Podcasts

Podcast titles

Current Affairs
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The rabble podcast networks offers a fresh perspective on world events and social change.

rabble.ca/donate: you know what to do!
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rabble.ca is holding our donation drive right now, and rpn volunteers have put together some audio to give you some ideas of what you can give. You can listen here.

Africafiles: The Pulse
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News from Africa via our regular podcast - produced and compiled by Hannah Senge and Victoire Ngome in Cameroon.

Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension
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Radio for people who want to change the world!Weekly Canadian news and current affairs presenting diverse voices and topics missing from mainstream media. Feature Interviews, news from theback-burner to the front, upcoming events across the country, and Mitch Podoluk's Music is the Weapon spotlighting politically active artists. Alert! Radio is a production of Canadian Dimension magazine.

Alternatives Podcast
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Since 1971 Alternatives Journal has been Canada's informed voice of environmentalism to everyday readers. Our podcast complements AJ's bi-monthly peer-reviewed print issues. Segments will include contributor interviews, in depth discussions of feature articles, and an editorial overview of the current and upcoming issues.

Asia Pacific Currents
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APC first went to air in the mid 1980s. We broadcast stories and issues from the Asia Pacific region from a labour and grassroots perspective.
The programs feature regular interviews with labour and human rights activists of the Asia Pacific region, updates on solidarity campaigns and reports of labour and progressive struggles in the region.Presented by Pier, Kavitha and Jiselle (pictured) as well as Diana and Budi.

Decoder
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This is Decoder. Helping you make sense of the new world of media. Produced by radio specialization students in the Graduate Program for Journalism at the University of Western Ontario.

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
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Two American ex-pats, separated by 7500 kilometers and their levels of optimism, take on the issues of the day in the United States, Canada, Europe and the world. They hunt down news you might have missed, sometimes provide good insights, and shake their heads at the rampant idiocy in the world more often than can be considered healthy ... good thing they live in countries with socialized medicine!

John Bonnar Audio Blog
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John Bonnar is an independent journalist producing print, photo, video and audio stories about social justice issues in and around Toronto.

Journalists for Human Rights
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Get the most up-to-date human rights news and headlines at home and abroad from jhr. Our team of journalists in Canada and around the world strive to make everyone fully aware of their rights. Produced at CKUT Montreal.

Labour Show
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An up close and personal look at the labour movement in the world today.

Maker Culture
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Taking things into our own hands.

Migrant Matters
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Migrant Matters navigates through the interconnected issues that limit the freedom of people to move across borders (of all kinds) and stay wherever they choose. We bring into focus the individual faces and unique stories of migrant workers, "non-status" people, and racialized working-class immigrants, who are often left out of mainstream media. Airs monthly.

Needs No Introduction
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A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.

Pivot Legal Society
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Advancing the interests and improving the lives of marginalized persons through law reform, legal education, and strategic legal action.

Progressive Voices
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Progressive Voices, hosted by McMaster students Riaz Sayani-Mulji and Ryan Sparrow, examines Canadian domestic and foreign policy with a critical eye. From coup d’etats in Haiti and Honduras, to mining companies operating on Aboriginal reservations, Progressive Voices provides an alternative perspective rarely found in mainstream media.

rabble radio
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rabble radio is the flagship show of the rpn. It's a mix of political commentary, soundseeing tours, movie reviews, and the latest in Canadian music. It's all produced by a country-wide cadre of volunteers.

Rabbledocs
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From the South Pacific to big city streets, from big media to your inner ear, rabbledocs takes you on journeys of discovery with the best Canadian independent radio documentaries.

Radio Tadamon!
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Tadamon! Join Tadamon! (Solidarity! in Arabic), a Montreal-based collective of media activists and social justice organizers reporting from Lebanon, as they develop connections with grassroots organizations and independent media networks to build political solidarity across borders.

Redeye
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On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interviews with activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.

Stark Raven: Prison Justice
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Stark Raven takes a critical look at incarceration and criminalization in Canada and around the world. Hear in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system that goes beyond the corporate media. Produced by the Stark Raven Media Collective in Vancouver, BC. More info, prison news & resources www.prisonjustice.ca.

Street Cred
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A journalistic endeavour containing interviews, reports and documentaries from a year of screaming dangerously.

The Dispatch
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On the Dispatch, Briarpatch Magazine invites you to dip into our audio arsenal of essays, interviews, music, spoken word, and satire. With what we're packing, we'll have errorists from the boardrooms of Bay Street to the quail-hunting ranches of Texas quaking in their boots!

The Dominion
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News From The Grassroots

The F Word
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From the hilarity of women in comedy to the harrowing reality of sexual violence, The F Word explores varied aspects of feminism through discussion and interviews. The F Word Collective comes to you from unceded Coast Salish territories, and airs on Vancouver’s Co-op radio. You can also find them at feminisms.org

The Simple Journalists
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A Mohawk College journalism student, Andrea Lozynsky brings you the news from the youngest newscaster on Planet Canada.

