The CBC’s Rosemary Barton, one of the new hosts of The National, talks to Joseph Planta, about the new broadcast debuting Monday, 06 November 2017, what to expect, and working with her colleagues Adrienne Arsenault, Andrew Chang, and Ian Hanomansing.

The activist and award-winning broadcaster Garth Mullins joins Joseph Planta to talk about current affairs in Vancouver, affordability, the opioid crisis, as well as capitalism, fascism, and media.

The journalist and podcaster George Froehlich discusses the new podcast he co-hosts (with Caroline MacGillivray) Cool Conversations, the state of media and journalism today, Vancouver, as well as his own distinguished career in print and television, with Joseph Planta.

The Georgia Straight’s Doug Sarti discuses the new book he’s written with Dan McLeod, The Georgia Straight: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Rocky Mountain Books, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The journalist Joe Hagan discusses his new book Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine (Knopf, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The late Rafe Mair, broadcaster, writer, environmentalist and former BC cabinet minister, is remembered by his friend and former producer Shiral Tobin, and former CKNW reporter George Garrett, with clips from interviews Mair did with host Joseph Planta.

The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik discusses his new book At the Strangers’ Gate: Arrivals in New York (Knopf, 2017), New York City, the Trump presidency and more, with Joseph Planta.

The bestselling author and host of CBC’s As It Happens Carol Off discusses her new memoir All We Leave Behind: A Reporter’s Journey into the Lives of Others (Random House, 2017), with Joseph Planta.

The television producer Michael Horowicz remembers the late broadcaster Tom Snyder, and discusses news, late night television, interviewing & more, with Joseph Planta.

The award-winning Georgia Straight journalist Travis Lupick talks to Joseph Planta about covering the opioid crisis in Vancouver and more.