Fresh Air
with Mary Ito

0730 Mark Rheaume was Mary Ito's guest with his monthly review of new music from Ontario artists. Check out who he talked about and played by visiting
Mark's column.

0800 Carol Bishop-Gwyn's book on the late Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada, has been nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction. One of the dancers who met Celia as a 10 year old and who fwent on to become one of the company's great prima ballerinas is Veronica Tennant. Veronica produced a documentary on her former teacher and inspiration, called "Celia Franca: Tour de Force"
She joined Mary to talk about this ballet visionary.
Listen (runs 11:14)
Learn more about Veronica at her website.
You can also visit her YouTube site to watch her short film about dance called "Something's Coming".
And also visit the Charles Taylor Prize website.

0830 Toronto's Daiva Johnston joined Mary to talk about the challenges she faces as a young actor in a highly competitive profession. Daiva appears in the latest episode of CBC TV's "Murdoch Mysteries". She talked about her role and why it's a welcome change from some of the casting opportunities she's been given.
Listen (runs 12:03)
The episode of "Murdoch Mysteries" featuring Daiva---"Murdoch In Ladies Wear"---airs Monday, March 4th, at 9 o'clock on CBC Television.
Get the goods on the show by visiting the Murdoch Mysteries website.

Here's the link to CBC's Searchlight music contest that Mary talked about. You have until midnight tonight to vote for the musicians on the Regional Short List in your part of the province.

The audio for some/all of these items will be available immediately after the show in a new posting of this day's entry

0730 Mark Rheaume was Mary Ito's guest with his monthly review of new music from Ontario artists. Check out who he talked about and played by visiting
Mark's column.

0800 Carol Bishop-Gwyn's book on the late Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada, has been nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction. One of the dancers who met Celia as a 10 year old and who fwent on to become one of the company's great prima ballerinas is Veronica Tennant. Veronica produced a documentary on her former teacher and inspiration, called "Celia Franca: Tour de Force"
She joined Mary to talk about this ballet visionary.
Learn more about Veronica at her website.
You can also visit her YouTube site to watch her short film about dance called "Something's Coming".
And also visit the Charles Taylor Prize website.

0830 Toronto's Daiva Johnston joined Mary to talk about the challenges she faces as a young actor in a highly competitive profession. Daiva appears in the latest episode of CBC TV's "Murdoch Mysteries". She talked about her role and why it's a welcome change from some of the casting opportunities she's been given.
The episode of "Murdoch Mysteries" featuring Daiva---"Murdoch In Ladies Wear"---airs Monday, March 4th, at 9 o'clock on CBC Television.
Get the goods on the show by visiting the Murdoch Mysteries website.

0730 You may not realize it...but you're taking part in a retail revival. And that's good news for anyone who buys something---which is just about all of us. That's what Doug Stephens says...and he's in a good position to know. He's a retail business consultant who's president of Retail Prophet and he's written a book called "The Retail Revival---Re-imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism". Doug joined Mary to elaborate.
Listen (runs 12:49)
"The Retail Revival---Re-imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism" is published by Wiley.
Learn more about Doug and his book at the Retail Prophet and
Wiley websites.

0800 Dr. Mike Evans joined Mary to discuss the potential dangers posed by the use (and increasing abuse) of opioids. You can hear that conversation by going to Dr. Mike's column.

0830 They were National Geographic magazine's Travellers Of The Year. Heather Greenwood Davis and her husband Ish took their sons Ethan, 10, and Cameron, 8, out of school for a year to explore the planet. They spent 12 months on the road, visited 29 countries, and blogged about their round-the-world journey. But they've now been back in their Toronto home for almost eight months and Heather joined Mary to talk about the challenges of re-adapting to their old lifestyles.
You can learn more at Heather's Travel Blog.
And here's the link to the National Geographic story about them.
The audio for this item will be posted on the following Tuesday.

The audio for some/all of these items will be available immediately after the show in a new posting of this day's entry

0730 You may not realize it...but you're taking part in a retail revival. And that's good news for anyone who buys something---which is just about all of us. That's what Doug Stephens says...and he's in a good position to know. He's a retail business consultant who's president of Retail Prohpet and he's written a book called "The Retail Revival---Re-imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism". Doug joined Mary to elaborate.
"The Retail Revival---Re-imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism" is published by Wiley.
Learn more about Doug and his book at the Retail Prophet and
Wiley websites.

0800 Dr. Mike Evans joined Mary to discuss the potential dangers posed by the use (and increasing abuse) of opioids. You can hear that conversation by going to Dr. Mike's column.

0830 They were National Geographic magazine's Travellers Of The Year. Heather Greenwood Davis and her husband Ish took their sons Ethan, 10, and Cameron, 8, out of school for a year to explore the planet. They spent 12 months on the road, visited 29 countries, and blogged about their round-the-world journey. But they've now been back in their Toronto home for almost eight months and Heather joined Mary to talk about the challenges of re-adapting to their old lifestyles.
You can learn more at Heather's Travel Blog.
And here's the link to the National Geographic story about them.
The audio for this item will be posted on the following Tuesday.