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[5 Feb 2009]

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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[5 Feb 2009]

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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[16 Jan 2009]

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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[16 Jan 2009]

The noted alternative health expert Bryce Wylde talks about his new book The Antioxidant Prescription: How to Use the Power of Antioxidants to Prevent Disease and Stay Healthy for Life (Random House, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Dec 2008]

Global BC’s popular reporter Mike McCardell shares some stories with Joseph Planta from his fourth bestselling book, Getting to the Bubble: Finding Magic Amid the Urban Roar (Harbour Publishing, 2008).

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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.