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[18 Mar 2016]

The historian and columnist Conrad Black discusses the American presidential primaries, Donald Trump, as well as Franklin Roosevelt and books, with Joseph Planta.

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[18 Mar 2016]

The activist and co-creator of Occupy Wall Street Micah White discusses his new book The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution (Knopf, 2016), with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Feb 2016]

The historian and author John Boyko discusses his new book Cold Fire: Kennedy’s Northern Front (Knopf, 2016) and the relationship between John F. Kennedy, John Diefenbaker, and Lester B. Pearson during the Cold War, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Dec 2015]

The authors, photographers, and adventurers John Baldwin and Linda Bily discuss their recent book Soul of Wilderness: Mountain Journeys in Western BC and Alaska (Harbour Publishing, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Dec 2015]

The digital technology expert and executive Robert Tercek discusses his new book, Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World (Lifetree Media, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Nov 2015]

The author and independent scholar Mark Pendergrast discusses his book, Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand (Greystone, 2015), the Akha people in Thailand, and the Doi Chaang Coffee Company based in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Nov 2015]

The author John Higgs discusses his new book Stranger Than We Can Imagine: An Alternative History of the 20th Century (Signal, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Oct 2015]

The poet and playwright Dan O’Brien discusses his latest collection of poetry, New Life, which deal with his experiences with the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Paul Watson, who also joins the conversation discussing his reporting, and his resignation from the Toronto Star this past summer, with Joseph Planta.

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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.

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.