North by Northwest
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NXNW Podcast May 18, 2013
Soprano Heather Pawsey & dancer Dayna Szyndrowski on their show at the Britannia Mine Museum; Dr Stan Coren with tips on looking after your middle-aged dog; Chef Ted Reader with great grill recipes; and a doc on the musical Cabaret in Nelson.
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NXNW Podcast May 19, 2013
Mezzo-soprano Debi Wong on the Age of Melancholy; another episode of Voices of British Columbia with Robert Budd; and a new play called "A Short History of My Life as a Bear".
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NXNW Podcast May 11, 2013
Comedian Wes Borg and lawyer/performer Danielle Lemon on Brief Encounters, Master Gardener Kim Hammond, spot prawns at False Creek Fishermen's Wharf in Vancouver
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NXNW Podcast May 12, 2013
Young pianist Emma Hoglund and Clyde Mitchell of Lions Gate Sinfonia on Concerto Stars concert, Vickie Jensen on Salt Water Women at Work, koto player Kozue Matsumoto on Chrysanthemums and Maple Leaves Festival
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NXNW Podcast May 4, 2013
Photographer Alex Waterhouse-Hayward on his new exhibition People, Plants and Passion at Duthie Gallery; home renovation expert Jorge Rodrigues one what you need to know before you start digging and planting if you don't want to damage your home.
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NXNW Podcast May 5, 2013
Landscape designer John Brookes, Father Figures filmmakers April Butler and Gillian Hrankowski, and music educator Jeff Weaver on a concert that's "out of this world" for Music Monday.
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NXNW Podcast Apr 27, 2013
Poet Brad Cran on his new book Ink on Paper, the NFB's Jennifer Moss on Hyperlocal Interactives, Nisha Patel on budget summer vacations
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NXNW Podcast Apr 28, 2013
Chef Bill Jones explores the wild world of mushrooms, Ted Phillips celebrates baseball movies, Jennifer Chen takes us to the Homesteaders Emporium for DIY foodies.
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NXNW Podcast April 20/2013
Musician and composer Phil Dwyer on his new line of Seawind saxophones, handbuilt in Qualicum beach; beer columnist Matthew McFarlane on BC-made "saison" brews.
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NXNW Podcast April 21/2013
Tim Willis of the Royal BC Museum on the "intangible" cultural treasures; Canada's "Music Teacher of the Year" Mark Reid of Vancouver Technical Secondary School at the Juno Awards, artist Tiko Kerr from the start of the Sun Run
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NXNW Apr 13, 2013
Curatar Fereshteh Daftari on MOA's Safar/Journey, Shelley Joyce talks to Wendy Fraser of the Bridge River Lillooet News, and three craft distillers putting a BC twist on locally made vodka.
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NXNW Podcast April 14/2013
Ruth Ozeki on her latest novel "A Tale for the Time Being," Bruce Ruddell and Bill Henderson preview their musical "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," and Chris Tyrell Loranger on "Knock Knock," his musical tale of adoption and discovery.
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Podcast April 6, 2013
Roy Henry Vickers and Robert "Lucky" Budd on their new book "Raven Brings the Light," retail futurist Doug Stephens on retail robots, and Marylee Stephenson on the online gallery, Indian Art From the Edge.
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Podcast April 7, 2013
Pharis and Jason Romero on their new album Long Gone Out West Blues, Deborah Goodman tells us moving story of her mother's escape from the Warsaw Ghetto, and SFU Phd Candidate Mark Nazeemi explains how environmental soundscapes could help patients manage
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NXNW Mar 30 2013
"All the Dirt: Reflections on Organic Farming" authors, Jason D'Souza on local dancers at the Times of India Film Awards, Sombrio Freeware founder Dave Watson
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Sunday March 24 Podcast
Meet a Vernon woman knitting a portrait of the late Stompin' Tom Connors. Also, a visit to Tatla Lake as we continue our archival series "Voices of B.C.". And, two Vancouver writers share their experiences as readers for CBC's Canada Writes competition.
