The Academy Award winning filmmaker John Zaritsky discusses his new documentary, A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics, which debuts at the Vancouver International Film Festival this week, with Joseph Planta.
Edmund Metatawabin, author, educator, and former chief of the Fort Albany First Nations discusses his new memoir, Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History (Knopf, 2014), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed filmmaker Vic Sarin discusses his new documentary The Boy from Geita, a film about albinism in Tanzania and beyond, with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Grant Baldwin discusses his documentary Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story, which screens at the Vancouver International Film Festival, food waste, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The psychologist and author Susan Pinker discusses her new book, The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier (Random House, 2014), with Joseph Planta.
The author and historian Eve Lazarus discusses her recent book Sensational Vancouver (Anvil Press, 2014), the people and houses in Vancouver’s past, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The author Ben Lerner discusses his new novel, 10:04 (McClelland & Stewart, 2014), writing, critical success, fiction, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The latest from the Unheralded Artists of BC series, The Life and Art of Harry and Jessie Webb (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2014), is discussed by its author Adrienne Brown, the daughter of Harry and Jessie Webb, with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed actress Nicola Cavendish talks to Joseph Planta, as she opens in the Arts Club Theatre’s season-opening production of Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles, returning to the stage, and more.
The longtime journalist and blogger Harvey Oberfeld talks to Joseph Planta about local news, reporting, and more.
The CKNW radio personality Drex discusses his new weeknight show (6.00 – 10.00pm) Drex Live, radio, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The CBC News anchor Andrew Chang discusses coming to BC to host CBC Vancouver’s 5.00pm and 6.00pm newscasts, living in Vancouver, plans for the broadcast, and journalism, with Joseph Planta.
Rafe Mair, the writer, broadcaster, and former cabinet minister, talks to Joseph Planta about recent health challenges, current events in British Columbia, the environment, and broadcasting in Vancouver.
Joseph Planta marks the tenth anniversary of the On the Line program with clips from previous guests: Lidia Bastianich, Jesse Brown, Jovita Bydlowska, Joe Clark, Susan Delacourt, Jesse Donaldson, Roddy Doyle, David Finkel, Tom Flanagan, Charlotte Gray, Chris Hadfield, Eve Joseph, Brian Lamb, Brad Lavigne, Elaine Lui, Sean Michaels, Garth Mullins, Don Newman, Dan O’Brien, Steve Paikin, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Astra Taylor, Russell Thornton, and Miriam Toews.
The writer and gardener Des Kennedy discusses his new collection of gardening essays, Heart and Soil: The Revolutionary Good of Gardens (Harbour Publishing, 2014), his garden on Denman Island, and more, with Joseph Planta.