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[27 Mar 2018]

The acclaimed journalist Judi Rever discusses her book In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (Random House, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Mar 2018]

The noted Toronto lawyer Stephen Grant about the book he’s co-authored with Julian Porter, 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America (So You Can Ignore the Others) (Dundurn, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

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[7 Mar 2018]

The author and writer Robin Brunet discusses his new book, a biography of Frank Palmer, Let’s Get Frank: Canada’s Mad Man of Advertising (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Feb 2018]

The director, performer and writer Ben Rimalower discusses the new audio versions of his solo shows Patti Issues, and Bad with Money, available now on Audible.com, his work in the theatre, his childhood obsession with Patti LuPone, the Real Housewives franchise and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Feb 2018]

Vancouver’s DanceHouse celebrates the 50th anniversary of Toronto Dance Theatre, bringing a retrospective, House Mix to Vancouver this week (23 and 24 February 2018), works choreographed by TDT’s artistic director Christopher House, who discusses with Joseph Planta, this show, TDT’s 50th anniversary, and more.

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[6 Feb 2018]

One of the co-creators of No Foriengers, the new piece at The Cultch 07-17 February 2018, Milton Lim, discusses his collaboration with David Yee, Natalie Tin Yin Gan and Remy Siu, their interdisciplinary work, Chineseness, and working in the arts, with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Jan 2018]

The award-winning director and writer Annie Dorsen discusses Spokaoke, the interactive piece that’s at the PuSh Festival Friday, 02 February 2018, where instead of popular songs, the audience can choose from famous speeches and monologues to perform for the audience at the Fox Cabaret, with Joseph Planta.

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[25 Jan 2018]

The historian Kate Bird discusses her new book City on Edge: A Rebellious Century of Vancouver Protests, Riots, and Strikes (Greystone, 2017), which features photographs from the Vancouver Sun and Province archive, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Jan 2018]

The filmmaker and assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan Tasha Hubbard talks to Joseph Planta about her film Birth of a Family, screening at SFU Woodward’s Wednesday, 24 January 2018 as part of the Aabiziingwashi (Wide Awake) NFB Indigenous Cinema Tour.

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[10 Jan 2018]

The bestselling and acclaimed author Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new novel, the third and final book in his Moscow Trilogy, Red Sky at Noon (Pegasus, 2018), writing, books and more, with Joseph Planta.