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Saturday March 23 Podcast
Hear how to sell your stuff online with Nisha Patel. Learn some bird watching tips from Anne Murray. And, meet some scuba divers in the Kootenays that are not letting winter get in the way of underwater adventure.
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Saturday March 17 Podcast
On the podcast Sheryl's interview with Sandra Djwa the author of Journey With No Maps. Also, a visit to an old movie theatre in Nelson that's getting a new life. And guest host Paolo Pietropaolo checks in with a beer expert about Guinness.
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The Salt Water Brothers
The Salt Water Brothers are a Tsimshian music duo from Hartley Bay who've gone from heavy metal to folk, all while being champions of their culture. They spoke with guest host Betsy Trumpener.
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Mohammed Bardi
Mohammed Bardi is a third year student in the northern medical program in Prince George. He started writing for himself, but soon found he had a thirst for sharing his poetry and performance. He spoke with guest host Betsy Trumpener during some downtime f
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Sarah de Leeuw on storytelling and health care
Sarah de Leeuw is an Assistant Professor in the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. She's pioneered the idea that the creative arts can actually aid with medical science. She spoke with guest host Betsy Trumpener.
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Saturday March 16 Podcast
On a northern B.C. edition of the podcast hosted by Betsy Trumpener, a northern medical student who rhymes and raps, Persian New Year Prince George style, First Nations musicians who once toured with a white supremacist band, and a discussion with writer
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Reza Akbari and Prince George's Persian New Year
Persian New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in Iran, and in Prince George, Persian-Canadians are celebrating in their own style. Reza Akbari is the owner of Shiraz Caf and Restaurant, he spoke with guest host Betsy Trumpener.
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Gardening, raw food, Pauline Johnson and This is Cancer
Actor Bruce Horak takes on the role of cancer in his one man show, master gardener Kerry Zigfried from Victoria, poet Janet Rogers pays tribute to Pauline Johnson and Jen Chen visits a raw vegan cafe kitchen.
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Okanagan Arts Award, Susan Musgrave and singing
Vicky View is this year's winner of the Okanagan Arts Award for Dance, Karla Mundy talks about singing in the choir, and Susan Musgrave's latest novel is Given.
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Jaalen Edenshaw, shopping technology, BC breweries
North by Northwest podcast with Haida carver Jaalen Edenshaw, retail futurist Doug Stephens, beer columnist Matthew McFarlane on far-flung BC breweries
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Hit 'n Strum, Helen Austin, great bike tours
North by Northwest on the movie Hit N' Strum, writing great kids' music, and bicycling touring around the world.
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Chef Bruce, unsual museums, Goh Ballet, suffrage...
Chef Bruce Wood talks about leeks and lamb, the founders and director of the Goh Ballet, Mary Chapman on suffrage literature, Tim Willis from the Royal BC Museum and Desmond Rodenbour who is an emergency services volunteer
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Shelagh Rogers, Oscar nominee and tribute to Harry Aoki
CBC's Shelagh Rogers on Shelf Life, Jim Erikson of Salt Spring who is nominated for an Academy Award for his set decoration on Lincoln, Jan Walls and Judy Hanazawa remember their friend Harry Aoki.
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Poetry, drumming and knitting.
Storma Sire is a poet and aritst in Vancouver, Curtis Andrews is a drummer who plays rhythms from around the world, and knitting entertainers on the rails.
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Rossland Players, Victoria tea master and heart health
Dawn Graham is writing and directing the play to celebrate 60 years of the Rossland Light Opera Players, Daniela Cubelic of Silk Road Tea and Carolyn Thomas has some words for women about heart disease, words of experience.
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Chinese cuisine, Kaslo art show, Smither's fiddler and...
Stephen Wong talks about the changes in BC's Chinese cuisine over decades, Ian Johnston talks about his new installation The Chamber, Reinventing Consumption, fiddler Emilyn Stam is back home in BC for a few shows and Jen Chen takes us to some very busy and creative field houses in Vancouver parks.