Winter Message
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A winter message from the rpn.

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change
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A delegation of young Canadians from across the country are at the UN climate change talks. While lobbying Canada's government for strong climate action, they are podcasting to people at home about what is at stake, what is negotiated, what are the issues, and how Canada's government is representing Canadians.

Documentary
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Let the rabble podcast network take you with us as we meet new people in new places.

CitizenShift
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The National Film Board of Canada presents CITIZENShift, a series of podcasts created by media-savvy citizens who tell their stories their way, and want to share their experiences with you!

The Green Planet Monitor
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Communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America are achieving development goals using local knowledge, skills and energy. This half-hour magazine program features original documentaries, news reports and music from around the world.

Tikkun Toronto
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The Israel Stories are recordings by Tikkun Toronto members exploring complexities, changes, and tensions in the evolution of our personal relationships to Israel. Tikkun Toronto is a community inspired by a diversity of spiritual and social justice traditions and committed to Tikkun Olam, a Jewish belief in healing and transforming the world and ourselves.

Who’s on Second?
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Second Life is a rich, virtual online world populated with 1.2 million citizens worldwide. Everything, including non-profit storefronts, libraries, campuses, and yes, nightclubs and strip joints, is built by the folks who live a second life online. In this podcast, host Wayne MacPhail interviews educators and activists who have discovered that a Second Life can change their first one.

Health
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Alternative health news from the rabble podcast network

boilingfrog's Green Town Times
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This podcast series explores some of the fantastic people and projects the boilingfrog producers encounter along the way on their exploration of off-grid, activist-friendly living. boilingfrog.ca moved to Craik on Earth Day 2007. Since then, Kelly and Bridget have been working on their dreams to develop an off-grid, activist friendly, live/work space. When they're not busy with extensive renovations and construction you can find them involved in a variety of community events.

People's Health Radio
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A weekly conversation about how racism, sexism, and class shape the health of our families and communities. People's Health Radio also shares news and views from grassroots struggles for health and justice.

Political Commentary
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The rabble podcast network speaks out on what's happening and what we think of it.

Aw@l
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Peace and social justice discussions from campus radio Waterloo.

 
Social Justice
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The rabble podcast network examines struggles for social justice worldwide.

No One Is Illegal
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No One Is Illegal Radio is part of a worldwide movement of resistance,
fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination
for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. We broadcast live every
month on CKUT 90.3fm, part of grassroots community radio on the island
of Montreal. www.nooneisillegal.org

 
Storytelling
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The rabble podcast network has many a tale to tell. Visit us for stories you won't forget from some of Canada's best storytellers.

The Roaming Ear
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Around the World with a Mike – most people travel with a camera .. Victoria travels with her microphone too. With over 20 years as a radio producer and field recording tech, her ears are well tuned to hear the world in a surprising ways. She doesn’t just present the sound as she hears them. She turns them into documentaries, sound poems and audio portraits of a world alive with sound.

Who Are You?
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An exploration of identity on the edge of tech.

Web and Life
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What's on the web and how it affects you. All that information, here on the rabble podcast network.

Constructing change: the activist toolkit
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Constructing Change is the biweekly-podcast showcasing tools from the Activist Toolkit, interviews with local activists, mini-docs on resistance and more. To be a toolkit beta tester, comment on the show or suggest themes, contact editor@rabble.ca. Go to www.rabble.ca/toolkit for more organizing tools.

The Ruckus
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The Ruckus is an exploration of Canadian music. Anything from old prairie folk songs to the latest underground hip-hop and alt-rock. Your guide, Kevin McGowan, will lead you through monthly episodes of genre-bending Canadiana.

Arts & Culture
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The rabble podcast network brings movies, music and food your mp3 player. Get ready.

Living On Purpose
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Lynn Thompson is the host and producer of "Living on Purpose", a thoughtful, nourishing blend of ideas, conversation and music offered in a spirit of health and well-being. Guests are invited to share their insights and inspirations through how they embrace life's challenges and opportunities.

Prosecast
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Cathi Bond leads some of Harper Collins Canada's authors in discussions about their latest work.

radio book lounge
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Love lit? Tune in to dive between all sorts of covers. Find author interviews, readings, audio reviews, and story-casts for kids and grown-ups. And a few surprises too. Browse the book lounge online at http://www.rabble.ca/lounge.

Reel Women
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Every two weeks Judy and Cathi surprise (and occasionally shock) one another with unexpected cinematic delicacies they've found tucked into the wall at the video hut. Tune in while these two radio sirens talk about intriguing new video releases sliding into home entertainment centres across the country.

