Joseph Planta about her current documentary series, The Premiers, airing Sunday evenings on the Cable Public Affairs Channel, profiling Canadian premiers in history like Joey Smallwood, W.A.C. Bennett, Tommy Douglas, Maurice Duplessis, and Leslie Frost, amongst others.
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Veteran business consultant and commentator Lyman MacInnis discusses his new book, How To Succeed In Anything By Really Trying (Random House, 2009) with Joseph Planta, a collection of useful and wise commonsense.
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Janine Fuller, manager of the Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, discusses Freedom to Read Week in Canada, with Joseph Planta.
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Maclean’s senior editor Lianne George discusses the book that she’s co-authored, The Ego Boom: Why the World Really Does Revolve Around You (Key Porter, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper, Chris Cleave discusses his new novel, Little Bee (Bond Street, 2009), that speaks to the asylum seeker and refugee experience in Britain and worldwide. It has been nominated for the Costa Novel Award, and was recently shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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Maclean’s magazine critic and blogger Jaime J. Weinman talks to Joseph Planta about the 81st Annual Academy Awards, the telecast, the winners and losers, its host Hugh Jackman, and more.
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Celebrity health and fitness expert Jennifer Cohen joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new book, No Gym Required: Unleash Your Inner Rock Star (Key Porter, 2009), which shows the reader how to keep fit and healthy without a gym membership or costly exercise equipment.
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Author and journalist Stephen Hunt, an arts reporter for the Calgary Herald, discusses Sunday’s Academy Awards with Joseph Planta, looking at the race for gold, the film’s nominated, and tradition of the Oscar show.
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Internationally recognised expert on resilence in youth, Michael Ungar, Ph.D, discusses his new book We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids (McClelland & Stewart, 2009) with Joseph Planta.
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Self-expression and individuality in the consumer world has gotten a bit out of control, and could be the reason why the economy is tanking. Maclean’s senior editor and national business columnist Steve Maich discusses the book he co-authored with Lianne George, The Ego Boom: Why the World Really Does Revolve Around You (Key Porter, 2009), which looks at how our culture of narcissism affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Joseph Planta hosts.
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Author Connie Braun discusses her book, The Steppes Are the Colour of Sepia: A Mennonite Memoir (Ronsdale Press, 2008), with Joseph Planta.
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The very public legal and public relations fight surrounding the guardianship of the socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor and her wealth is the subject of a recent book Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). The book’s author, the New York magazine journalist Meryl Gordon discusses her book with Joseph Planta.
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Freelance writer and blogger Michael Kwan returns to discuss the Super Bowl episode of The Office, smartphones, and the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with Joseph Planta.
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Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd discusses the recent collection of essays he’s edited, Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia, Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest (Ronsdale Press, 2008), with Joseph Planta.
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Veteran broadcaster Ralph Benmergui debuts a new documentary series God Bless America on VisionTV beginning Monday, 19 January 2009, running for six weeks; he discusses it and the state of religion in American politics and culture with Joseph Planta.
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