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Needs No Introduction
Needs No Introduction

Introducing Needs No Introduction

October 14, 2005
| rabble podcast network executive producer Wayne MacPhail introduces the podcast and announces Ralph Nader as our first guest speaker.

0:42 minutes (333.92 KB)
radio book lounge
radio book lounge

Episode 1 - Welcome to the lounge between your ears

October 16, 2005
| Hosts Matt Adams and Lisa Rundle get chatty with radio book lounge story-casters Michelle Langlois and Chris Cavanagh and we hear all about their tall tales.

15:35 minutes (14.27 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 1: Yes, You Can Make a Podcast

October 17, 2005
| Wayne MacPhail, the executive producer of the rabble podcast network, introduces you to the very basics of how to produce a podcast. And yes, you can do it.

10:37 minutes (9.72 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 2: All About Microphones

October 22, 2005
| Host Wayne MacPhail gives you a quick overview of the types of microphones and devices you can use to record your podcast.

10:53 minutes (4.99 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

Episode 6 - Out and About

October 31, 2005
| M. Nourbese Philip discusses her new manuscript Zong, we run into The Joy and Hope of Haiti Race and offer travel tips for Americans. Plus, a nature walk, DVDiva, Cathi Bond gets noir on us, Homebrew

41:22 minutes (37.88 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 3 - Nerd Talk About Digital Audio

November 1, 2005
| Host Wayne MacPhail explains all about the difference between analog and digital sound recording, sample size, sample rate and compression. See, told you he'd talk nerdy.

13:13 minutes (6.06 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 4 - Messin' With Sound

November 24, 2005
| Once you capture sound, you'll want to manipulate it. In this episode, you'll learn about the basic techniques you can use to edit, sweeten, clean up and enhance your audio.

9:53 minutes (9.06 MB)
radio book lounge
radio book lounge

Episode 2 - Political Space

November 25, 2005
| A panel featuring uTOpians Dave Meslin, Heather McLean, Darren O'Donnell, and Adam Vaughan. Moderated by Edward Keenan and sponsored by the rabble.ca book lounge. The panellists are contributors to a

33:49 minutes (30.96 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 5 - Mr. Music Please

December 12, 2005
| Wayne explains how to make a musical signature for your podcast, and why he hasn't had one so far.

7:48 minutes (7.14 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

When You're Mobile

January 2, 2006
| A rundown of the devices you'll need when you want to take your podcast to the street.

13:48 minutes (12.64 MB)
Podcast DIY
Podcast DIY

Episode 7 - The Garageband Edition

January 19, 2006
| Wayne reviews the new podcast features in Garageband 3, just out for the Mac. He ends the show with "I Love My Mac" by Toronto musician Daphne Kalfon.

14:06 minutes (12.92 MB)
The Simple Journalists
The Simple Journalists

Episode One - Vote for Pedro

January 23, 2006
| In this first episode it's all about the election. Oh, yeah, and the man purse and Mariah Carey and her large brain. Brought to you by Ashley Martin, Joey Close and Andrea Loznsky

9:51 minutes (9.12 MB)
The Simple Journalists
The Simple Journalists

Episode Two - Back To the Basics

January 30, 2006
| In this episode the simple journalists introduce the latest enviromental craze along with the newest and coolest social trends for men. Joey decides to be the drama queen she is and introduce our new

8:47 minutes (8.05 MB)
Rabble Rumble Archived

The debate begins February 8

February 1, 2006
| A teaser for Round One of our first rabble rumble featuring Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond. The debate, "Violent Chick Flicks - Slick or Sick?" starts right here, February 8. Join us here and in

0:36 minutes (654.75 KB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#13 - Say what you mean

February 10, 2006
| In this episode, Keith deconstructs the state of the union address, we'll hear from the World Society on the information society, Auntie answers some gender questions, and Clumsy stops by to entertain

30:27 minutes (27.88 MB)
Reel Women
Reel Women

EPISODE ONE: Pimps versus Geeks

March 27, 2006
| Judy sings the praises of American pimp culture, while Cathi wonders what it would be like to kidnap and torture the VP of a chemical company.

7:22 minutes (3.37 MB)
Archived

Episode 1: Municipal Elections 2.0

April 19, 2006
| A speed date with six web technologists who introduce cool online tools to make us better, smarter citizens. Recorded in Toronto, April 6, 2006. Check the shownotes for URLs and contact details about

16:15 minutes (14.88 MB)
Reel Women
Reel Women

Episode Three - Judy and Cathi Love Da Bombers

April 25, 2006
| Battle of Algers and Me and You and Everyone We Know - freedom fighters and the Amelie meets the Internet.

