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[8 May 2012]

The filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed discusses her film Story of Burqa: Case of a Confused Afghan, which premieres Thursday, 10 May 2012 at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, with Joseph Planta.

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[5 Apr 2012]

The biographer and bestselling author Anne Sebba discusses her book That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (St. Martin’s Press, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Apr 2012]

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is discussed in a new book, Who Killed Abraham Lincoln? (Salmova Press) that looks at an alleged Catholic conspiracy behind the killing. The book’s author Paul Serup highlights Charles Chiniquy, in an interview with Joseph Planta.

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[28 Mar 2012]

The author and historian Allan Levine discusses his recent biography King: William Lyon Mackenzie King, A Life Guided By the Hand of Destiny (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Mar 2012]

The legendary journalist and historian Stanley Karnow discusses his years covering the Philippines, the book that won him the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1990, In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines (Random House, 1989), and reflects on the Filipino people, as well as the historical figures he covered, with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Mar 2012]

The Sun News Network personality, author and activist Ezra Levant discusses his new book The Enemy Within: Terror, Lies and the Whitewashing of Omar Khadr (McClelland & Stewart, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Feb 2012]

The filmmaker Kagan Goh discusses his new documentary Stolen Memories, which chronicles a personal story of his finding the family that owned a photo album that had been lost during the Japanese internment during World War II. He discusses the movie, which airs on Omni television 04 March 2012, with Joseph Planta.

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[24 Jan 2012]

The journalist and author Richard Gwyn discusses the second volume of his biography of Macdonald, Nation Maker—Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times (Random House, 2011), Macdonald’s legacy and how he shaped Canada, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Dec 2011]

The editor of Canada’s History magazine, Mark Reid, discusses a new book, 100 Days That Changed Canada (HarperCollins Canada, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Dec 2011]

The broadcaster, writer and former politician Rafe Mair discusses his new book The Home Stretch, a book on religion and more, which is available from Amazon.com, with Joseph Planta.