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[16 Oct 2015]

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.

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[15 Oct 2015]

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.

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[15 Oct 2015]

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.

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[13 Oct 2015]

The author Plum Johnson discusses her award-winning memoir, They Left Us Everything (Penguin, 2014), with Joseph Planta.

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[13 Oct 2015]

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.

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[6 Oct 2015]

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.

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[6 Oct 2015]

The author Carol Cram discusses her new novel, A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[5 Oct 2015]

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.

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[5 Oct 2015]

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.

Two P's in a Podcast »

[5 Oct 2015]

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.

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[2 Oct 2015]

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.

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[2 Oct 2015]

The author Christian Brown discusses his Feast of Fates (Forsythia Press, 2014), fantasy writing, the solace in writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Sep 2015]

The award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Hay discusses her new novel, His Whole Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), the mother-son relationship at the heart of the book, and its backdrop of the Quebec referendum of 1995, with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Sep 2015]

Colin Ellard, cognitive neuroscientist and director of the Urban Realities Laboratory at University of Waterloo, discusses his new book, Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life (Bellevue Literary Press, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Sep 2015]

The conservative commentator Fred Litwin discusses his new book, Conservative Confidential: Inside the Fabulous Blue Tent (NorthernBlues Books, 2015), politics, and more, with Joseph Planta.