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#3 - Call it like you see it

| September 18, 2005
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(00:00 - 01:18) Welcome to Rabble Radio's third podcast, featuring podcast productions from Canada and beyond. This is your podcast, we're just bringing it to you.

(01:19 - 05:50) Homebrew with Jennifer Moore, a heady concoction of counterculture and do it yourself democracy. Adrian Harewood is right at home in community radio. He's also no stranger to public broadcasting, having hosted CBC programs like Counterspin, The Current, and As It Happens. He's got some ideas about information and the way it all affects the media-guzzling public mind.

(06:00 - 09:59) Keith Gottschalk is out speaking to the masses in this Report from the States. He calls it like he sees it. This time, that includes giving them a peace of his mind about the unnecessary use of fossil fuels, audience reaction be darned.

(09:10 - 13:30) I Lost the Moon - soundseeing tour. Far from city lights, at kilometer 30 in Algonquin Park is Mew Lake. Wayne MacPhail stopped by the beach to attend a stellar gathering - the Toronto branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's star party. For more information or to join their next star search, click on http://toronto.rasc.ca/

(13:40 - 14:54) Animal rights aren't always for Auntie. But this week's question might just be a PETA peeve.

(18:50 - 12:48) All the way from Halifax, meet hiphop artist Jesse Dangerously. With a brainy, bratty vibe, Jesse's a force in the Haligonian hiphop scene. For himself, he chooses to listen to hip hop of the late 80's, but he's got his own sound, and here it is. This is "Conspiracy Is Us."

(18:50 - 24:48) In this weeks episode of "The Politics of Meaning", Velcrow Ripper culls interviews from his feature documentary Scared Sacred to look at forgiveness. He takes us on a journey to the Middle East to meet three remarkable Palestinians and Israelis, who have each had children killed in the long and painful conflict. Incredibly, they have chosen reconciliation over vengeance. All three are members of the Bereaved Parents Circle, an activist group working in the embattled holy land towards peace, dialogue and mutual understanding.

(24:58 - 30:05) Lisa Rundle has been out rounding up the authors again. This episode, she hooks up with poet Margaret Christakos, who's latest offering, Sooner is published by Coach House Books.

(30:15 - 33:40)Wanna win something? The Prize Queen wants you to combine two Great Canadian Novel titles to create one awesome Canadian book. Give her a big laugh and she'll give you a big t-shirt.

(35:07 - 40:00) Jesse Dangerously is a prolific performer and producer. He has three solo releases to his name, and raps the city in rhyme every Friday night, hosting Pavement on CKDU. He has also toured Eastern Canada, played at the Wavelength festival in Toronto, and at the Under Pressure Graffiti Festival in Montreal. A fourth cd is in the works. You can also look for Jesse's podcast on rabble's podcast network which will launch October 18. Right now, Jesse's about to deliver a number titled "Irrevolutionaries."