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Radio Summer 2009

Summer is underway! Listen to clips of our summer shows here. Full episodes of most shows will be available for streaming on demand on the show sites, after their broadcast. You will need the latest flash player to listen - download here!

Socket

Socket

Tuesdays at 11 am

Join host Angela Antle as she smashes city buses with the Sanchez Brothers, tastes Jess Dobkin's breast milk, almost gets taken over by old-time radio host Peanut Brittle, and sends a leather couch salesman out to stand in awe before Brian Jungen's black leather teepee. more >

The Lab

The Lab

Fridays at 7:30 pm

The Lab is your glimpse into how a new radio show is born. The Lab features ten program pilots created as part of CBC Radio’s program development process. Hear the pilots and from the creators.

Watershed

Watershed

Mon. at 7:30pm & Wed. at 9:30am.

The Current takes an in depth look at the many ways that water flows through everything we do and how a simple twist of the tap influences global politics, international economics and the ecology of the entire planet.

Crossing Boundaries

Crossing Boundaries

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm, Wed. at 11:30 am

A 30-minute program featuring the best documentaries from public broadcasters around the world. more >

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Global Perspectives

Global Perspectives

Thurs. 9:30 am and Wed. 7:30pm

Eight public broadcasters from around the world have collaborated on this series of documentaries on the theme of escape. Each program gives a flavour of local concerns in national radio style. more >

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Mashup

Tues. 7:30 pm

Host Geeta Nadkarni looks at what it means to be Canadian within the complex cultural mashups that occur in all aspects of our lives. more >

Revision Quest

ReVision Quest

Mon. 9:30 am and Thurs. 7:30pm

First Nations comic Darrell Dennis plunders the past to challenge misconceptions of what it means to be an Aboriginal person in Canada today. more >

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Gordon Pinsent on The Late Show

The Late Show

Fri. 9:30 am

An unconventional take on the art of the obit. Hosted by Gordon Pinsent, this documentary series unveils the lives of ordinary yet extraordinary Canadians.

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