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Fantastic listening ahead of the Powell Street Festival this wknd Emiko Morita on history of the festival and book she created for the 50th anniversary, Return to Paueru Gai. tiny.cc/yum7101 @nnmcc.bsky.social @stevenforth.bsky.social @brandonyan.com @pancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social
Saturday | 11:25 PT Our interview from January with Simon Pek, one of the authors of a recent article that says it’s time to ban tipping and enact a living wage. @bcpolicy.bsky.social @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @uvic.ca
Saturday | 10:30 PT Wilbur Turner gives us the facts on the SOGI 123 program in BC schools: What it is, what it isn’t and why it matters. @bccla.bsky.social @queergranddad.bsky.social @faejohnstone.bsky.social @egalecanada.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:05 PT We’re joined by Lori Wilkinson, a member of the collective behind the new book, Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat, which looks at the experiences of international students in Canada. @fernpub.bsky.social @robartscentre.bsky.social @umanitoba.bsky.social
Saturday | 11:10 PT Pam Palmater talks with Desmond Cole of The Breach Show about the corporate rush for resources fueling B.C.’s backlash against Indigenous rights. @pampalmater.com @breachmedia.ca @desmondcole.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:50 PT Economist Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood makes the case for taxing the oil industry’s huge windfall as a result of the war on Iran. @hadrianmk.bsky.social l @policyalternatives.ca @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @c4tf.bsky.social #CanPoli
Saturday | 10:05 PT We talk with filmmaker Min Sook Lee about her most recent film, There Are No Words, documenting her search for memories of her mother who died by suicide when Lee was 12. @katjadebock.bsky.social
Saturday | 11:05 PT We talk with Esra Ari of @mountroyalu.bsky.social about questions on the planned Alberta referendum that set up an us-and-them dynamic towards immigrants #abPoli #canPoli @theconversation.com
Saturday | 10:25 PT We speak with Caroline Russell-King about the play and book Selma Burke: Carving a Sculptor’s Life. African American sculptor Selma Burke lived from 1900 to 1995. @talonbooks.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:45 PT Pat McClain and Ben Walsh join us to talk about their film celebrating the 40th anniversary of Paloma Housing Coop in Vancouver. @chf.bc.ca @cltrust.bsky.social @cooperatives.bsky.social #vanPoli #bcPoli
Saturday | 10:05 PT Regional Chief Terry Teegee on Premier David Eby’s push to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. @ubcic.bsky.social @emilylowan.bsky.social @bcgreens.bsky.social @bccla.bsky.social #dripa #undrip #indigenous #bcPoli
Our spring fundraiser 10 AM PT - noon! Coopradio.org/donate A packed show: City Beat with Ian Mass, Street Medicine 101, BC's Climate Action Secretariat gutted, platform worker protections, and Powell Street Festival history! Listen live at coopradio.org/listen or on 100.5 FM in the Lower Mainland.
Saturday | 11:05 PT Véronique Sioufi of BC Policy Solutions fills us in on the continuing gap in legal protections for online platform workers in BC. @bcpolicy.bsky.social @bcpolicyjean.bsky.social @verosioufi.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:25 PT We speak with Street Dr. Jill about her new social media series www.youtube.com/@StreetDrJill on issues of health and well-being for homeless people. @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social @clasbc.bsky.social #bcPol @bchealthcoalition.bsky.social
Saturday | 11:25 PT Emiko Morita joins us to talk about the history of the Powell Street festival and the new book she put together to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Return to Paueru Gai. @serif.inc @nnmcc.bsky.social @pancouver.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:45 PT Sven Biggs of Stand.Earth joins us to discuss what’s behind the elimination of the Climate Action Secretariat and what this means for BC’s emissions targets. @svenbiggs.bsky.social @stand.earth @globalhome.bsky.social @torrancecoste.bsky.social
Please join us for our special fundraising show 10 AM - noon PT Saturday. And you can join and support Coop Radio and Redeye here: coopradio.org/donate
Sat 10:50 PT | A second chance to hear excerpts from an evening last November with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood @visionzerovancouver.ca @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:05 PT Judy Rebick speaks with Martin Lukacs of The Breach prior to the election of Avi Lewis about past efforts to transform the NDP into a left wing party tied to social movements. Thx to @breachmedia.ca
Sat 11:35 PT | Mar 31 was the kickoff of “LNG: Not in Our National Interest”. We broadcast our convo with Dr. Bethany Ricker. Health workers, First Nations challenge our governments to prove LNG is safe, before approving any more projects. (October ‘25) @cape-bc.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social
Saturday | 10:50 PT A recent talk by Erica Chenoweth on civil resistance to fascism. Erica Chenoweth directs the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard.
Saturday | 10:30 PT Alberta’s Bill 11 leaves the door open for foreign companies to move into Canada’s public health care system and be protected by trade agreements. Andrew Longhurst explains how. @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #canPoli
We're live for the next 2 hours! Listen live at coopradio.org/listen or on 100.5 FM in the Lower Mainland
Saturday | 10:45 PT Nick Gottlieb talks with us about the push by fossil fuel companies to exploit the war in Iran to push for increased production. A replay of their 2022 playbook after Russia Invaded Ukraine. @nickgottlieb.bsky.social @canadiandimension.bsky.social #canPoli #bcPoli @stand.earth