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[25 May 2021]

The acclaimed author Camilla Gibb discusses her new novel The Relatives (Doubleday, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 May 2021]

The journalist Ash Kelly discusses the new podcast, I Am Madeline, which she hosts and co-produces, on one woman’s struggle with a disease and MAiD (medical assistance in dying), with Joseph Planta.

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[17 May 2021]

The distinguished poet and playwright Dan O’Brien discusses his new collection of essays, A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, and Other Traumas (CB Editions, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[14 May 2021]

The writer Alison Tedford discusses her new book Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain (Self-Counsel Press, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[13 May 2021]

The journalist Christopher Cheung, who covers urban issues for The Tyee, discusses his work, the Vancouver that he writes about, representation in the media, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[11 May 2021]

The writer and historian David F. Pelly discusses his new book The Ancestors Are Happy: True Tales of the Arctic (Crossfield Publishing, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[10 May 2021]

The managing editor of the new Fraser Valley Current Tyler Olsen discusses the outlet, local reporting, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[7 May 2021]

The Media Relations Officer for IHIT (Integrated Homicide Investigations Team) Sgt. Frank Jang discusses his work, the current spate of gun violence in Metro Vancouver, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[7 May 2021]

The playwright and director Derek Chan discusses his new exhibition yellow objects on at the Firehall Arts Centre (11-22 May 2021), that looks at Hong Kong in 2019 and one in the future, with Joseph Planta.

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[6 May 2021]

The filmmaker Anthony Banua-Simon discusses his documentary Cane Fire, a historical and critical look at the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i, with its depictions in Hollywood films and his own family story (playing at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, 06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[6 May 2021]

The distinguished filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her seminal 2002 film FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, as it gets screened again as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (until 16 May 2021); the film is a look at the raucous debates in Vancouver nearly twenty years ago, as it struggled to start Canada’s first safe injection site, with Joseph Planta.

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[5 May 2021]

The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses the new film she’s directed, Koto: The Last Service, that debuts at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021); the film documents the closing of a longtime Campbell River Japanese restaurant, its family at the heart of the film, and the community around it, with Joseph Planta.

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[5 May 2021]

The filmmaker Dominque Keller discusses her new documentary Love: The Last Chapter, depicting love in the later years of six seniors, which is having its world premiere at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

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[5 May 2021]

The filmmaker Kent Donguines discusses his new short film Kalinga (Care), screening as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), about the reality of Filipina caregivers who are separated from their family to care for other families abroad, as well as the personal and societal impact later on, with Joseph Planta.

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[4 May 2021]

The filmmaker Alyx Ayn Arumpac discusses her debut feature documentary Aswang, a critical and powerful look at life on the streets of Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wages his war on drugs resulting in extrajudicial killings under his watch, that is playing as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.