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Watercolour, railways and conducting
Sandhu Singh is a water colour artist in Victoria, we hear about building the Grand Trunk Railway in Voices of BC and Arthur Arnold is a conductor with a career that spans the globe and he lives, at least part of the year in Powell River.
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Lumby, Jane Austen and Youtube
The Lumby Museum has struck a kind of jackpot, it's 200 years since Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published and Erik Rutherford publishes an online magazine based on curated Youtube videos
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Theatre props, coffee holders, and the human library
We'll go Behind the Scenes to hear about the magic of props in theatre, hear about an invention pitched to The Dragon's Den by a Vancouver Island soccer parent, and check out two books from the human library, Jamie Mattews and Tad Milmine.
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Chef Bruce, Richard Wagamese, Leslie Hall Pinder, ice...
Chef Bruce Wood talks about stewing and braising, Richard Wagamese's latest novel Indian Horse is a contender in Canada Reads this year, Leslie Hall Pinder weaves fact and fiction in her latest novel Bring Me One of Everything, we hear about ice wine from the head of Summerhill Winery and go Behind the Scenes with Emelia Symmington Fedy.
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Arctic Air, Moose on the Loose and Shelf Life
Pascale Hutton is one of the stars of CBC's Arctic Air, Matt Jackson collects some wild travel stories for his latest collection and award winning author Annabel Lyon takes us to her bookshelf
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Life changing events
TJ Dawe talks about the life changing event that lead to his new one man show Medicine and Birgit Piskor tells of a near-fatal whale encounter that changed her sculptures.
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Dogs in winter, photography around the world and the...
Stanley Coren talks about winterizing our dogs, actor Jackson Davies talks about his book The Beachcombers at 40 and David DuChemin is a Vancouver based photographer who travels the world.
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Suggestions about bubbly, holiday movies and a visit to...
Shelley Boettcher has some suggestions for sparkling wine lover and Edward Philips has a suggestion for a vintage holiday movie you might never have seen. Also we visit a Callanish Christmas party and meet some families who are dealing with loss this season.
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Turkey talk with Chef Bruce and the story behind the...
Chef Bruce Wood has some great side dishes and instructions for brining turkey. Danielle Wilmore talks about Pyrrha jewellery which has become a big hit with the Hollywood set.
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Books and Beer
Lorna Crozier and her new Book of Marvels, suggestions of some great books to read or give from 2012, Susan Ketchen and her latest book for young readers, Grows that Way and Matthew MacFarlane samples some winter ales.
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Quinoa Revolution, F**k Cancer, and author Rachel Hartman
Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming on their new quinoa cookbook, Yael Cohen on her fight against the fallout from cancer, and author Rachel Hartman on her debut novel Seraphina.
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Susin Nielsen and Nature's Path
Susin Nielsen's latest novel The Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen won a Governor General's Literary award, Arjan Stephens of Nature's Path is one of the Top 40 under 40 in the Business in Vancouver list.
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Author Billie Livingston, northern literature at UNBC...
Author Billie Livingston on One Good Hustle, Betsy Trumpener on a local literature course in Prince George and exploring the idea of showrooming with our retail analyst.
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Artist Jeff Molloy and singer/songwriter Meshe
Jeff Molloy talks about his new show The Adventures of Jack Pine opening Dec 6 at the Winchester Gallery in Oak Bay, Victoria. Michelle Dumond talks about music and life.
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NXNW Podcast Nov 24, 2012
David Wong's graphic history "Escape to Gold Mountain." Chef Bruce Wood talks honey. Cheyenne Goh transforms old suits into bags. And potter Danny Kostyshin.
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Chinese history, Chef Bruce on honey, political pottery...
David H.T. Wong talks about his graphic history book Escape to Gold Mountain, Chef Bruce has some great suggestions for cooking with honey, Danny Kosytshin is a Vancouver potter and Cheyenne Goh is an artist from Salt Spring who is deep into menswear.
