Global BC’s popular reporter Mike McCardell shares some stories with Joseph Planta from his fourth bestselling book, Getting to the Bubble: Finding Magic Amid the Urban Roar (Harbour Publishing, 2008).

Author and historian Eric Jamieson discusses his new book, Tragedy at Second Narrows: The Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (Harbour Publishing, 2008) with Joseph Planta.

New York City chef Andrew Carmellini and his wife, writer Gwen Hyman talk to Joseph Planta about their book Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories From a Life in Food (Bloomsbury, 2008).

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.