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The Current | Jun 18, 2013
News that Montreal's Mayor Michael Applebaum is facing corruption-related charges has many wondering how the city will govern moving forward. Should Montreal be placed under trusteeship by the province amidst Applebaum’s arrest and charges?
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Writers and Company | Jun 16, 2013
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with British-American novelist, poet and memoirist, James Lasdun. His latest book is a complex account of being stalked, called "Give Me Everything You Have". This file contains audio not heard on the broadcast version.
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In the Field | Jun 16, 2013
We are calling this show Tsuk Ekanum...which is Chinook for "water stories". UBC journalism students report on the importance of water in aboriginal communities. Guest host Duncan McCue
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Q | Jun 18, 2013
Filmmaker Jamie Kastner on his documentary, The Secret Disco Revolution, which sees the rise of '70s dance music as playing into the liberation of Black people, gay people, and women.
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Spark | Jun 14, 2013
Ben Falk on modern-day homesteading – planning self-sustaining plots of land to both live and work on.
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