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Smitten Kitchen, Irish Country Wedding and Spies
Deb Perleman in the Cooking Club with The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and some delicious caramels, Patrick Taylor has another in the bestselling Irish Country Doctor series, and Edward Phillips on the Big Screen with another great film from the past.
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NxNW Podcast Nov. 17
Lisa Baile talks about the legacy of mountaineer John Clarke, and three young classical musicians reunite for a concert in Vancouver, plus much more.
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Shane Peacock Studio One Book Club
Shane Peacock, the author behind the young adult series "the Boy Sherlock Holmes" joined Sheryl for a Studio One Book Club with her 13-year-old co-host Oryssia Ochitwa.
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NxNW Podcast Nov. 18
Legendary actor Antony Holland on his one-man show, and the authors behind Seasonings, a new cookbook about food on the Gulf Islands.
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NXNW Podcast 12/11/17
Wood artist Bradley Messer; young classical musicians Jonathon Lo, Naomi Woo and Jonathan Chan; author Lisa Baile on "John Clarke: Explorer of the Coast Mountains.
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NXNW Nov 18, 2012
Actor Antony Holland, VOBC interview with Minnie Irvin, Seasonings: Flavours of the Southern Gulf Islands
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War memories, Circle Craft show and Cassius Khan and...
Memories of war from Elizabeth Brown, a visit to three artists at the Circle Craft show, a musical conversation with tabla player and singer Cassius Khan and his wife, dancer Amika Kushwaha, and a visit to David Tycho's studio.
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti and Mushboo
Mohammed Hanif talks about his latest novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti and we hear the story behind Mushboo from founder Matt Unger.
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Hidden Lives, Return to Byzantium and choosing dogs
Hidden Lives is a new collection of stories about living with mental illness, Return to Byzantium is a film about artist Lillian Broca and Dr Stanley Coren has some ideas about why we choose the dogs we do.
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MG Vassanji in the Book Club, Chef Bruce on squash and...
The second episode of award winning author MG Vassanji in the Book Club. Chef Bruce shares some great ideas and recipes for squash and a very experienced dog trainer and handler takes us behind the scenes at the dog show.
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Root vegetables and pumpkin beer.
Award winning cook book author Diane Morgan celebrates roots and beer lover Matthew McFarlane imbibes some autumn brews.
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MG Vassanji in the Studio One Book Club
We were delighted to host award winning author MG Vassanji in the Studio One Book Club. His latest novel is The Magic of Saida.
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The Sweet Girl and Vertigo
More from author Annabel Lyon in the Studio One Book Club and Edward Philips on why Vertigo is number one.
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Memories of Bill Miner and swimming with the salmon, and...
Award winning film maker Nettie Wild swims with the Adams River Sockeye for her latest work Uninterrupted. In Voices of BC we hear from a woman who knew, and admired, train robber Bill Miner when she was a child.
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Turkey, Pears, Blood Relative and The Sweet Girl
Chef Bruce talks turkey and pears, Nimisha Mukerji has a new documentary film, author Annabel Lyon in the Bookclub talking about her latest novel.
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Brief Encounters, Eclipse, and Burgess Shale
A shadow puppeteer and an astrophysist join forces on stage, Vancouver businessman Toby Barazzuol on community engagement and Paul Grant and Laurie Dickson take us on horseback back in time.
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Underwear, Rivers Day and Poetry
We'll hear from a Vancouver woman who is helping women around the world by sending underwear, check in on one of the Rivers Day celebrations and hear from poet Janet Rogers, Poet Laureate of Victoria.
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Kale, Coffee and The Graeme Gibson Award
Sharon Hanna and The Book of Kale, Lloyd Bernhardt on how becoming a father changed his course in life in unexpected ways and Andreas Schroeder recognized for his 30 years of work to make a difference for Canadian writers.
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T.J. Dawe, Michael Rinaldi and Rodney Decroo
TJ Dawe amd Michael Rinaldi visit the set of a film based on one of their award winning plays and Rodney Decroo comes out as a poet.
