BC: North by Northwest

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NXNW Podcast Sept 29, 2013

Artist John Koerner celebrates his 100th birthday, Florence Reedman in Robert Budd's Voices of British Columbia series, Dr. Ted Morris on dental health for pets, Bramwell Tovey on Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

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NXNW Podcast Sept 28/13

24-hour Narrate-a-thon at UBC's Crane Library, Neil Hammond of the band Thereafter, Matthew McFarlane on Oktoberfest beer, Willa-Lee Reid on the arts in Squamish, artist Lucas Glenn puts the Internet on paper.

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NXNW Podcast September 22, 2013

VPL's Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence Columpa C. Bobb; Frank Ritcey teaches us how to talk to the amorous animals in BC's forests; Charles Wilkinson on his new doc, Oil Sands Karaoke.

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NXNW Podcast Sept 21, 2013

Judson Beaumont's whimsical furniture, Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd their book Raven Brings the Light, VSO School of Music's Curtis Pendleton on music education at any age, Chef David Hawksworth prepares to bring to cooke James Beard House.

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NXNW Podcast Sunday September 14, 2013

Celeste Snowber and Jodi Proznick on their show "Woman Giving Birth to a Red Pepper," our personal finance columnist Nisha Patel on avoiding massive student debt, Ted Rodonets of the Terry Fox Run in Powell River.

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NXNW Podcast September 14, 2013

Barbara Adler on Accordion Noir Festival, sign artist Cameron Stewart, Laura Marks on "Experiments in Arab Cinema," master gardener Renee Newell.

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NXNW Podcast Sunday Sept 8, 2013

Vangroovy co-creators Illia Sosner and Christopher Ross-Ewart on their Fringe show, artist Daphne Odjig turns 94, CCMA president Don Green on the annual awards show.

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NXNW Podcast Sept 7/13

Acclaimed tenor Ben Heppner on his new role as a CBC Radio Two host, filmmaker Frank Wolf returns from rowing the Northwest Passage, wine columnist Shelley Boettcher on wine scores.

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NXNW Podcast Sept 1, 2013

Bard on the Beach's Christopher Gaze and his "Shelf Life," the Down Syndrome Research Foundation's "Music in Motion" rock camp, book columnist Erin Balser on new fall reads.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 31, 2013

"Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea" from the Cloudscape Comic Collective, dog expert Dr. Stanley Coren on separation anxiety, a tribute beer for the pioneering homebrewer Dan Small.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 25, 2013

Author Bill Gaston on his latest novel, The World; a tour of Genghis Khan: the Exhibition, given by its creator Don Lessem; the Bergmann Duo on the life of a piano duo; and Sam Waddington talks about how to see bioluminescence off BC's shores.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 24, 2013

Actor Matthew Clarke, creator of Convos with My 2-year-old; a visit to Boca Del Lupo's new show, Fall Away Home, running this week in Stanley Park; and author Nicholas Read talks about his new book, The Great Bear Sea.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 18, 2013

Cellist and composer Cris Derksen; archival tape of Seafaring Pastor Rev Canon Greene from the early 1900s on Quadra Island; and Jeff Davies on unexpected barriers on BC back country roads.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 17, 2013

Photographer Dina Goldstein on her project "Fallen Princesses"; a behind-the-scenes tour of chocolate bar - and social enterprise - East Van Roasters; and a look at WWOOFing.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 11, 2013

Playwright Nicola Harwood, night hike specialist Frank Ritcey, Dr. Carol Mayer of the Museum of Anthropology and a visit to see a unique golden piano.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 10, 2013

Master Gardener Sharon Hanna, singer-songwriter Greg Drummond and retail analyst Doug Stephens.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 4, 2013

Karin Jones on her Victorian-inspired hair-based jeweller, Margy Lutz and her floating garden, and bootcamp on a paddleboard.

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NXNW Podcast Aug 3, 2013

Chef Robert Belcham shops the local farmers' market, composer Leslie Uyeda on her groundbreaking new opera "When the Sun Comes Out," Norah Ashmore on her musical play on the Bralorne's past.