7:54 minutes (7.23 MB)
Rabbledocs
Rabbledocs

Kenya - A Mine Contraversy

May 16, 2006
| A documentary on the human rights & environmental impacts of a titanium mine to be constructed in Kwale, a coastal region located in the south-east of Kenya. Produced by Zahra Moloo of CKUT Radio'

61:25 minutes (35.84 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

Josue Maya's Spoken Word Poetry

August 8, 2006
| Josue Maya is currently a violence prevention worker at FYI. As an active community youth leader, Josue uses spoken word poetry to engage and inspire his peers.
Click to play
3:41 minutes (1.71 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Two: Code PINK - Women for Peace

November 28, 2006
| Ana Herzog, Nancy Hill in real life, talks about how a vacation in Second Life led to the creation of a virtual outpost for outrageous peace activists
Click to play
12:21 minutes (14.21 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Three - The Homeless Professor - Harry Pence

December 5, 2006
| Harry Pence, a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry at the State University of New York discusses online communities, Second Life and education

15:40 minutes (17.93 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Four - The Green Fairy of Amoration Studio

December 12, 2006
| In Kenzo, a former chaplin and missionary talks about her nonprofit mission in Second Life.

16:27 minutes (19 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Five - Leaps and Parachutes - Beth Kanter

December 19, 2006
| Nonprofit educator Beth Kanter offers tough home truths about Second Life

17:40 minutes (20.25 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Seven - The Undead Librarian - Floria Hand

January 2, 2007
| A reference librarian in Second Life compares and contrasts her time in sl with her adventures in World of Warcraft

16:16 minutes (18.62 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Six - Riding the Orca - Linda Kelley

December 26, 2006
| Linda Kelley (Delia Lake in Second Life) talks about the Centre for Water Studies and the lessons of her grandmother
Click to play
15:44 minutes (18.65 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Eight - Blood Plagues and Red Rain - John Anderton, CDC

January 9, 2007
| John Aderton of the CDC discusses the Centres for Disease Control's presence and plans in Second Life

20:15 minutes (23.19 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Nine - The Island Where Anything Can Go Wrong

January 16, 2007
| Ramesh Ramloll discusses Play2Train a Second Life-based disaster simulator

14:35 minutes (16.69 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Ten - Dancing With the Graces

January 23, 2007
| Catherine and Alan Petersen discuss bringing art history and curation into Second Life

18:18 minutes (20.95 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Eleven - Hypertext in the Memory Palace - Richard Smyth

January 30, 2007
| Richard Smyth discusses education, Second Life and electracy

17:24 minutes (19.91 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Twelve - Social Profit in the Myst

February 6, 2007
| Media That Matters founder Bill Weaver discusses a new Second Life Island where social profits and for profits can party together

24:44 minutes (28.32 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Thirteen - A Heart of Gold - Jackie Brosseuk

February 13, 2007
| Jackie Brosseuk discusses the future of Betterworld Island

21:36 minutes (24.73 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Fourteen - All Roads Lead to Peoria - Lorelei Junot

February 20, 2007
| Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot) of the Alliance Library System discusses the remarkable educational archipelago she's created in Second Life

37:41 minutes (43.14 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Fifteen - Transformers

February 27, 2007
| In this guest-free episode, host Wayne MacPhail shares his thoughts on his recent experiences in Second Life

14:44 minutes (16.87 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode One - Meebo

February 22, 2007
| Meebo is a great way to consolidate all your instant messages fixes in one easy webpage.

1:39 minutes (1.89 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Two - Twitter

March 1, 2007
| A tool that let's you tell the world what you're doing right now

2:14 minutes (2.57 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Sixteen - Everybody's Sister - Jeska Linden

March 6, 2007
| Jeska Linden, a community developer for Linden Lab, talks frankly about the product's limits and opportunities

20:28 minutes (23.42 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Three - Tumblr

March 7, 2007
| How to create a Nerf blog in a hurry

1:55 minutes (2.19 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Four - Clipmarks

March 15, 2007
| A social bookmarking tool with a sharp pair of scissors

2:07 minutes (2.43 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Seventeen - The New Architects of Information

March 13, 2007
| Info architects Stacy Surla and Andrew Hinton discuss IA and the Information Architecture Island in Second Life

32:27 minutes (37.14 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Eighteen - Masters of Media - Gerri Sinclair

March 20, 2007
| Dr. Gerri Sinclair talks education in the metaverse

30:19 minutes (34.69 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Nineteen - Building in Space - Chad Oberg

March 27, 2007
| A design consultant and intern architect discusses the effects of space, both virtual and real

36:31 minutes (41.8 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Six - wikispaces

March 29, 2007
| A cheap, easy way to create collaborative websites

2:13 minutes (2.55 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Eight - picknik

April 12, 2007
| A great online way to tell Adobe to apply the "stuff it up your butt" filter

1:46 minutes (2.03 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Twenty One - Search and Access - Donna Dinberg

April 17, 2007
| A librarian and geneologist copes with government regulations in a virtual world.