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Funny art, street art, plums, apples and books.
A visit to the Bill Reid Gallery for a new show that is sure to make you laugh, a visit to an alley in Vancouver where students are pasting portraits, Chef Bruce with some great suggestions for plums and apples and Erin Balser with some great suggestions for fall reading.
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Drums, dogs and Antarctic exploration
Dr Stanley Coren deciphers wagging tails, Lauri Lyster and her passion for drumming and Jena Stefan talks about her work at the South Pole.
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Sarah McLachlan, Bal Arneson and Citizen Kane
Sarah McLachlan talks about her passion for music and her music school, Bal Arneson talks about her journey to being the Spice Goddess and Edward Phillips explores the enduring power of Rosebud.
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When Quietness Came, The Taste of Ashes, and attacking...
Erin Hawkes' memoir about her experience with schizophrenia, Sheila Peters new novel set in Smithers and Guatemala and Hilary Doyle on some tips for staying out of student debt.
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Slocan Valley, Taxidermy and The FOG
Author Rita Moir on the history of the Slocan Valley, Rachel Poliquin talks taxidermy in her new book The Breathless Zoo and a group of expereienced Vancouver actors creates an opportunity.
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Joe Average and Cue the Muse
Vancouver artist Joe Average turns to photography for his iconic city images and film maker Jodie Martinson takes us behind the scenes where inspiration strikes.
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Eating and Walking and Singing and Drumming
Chef Bruce talks about figs, Cindy Pawlcyn has a great white gazpacho recipe from her new cookbook, Hal Kalman takes us on a little walk in Vancouver and Cassius Khan talks about Indian classical music.
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VPL writer-in-residence Meredith Quartermain; singer...
NXNW takes you to downtown Vancouver (Meredith Quartermain at the Vancouver Public Library), Clayoquot Sound (Cougar Annie) via Victoria (actor and singer Katrina Kadoski), and Rossland (with the voice of Warren Crowe, brought to you by historian Rob Budd.)
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Singer-songwriter Dominique Fricot, a lesson in...
On this edition of the NXNW podcast meet Dominique Fricot, learn about Beerology from Mirella Amato, meet filmmaker Andrew Lavigne and hear about eating local from Growing Chefs founder Merri Schwartz.
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NXNW Podcast - Sat Aug 11, 2012
Featuring poet Gillian Wigmore, NXNW house doctor Dr Mike Evans and gardening expert Egan Davis.
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NXNW Podcast - Sun Aug 12, 2012
Featuring author Deni Y Bchard, classical guitarist Daniel Bolshoy and The Big Screen with Edward Phillips.
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NXNW Podcast, Aug 4 2012
Featuring the Cloudscape Comics Collective and Chef Bruce Wood of Bruce's Kitchen.
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NXNW podcast Sun Aug 5 2012
Featuring author Katie Smith Milway, filmmaker Gavin Froome and leather artist Lincoln Heller
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Edible gardening, a Salt Spring Castle, and off to...
Senga Lindsay on edible gardening, a visit to a Salt Spring Castle, and a young student set on realizing a dream at a top theatre school in London.
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Gardener Egan Davis and tie dye artist Courtenay Pollock
Egan talks maples and Courtenay tells some stories about how he met up with The Grateful Dead.
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Classic summer reading, potter Denise Jeffrey, and...
Erin Balser sets a summer readin challenge, Denise Jeffrey prepares for a show opening Friday in Burnaby and Ali Kazimi explores one of the dark moments in Canadian history.
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Dinosaurs, strawberries, hazelnuts and perennials
We visit Dr Richard Hebda at the Royal BC Museum, Chef Bruce Wood has recipes for some delicious crepes and salsa and Barbara Rayment talks about her book for northern gardeners.
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The Big Screen, Meals Ahoy and the Java Music Club
Edward Phillips takes a fresh look at Dial M for Murder, Chef Kelly talks about cooking at sea and Kristine Theurer explains the Java Music Club.
