Nov 9, 2012 | 24:59Living Out Loud The Spanish Crucible - Episode 1 (Part 1) AudioLiving Out Loud The Spanish Crucible - Episode 1 (Part 1) Nov 9, 2012 | 24:59"The road to Spain" - part 1 of two special episodes
The Spanish civil war, 1936 -1939. More than 1600 Canadians went to fight to defend its elected government against a military coup led by General Francisco Franco. Over 400 of them died in battle or went missing. The exact figures will never be known. Who were these men? Why did they volunteer to risk their lives for a cause some of them hardly knew anything about? How did they fight? How did they die? And why were the survivors who limped home in defeat treated so badly - some blacklisted - even spied on by police and government officials? Thanks to a remarkable archive of recordings made nearly fifty years ago but until now never broadcast we can answer those questions and present, for the first time, the Spanish civil war as witnessed by Canadians who fought on the front lines.
The story is told in two special editions of Living out Loud.
Feb 8, 2013 | 24:59Living Out Loud Love, loss and longing Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud Love, loss and longing Part 1 Feb 8, 2013 | 24:59"Alfred and Isabel". They fall in love but they can't seem to find a way to stay together and they go their separate ways, live separate lives. But love is strong and stubborn and they keep the flame alive with letters, 81 letters over 25 years. "Nora and George"; a young man goes off to fight in the First World War. His sister Nora cherishes the two letters he sent home before the slaughter claimed him.
Feb 22, 2013 | 24:58Living Out Loud Shades of black Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud Shades of black Part 1 Feb 22, 2013 | 24:58"I hate being black", Joseph Daley said to his parents his ears ringing with racial epithets hurled at him by his kindergarten classmates. Not any more - not since he began fighting racism with humour and poetry. "Black ghosts of Paris"; in the small Ontario town where she was raised, Julia Browne and her family felt isolated and alone, almost the only black people around. When Julia moved to Paris she found her spiritual home and some long gone but inspiring people she calls her "black ghosts". Jamal Robinson wants a career in broadcasting. When we hooked him up with a top CBC producer he was in for some surprises, most of them good.
Jan 25, 2013 | 27:28Living Out Loud Apologies; how do you say you're sorry? Part 2 AudioLiving Out Loud Apologies; how do you say you're sorry? Part 2 Jan 25, 2013 | 27:28The town of Cumberland BC apologises to Japanese Canadians
taken away to internment camps during the second world war.
James Motluk discovers his Ukrainian born grandfather was
interned during the First World War. Why do some apologies succeed and others fail? The case of Christian brothers in Toronto and Ottawa.
Mar 1, 2013 | 27:28Living Out Loud The letter C Part 2 AudioLiving Out Loud The letter C Part 2 Mar 1, 2013 | 27:28C is Crokinole, a very Canadian board game. It's also for Continuity and Confidence; the confidence a young man needs to tell his father something he doesn't want to hear. C is for Cages - for birds and for people. Alex Samur's father has always kept canaries and when she visited her Christian Arab cousins in Jersusalem she was amazed to find that they do too. C is for Dr. Calamari and his Cabinet of strange sounds and Curious Children.
Mar 8, 2013 | 24:58Living Out Loud Finding a voice Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud Finding a voice Part 1 Mar 8, 2013 | 24:58"Just one song"; in the movies they make it seem so easy, but in real life? Eavesdrop on a journalist and his non musical friend as they try to find the creative voice that will lead to a hit song, the real show stopper they crave to compose. "The Change in Farming"; a young composer takes his grandfather's rich voice and even richer old world farming stories and turns them into rap music.
Mar 8, 2013 | 27:28Living Out Loud Finding a voice Part 2 AudioLiving Out Loud Finding a voice Part 2 Mar 8, 2013 | 27:28Many voices, one person; Samantha Hodder learns how to be a one woman band. In earlier times many women found their voice but were held back from using it. But no-one could suppress the songs and poems of Bob Coe's amazing mother Connie. A young man says he wants to learn how to "sing like Marvin". Good luck with that because it's Marvin Gaye he's talking about! Find your voice and sing from the heart - like Rosella Fraser, raised in a home filled with baptist faith and gospel and country singing.
