Fresh Air
with Mary Ito

0730 Music guy Mark Rheaume brought in an early Valentine's Day gift for Mary Ito when he made his monthly visit to Fresh Air. He profiled three female singer-songwriters whose recordings had caught his ear of late. You can learn who they were by visiting Mark's column.

0800 Pain affects everyone at some point...but in different ways. And treatment of pain poses many challenges for doctors. Fresh Air's Your Health columnist, Dr. Mike Evans, took Mary through the labyinth of pain diagnosis and management. You can hear that conversation by going to Dr. Mike's column.

0830 She came to Toronto to start a new life. But she had to go to the Yukon to learn what this country is really about. Her name is Manjushree Thapa. And she joined Mary to talk about a journey that began in her homeland of Nepal and eventually took her to Canada's Far North.
Listen (runs 11:38)
Manjushree's latest book is Seasons Of Flight , which is published by Penguin Books.
Learn more about her writing at Manjushree's website.

Here are Mariel's What's On selections:

Bon Soo Winter Carnival

Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre Ottawa

Carl Stewart's Belated in Ottawa

Carl Stewart's Belated in Belleville

Winterfest in Goderich

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0730 David Eddie is the author of Damage Control ---both the book and weekly advice column in The Globe and Mail. He joined Mary Ito to talk about the challeges that parents face when their teenaged children want to throw a party in the family home. And David speaks from personal experience.
Listen (runs 8:27)
There's more about David and his writing at David's website.

0800 Shannon Kyles is Fresh Air's "eye" on Ontario's architectural heritage. She's particularly fond of Romanesque architecture. And she came by the Fresh Air studio to tell Mary all about it...including where you can find some fine examples in Ontario. In her real life, Shannon is both a professor at Mohawk College in Hamilton and the architecture editor at Arabella Magazine.
Listen (runs 10:30)
If you have an interest in Ontario's architectural heritage, check out Shannon's
Ontario Architecture website.

0830 Emma-Lee has divided loyalties when it comes to her profession. She's both a musician AND a photographer. Fortunately, one compliments the other. She sat down with Mary to talk about her two careers...and how one informs the other.
Listen (runs 11:03)
NOTE: Music clearance restrictions prohibit inclusion of music originally contained in this item.
Emma-Lee will launch her new album Backseat Heroine at Lee's Palace in Toronto on February 9.
All the details are on Emma-Lee's website.
And you might also like to look at her Emma-Lee Photography website as well.

Here are Mariel's What's On selections:

Wiarton Willie Festival

Feb Fest Kingston

Better Mus' Come at TIFF

Kuumba Festival Harbourfront Centre

CBC Toronto's Celebration of Black History Month

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0730 We all need a vacation from time to time. But just how important is that time away from work? The answer might surprise you. Toronto psychiatrist Irvin Wolkoff joined Mary to offer some thoughts on the subject.
Listen (runs 10:41)

0800 Personal finance journalist Alison Griffith's latest financial book is called Count On Yourself: Take Charge Of Your Money. She talked with Mary about the challenges we all face in making our money stretch farther.
Listen (runs 9:01)
Count On Yourself: Take Charge Of Your Money is published by Simon and Schuster in Canada.
Learn more at Alison's

0830 It's the sixth and final season for CBC Television's groundbreaking show, Little Mosque On The Prairie. Star Zaib Shaikh joined Mary to talk about the impact of the programme around the world...and how it's also changed his life.
Listen. (runs 12:13)
Little Mosque On The Prairie airs Monday nights at 8:30 pm on CBC Television.
Learn more about the show at the Little Mosque website.

Here are Mariel's What's On selections:

India Republic Day-Brampton

Global Jam
Carleton's Global Jam-Ottawa

Wiarton Willie

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0730 Convenience stores are a fact of life in communities across Ontario. Many of them--especially in larger centres---are run by Korean-Canadians. How that happened is the underpinning for Kim's Convenience. It's a play by actor and playwright Ins Choi. It's currently on-stage at Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto. And Ins Choi joined Mary to talk about it.
Listen (runs 10:26)
Kim's Convenience runs through February 11th at Soulpepper Theatre Company and then returns to Soulpepper for another run in the spring.
All the details are on the Soulpepper website.

0800 8th Fire is a CBC documentary series that's shining the spotlight on a new generation of Aboriginals. People who are challenging stereotypes, and pushing hard for a better relationship with the rest of Canada. CBC reporter Waub Rice is doing that with words. He's the author of "Midnight Sweatlodge", and he's writing a blog about aboriginal literature for the 8th Fire project. Waub elaborated when he joined Mary.
Listen (runs 10:57)
You can see the last 8th Fire documentary this Thursday, February 2 at 9 pm on CBC-TV and on Friday, February 3 at 10 pm on CBC News Network
All the relevant info is on the 8th Fire website.

0830 It's the weekend...but thanks to technology, many people never stop working, even when the weekend arrives. Scott Schieman is studying the impact of that trend. Scott is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto and he's leading a large Canadian study looking into this issue. He joined Mary to talk about what he's learned so far.
Listen (runs 14:55)
Learn more about Scott at his U of T webpage.
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Here are Mariel's What's On selections:

Polar Fest 2012

Polar Bear Plunge

Lunar New Year Celebrations-Toronto

Winterlicious-Toronto

Toronto Design Offsite Festival

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