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July 8 Podcast
On today's podcast - Our gardener Egan Davis talks about how to tend to your garden after it's been ignored for a bit. Graeme Pole tells us about some great hiking trips that anyone can take part in this summer. And Stanley Coren answers the age old question: What are dogs able to taste?
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July 7 Podcast
In today's podcast hear from Jordan Cash of Cartems Donuterie. Colleen Butler talks about her personal history of brain injury and recovery. And Jason D'Souza takes us to Windermere Secondary, the home of a student run organic garden.
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First timers: novelist. film director, film actor and...
Deryn Collier with her first novel Confined Space, Kyle Rideout and his first film, starring Emily Kozack and Edward Phillips with his first movie review on the show.
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Sushi, art and history
Jason D'Souza introduces us to a sushi chef who is breaking with tradition, Mary Jo Hughes takes us on a tour of the William Kurelek show at the AGGV and another installment of Voices of BC with Robert Budd.
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Lotus Eye, Radio Belly, Tattoos and Valdes Island
Mita Naidu is the founder of Lotus Eye, Buffy Cram is the author of Radio Belly, Willow Yamauchi explores memorial tattoos and Mayaan Asmoucha is a prize winning poet.
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Beer, ballet and fatherhood.
Vern Lambourne of Granville Island Brewing has some beer pairing tips, we visit a very special multi generational ballet class in Mission and author Daniel Griffin on his new collection of short stories
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Drawing, container gardening, East Meets West and Tears...
A conversation about a show at the Campbell River Art Gallery, Egan Davis on caring for plants in containers, Stephanie Yuen and her new cook book and Raminder Sidhu and her first novel.
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The Hammock Residency and discovering family stories of...
Producer Jennifer Chen takes us to the home of The Hammock Residency in Vancouver and author Susan Aihoshi discovers much she never knew about her family in researching her first book.
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Baking bread, a new Emily Carr, and a poker writer...
Byron Fry is carrying on a family baking tradition, Kathryn Bridge reveals a new work from Emily Carr and Owen Laukkanen is having great success with his first novel.
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Behind the scenes, in the kitchen, at the museum and in...
In our Behind the Scenes series we meet the lighting designer, we follow Nelson youth choir Corazon to Cuba, talk to Chef Bruce in his kitchen about honey and edible flowers and go to the Museum of Anthropolgoy to tour a show about artist Doug Cranmer.
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The Shelter episode
Lloyd Kahn on Tiny Homes and playwrite Peter Boychuk on his new play Shelter from the Storm.
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Photo Booth improv, ceramics, and remembering Peter...
Dave Morris on his show at Uno Fest, Photo Booth, artist Samantha Dickie at Fired Up!, a celebration of Peter Loeffler at UBC and a visit to Ikea1
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A Grill Chef, a pianist and a walk to the gold fields
This podcast includes the cooking club with Rob Rainford, a conversation with pianist and teacher Jane Coop and another episode of Voices of BC featuring Guy Lawrence.
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Photos, back stage and a spade called Elvis!
Two family photography shows; Cecil Beaton's portraits of the royal family and Hua Jin's images of her Chinese family. Egan Davis introduces us to Elvis, King of Spades and Emelia Symington Fedy takes us Behind the Scenes to meet long time stage manager Chris Allan.
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Bad mommies, rhubarb, Shirley Valentine and music of the...
Books from Willow Yamauchi and May Wong, Chef Bruce cooks up rhubarb and asparagus, actor Nicola Cavendish ends it with Shirley Valentine and music co-composed by the ocean.
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Mystery Writers, Sugar Shack Chef, Malarky Author
Sheryl MacKay speaks with a couple of BC Mystery writers, Chef Martin Picard, and author Anakana Schofield.
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Cabinet making, sculpture, butter chicken and meadows
Trinita Waller is an artist in East Sooke, Melissa Moure is studying cabinet making on the Sunshine Coast, Bollywood Shenanigans is a comedy troupe in Vancouver and Egan Davis is outstanding in a field.
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Balkan Brass, Body Parts and Roller Derby.
