Articles tagged with: politics
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The journalist and writer Omar El Akkad discusses his new novel, What Strange Paradise (McClelland & Stewart, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
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The author Ray Argyle discusses his new book Inventing Secularism: The Radical Life of George Jacob Hollyoake (McFarland Books, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
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The lawyer and co-founder of Fast in the 6 Dany Assaf discusses his new memoir Say Please and Thank You and Stand in Line (Sutherland House, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
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The distinguished filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her seminal 2002 film FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, as it gets screened again as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (until 16 May 2021); the film is a look at the raucous debates in Vancouver nearly twenty years ago, as it struggled to start Canada’s first safe injection site, with Joseph Planta.
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The filmmaker Alyx Ayn Arumpac discusses her debut feature documentary Aswang, a critical and powerful look at life on the streets of Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wages his war on drugs resulting in extrajudicial killings under his watch, that is playing as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.
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The historian Greg Marquis discusses his new book John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Year Canada Was Cool (Lorimer, 2020), with Joseph Planta.
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The journalist Ethan Lou discusses his new book on the COVID-19 pandemic Field Notes From a Pandemic: A Journey Through a World Suspended (Signal, 2020), with Joseph Planta.
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The public policy analyst and commentator Seth Klein discusses his new book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency (ECW Press, 2020), with Joseph Planta.
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The host TVO’s The Agenda and author Steve Paikin discusses covering the COVID-19 pandemic, politics and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The reporter and author George Garrett talks to Joseph Planta about his experiences over the last six months, living through the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as politics and the media, with Joseph Planta.