36:32 minutes (41.81 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Nine - Jaiku

April 19, 2007
| A twitter competitor with RSS feed aggregation

1:46 minutes (2.02 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Twenty Two - Lawmen in the Wild West - Jim Milles

April 26, 2007
| Jim Milles, the Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library at the University at Buffalo Law School talks libraries, law and taxes
Click to play
29:07 minutes (33.32 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Ten - Newsvine

April 26, 2007
| An newly revamped tool for tracking, seeding and making news

1:51 minutes (2.12 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Eleven - iGoogle

May 3, 2007
| iGoogle - World domination, one homepage at a time

1:46 minutes (2.02 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Twenty Three - The Sculptable Prim - Golam Amadeus

May 1, 2007
| A Portuguese painter casts an artistic eye on Second Life in the week of the sculptural prim

24:07 minutes (27.6 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Twelve - Rooms

May 16, 2007
| Two Web 2.0 tools, Jaiku and Meebo add group chat to their sites

1:50 minutes (2.1 MB)
Who’s on Second?
Who’s on Second?

Episode Twenty Four - The Cat Curator

May 25, 2007
| Kristina Lively talks collaboration, cat attire and libraries on Second Life.

26:23 minutes (30.2 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Thirteen - Facebook

May 30, 2007
| Facebook's new openess to apps is a whole new gig.

2:06 minutes (2.4 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Fourteen - Google Street View

June 6, 2007
| Google Maps new street view brings walking tours, and some butt cleavage, to your desktop.

1:46 minutes (2.02 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Fifteen - iPhone and Safari

June 12, 2007
| Want to develop apps for the iPhone? Think Web 2.0, pal.

2:29 minutes (2.84 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Sixteen - Remixer

June 18, 2007
| YouTube gives you a quick, online way to edit your videos

1:55 minutes (2.19 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#45 - Into the light

July 2, 2007
| Keith starts a bookstore, Grupo Fenix farms the sun and Woodpigeon provides the tunes

26:00 minutes (29.76 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Seventeen - CastRoller

June 29, 2007
| An easy way to take control of your podcast RSS feeds

1:55 minutes (2.2 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Eighteen - ning.com

July 13, 2007
| A handy social community in a box tool you can use to relive your clubhouse fantasies

1:35 minutes (1.82 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

Trash Talking with the Garbage Warrior, director, Oliver Hodge

December 3, 2007
| Director Oliver Hodge was a movie props maker who helped design and create the stuff you might find on spaceships — including light sabers for Star Wars. But Hodge left Hollywood to make a film about

32:50 minutes (15.04 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#64 - East side West side

May 6, 2008
| Questions: Will Vancouver's Insight safe injection site stay open? Tikkun Toronto explores the debate about Israel. Sadie Jones = Orange Prize? Kim Beggs sings, and a surprise comedy with reel women.

30:29 minutes (34.88 MB)
Reel Women
Reel Women

Two monstrously important women on two monstrously important men: Charlie Chaplin and Ghenghis Khan

November 20, 2008
| Reel Women talk about two bio pics - one on Charlie Chaplin and one on Ghenghis Khan

6:47 minutes (4.71 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#77 - Hope and remembrance

November 2, 2008
| Remembering Studs Terkel, looking forward from Canada's election, and a vigil for Frankie Venom.

25:24 minutes (11.63 MB)
Needs No Introduction
Needs No Introduction

Union Power - Maria Elena Durazo

December 3, 2008
| Maria Elena Durazo has been a labour activist for much of her adult life. She spoke to the Good Jobs for All Conference.

28:43 minutes (26.31 MB)
Needs No Introduction
Needs No Introduction

Healthy Economy Healthy Planet

December 3, 2008
| The Blue Green Alliance wants to protect jobs and the planet. David Foster Executive Director of the organization tells us about it.

29:14 minutes (26.78 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Coalition of the Thrilling

December 2, 2008
| The sky is falling for Harper but will it be rainbows and puppy dogs for progressives? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't kick 'em out!

35:34 minutes (32.57 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Short show for GG's short shrift

December 5, 2008
| Was the GG's decision the Canadian compromise way? Seems a bit strange to us as the parties representing the most votes and the most seats asked for another option.

10:54 minutes (9.99 MB)
Healing the Earth
Healing the Earth

For a Soft Landing: Transition Towns, Peak Oil, and Climate Change

December 22, 2008
| Sally Ludwig is involved in the Transition Guelph project, an effort to transition off dependence on fossil fuels and other unsustainable and exploitative aspects of the modern era.

24:02 minutes (33 MB)
Healing the Earth
Healing the Earth

Tyendinaga: The Struggle for Drinking Water and the Health of the Land Continues

December 27, 2008
| I spoke with Dan Doreen, from the Mohawk community of Tyendinaga. Despite a boil water advisory, stolen land, and internal corruption, the gov't wants to bring in a $2 million police station.

