A post-election chat with political commentator and consultant Adam Daifallah is had by Joseph Planta, looking at how Justin Trudeau won last night’s election, what Stephen Harper’s legacy is, what happened to Thomas Mulcair and the NDP, the future of the Conservative Party, and what next under a Liberal government.
The veteran Vancouver Island television personality Hudson Mack discusses broadcasting, his career in journalism, and his new memoir, Hudson Mack: Unsinkable Anchor (Harbour Publishing, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed writer and performer Rita Bozi discusses the new show, The Damage is Done, a collaboration with public intellectual and thinker Dr. Gabor Maté, which will be at The Cultch, 20-24 October 2015; with Joseph Planta.
The third Two P’s in a Podcast episode features Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discussing the federal election, rating people online, and books that get made into movies.
In the midst of serving a sentence a a corrections facility, the author Christopher Zoukis discusses prison reform and the value of getting an education from prison, and his book College for Convicts: The Case for Higher Education in American Prisons (McFarland and Company, 2014), with Joseph Planta.
To mark Autuism Awareness Month, Andrea Bull talks to Joseph Planta about her brother, Robert, and their new children’s book Animal Appetites (Hungry Hungry Publishing, 2015), and more.
The historian Dr. Maria Tippett talks to Joseph Planta about her new book Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture (Harbour Publishing, 2015), which looks at the contributions to BC culture by Francis Rattenbury, Martin Granger, Emily Carr, George Woodcock, George Ryga, Jean Coulthard, Bill Reid, and Arthur Erickson.
The author Plum Johnson discusses her award-winning memoir, They Left Us Everything (Penguin, 2014), with Joseph Planta.
Catherine Laub, a soprano and educator discusses the life of Viktor Ullman and the upcoming performances of his final piece Cornet (16-18 October 2015), and more, with Joseph Planta.
The journalist Michael Harris discusses the federal election, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and his bestselling book Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada’s Radical Makeover (Viking, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The author Carol Cram discusses her new novel, A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The Globe and Mail’s Ian Brown, an award-winning and bestselling author, discusses his new book: Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year (Random House, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The broadcaster and performer Tetsuro Shigematsu discusses his new show, Empire of the Son, which runs at The Cultch O6-24 October 2015, with Joseph Planta.
The Two P’s in a Podcast, Jackie Pierre and Joseph Planta discuss guns in America, likable celebrities like Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lawrence, and wedding party etiquette.
The writer and comedian Charles Demers discusses his new collection of essays, The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things (Douglas & McIntyre, 2015), family, writing, politics, Aaron Sorkin, and more, with Joseph Planta.