The story of falling in love with Balkan Brass music, a new book about our relationship with various bits of our bodies and a peek behind the scenes of roller derby.
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The Roller Coaster and the Loom
Writer Naomi Beth Wakan on aging and artist Jaquetta Nesbit on weaving.
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Authors Yasuko Thanh and Richard Wagamese
Yasuko Thanh talks about her short story collection Floating Like the Dead and Richard Wagamese talks about his latest novel Indian Horse.
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Karen Armstrong in the Studio One Book Club
Author and scholar Karen Armstrong thinks compassion might just save the world. Her latest book 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life lays a ground work to get us started on the road.
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Compassion, wood turning and the Titanic
Karen Armstrong and the Charter for Compassion, master wood artist Jason Marlow and author Julie Lawson with Ghosts of the Titanic.
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Haida language, mixed race health, and food.
This podcast includes a visit to a new exhibit on the Haida language at the Bill Reid Gallery, a documentary in the making about a special health challenge for some people with mixed ethnicity, plus a visit to Farmhouse Natural Cheeses in Agassiz and a visit with the Looneyspoons cookbook creators Janet and Greta Podleski.
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Saving elephants and walking across the continent.
Dag Goering and Maria Coffey are world travellers and travel guides who want to help make like better for elephants. Susan Smith-Josephy tells part of the story of Lillian Alling.
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Eva Stachniak and The Winter Palace in the Studio One...
Eva Stachniak's latest novel, The Winter Palace, has been getting rave reviews! It tells the story of the early years of Catherine the Great of Russia in a wonderful combination of historical fact and Eva's imaginings about the court intrique of the time!
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Italians in BC, paintings in the forest and voices from...
A conversation with author Lynne Bowen about he book Whoever Gives Us Bread, a visit to the Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George to talk to Annerose Georgeson about her show Field Notes and another in our Voices of BC Series,this time Cecilia Bullen.
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An Irish feast, a Russian court, and opera magic!
Chef Bruce has some suggestions for an Irish feast, Parvin Mirhady makes magic at Vancouver Opera and author Eva Stachniak visits the Studio One Book Club with The Winter Palace.
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Inspiration!
Sonny Shams has taken up opera with a passion, Emma Swan has turned her passion for peace making to creating a library in Palestine and Linda Ohama has been deeply inspired by the people she's met through her Cloth Letters project for Japan.
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Stolen Memories, 1st Nations Dance & Big World Band.
Kagan Goh and his new film Stolen Memories. Dancer Margaret Grenier talks about the Coastal First Nations dance festival. And Farshid Samandari on The Big World Band.
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Nettles, Marmalade, Shostakovich and Memoir
Chef Bruce has his way with nettles and marmalade! A young Powell River trio takes on Shostakovich and Madeline Sonik is one of the nominees for the Charles Taylor Literary Non Fiction award for her memoir Afflictions and Departures.
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Stories, poems, ceramics and history
Ceramics artist Mariko McCrae combines story and clay, Poet Harold Rhenisch pays tribute to his mentor, a visit to the community library in Bella Bella and another in the Voices of BC series, this time the very early history of Lumby.
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Poet Harold Rhenisch
Poet Harold Rhenisch's latest collection is called "Spoken World."
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Podcast February 11 and 12
Naramata author Bernadette McDonald talks about her book Freedom Climbers, Dan Mangan shares his thoughts on Juno nominations, while Kelowna artist Julia Trops describes her latest project, Venus is Rising.
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Julia Trops
Kelowna artist Julia Trops is working on a project that will take her to Italy in the early summer...as part of a residency program with the Bau Institute, in Otranto, Italy.
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Writing about and with the help of the BC landscape
Keith Powell's first historical fiction is In the Shadow of Fisher Peak. Jordan Scott and Stepehn Collis have collaborated with nature for Decomp.
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Metal Art, Viral Docs and Behind the Scenes
Donovan Hough is one of the winners of this year's Circle Craft Scholarships for his metal art, Dr Mike Evans has gone viral with his video titled 23 and 1/2 hours and we go behind the scenes at the Great Northern Way Scene Shop.
