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[21 May 2019]

The philosopher, academic and music industry executive David Weitzner discusses his new book Fifteen Paths: How to Tune Out Noise, Turn on Imagination and Find Wisdom (ECW Press, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

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[8 May 2019]

The labour leader and activist Sid Ryan discusses his new memoir A Grander Vision: My Life in the Labour Movement (Dundurn, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Apr 2019]

The acclaimed filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her film A Place Called Chiapas, with Joseph Planta, which gets a screening at DOXA, the Documentary Film Festival, Saturday, 04 May 2019 some twenty-one years since its release; they also discuss the making of the movie between 1996-1997, the politics of free trade, copyright, and more.

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[10 Apr 2019]

The author of This May Hurt a Bit: Reinventing Canada’s Health Care System (Dundurn, 2019), Stephen Skyvington discusses what he suggests must happen now to fix the health care in Canada and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Mar 2019]

The public intellectual and commentator David Moscrop discusses his new book Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones (Goose Lane Editions, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Mar 2019]

The state of politics in Alberta, as well as recent history is the subject of essays in the new collection Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta (University of Calgary Press, 2019), co-edited by Duane Bratt, of Mount Royal University, who discusses it and more with Joseph Planta.

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[26 Feb 2019]

The legendary reporter George Garrett discusses his new memoir George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter (Harbour Publishing, 2019), recounting his years as a reporter at CKNW and a lot more, with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Feb 2019]

The author and historian Allan Levine discusses his recent book Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience (McClelland & Stewart, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Feb 2019]

The award-winning journalist Curt Petrovich discusses his new book Blamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski (Dundurn, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Dec 2018]

The journalist and former editor-in-chief of Maclean’s Robert Lewis discusses his new book Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill (Dundurn, 2018), with Joseph Planta.