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[19 Dec 2008]

Author and historian Eric Jamieson discusses his new book, Tragedy at Second Narrows: The Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (Harbour Publishing, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Dec 2008]

New York City chef Andrew Carmellini and his wife, writer Gwen Hyman talk to Joseph Planta about their book Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories From a Life in Food (Bloomsbury, 2008).

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[17 Dec 2008]

Bestselling author Hugo Bonjean discusses his new novel, Seeds . . . of Germination . . . or Termination (Eagle Vision, 2008), with Joseph Planta, a timely book about terminator seeds and living sustainably set just under a century from today.

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[17 Dec 2008]

The host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, Jay Ingram discusses his new book, The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas: Global Warming and What People Are Doing About It (Penguin, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Dec 2008]

Rafe Mair, the legendary broadcaster and author, discusses his work with Save Our Rivers, why he’s voting for the NDP in May 2009, and offers his thoughts on current affairs: the business in Ottawa and electoral reform in BC.

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[10 Dec 2008]

The acclaimed poet and author Patrick Lane discusses his new novel, Red Dog, Red Dog (McClelland & Stewart, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[10 Dec 2008]

The journalist and author Gwynne Dyer discusses his new book on the possible outcomes of climate change, Climate Wars (Random House, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[10 Dec 2008]

The radio and television broadcaster Mary Lou Finlay joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new book, The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts (Random House, 2008), and the 40th anniversary of the CBC radio program she once co-hosted, As It Happens.

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[9 Dec 2008]

The distingushed Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses his latest book, Champlain’s Dream: The Visionary Adventurer Who Made a New World in Canada (Knopf, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[9 Dec 2008]

The author and journalist Leslie Anthony talks about his new book, Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist (Greystone, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[25 Nov 2008]

Maclean’s publisher and editor-in-chief Kenneth Whyte discusses his new book, The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst (Random House, 2008), with Joseph Planta.

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[24 Nov 2008]

Two-time Giller Prize winning author M.G. Vassanji discusses his new memoir, his first non-fiction book, A Place Within: Rediscovering India (Doubleday, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[24 Nov 2008]

24 Hours columnist Ian King talks to Joseph Planta about the Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver victory in Vancouver in last week’s municipal election, where the NPA goes from here, and what he told the new mayor-elect on election night.

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[18 Nov 2008]

The author and novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses his latest novel, Sea of Poppies (Viking, 2008), his career and writing, with Joseph Planta, a book that’s already been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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[18 Nov 2008]

Internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher and founder of the Isha Foundation Educating for Peace, Isha talks to Joseph Planta about her new book Why Walk When You Can Fly? Soar Beyond Your Fears and Love Yourself and Others Unconditionally (New World, 2008); and she also describes her Isha System to being more self-aware and at peace.