13:15 minutes (18.19 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

rabble radio # 79 - All for peace

January 15, 2009
| Jewish activists protest the Israeli offensive on Gaza, Keith looks for economic inspiration, a trip to Bolivia and Cathi Bond's top ten DVD rentals.

35:18 minutes (32.34 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#78 - Communications: New Style Old Style

December 12, 2008
| If you're pro-coalition, here's how to keep it going. If you like newspaper wars, here's some history. If you like movies try Hellboy II. If you like music try Kensinton Prairie.

30:14 minutes (27.7 MB)
Healing the Earth
Healing the Earth

Air quality and pollution in Southwestern Ontario

March 2, 2009
| Quentin Chiotti of Pollution Probe talks about air pollution, its health effects, its sources, and things we need to do about it. Important for those in the GTA especially, but applicable anywhere.

40:53 minutes (56.15 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Killadelphia: A new play about the crime wave hitting Philadelphia

April 6, 2009
| <p>Interview with actor and playwright Sean Lewis.</p>

17:35 minutes (10.06 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Woman dies inside BC jail: Friends say it was preventable

April 14, 2009
| <p>Betty Krawczyk and Cat Wilson discuss the death of Jennifer Churchill - the first woman to die at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.</p>

26:57 minutes (30.85 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prison advisory board resigns to protest clamp down on free speech

April 13, 2009
| <p>The former chair of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre community advisory board speaks about the board's decision to resign to protest new guidelines gagging free speech.</p>

23:19 minutes (26.68 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Activists fight to close jail for immigrant families in U.S.

May 18, 2009
| Lauren Martin speaks about the campaign to close the T. Don Hutto detention centre for immigrant families located near Austin, Texas.

32:53 minutes (37.63 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

An Argument About the Seal Hunt...and more

May 22, 2009
| Nick White joins the show for a seal hunt argument and statements of sovereignty from arctic indigenous are read

69:24 minutes (63.58 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Why prisoners re-offend

June 3, 2009
| Mo Korchinski talks about Post Incarceration Syndrome - one of the leading reasons newly released prisoners end up back in jail

6:42 minutes (7.67 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Unique prison art show

June 12, 2009
| Dennis Sobin talks about a new exhibit featuring pano art - an artform created by prisoners.

14:59 minutes (17.14 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

New film documents Aboriginal approach to prisons

June 12, 2009
| Interview with Hugh Brody, director of The Meaning of Life

18:37 minutes (21.31 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Mapping Immigrant Detention

June 11, 2009
| Michael Flynn of the Global Detention Project finds out how many migrants are put in prison worldwide

24:19 minutes (27.84 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoner Play about Legal Misconduct Performed at Kennedy Centre

September 17, 2009
| Former prisoner Alex Friedmann talks about his play One Fine Day in Inferior Court

18:22 minutes (21.03 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Education Bursary for Prisoners Launched

September 17, 2009
| Group of BC Women Hope Access To Education Will Turn Lives Around

12:44 minutes (14.57 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

BC Court Leaves Defendents With No Way To Get Home

November 2, 2009
| A North Vancouver lawyer speaks out about the lack of transportation for low-income defendents in the Sea-to-Sky area

16:36 minutes (19 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Powershift - Flash Mobs in the Commons and Corpses at the RBC

November 2, 2009
| WLU student organizer Emily Slofstra gives first hand accounts of the Powershift conference in Ottawa and the (un)associated direct actions.

65:54 minutes (60.34 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Solidarity w Six Nations: Living on the Grand River Territory. Part 1 Jim Windle (Teka News)

November 7, 2009
| Indigenous Sovereignty Week 2009. Recorded live at the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Centre for Social Justice, Oct. 27. - Jim Windel if editor or the Teka News and a founder of TRUE

38:28 minutes (35.22 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoners find accessing safe sex... isn't so safe

November 10, 2009
| A Montreal prisoner support group works with prisoners to design a workshop on sexual safety on the inside

27:10 minutes (31.09 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Sri Lankan Refugees Remain in Detention

November 10, 2009
| The BC government refuses to free refugees who arrived in mid-October

14:28 minutes (16.55 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L at city council: Civil liberties vs. Olympic torch relay

November 11, 2009
| AW@L went to Kitchener City Council to discuss the Olympic Torch Relay and the city's inability to reveal the agreements with VANOC around instructions to host cities that repress free speech.

34:52 minutes (31.93 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

South Korea jails young men who refuse military service

November 2, 2009
| Filmmaker Jeff Lazar talks about his documentary about conscientious objectors

14:50 minutes (16.99 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Animal rights activists fight U.S. terrorism law

November 10, 2009
| Animal rights activists are increasingly being targetted by the state as terrorists. A lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights is challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

23:32 minutes (26.94 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Yves Engler in Waterloo - Canada's Black Book of Foreign Policy.