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NXNW Podcast July 28, 2013

Jori Phillips on her "novel" dress, illustrator Kim LaFave on his prince-worthy picture book, a visit to the VSO's first-ever jazz camp, and travel writer Kim Gray's Great Canadian Travel Bucket List, Part 3

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NXNW Podcast July 27, 2013

Visual artist Anna Gustafson on "White: transforming vision," singer Jaclyn Guillou on paying tribute to Dinah Washinton, Bill Metcalfe goes behind the scenes at a student production of Sweeney Todd.

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NXNW Podcast July 21, 2013

A visit to the Paper Hound Bookstore, adventure filmmaker Frank Wolf calls in from the Northwest Passage, world-renowned bassist Gary Karr, and Rob Budd brings us another edition of Voices of British Columbia.

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NXNW Podcast July 20,2013

Kinnie Starr on her new album, Kiss It; author, actor and swordmen C.C. Humphreys on "Shakespeare's Rebel"; Matthew Parsons follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra on the Forbidden Vancouver walking tour

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NXNW Podcast July 14, 2013

Kathryn Calder on her ALS documentary A Matter of Time, artist Chris Woods channels Darth Vader in his show Sandstorm, Gurp Sian invites you to his Bollywood Wedding.

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NXNW Podcast July 13, 2013

BBQ champ Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuk, Bif Naked's "Shelf Life," "Narcopolis" author Jeet Thayil on cultural hybridity

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NXNW Podcast July 7, 2013

Harrison Festival of the Arts organizers Ed and Phyllis Stenson, Ed Phillips zooms in on the summer movie epic Cleopatra, and dog expert Dr. Stanley Coren on taking your four-legged friends on vacation.

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NXNW Podcast July 6, 2013

Filmmaker Jacy Schindel on his "wilds to Riches" documentary about the Cariboo Gold Rush past and present, "Wobble Tops" choreographer and creator Sandra Botnen, beer columnist Matthew McFarlane on wheat beer.

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NXNW Podcast June 30,2013

"Professor Banjo" Paul silveria on the square dance revival, BC Almanac's Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickon on their new WW1 book project, Adventure filmmaker Frank Wolf on his expedition to canoe across the Northwest Passage.

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NXNW Podcast June 29, 2013

Dr Hal Siden on the new documentary "Faces of Palliative Care," Meeru Dhalwala and Eylem Sonmez on the Joy of Feeding Festival, and "outlaw folksinger" Joey Only on paying tribute to Stompin' Tom Connors.

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NXNW Podcast June 23, 2013

Jay Ruzesky on his new book In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage, Fiona Tinwei Lam on her new children's book The Rainbow Rocket, actor Jonathan Young on playing Hamlet, textile artist Bettina Matzkuhn on her show "Sea Level to Treeline."

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NXNW Podcast June 22/13

Hula hoop performance artist Alley Oop, a tour of the Touch Wood sculpture exhibit at Van Dusen Botanical Garden, financial columnist Nisha Patel on loyalty cards.

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NXNW Podcast June 16, 2013

The many musical lives of guitarist Paul Pigat AKA Cousin Harley, Wells-based artist Bill Horne on art and advocacy, Robert Budd's "Voices of BC" featuring Constance Cox

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NXNW Podcast June 15, 2013

Bramwell Tovey on Stravinksky's The Rite of Spring, Richard Blaghorne takes us through Saturna Island history and the Fog Alarm Building, and the mother and two daughter team behind Sea Salt: Recipes from the West Coast Galley.

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NXNW Podcast Sunday June 9, 2013

Guest host Katheryn Gretsinger interviews "Ted" Chamberlin. He is the author of Island: How Islands Transform the World. And, it being strawberry season, a call to chef Bobby Lax in Tofino to hear some great ideas about using strawberries in your recipes.

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NXNW Podcast Saturday June 8, 2013

Kathryn Gretsinger interviews singer Jill Barber. She is part of our "Shelf Life" series. Then we connect with Jill's husband, Grant Lawrence from CBC Music. He's on a 'cross-Canada musical road trip and he shares some of his adventures.

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NXNW Podcast Sunday June 2, 2013

Author Mandy Spottiswoode on exploring the coast by boat with dogs, signpainter John Lennig at the Smash Gallery, Grant Lawrence checks in from Winnipeg and his CBC Music Beetle Roadtrip Sessions

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Fruit Beer

Matthew McFarlane talks fruit beer.

