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[31 Oct 2018]

P.W. Singer, a strategist at New America and consultant discusses LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), a book he co-wrote with Emerson T. Brooking, with Joseph Planta.

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[15 Oct 2018]

The reporter Brent Richter discusses municipal elections on the North Shore (the City and District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver), affordability and transportation in the region, as well as his role as a reporter for the North Shore News, with Joseph Planta.

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[10 Oct 2018]

The retired reporter George Garrett joins Joseph Planta to discuss the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society, George’s storied career at CKNW, as well as the many people he’s worked with and covered over the years (including Rafe Mair, Bill Vander Zalm, E. Davie Fulton, Philip Till, John Ashbridge, Jack Webster, and more).

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[9 Oct 2018]

The Burnaby Now reporter Kelvin Gawley discusses the Burnaby mayoralty race between longtime incumbent Derek Corrigan and challenger Mike Hurley, as well as the issues residents are concerned about before the 20 October 2018 vote: affordability, transportation, infrastructure and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[4 Oct 2018]

The leader of the Manitoba NDP, MLA, and bestselling author Wab Kinew talks about the new children’s book Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes (Tundra Books, 2018), the illustrations by Joe Morse, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[29 Jun 2018]

The journalist and The Tyee’s Andrew MacLeod discusses his new book All Together Healthy: A Canadian Wellness Revolution (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[30 May 2018]

The writer Marcello Di Cintio discusses his new book Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense (Goose Lane, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[7 May 2018]

The journalist Sarah Cox discusses her new book, Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and A Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro (On Point Press, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

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[2 May 2018]

The filmmaker Teresa Alfeld discusses her new documentary The Rankin File: The Legacy of a Radical that will screen at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (03 and 08 May 2018), the life of Harry Rankin the left-wing firebrand who dominated Vancouver politics in the post-war years to the 1990s, as well the interviews she did with those who were close to and on opposite sides to Rankin, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Apr 2018]

The journalist Sean Eckford discusses his work at the Coast Reporter newspaper, covering British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, journalism, and more, with Joseph Planta.