November 16, 2009
| Yves Engler spoke at the KWCCSJ about Canada's international role in abuse of human rights and the country's hidden history of military intervention abroad.

77:55 minutes (71.34 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Buddhist nun brings meditation inside prison

November 16, 2009
| Tibetan buddhist nun Ann McNeil talks about meditation in prison prior to a film screening of "The Dhamma Brothers."

16:06 minutes (18.44 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Migrant workers detained in South Korea

November 17, 2009
| Korean activist and researcher discusses the increasing crackdowns on migrant workers.

29:28 minutes (33.72 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

We Will Stop This...Again - Ongoing Resistance to HCBP in Guelph, actions take place in Kitchener.

December 2, 2009
| The regional resistance to the land destroying development in Guelph known as the Hanlon Creek Business Park (HCBP) boiled up again this week as 5 days of action took place.

19:23 minutes (17.75 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Newborn baby removed from mom in prison: Now reunited

December 2, 2009
| A Vancouver mother talks about having her newborn baby taken away despite availability of mother and baby living units.

19:21 minutes (22.16 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Kamloops group is moving women beyond bars

January 8, 2010
| Formerly incarcerated women in B.C.'s Interior find new start doing research.

20:16 minutes (23.19 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Christian-based prison coming to Canada?

January 8, 2010
| A Christian group is making steps to build Canada's first faith-based prison unit in Manitoba.

18:50 minutes (21.57 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Straight from the Source - Olympic Resistance Network presents a case.

January 9, 2010
| Vancouver based freelance journalist and member of the Olympic Resistance Network (ORN) Guillaume describes the street level impacts of the 2010 games.

61:14 minutes (56.07 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Omar Khadr stays in Guantanamo despite court ruling his Charter rights are violated

February 1, 2010
| Gail Davidson of Lawyers Against the War says its time Canada repatriated Omar Khadr -- the last Western citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay.

22:14 minutes (25.44 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Death Under Police Watch: Part 1

February 3, 2010
| SFU Professor David MacAlister is trying to find out how and why people die in police custody

18:42 minutes (21.4 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Death Under Police Watch: Part 2

February 4, 2010
| A BC woman still searches for answers and accountability in the shooting death of her brother by police.

14:14 minutes (16.29 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Rethinking the Olympics - Resisting the University Conference at UBC

February 8, 2010
| Discussion of the impact of the olympics on the environment, on the Indigenous, on civil liberties and on social justice issues.

53:11 minutes (48.7 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Student Activism and the Olympics - Resisting the University Conference at UBC

February 11, 2010
| What is the Role of the Student and the University in Olympics Resistance?

53:28 minutes (48.96 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Poetry, music and resistance - anti-olympic tent village occupies VANOC parking lot.

February 16, 2010
| On the final day of the convergence to oppose the 2010 olympics, a tent village was erected in the downtown east side of Vancouver, demanding (among others) the social housing the VANOC promised.

62:27 minutes (57.2 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Indigenous resistance to the 2010 Olympics -- panel discussion

February 18, 2010
| A panel discussion from the anti-olympic summit on indigenous resistance to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

65:13 minutes (105.88 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Squatchi speaks out - Olympic mascot bashes the Games

February 21, 2010
| Squatchi changes sides and supports the anti-olympic movement..

24:23 minutes (39.59 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Heeding the call - International support and solidarity against the olympics.

February 17, 2010
| A press conference with protesters from outside of BC who came to the anti-olympic convergence.

38:49 minutes (63.01 MB)
Maker Culture
Maker Culture

Episode Nine -- Playing with our food

March 12, 2010
| Makers take food into their own hands -- art ensues.

25:29 minutes (29.16 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Talk - Action = Zero. an interview with D.O.A.

March 11, 2010
| We talk with DOA about their new album and the Olympics in their city. We also speak with Harjap Grewal of No One Is Illegal - Coast Salish, and Stella August of Vancouver's Power of Women

24:29 minutes (22.43 MB)
Maker Culture
Maker Culture

Episode Eleven - What's Next for makerculture?

March 26, 2010
| What will stop Maker Culture from hitting the mainstream?

23:11 minutes (53.09 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Fossil fools and ignorant tools: Why does Canada not care about justice?

March 30, 2010
| Interview with CYCC organizer Sterling Stutz, an update on upcoming Grassy Narrows actions in Toronto and Dan responds to blind nationalism.