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NXNW Podcast June 1, 2013

Musicians James Hill and Anne Janelle on "Ukele Magic", beer columnist Matthew McFarlane on fruit beer, yoga on a stand-up paddleboard.

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NXNW Podcast May 26, 2013

Singer-songwriter Michael Averill, filmmaker Kevin Miller's documentary Hellbound?, Meeru Dhalwala dishes on books for Shelf Life, and Gamelan Bike Bike.

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NXNW Podcast May 25, 2013

Mark Leiren-Young on his memoir Free Magic Secrets Revealed, CBC's Grant Lawrence and CBC Music Roadtrip Sessions, travel blogger Kim Gray and the Great Canadian Travel Bucket List, two teens from Ask A Teenager.

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NXNW Podcast May 19, 2013

Mezzo-soprano Debi Wong on the Age of Melancholy; another episode of Voices of British Columbia with Robert Budd; and a new play called "A Short History of My Life as a Bear".

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NXNW Podcast May 18, 2013

Soprano Heather Pawsey & dancer Dayna Szyndrowski on their show at the Britannia Mine Museum; Dr Stan Coren with tips on looking after your middle-aged dog; Chef Ted Reader with great grill recipes; and a doc on the musical Cabaret in Nelson.

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NXNW Podcast May 12, 2013

Young pianist Emma Hoglund and Clyde Mitchell of Lions Gate Sinfonia on Concerto Stars concert, Vickie Jensen on Salt Water Women at Work, koto player Kozue Matsumoto on Chrysanthemums and Maple Leaves Festival

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NXNW Podcast May 11, 2013

Comedian Wes Borg and lawyer/performer Danielle Lemon on Brief Encounters, Master Gardener Kim Hammond, spot prawns at False Creek Fishermen's Wharf in Vancouver

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NXNW Podcast May 5, 2013

Landscape designer John Brookes, Father Figures filmmakers April Butler and Gillian Hrankowski, and music educator Jeff Weaver on a concert that's "out of this world" for Music Monday.

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NXNW Podcast May 4, 2013

Photographer Alex Waterhouse-Hayward on his new exhibition People, Plants and Passion at Duthie Gallery; home renovation expert Jorge Rodrigues one what you need to know before you start digging and planting if you don't want to damage your home.

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NXNW Podcast Apr 28, 2013

Chef Bill Jones explores the wild world of mushrooms, Ted Phillips celebrates baseball movies, Jennifer Chen takes us to the Homesteaders Emporium for DIY foodies.

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NXNW Podcast Apr 27, 2013

Poet Brad Cran on his new book Ink on Paper, the NFB's Jennifer Moss on Hyperlocal Interactives, Nisha Patel on budget summer vacations

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NXNW Podcast April 21/2013

Tim Willis of the Royal BC Museum on the "intangible" cultural treasures; Canada's "Music Teacher of the Year" Mark Reid of Vancouver Technical Secondary School at the Juno Awards, artist Tiko Kerr from the start of the Sun Run

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NXNW Podcast April 20/2013

Musician and composer Phil Dwyer on his new line of Seawind saxophones, handbuilt in Qualicum beach; beer columnist Matthew McFarlane on BC-made "saison" brews.

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NXNW Podcast April 14/2013

Ruth Ozeki on her latest novel "A Tale for the Time Being," Bruce Ruddell and Bill Henderson preview their musical "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," and Chris Tyrell Loranger on "Knock Knock," his musical tale of adoption and discovery.

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NXNW Apr 13, 2013

Curatar Fereshteh Daftari on MOA's Safar/Journey, Shelley Joyce talks to Wendy Fraser of the Bridge River Lillooet News, and three craft distillers putting a BC twist on locally made vodka.

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Podcast April 7, 2013

Pharis and Jason Romero on their new album Long Gone Out West Blues, Deborah Goodman tells us moving story of her mother's escape from the Warsaw Ghetto, and SFU Phd Candidate Mark Nazeemi explains how environmental soundscapes could help patients manage

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Podcast April 6, 2013

Roy Henry Vickers and Robert "Lucky" Budd on their new book "Raven Brings the Light," retail futurist Doug Stephens on retail robots, and Marylee Stephenson on the online gallery, Indian Art From the Edge.

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