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Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #14: Our Children in the Diaspora

December 7, 2006
| Has the search for peace finally ended for Congo? Plus filmmaker, Tara Milutis joins us to talk about Newsgirl, her new short film.

19:01 minutes (17.41 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

Making Media about Sex Trafficking in South East Asia

January 29, 2007
| Film-maker, Teprine Baldo, interviews audio producer, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens about the challenges in making media about sex trafficking in South East Asia.
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25:38 minutes (11.74 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 1: President Musharraf for Life?

January 30, 2007
| In the first installment of PakCast's third volume, Keith Snodgrass of the...

36:14 minutes (33.17 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 2: Burma, Bangladesh and the Karachi ...

February 7, 2007
| Nasir Aziz, Therese Caouette and Ethan Casey travel to IslandWood...

30:42 minutes (28.11 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

34: Music for Social Change with David Rovics

February 13, 2007
| Musician and activist, David Rovics, talks about using music as a tool for social change.
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16:25 minutes (7.52 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 3: Dialogue through alternative media

February 15, 2007
| Sonora Jha, an Indian journalism professor and mass communication scholar who teaches at Seattle University, discusses relations between US-based Indians and Pakistanis, independent media, the...

33:12 minutes (30.4 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 4: MMA MNAs, American assumptions

March 6, 2007
| Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi discuss a challenge in the Supreme Court to MMA MNAs' educational qualifications, the US military's attempts to recruit Muslim soldiers, President Musharraf's an

33:41 minutes (30.85 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)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #15: Is the role of African Women Changing?

March 8, 2007
| <i>Women in Africa have made big strides in their emancipation and are a force to reckon with in decision-making.</i>

13:29 minutes (12.34 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 5: The Necessity of Law

March 15, 2007
| Responding to President Musharraf's controversial suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, PakCast is accelerating our schedule. Beginning this week and until further notice, we will record...

34:21 minutes (31.46 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#38 - Visits to Africa

March 19, 2007
| In this episode, Judy returns from Kenya, an interview about women and leadership in Africa, and Keith ponders how to make small talk with a war on. Oh...and a bit of "Gaelic" too.

27:00 minutes (24.72 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Five - Spanning Sync

March 22, 2007
| A simple way to make Google Calendar play nice with iCal

1:43 minutes (1.96 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 6: The Necessity of Law, Week II

March 26, 2007
| Continuing PakCast's close attention to the unfolding situation, Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi debate the fallout for the president and for Pakistan of Musharraf's March 9 suspension of Chief

32:16 minutes (29.55 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 7: The Necessity of Law, Week III

April 1, 2007
| Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi continue PakCast's coverage of the judicial crisis in Pakistan, debating the failure of opposition politicians to capitalize on President Musharraf's self-inflic

32:16 minutes (29.55 MB)
Online Tools for the 21st Century
Online Tools for the 21st Century

Episode Seven - Toondoo

April 5, 2007
| A simple way to make, share and comment on comic strips

1:46 minutes (2.03 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 8: The Necessity of Law, Week IV: Roundtable

April 12, 2007
| For the fourth installment of our series on Pakistan's judicial crisis, Pak|Cast convened a roundtable of Seattle-based Pakistanis, representing a range of views as diverse as Pakistani society itself

58:26 minutes (53.5 MB)
rabble radio
rabble radio

#40 - Episode 40!

April 16, 2007
| In this episode Keith gets the buzz on bees, reel women babble about Babble, and author Rawi Hage talks about memory in Lebanon. We picnick with online tools, and The Acorn drop music from above.

26:16 minutes (24.06 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)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

42 - Hoping Against Hope: Education, Language & Resistance

April 25, 2007
| Part 3 of the Praxis Media audio documentary on the history of colonialism in Canada.

17:49 minutes (8.16 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 10: Interview with novelist Mohsin Hamid

May 1, 2007
| Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid, in Seattle to promote his new novel <i>The

36:30 minutes (33.43 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #16: Women helping women

April 26, 2007
| A group of seven women from London, Ontario including jazz vocalist Denise Pelley went to southern Sudan in an effort to help their fellow women.

14:47 minutes (13.55 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

43 - Six Nations and the Caledonia Land Dispute

May 8, 2007
| Hamilton radio journalist, Maggie Hughes, gives an overview of the Aboriginal land dispute in Caledonia. Speaking to residents and protestors first-hand Hughes explores the roots of the conflict.

20:00 minutes (9.16 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #17: Choices for Women

May 13, 2007
| Women in Africa resort to abortion in unsafe places, placing their own life at risk. Should African governments revisit the issue of legalising abortion?

13:19 minutes (12.2 MB)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 12: The Road to Lahore

May 14, 2007
| Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi discuss Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's historic 26-hour journey along the Grand Trunk Road from Islamabad to Lahore on May 5 and the implications...