50:52 minutes (46.59 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Clean Water: Our survival, Grassy Narrow River Run in Toronto

April 9, 2010
| The Indigenous Anishnabe of northwestern Ontario led a march to the legislature buildings in Toronto, demanding justice for the poisoning of their rivers and their lands.
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50:34 minutes (46.3 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:3b "the War in the Country"

April 15, 2010
| Alternatives interviews Thomas Pawlick about his new book "the War in the Country: How the Fight to save Rural Life will shape our Future."

47:51 minutes (43.82 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:3 "Green" Books 2010

April 15, 2010
| An overview of the best environmental titles of the year.

51:50 minutes (71.18 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:3c Wade Davis on The Wayfinder

April 23, 2010
| 2009 Massey Lecturer Wade Davis in conversation with Nicola Ross

33:44 minutes (30.89 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

How much protection does Canada's child welfare system provide?

April 27, 2010
| Street-youth turned documentarian Andree Cazabon speaks about her latest film series about youth in care.

27:27 minutes (31.42 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Deconstructing Psychiatry: Filmmaker and activist explore psychiatry's impact on their lives

April 28, 2010
| Cindy Lou Griffith and Irit Shimrat discuss the movement for self-determination amongst psychiatry patients.

31:10 minutes (35.67 MB)
Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society

New provincial law bans social assistance for people with warrants

April 28, 2010
| Rebecca Cuttler interviews Pivot lawyer Doug King about the new provincial legislation banning social assistance for people who have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

14:20 minutes (13.12 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Canada's role in torturing Afghan prisoners

April 28, 2010
| B.C. lawyer Grace Pastine reports on the Military Police Complaints Commission hearings in Ottawa.

18:29 minutes (21.15 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Barrick Gold is mining Canada's shame

May 4, 2010
| Indigenous of the world to Barrick Gold's shareholders: There is no fair compensation for the death of our mother -- just leave our lands!

57:17 minutes (131.11 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Margaret Atwood: A feature interview

June 1, 2010
| Alternatives Editor in Chief Nicola Ross talks literature and the environment with Margaret Atwood.

45:59 minutes (42.1 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Special edition: A conversation with Janine Benyus author of BioMimicry

June 11, 2010
| Janine Benyus, best selling author of "Biomimicry" at the Sustainability Network.

66:20 minutes (60.73 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part two: Anti-capitalism and the environment

June 15, 2010
| The second of many discussions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit, this one focused on critiques of capitalism and environmentalism.

53:58 minutes (49.41 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part three: Solidarity with Six Nations, Indigenous sovereignty and the G20

June 16, 2010
| The third panel discussion of the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit focuses in on Indigenous sovereignty, canadian colonialism manifested in the G8 and G20.

65:50 minutes (60.28 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

KW Peoples' Summit, discussion four - Peter Gelderloos - Nonviolence, the War on Terror and Revolution!

June 17, 2010
| Peter Gelderloos presents: Nonviolence, the War on Terror, and Revolution: the role played first by nonviolence and now by the War on Terror to pacify social conflicts, and...resistance!

90:29 minutes (82.84 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part one: Canadian Militarism

June 14, 2010
| The first of many discussions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit, this one focused on militarism in Canada, torture, ongoing colonialism and resistance, and how it all fits with the G8/20.

60:28 minutes (55.38 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Gord Hill: 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance

June 25, 2010
| Gord Hill, author of 500 Years of Resistance, discusses his book at the fifth speaking event of the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit.

84:05 minutes (76.99 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L Radio - G20 Shitshow - Solidarity with ALL Political Prisoners

July 15, 2010
| A bit of a wrap up on the G20 shit show in toronto with lots of statements and calling out spooks

161:33 minutes (147.9 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Anarchists Sell Books!!! A discussion with Hamilton Anarchist Bookfiar Organizer Alex Diceanu

June 5, 2009
| Anarchists Sell Books!!! A discussion with Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair Organizer Alex Diceanu

24:24 minutes (22.34 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L Radio - Calls Out For Solidarity Actions for Oscar Grant, Ian Tomlinson, Toronto G20 Political Prisoners, and more.

July 31, 2010
| In this music heavy show, Dan Discusses G20 violence, plays a CRIME on France, and plays Abousfian Abdelrazik Interview among other updates...

88:48 minutes (81.31 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:4 Out of this world 2010

June 21, 2010
| The mystery of the missing environmentalist, old-school weather forecasting in Kenya and reusing building materials.

75:38 minutes (69.24 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-09-24 - G20 Love and Seoul, Critical Mass, We love you Ryan!

September 25, 2010
| AW@L Radio co-host Alex Hundert again arrested, this time for speaking... love with conditions and a G20 notice from Seoul and some other news...

78:04 minutes (71.49 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:5 Education 2010

October 6, 2010
| The Alternatives Magazine features Kate Davies on sustainable literacy in their annual education issue. Listen in to their podcast about the issue.

