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[28 Mar 2018]

The noted barrister Julian Porter discusses the book he’s co-written with Stephen Grant, 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America (So You Can Ignore the Others) (Dundurn, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

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[27 Mar 2018]

The acclaimed journalist Judi Rever discusses her book In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (Random House, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[26 Mar 2018]

In this edition of Two P’s in a Podcast, Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discuss this weekend’s Juno’s in Vancouver, Canadian music, gun violence in schools, cell phone and Facebook tracking and more.

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[21 Mar 2018]

The noted Toronto lawyer Stephen Grant about the book he’s co-authored with Julian Porter, 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America (So You Can Ignore the Others) (Dundurn, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Mar 2018]

The journalist Daemon Fairless discusses his new book Mad Blood Stirring: The Inner Lives of Violent Men (Random House, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Mar 2018]

The artistic director of the ACT Arts Centre Curtis Pendleton discusses this week’s Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film (23-25 March 2018), the films shot in British Columbia showcased, and her new role, with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Mar 2018]

Two P’s in a Podcast returns with Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discussing recent films (A Wrinkle in Time and Black Panther), Planta turning 36, and what we expect of friendship as we get older, and the challenge of meeting new friends.

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[14 Mar 2018]

The actor and musician Ben Elliott discusses his role in the Firehall Arts Centre’s production of Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (17 March-21 April 2018), the music of Cohen, working in Vancouver, the arts, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[13 Mar 2018]

The writer Heidi Sopinka discusses her debut novel The Dictionary of Animal Languages (Hamish Hamilton, 2018), the themes in it like love, lost love, being solitary, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[13 Mar 2018]

The artistic director of Ruby Slippers Theatre Diane Brown discusses their latest production, one that she’s directing, I Lost My Husband translated by Leanna Brodie from the Catherine Léger play J’ai perdu mon marie, at the Gateway Theatre, 15-24 March 2018, with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Mar 2018]

The managing artistic director of Realwheels Theatre Rena Cohen discusses their new production of Arun Lakra’s play Sequence, which runs 14-24 March 2018 at the Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver, as well as the mandate of Realwheels, the arts and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Mar 2018]

The veteran actor Bernard Cuffling discusses playing Elwood P. Dowd in the Western Gold Theatre production of Mary Chase’s Harvey (16-18 March 2018), his busy career, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[8 Mar 2018]

The author Sharon Bala discusses her first novel The Boat People (McClelland & Stewart, 2018), that looks at a father’s escape from Sri Lanka to Canada, where as he seeks asylum to find himself detained and considered suspicious by authorities in Canada, with Joseph Planta.

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[7 Mar 2018]

The author and writer Robin Brunet discusses his new book, a biography of Frank Palmer, Let’s Get Frank: Canada’s Mad Man of Advertising (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[6 Mar 2018]

The acclaimed filmmaker Mina Shum discusses her new release Meditation Park, which she wrote, directed and produced, about the journey a Chinese Canadian wife in her sixties undertakes when she soon discovers her husband’s infidelity, with Joseph Planta. The film opens in Vancouver and Toronto Friday, 09 March 2018.