Articles tagged with: history
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The former MP and MLA Ian Waddell, Q.C. discusses his life and career in and out of politics, and his new memoir Take the Torch (Nightwood Editions, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and podcaster Scott Ryan discusses his longtime allegiance to David Letterman and writing his new oral history The Last Days of Letterman: The Final Six Weeks (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The author, illustrator and political cartoonist Jacques Goldstyn discusses his new children’s book The Eleventh Hour (Owlkids Books, 2018), the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, the horror of the First World War, and how to talk to children about war, with Joseph Planta.
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Dr. Eric McGeer discusses the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, with Joseph Planta; they also discuss The Great War’s significance on how it shaped Canada, as well the losses on both sides in terms of blood and treasure.
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The distinguished urban planner and President and CEO of the SFU Community Trust Gordon Harris discusses the new book he’s written with Richard Littlemore, Building Community: Defining, Designing, Developing UniverCity (Ecotone, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The military historian and acclaimed author Tim Cook discusses his new book The Secret History of Soldiers: How Canadians Survived the Great War (Allen Lane, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The retired reporter George Garrett joins Joseph Planta to discuss the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society, George’s storied career at CKNW, as well as the many people he’s worked with and covered over the years (including Rafe Mair, Bill Vander Zalm, E. Davie Fulton, Philip Till, John Ashbridge, Jack Webster, and more).
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The writer Sarah Weinman discusses her new book The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World (Knopf, 2018), Vladimir Nabokov’s writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The leader of the Manitoba NDP, MLA, and bestselling author Wab Kinew talks about the new children’s book Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes (Tundra Books, 2018), the illustrations by Joe Morse, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The writer and podcaster Andrea Warner discusses her new book Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography (Greystone, 2018), knowing Sainte-Marie, her music, activism and more, with Joseph Planta.
