The podcasters Dale McGladdery and Roland Tanglao discuss their podcast Over 40 in Vancouver, coffee, Vancouver, blogging, and more, with Joseph Planta.

The champion curler and broadcaster Colleen Jones discusses her memoir Throwing Rocks at Houses: My Life in and Out of Curling (Viking, 2015), and more, with Joseph Planta.

The author and historian Eve Lazarus discusses her new book, Cold Case Vancouver: The City’s Most Baffling Unsolved Murders (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

The executive director of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia, Margaret Reynolds discusses a new online database of BC books, as well as the state of publishing, with Joseph Planta.

The journalist and author Ann Walmsley talks about books and reading in prison and her new book, The Prison Book Club (Viking, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

The author and journalist Andrew Nikiforuk talks to Joseph Planta about his new book, Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry (Greystone, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

The playwright Trish Cooper previews her play Social Studies, which runs at the Firehall Arts Centre from 21 November-05 December 2015, with Joseph Planta.

The author and independent scholar Mark Pendergrast discusses his book, Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand (Greystone, 2015), the Akha people in Thailand, and the Doi Chaang Coffee Company based in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.

The writer Lindy Mechefske discusses her book, Sir John’s Table: The Culinary Life and Times of Canada’s First Prime Minister (Goose Lane Editions, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

The author and economist Gordon Laxer discusses his new book After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians (Douglas & McIntyre, 2015), the new Liberal government in Ottawa, and more, with Joseph Planta.