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[20 Oct 2015]

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.

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[19 Oct 2015]

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.

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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]

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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[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]

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.

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[24 Sep 2015]

The artist Lilian Broca discusses her work, and her upcoming exhibition, Heroine of a Thousand Pieces: The Judith Mosaics of Lilian Broca (12 November 2015-31 March 2016 at the Italian Cultural Centre), and her craft, with Joseph Planta.

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[18 Sep 2015]

The journalist Justin McElroy, writer and producer at Global BC, talks to Joseph Planta about the federal election campaign, the leadership change at UBC, journalism, the future of media, and Historica Canada’s Heritage Minutes.