33:39 minutes (30.81 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 14: The Role of the MQM

May 29, 2007
| Pak|Cast's coverage of the judicial crisis in Pakistan, and the ensuing carnage in Karachi, prompted passionate responses from listeners.

38:49 minutes (35.54 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)
Pak|Cast Archived

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 15: Geo Off Air, Pak|Cast Online

June 6, 2007
| Are these desperate times for Musharraf? What is behind the promulgation of the draconian new PEMRA ordinance attempting to gag the media? Will the crisis that began in...

35:19 minutes (32.33 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)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

46 - Podcasting the Law

June 12, 2007
| This week, we talk to Jim Milles who is a podcaster and law librarian at the University of New York at Buffalo. Jim and the UB Law Faculty use podcasting as a means to discuss legal issues in ways tha
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13:29 minutes (6.18 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)
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)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode 16 - Where There's Smoke. . .

July 3, 2007
| Matt Adams (Canada) and Keith Gottschalk (USA) return with a look at the political crime in Washington DC, the Aboriginal day of action, and what Romney did to his dog.

29:04 minutes (33.27 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)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode #17: dude, politics, yeah, uhhh, don't Bogart that!

July 10, 2007
| Matt Adams (Canada) and Keith Gottschalk (USA) wonder who will Bogart the talk about rising marijuana arrests, Live Earth, Cindy Sheehan and uhh, we forget.

28:01 minutes (32.06 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #18: A Lifetime of Telling African Stories

June 30, 2007
| Africa has lost its godfather of film. Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene died in Dakar, Senegal in early June.

14:19 minutes (13.12 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

47 - Filmmaker Interview - Jaime Gianopoulos

July 24, 2007
| A Promise is a Promise is a moving film about Sheremet and Musa, two boys from war-torn Kosovo who, with the help of one Canadian soldier, made their way to Canada.
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18:43 minutes (8.57 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode #18: Separating laws/rights;church/state; brain/mouth

July 24, 2007
| Bush criminalizes dissent, Tory has faith in schools (or wants it), no one wants Condi's article, homeland security wants to know the sex lives of travelers and the case of Job-Seeking-While-Black.

31:54 minutes (36.51 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #20 Zimbabwe: A Tale of Gloom and Little Light

August 14, 2007
| When Bob Marley penned the song Zimbabwe, he certainly did not envision the crisis-ridden Zimbabwe that we see today. Silence Genti reflects on a nation that has lost its bearings.

17:14 minutes (15.77 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #19 Drug Use and Trafficking Increasing in Africa

July 30, 2007
| There is an increase in both the trafficking and use of drugs across Africa. Dr Thomas Pietschmann discusses why?

9:52 minutes (9.04 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode #19: Poopy politics

August 17, 2007
| When Carl "turd blossom" Rove is involved, how can it not be scatalogical? Plus with the crap going on in Toronto around panhandling and a sad atomic history, politics can be shite.

31:54 minutes (36.51 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode 21: (Not so) shocking politics

September 24, 2007
| Shocked by the taser incident in the U.S? We aren’t. We aren’t shocked about Jena either but we are happy we haven’t seen “shock and awe” in Iran.

33:30 minutes (38.35 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

56 - Deconstructing the coup in Haiti, by Darren Ell

September 26, 2007
| Darren Ell interviews the director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Brian Concannon, about the political situation and specifically the crimes of UN forces (MINUSTAH) in Haiti.

45:50 minutes (20.99 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode 22:Out of proportion

October 9, 2007
| Looks like Ontario will be out of luck for proportional representation, the border guards have lost all sense of proportion and private military companies have portioned up Iraq.

33:41 minutes (38.55 MB)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode 23: Ohh no it's the status quo

October 23, 2007
| Field hockey promoting drought, falsified nuclear sub records, airline safefty records suppressed and Guliani's racist company - and that's just the start. Really, then we warm up.

32:55 minutes (37.68 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #21: The American Hand in Congo

October 18, 2007
| The United States has played a destructive role in the past and present of the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo

19:28 minutes (17.83 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #22: The American Hand in Somalia

October 25, 2007
| The United States has played a prominent role in the past and present of the strife-torn Somalia

14:45 minutes (13.51 MB)
CitizenShift
CitizenShift

59 - Maude Barlow: The Three Myths of Canadian Water

November 7, 2007
| This a recording of Maude's talk in Montreal during her tour for the book, Blue Covenant.

31:29 minutes (18.02 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)
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Episode 25: Truth and Consequences

December 8, 2007
| The truth about Iran kills the right wing and whether or not Schrieber is telling the truth old style bribes are crass, plus an impeachment threat from a key U.S senator and its so hot in N.C . . .