32:15 minutes (29.53 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoner writings as literature

October 18, 2010
| UBC Professor Deena Rymhs talks about her upcoming book "Cell Block Country: Prison Literature in Canada." It looks at the contribution writings by prisoners have made to Canada's literary world.

22:15 minutes (25.47 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Poverty Makes Us Sick -- stop the cuts

November 17, 2010
| Interviews with the organizers of the Poverty Makes Us Sick Rally in Kitchener.

51:57 minutes (47.58 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

War, What is it Good For and WTF are were remembering? and Ryan Released!!!

November 17, 2010
| We ask what we have learned from the past since we are still at war... and some G20 updates... and some racism in canada
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87:43 minutes (80.31 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#114 - War critics on Remembrance Day

November 22, 2010
| Should we be able to criticize war on Remembrance Day, Aung San Suu Kyi -- what does her freedom mean, and demanding better food for the poor.

27:05 minutes (24.82 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

36:6 Biodiversity

November 24, 2010
| 36:6 Biodiversity, Prosperity without Growth and Substitution

98:09 minutes (89.86 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-11-20 - Free Mumia Rally in Toronto + Mumia Speaks!

November 26, 2010
| Audio from november 9th 2010 Free Mumia! rally in toronto and his Denied Justice premiere talk from prisonradio.org

55:39 minutes (50.96 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-11-26 - Blatchford and Ezra, Sitting in a Tree, and a victory for NOII!

November 27, 2010
| AW@L Radio - 2010-11-26 - Blatchford and Ezra, Sitting in a Tree, and a victory for NOII!

77:55 minutes (71.34 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Yves Engler: 'How the Right did Wrong'

December 1, 2010
| How Stephen Harper's government destroyed Canada's reputation as an honest broker and lost the vote for a seat at the UN Security Council.

53:23 minutes (48.88 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Locked Up! Jailhouse Interview with AW@L member and G20 target Alex Hundert

December 20, 2010
| Vancouver Media Co-op correspondent Dawn Paley interview's Alex Hundert.

41:03 minutes (37.58 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

The New Entrepreneurs: A feature interview with author Andrew Heintzman

December 23, 2010
| A feature interview with eco-venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman about his recent book The New Entrepreneurs.

51:44 minutes (47.37 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Water, water everywhere (Water 37.1)

January 13, 2011
| Protecting our Sacred Headwaters, making water-smart beer, public water and "Bulls%&t!"

108:59 minutes (99.79 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Even this concrete cage can't dampen his resolve: Another jailhouse interview with Alex Hundert

January 19, 2011
| Alex Hundert remains in prison for being an effective community organizer and an outspoken anarchist critic of the dominant powers and their narrative. We give him space for his own narrative!

54:57 minutes (50.32 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Poverty still makes us sick!

January 25, 2011
| As the Liberal government in Ontario continue their attacks on the poor, anti-poverty activists in Kitchener-Waterloo are rallying the community to support each other and fight austerity!

32:32 minutes (29.8 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Resource exploitation in the Sacred Headwaters of northern B.C.

January 24, 2011
| Wade Davis on the imminent threat from resource exploitation in the Sacred Headwaters of northern British Columbia.

38:30 minutes (35.25 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Rebel Fest is coming! Steel town and punk rock!

February 26, 2011
| Phil D of Rebel Time Records joins us for a preview of the music which will be in Hamilton on March 12-13, 2011 for Rebel Fest.

64:06 minutes (58.7 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Israeli Apartheid Week special, part 1

March 12, 2011
| Dan reads a cross-section of international, national and regional news around Israeli Apartheid Week.

68:35 minutes (62.8 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

House arrest interviews on AW@L Radio: Anarchist rocker Will Dean

March 7, 2011
| Will Dean, an anarchist targetted for G20 resistance, visits Alex for an interview and to listen to Test Their Logik.

20:58 minutes (19.21 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Revolutionary words and music with hip-hop artist Testament of Test Their Logik

February 18, 2011
| Now out of prison and under house arrest, AW@L radio co-host ALex Hundert interviewed Testament from revolutionary hip-hop duo Test Their Logik.

42:40 minutes (39.08 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

House Arrest Interview #3 -- An interview with Toronto anarchists

April 9, 2011
| Alex interviews anarchist organisers on organising against the police, in general and for the upcoming Toronto Anarchist Bookfair, in the third installment of the house arrest interviews.

29:32 minutes (67.6 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

A Huck Farper song from the Tra La Las: Harper is the Root of All Evil

May 2, 2011
| Rock the Vote Tra La Las style! On this final election-day Huck Farper update on AW@L Radio!

2:50 minutes (2.6 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Test Their Logik releases music video denouncing Canada on Canada Day

July 2, 2011
| Controversial hip-hop duo Test Their Logik released their newest music video "No One is Illegal" to commemorate so-called Canada Day.