"OH NO, SAY IT AIN'T SO!" THE "VOICE" OF LIVING OUT LOUD WILL FALL SILENT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS WE DONATE OUR AIR TIME TO "THE 180", A NEW SHOW HOSTED BY JIM BROWN. WE WILL RETURN WITH LOTS OF GREAT NEW STORIES IN JULY. AU REVOIR; FROM CHRIS HOWDEN AND STEVE WADHAMS.
Nov 11, 2012 | 27:28Living Out Loud The Spanish Crucible - Episode 1 (Part 2) AudioLiving Out Loud The Spanish Crucible - Episode 1 (Part 2) Nov 11, 2012 | 27:28Show 1 part 2 "The road to Spain"
The Spanish civil war, 1936 -1939. More than 1600 Canadians went to fight to defend its elected government against a military coup led by General Francisco Franco. Over 400 of them died in battle or went missing. The exact figures will never be known. Who were these men? Why did they volunteer to risk their lives for a cause some of them hardly knew anything about? How did they fight? How did they die? And why were the survivors who limped home in defeat treated so badly - some blacklisted - even spied on by police and government officials?
Thanks to an remarkable archive of recordings made nearly fifty years ago but until now never broadcast we can answer those questions and present, for the first time, the Spanish civil war as witnessed by Canadians who fought in the front lines.
The story is told in two special editions of Living out Loud.
Jan 18, 2013 | 24:58Living Out Loud A is for Aardvark Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud A is for Aardvark Part 1 Jan 18, 2013 | 24:58"A is for Aardvark" was a popular TV and radio show hosted by Lister Sinclair. We revive it now with the first of a series of "alphabetically themed" programmes - beginning at the beginning, with the letter "A".
PART 1 For Jane Nelson who loves back country skiing, A is for the avalanche that nearly buried her alive. For Billy Miedemar, A is for Animals, but only dead ones. For Nicole Boudreau, A is for Acadia and her beloved but ridiculed Acadian language.
Feb 8, 2013 | 27:27Living Out Loud Love, loss and longing Part 2 AudioLiving Out Loud Love, loss and longing Part 2 Feb 8, 2013 | 27:27"Remembering Angela"; a man a women are found shot dead in an SUV following a 400 kilometer police chase. Cameron Tiesma hears the story on the radio and realises the dead woman was the first love of his life. "David and Lisa"; a love story with a rocky start but a happy ending. And a message; if you want to keep your love learn the tango! "Dear piano"; can you love an inanimate object? Can you fall out of love with an inanimate object? Can you be unfaithful to an inanimate object?! Can Michelle Morra ditch her faithful old piano for a digital keyboard?
Feb 15, 2013 | 24:58Living Out Loud "Different trains, different tunnels" Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud "Different trains, different tunnels" Part 1 Feb 15, 2013 | 24:58"End of the line". For decades "The Northlander" has snaked 700 kilometers from Toronto to Cochrane, through farmland and the hard rock of the Canadian shield - a train with a long and proud history. Last year the Ontario government cancelled it. Some people on its last run were travelling on routine business, others to savour a sad moment and to remember. "Noises off". What is it about train sounds that stimulate our imagination and our memories? We asked people to put on headphones, listen to the sounds of trains and talk.
Mar 16, 2012 | 24:58Living Out Loud Going back and moving on - Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud Going back and moving on - Part 1 Mar 16, 2012 | 24:58Carolina Echeverria returns to Chile in order to be able to forget her painful past there. Dan Misener and friends return to an old graveyard to give back what was taken. Suzanne Ahearne crosses the Atlantic on a real ship but with a cargo of memories and unfinished business.
Mar 16, 2012 | 27:28Living Out Loud Going back and moving on - Part 2 AudioLiving Out Loud Going back and moving on - Part 2 Mar 16, 2012 | 27:28Andra McCartney retraces her steps quite literally; in her mid 40's she's re-learning to walk. Travis Schouten fought in Afghanistan but is struggling to escape images from the past.
For Corinna Hodgson, moving on meant walking a couple of hundred steps, at night, from a Toronto subway station to her home.
Mar 23, 2012 | 24:58Living Out Loud The things people do - Part 1 AudioLiving Out Loud The things people do - Part 1 Mar 23, 2012 | 24:58A wrestler whose whole life is a collection of the strange and the dangerous. A 'natural born' pillow fighter turns professional. A man goes for the national record for holding your breath under water. A hopeful romantic travels to Scotland to entice the Loch Ness monster from the deep.
