May 20, 2012

May
24

One Way To Pay Back A Student Loan: Do You Accept ... Cash? Cha-Ching!

One Way To Pay Back A Student Loan: Do You Accept ... Cash? Cha-Ching!

Imagine getting the chance to pay off a massive debt all in one chunk, and using a bag full of bills to do it. Alex Kenjeev, a 2009 graduate of the University of Toronto’s law program, did just that...

May
24

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Sean Cullen On The Fenian Raids

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Sean Cullen On The Fenian Raids

Comedian Sean Cullen tells us the story about a forgotten war involving the Irish in 1866, well sort of. Let Sean explain...

May
24

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Jane Goodall

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Jane Goodall

Our friend Jane Goodall remembers an experience 1986 that inspired her to not be a scientist. It's hard to tell a pivotal moment when it is...

May
24

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis: Academy Award-Winning Actress

For those of you who think, "Actors don't do meaningful work," well, first of all, you're being kind of a jerk. Second, consider the career of Olympia Dukakis...

May
24

Nazanin Afshin-Jam

Nazanin Afshin-Jam: Human Rights Activist & Miss World Canada

On a winter day in Vancouver six years ago, Nazanin Afshin-Jam sat in front of her computer. The 24-year-old had recently competed for the title...

May
23

V. Nice: Douglas Coupland And Gregor Robertson Introduce The V-Pole

V. Nice: Douglas Coupland And Gregor Robertson Introduce The V-Pole

Cellphone towers, parking meters, wi-fi terminals, streetlights, community message boards - there are a lot of tall installations cluttering up the view in any city...

May
23

Barry Gibb Pays Tribute To His Brother Robin

Barry Gibb Pays Tribute To His Brother Robin

Barry Gibb hasn't commented publicly about the loss of his brother Robin, instead he posted a video montage entitled: 'Bodding', which was...

May
23

What Makes A Song Historic?: Donna Summer, Sugarhill Gang, Prince & More

What Makes A Song Historic?: Donna Summer, Sugarhill Gang, Prince & More

The U.S. Library of Congress has announced a list of the songs and sounds that will be inducted into the National Recording Registry this year. The historic...

May
23

Dominic Monaghan On Shooting Lord Of The Rings

Dominic Monaghan On Shooting Lord Of The Rings

When Dominic Monaghan landed a role in the Lord of the Rings franchise, he embarked on an epic adventure to New Zealand for several pretty formative years...

May
23

Calvin Trillin On Being Funny

Calvin Trillin On Being Funny

Calvin Trillin joins George to talk about animals, politicians, and why it's not always easy to be funny. Calvin's most recent book...

May
23

Quebec Protests 101

Quebec Protests 101

It's been 101 days since students in Quebec started protesting the province's proposed tuition hike...

May
23

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Kevin Newman On Lionel

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Kevin Newman On Lionel "Big Train" Conacher

Journalist Kevin Newman tells the story of a Canadian paragon of athletic and political excellence...

May
23

Banks, Campolo, Richler Giveaway

Banks, Campolo, Richler Giveaway

We had some heavyweight authors drop by the studio over the last week, including Russell Banks, Tony Campolo and Noah Richler...

May
23

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT GOTHS

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT GOTHS

We celebrated World Goth Day with our friend Liisa Ladouceur, author of 'Encyclopedia Gothica' as she broke down the essentials...

May
23

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Tracey Ferguson

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Tracey Ferguson

Yesterday marked the 100 day countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games and one of the athletes representing our glorious nation is Tracey Ferguson...


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