Watch me: movie reviews with Cathi Bond
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Tune in as author and arts broadcaster Cathi Bond talks about unusual new releases you can't afford to miss. This is your podcast if you are looking for a cinematic snack that's different than what the rest of the herd is chowing down

 
Environment
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The rabble podcast network offers environmental news to help you shrink that carbon footprint.

If you love this planet
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International guests? Yes. Generation-defining issues? Absolutely. Controversial commentary? You bet. Dr Helen Caldicott hosts If You Love This Planet, broadcast in Australia, US and Canada.

 
Music
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a podcast channel

Archived
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Comeuppance
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Celebrating oral storytelling and all things narrative: wisdom and wonder tales, folktales and legends, myth and mayhem, gossip and news, riddles and lies. Toronto storyteller chris cavanagh brings you tales and storytellers from near and far.

Coolwater4animals
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Raising awareness of animal exploitation in all facets of human society in order to foster the abolition of these cruel established social norms through adoption of a totally compassionate, environmentally responsible, and healthy vegan lifestyle.

Everybody Knows
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The french expression 'entre chien et loup' refers to that moment of the day when the light is such that it is difficult to discern a dog from a wolf. Everybody knows loves the twilight, and craves diverse interpretations of the visions it has to offer. As the vividness of our lives is dependant upon the depth of our ability to imagine it, thank god everybody knows something that will add a bit for everybody.

FierceLight
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An exploration of Spiritual Activism in a time of global crisis: merging the depth of spirit with the power of action. Join award winning media artist Velcrow Ripper and a cast of visionaries on a journey to the frontlines of compassion in action.

Healing the Earth
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Environmental news and interviews with scientists, authors and activists. Matt Soltys explores the scientific, social, and spiritual issues behind western culture's relationship with the natural world, inspiring healthy action, healing, and change. Produced in relationship with CFRU at the University of Guelph. Visit Matt at www.resistanceisfertile.ca.

House of Sound and Story
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Community radio veteran Victoria Fenner explores the role of the arts in community-building and cultural vitality. Featuring artists, activists, and noise-makers from the local and international scene. And ideas to help you explore your own inner artist too!

Off the Hour
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Listen to the best of CKUT Radio's revolutionary news show direct from Montreal.

Online Tools for the 21st Century
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Web 2.0, or social media tools have put the community in charge of content. We can upload photos, videos, bookmarks and even word processing docs and spreadsheets to shared online spaces. We can tag, use RSS feeds and social bookmarking and personal web pages. So many tools, so little time. In this podcast emerging media consultant Wayne MacPhail (http://w8nc.com), boils down the freshest, hottest Web 2.0 apps and tells you about them in less time that it takes to boil an egg.

Pak|Cast
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Join producer Nasir Aziz and host Ethan Casey in a weekly dialogue between Pakistan and the West.

Podcast DIY
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Didn't think you could do a podcast, or don't know how? This is the podcast for you. From the very basics, on, you'll learn all you need to know to create compelling audio on a budget.

Rabble Rumble
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Debate debacles.

Rabblevision
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A collection of short videos created or shared by members of the rpn. This is an experimental video channel. All feedback on its content welcome.

Sizzle
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Follow your ears into the kitchen and relax as your host takes you on an auditory culinary tour. Equal parts ingredients, technique, trivia and chatter (with a few banging pots and sizzling pans), Sizzle is the audio cooking show where you can hear how good it's going to taste!

Speak!
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Speak! is a peace and human rights podcast produced by Journalists for Human Rights at Ryerson University. We talk to activists, grassroots NGO executives and analysts to help make you aware of what's going on in our increasingly globalized community.

The Looking Glass
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The looking glass will engage with key artists, thinkers, theologians, musicians & local and global activists around issues of global justice & Christian spirituality. Hear voices and tunes from around around the world. Listen, pray, act & give - another world is possible! The Looking Glass comes to rabble.ca from the Youth Initiative of The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund of The Anglican Church of Canada.

The Reason
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Produced by radio specialization students in the Graduate Program for Journalism at the University of Western Ontario.

The Shades Within
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Writer Sara Beck reads her fictional account of a Canadian development worker living in post-apartheid South Africa. Each story is an encounter with a landscape, with cultures, a run-in with wildlife, discussions with former freedom fighters, a brush with Mandela, and words from the countless, faceless voices of the struggle against apartheid among them.

The Speakeasy
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Stop by the Speak Easy for smart perspectives on stories both familiar and unheard of. Sometimes silly, often irreverent, a visit to the Speak Easy always makes you think. The Speak Easy is staffed by students in the graduate program in journalism at the University of Western Ontario.

Tim Postgate’s Canadian Jazz Life
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An insider's look at the day-to-day life of Canadian jazz recording artist Tim Posgate. Tune in for honest and passionate reflections on everything from Toronto's jazz scene, full-time parenting, guitars, the music industry and Tim's not-so-secret Canadian passion: hockey! Plus some great music and interviews.