Bestselling author Hugo Bonjean discusses his new novel, Seeds . . . of Germination . . . or Termination (Eagle Vision, 2008), with Joseph Planta, a timely book about terminator seeds and living sustainably set just under a century from today.

Rafe Mair, the legendary broadcaster and author, discusses his work with Save Our Rivers, why he’s voting for the NDP in May 2009, and offers his thoughts on current affairs: the business in Ottawa and electoral reform in BC.

The acclaimed poet and author Patrick Lane discusses his new novel, Red Dog, Red Dog (McClelland & Stewart, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

The journalist and author Gwynne Dyer discusses his new book on the possible outcomes of climate change, Climate Wars (Random House, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

The radio and television broadcaster Mary Lou Finlay joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new book, The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts (Random House, 2008), and the 40th anniversary of the CBC radio program she once co-hosted, As It Happens.

The distingushed Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses his latest book, Champlain’s Dream: The Visionary Adventurer Who Made a New World in Canada (Knopf, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

The author and journalist Leslie Anthony talks about his new book, Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist (Greystone, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

Maclean’s publisher and editor-in-chief Kenneth Whyte discusses his new book, The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst (Random House, 2008), with Joseph Planta.

Two-time Giller Prize winning author M.G. Vassanji discusses his new memoir, his first non-fiction book, A Place Within: Rediscovering India (Doubleday, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

24 Hours columnist Ian King talks to Joseph Planta about the Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver victory in Vancouver in last week’s municipal election, where the NPA goes from here, and what he told the new mayor-elect on election night.