Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Fane of the Cosmos - FANE INTERVIEWS MARC EMERY REGARDING HIS EXTRADITION/U.S. TORTURE
On this weeks show I interview Marc Emery regarding his extradition plea bargain and wonder seriously why the Canadian government has no backbone when dealing with the American government.
Canada recognizes American and Israel torture then backs down. I guess the truth hurts but in true spineless fashion Canada backs down on the issue.
Martin Luther King Day, a couple of nice tracks with his famous words.
Naomi Wolf discusses her new book “End of America”...heavy hitting! Not my interview.
Albert Hoffman turns 102.
Music includes Shpongle/ Spearhead/ Asia Dub Foundation/ Wassabi Collective/ System of a Down and Seeeeeeeed.
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Monday, January 21, 2008
The Writers' Show - Writers’ Show - 35 - Mary Schendlinger
Senior editor at Geist Magazine, published in Vancouver, Mary Schendlinger also draws comics under the name Eve Corbel, teaches writing and editing at UBC and SFU, and edits books for Harbour Publishing and others. Topics: types of editing, from developmental, structural, to copyediting; writing Geist buys; finding an editor; the term "creative non-fiction." If you're a writer, check out The Writer's Toolbox on the Geist site. If you're a teacher, take a look at Geist in the Classroom.
Luanne Armstrong, writer and friend, is the interviewer.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Open Wide - Important Health news and a tribute to John O’Donnahue
Dr. Christiane Northrup comments on HPV vaccine on Oprah last week
Important health information about the dangers of nanotechnology in cosmetics and hair products excerpted from the book 'Not Just a Pretty Face' by Stacy Malkan from New Society Publishers as reported in the January 2008 edition of Common Ground Magazine.
A tribute to John O'Donnahue who passed away at age 53 in his sleep of an annurism near the beginning of January 2008.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
The History Hour - What is Modernity? - Part 1
Jan 4 part one
In these first four episodes of The History Hour for the Winter 2008 Season, host Charles Jeanes introduces the question, "What is 'modernity' ?" and "Why and how did Western civilization make the first progress into The Modern Age and modernization of its societies?"
Jeanes, with a historical-materialist and eccentric-marxian philosophy of history, analyses Western civilization in pre-modern times. The ancient world of the Greeks, Romans and Israelites, are first sketched, and the Middle Ages of Christendom. The Barbarian Invasions and the end of Roman order in Western and northern Europe from 400 to 600 A.D., are investigated briefly. Jeanes asks, what was the "medieval" mentality and mindset? He describes a little of the deep background of Judaism and the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth, and the origins of the Church in the era of Saul of Tarsus and the Gospel writers. Jeanes sketches the theory of the progression of Consciousness in the work of Dr. Clare Graves and Dr. Don Beck, "Spiral Dynamics."
Each episode of The History Hour also has some review by the host of current local news and international events. Jeanes is particularly attracted to issues of Nelson and federal politics, and Canada's Afghan Mission.
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Monday, January 07, 2008
The Writers' Show - Writers’ Show - 34 - George Bowering
George Bowering, a prolific writer, is a poet, novelist, editor, professor and historian, as well as the first Poet Laureate of Canada. Born and raised in B.C., he has earned an international reputation and now lives in Vancouver. Topics: small presses - Pooka, Above Ground Press; about chapbooks; creating restraints in writing - "alphabet" poems, for example; Bowering reads his tribute poems to Matt Cohen, Fred Wah, and P.K. Page; excerpt from the commendation from The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry.
Linda Lee Crosfield, poet and friend, is the interviewer.
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