32:55 minutes (37.68 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Mandatory Minimums, Drugs, Incarceration and HIV

December 14, 2007
| A new bill creates mandatory minimums for drug crimes, despite evidence that this approach doesn't reduce crime or drug use but instead decreases safety & exposes more people to the risk of diseas

19:05 minutes (17.47 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Bill C3: Security Certificate Special Advocate Model

December 18, 2007
| Opponents to Canada's security certificate law are working hard to stop Bill C3. The Bill sets up a special advocate model of security certificates.

22:43 minutes (20.8 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Tough on Crime: Changes to Canada's Prison System

December 19, 2007
| A look at some of the changes happening in Canada's prison system. Focus on the impact of the tough on crime bills, the prison review panel and the Correctional Investigator's Annual Report.

25:50 minutes (23.65 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse
Africafiles: The Pulse

Episode #23 A Tribute to A Moral Soldier

December 31, 2007
| The late reggqe singer and social commentator will be remembered for his commitment to justice, his unshakeable faith of the power if individual to change the world

11:54 minutes (10.9 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Young Women in Prison Face Abuse, Advocates Barred from Jail

January 8, 2008
| Justice For Girls was barred from the Burnaby youth jail after they brought forward allegations of sexual abuse by a medical doctor that occured during breast exams of young women at the jail.

30:20 minutes (27.77 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode #74 ~ "The Making of a Nurse"

November 16, 2007
| Tilda Shalof was "made" into a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit.

35:08 minutes (32.16 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Forty! ~ Milosh and "Meme"

July 20, 2007
| Toronto musician, unexpected meeting, spontaneous recording.

12:36 minutes (11.55 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Seventeen ~ "The Emotional Lives of Animals"

April 30, 2007
| Award-winning scientist and author Marc Bekoff's new book explores animal joy, sorrow and empathy ~ and why they matter.

48:19 minutes (44.24 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Twenty-Eight ~ Peace Concert "after"

June 8, 2007
| Voices of GuruGanesha, organizer Val, and Snatam following "prayer-formance"; in Victoria, B.C.

17:21 minutes (15.88 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Sixty-Two ~ "Embracing the Journey of Recovery"

October 5, 2007
| Dr. Larry Smith reveals the simple truth about addiction recovery in his new book.

20:38 minutes (18.89 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Twelve ~ Notes from the Universe

April 13, 2007
| "The Universe" ~ making a difference one inspiring e-mail at a time.

58:27 minutes (53.52 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Eighteen ~ Six String Nation via Urban Flute

May 4, 2007
| Jamie Thompson, "flute loose" in Toronto has the scoop on Six String Nation Guitar too!

21:55 minutes (20.06 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Twenty-Seven ~ Canadian Heritage project

June 4, 2007
| Jowi Taylor, host of CBC's "Global Village" turns his energies to Six String Nation Guitar touring.

20:03 minutes (18.36 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Seventy-Three ~ "Being in the Present"

November 12, 2007
| Monica Magnetti is a life and business coach, and the author of "Being in the Present: How to Create the Blueprint of Your Life".

28:33 minutes (26.14 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Seventy-Two ~ "Creativity for Life"

November 9, 2007
| Author Eric Maisel has some great creative ideas!

43:11 minutes (39.54 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Fifty-Six ~ "Courageous Souls"

September 14, 2007
| ..."Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?"; new book by Rob Schwartz.

47:35 minutes (43.58 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Seven ~ Richard Moss

March 26, 2007
| "If I'm not right here, right now, fully experiencing the present moment, where am I?"

39:40 minutes (36.32 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Seventy-One ~ "Modern Day One Man Band"

November 5, 2007
| Shane Philip is a multi-instrumentalist on the B.C. coast.

39:19 minutes (36 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode #76 ~ "The Gentle Voice of Change"

November 23, 2007
| Gwen Randall-Young is a psychotherapist and author whose work bridges the worlds of self and spirituality, body/mind and soul.

36:39 minutes (33.56 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode #86 ~ "The Leadership Dojo"

December 28, 2007
| Richard Strozzi-Heckler's new book is sub-titled "Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader".

47:39 minutes (43.63 MB)
The Roaming Ear
The Roaming Ear

Episode 6 - Two from South Asia

August 23, 2009
| Victoria Fenner revisits her trip to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka in 2006 and plays two of her favourite documentaries. Originally aired on The Green Planet Monitor.

16:36 minutes (15.2 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

Episode Twenty-Five ~ Life is But a Dream

December 9, 2010
| Life, and death is but a dream in this conversation 15 years after a life-changing death.

42:34 minutes (38.98 MB)
Living On Purpose
Living On Purpose

#170 ~ Neuro-Linguistic Programming

April 20, 2010
| Roger Ellerton speaks about his new book "Live Your Dreams: Let Reality Catch Up"

40:02 minutes (36.65 MB)