5:17 minutes (4.84 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#127 - Jack Layton's dream for the NDP (archival interview, 2003)

August 27, 2011
| Jack Layton, just after his election, speaking to Saskatoon 90.5 FM host Don Kossick about his dreams for the NDP.

15:05 minutes (13.87 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#128 - Remembrances of Jack Layton from those who knew him

August 27, 2011
| Memories of Jack Layton from those who knew him: young volunteers, political leaders and activists.

10:57 minutes (10.08 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#129 - Jack Layton's funeral

August 27, 2011
| The complete audio from Jack Layton's funeral. Eulogies by Mike and Sarah Layton, Stephen Lewis and Karl Belanger.

105:19 minutes (120.56 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: November in review

December 26, 2011
| The Smash the State Report takes the @mediacoop's November in review, adds some comments, and talks security.

35:49 minutes (32.79 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Don't rape and don't joke about rape

December 26, 2011
| We present a powerful blog post called "To all those men who don't think the rape jokes are a problem."

12:21 minutes (11.31 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Regarding his G20 resistance jailing: Adam's statement to the court

January 4, 2012
| A few songs accompany Adam Lewis's statement to the court as he was sentenced for his participation in community resistance to colonial capitalism.

23:50 minutes (21.82 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: December in review

January 17, 2012
| The Smash the State Report takes the @mediacoop's December in review, adds some comments, highlights the CFRC prison radio project in Kingston, and more!

38:53 minutes (35.6 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Eco Update: New year but the world still collapses

January 17, 2012
| Canadian NGOs work for the violent colonial state even as Harper continues to reduce the ability of Environment Canada to protect the environment.

39:54 minutes (36.53 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

G20 Report: Mandyland's vicious truth about the racist and colonial injustice system

January 17, 2012
| On January 13, 2012, Mandy Hiscocks was sentenced to 15 months in jail for her participation in organizing for a better world. Today's AW@L radio presents Mandy's legendary statement to the courts.

58:49 minutes (53.85 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Smash the State Report with Julian Ichim

February 2, 2012
| An extended Smash the State Report with guest co-host Julian Ichim, who reports on the SOApaRty committee New Year's Eve prison-noise demos, the continued growth of the security state and more.

67:55 minutes (62.19 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Conspiracy of the Crowns: A G20 fallout update with Julian Ichim

February 2, 2012
| G20 police state target Julain Ichim joins us for an update on G20 legal cases and continuing resistance to capitalist imperial rule. When organizing is a crime, organize!

52:20 minutes (47.91 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Against prisons, against Bill C-10! News from Prison Radio Land

February 3, 2012
| An update about Mumia Abu Jamal, a note from Nyki, wrongfully imprisoned in the Grand Valley Institute for Women, and a discussion about Bill C-10, Harper's #omnibus imprisonment bill.

39:16 minutes (35.95 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Slamming KW with poet Janice Lee

February 5, 2012
| We are joined by KW poet and artist extraordinaire Janice Lee for discussion on the local Kitchener-Waterloo slam poetry series and to drop a couple of new poems.

29:43 minutes (27.22 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: Bill C-10, CETA and decolonizing Occupy

February 7, 2012
| This week, Smash the State on AW@L Radio includes discussion of the omnibus crime bill, the Canada-EU trade deal, anti-racism, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, decolonizing the Occupy movement and more.

61:09 minutes (55.98 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

G20 report: Continued crackdown on dissent, demanding accountability

February 7, 2012
| Our G20 report includes updates from the May 2010 police slaying of Junior Manon and his family's quest for justice, the call for police accountability and a crackdown on another anti-police blogger.

20:37 minutes (18.89 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Eco Update: Canadian mining destroying Indigenous communities around the world

February 8, 2012
| This edition of the Eco Update on AW@L Radio jumps into mining operations in Canada and elsewhere undertaken by Canadian corporations on behalf of their capitalist owners.

24:09 minutes (22.12 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Eco Update: Enbridge's leaky pipelines, Fukushima's radiation, and no frackin' way!

February 9, 2012
| We report on the Enbridge oil spilling company and continued resistance against their pipelines, provide some info on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and read a protest against hydraulic fracturing.

43:45 minutes (40.06 MB)
Aw@l
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: They ignore, we take action

February 9, 2012
| A quick rundown of the week's news -- ranging from student and labour strife to dishonouring treaties, to occupying everything!

42:25 minutes (38.83 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Africafiles: Cities, poverty and revolution

February 15, 2012
| Africa is rapidly urbanizing, and Peace Studies Lecturer Timothy Gachanga argues there could be a link between growing African urban poverty and revolution.

17:16 minutes (15.81 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Azawad: Can this breakaway African state work?

May 24, 2012
| A Tuareg group declared the independence of northern Mali in April. Africafiles explores the implications and future of an independent Azawad.

19:50 minutes (18.17 MB)