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[26 Feb 2015]

The journalist and critic Jeet Heer discusses his new collection, Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essay and Profiles (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2014), his writing and process, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[24 Feb 2015]

The broadcaster Joe Leary reflects on his career in the media in Vancouver and elsewhere, as well as the media scene today, with Joseph Planta.

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[23 Feb 2015]

A recent book The West Coast Modern House (Figure 1, 2014) that looks at the residential architecture of the post-war era in and around Vancouver, is discussed by its editor Greg Bellerby, and Joseph Planta.

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[16 Feb 2015]

The author Alix Hawley is the New Face of Fiction with her new book All True Not a Lie in It (Knopf, 2015); she discusses it, writing and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[13 Feb 2015]

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Maple Leaf flag, the author and editor Rick Archbold discusses his biography, A Flag for Canada (Stanton Atkins & Dosil, 2008), as well as his editing of notable Canadian political books, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[2 Feb 2015]

The National Post’s Tristin Hopper discusses working for the national newspaper, satire, history, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Jan 2015]

The award-winning actor and satirist Harry Shearer of The Simpsons and This is Spinal Tap fame, discusses Richard Nixon, and playing the former president in a new series, Nixon’s the One, based on Nixon’s White House tapes, with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Dec 2014]

The journalist, author and professor of journalism, Marc Edge discusses his new book, Greatly Exaggerated: The Myth of the Death of Newspapers (New Star Books, 2014), with Joseph Planta.

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[17 Dec 2014]

The journalist Diane Dakers discusses her new book, CHEK Republic: A Revolution in Local Television (Heritage House, 2014), the Victoria television station CHEK, its past and its future, with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Dec 2014]

The historian and author Mark Zuehlke discusses his new book, Forgotten Victory: First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45 (Douglas & McIntyre, 2014), receiving the Pierre Berton Award, and more, with Joseph Planta.