The radio and television broadcaster Mary Lou Finlay joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new book, The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts (Random House, 2008), and the 40th anniversary of the CBC radio program she once co-hosted, As It Happens.

The distingushed Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses his latest book, Champlain’s Dream: The Visionary Adventurer Who Made a New World in Canada (Knopf, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

Giller Prize-winning author David Bergen talks to Joseph Planta about his newest book, The Retreat (McClelland & Stewart, 2008).

Legendary sports columnist and author Jim Taylor joins Joseph Planta again, this time to discuss his new memoir, “Hello, Sweetheart? Gimmie Rewrite!” My Life in the Wonderful World of Sports (Harbour, 2008), a look back at his storied career in sports and journalism.

The author and military historian Mark Zuehlke discusses his new book, Brave Battalion: The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War (Wiley, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

The bestselling and acclaimed author Kenneth J. Harvey joins Joseph Planta to discuss his newest novel, Blackstrap Hawco: Said to Be About a Newfoundland Family (Random House, 2008), as well as his career and writing.

The historian and author A.B. McKillop talks about his new book, Pierre Berton: A Biography (McClelland & Stewart, 2008), with Joseph Planta.

The author and thinker John Ralston Saul discusses his new book, A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada (Viking, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

Victoria Times-Colonist columnist Paul Willcocks joins Joseph Planta with political talk previewing Tuesday’s federal election, as well as the state of provincial politics in British Columbia.

Warren Kinsella, author, blogger, and former Liberal strategist discusses the current federal election campaign, Paul Martin’s memoir, and more with Joseph Planta.