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Oats, Poets and Painters
Chef Bruce Wood has some great oat ideas, artist David Alexander and The Shape of Place at the Kelowna Art Gallery and Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah.
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Inspiration and imagination
Two of the extras involved in the movie The Grey shot in Smithers talk about their experience on the set, John Izzo talks about his new book Stepping Up and Heidi Cave talks about how her life changed in a moment.
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Roy Henry Vickers
Artist and story teller Roy Henry Vickers talks about how art and stories have informed his life and describes some of his most influential guides along the way.
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Wine, Cave Art and Inspiration
Andrew Dornenberg and Karen Page on The Food Lovers Guide to Wine, Genevieve von Petzinger on her Ice Age art research and artist and story teller Roy Henry Vickers speaking from on the heart about art, life and inspiration.
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In the museum and in the wild
Carol Mayer of the MOA takes us to the world's biggest collection of Chinese opera costumes and Wade Davis takes us to The Sacred Headwaters in BC
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Surviving the Titanic and Odd Bits
Sarah Ellis talks about her book for young readers which tells the Titanic story from the point of view of a young passenger and chef and author Jennifer McLagan on Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal.
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Chef Bruce Wood - Christmas Side Dishes
What to serve with the turkey? I don't know about you, but I find the turkey the easy part. It's all the side dishes that can get a bit daunting. Timing them just right especially. With that in mind I had a chat with North by North West's resident chef, Bruce Wood, from Bruce's Kitchen on Salt Spring Island. He's talking Christmas side dishes and he started off with a very simple braised cabbage.
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Michael Kusugak
Michael Kusugak is an award winning author of books for children and a much loved storyteller. He grew up in what is now Nunavut but has recently moved to Vancouver Island. As soon as Michael sat down in the studio for our conversation he began to tell a story about when he was a little boy and would pester his grandmother to tell him stories!
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Harmonies, books and voices from the past.
A visit from The Gentlemen of Fortune barbershop chorus, suggestions of books for gifts from two BC booksellers and on Voices of BC the voice of Sperry Cline.
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Trifle, duct tape and broken knuckles!
Anna Olson whips up a delicious trifle from her new cook book,guitar player Don Alder wins big in the UK and DW Wilson on his debut short story collection.
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From soup to dance
At long last the cook book from Cow Bay Cafe in Prince Rupert, a collection of poems about the experience of having cancer, a team finishes Chuck Davis's massive history of Vancouver and a place to just dance.
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Linwood Barclay in the Studio One Book Club
Linwood Barclay is a best selling author thrillers. His latest is The Accident. He was a recent guest in the book club.
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Fruitcake, Earthquakes and Murder!
Chef Bruce Wood has some suggestions for fruitcakes and puddings for Christmas, we'll go behind the scenes at the Museum of Anthropology and into the Studio One Book Club with bestselling author Linwood Barclay.
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Harp Guitar, Ukulele and Baseball.
George Bowering on his latest book Diamond Alphabet, a Lions fan drops by to strum and sing a song celebrating the team in the Grey Cup and fingerstyle guitar champion Don Alder brings in his harp guitar.
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The long and the short of it.
Author Patrick Dewitt, winner of the GG fiction prize and the Writer's Trust award. Gayla Reid and her latest novel Come From Afar. A visit to Babylon Buttons in Vancouver.
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Circle Craft and VICO
The Circle Craft Fair is on again in Vancouver, and the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra celebrates 10 years of music from around the world.
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Adam Gopnik in the CBC Studio One Book Club
Award winning author and long time writer for the New Yorker, Adam Gopnik is this year's Massey Lecturer. His topic is Winter. This is our Studio One Book Club session with him. My co host is documentary maker and radio host Paolo Pietropaolo.
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Violins and Storytelling.
Timothy Chooi is a very talented young violinist from Victoria, Janet Romain is a first time author from Fort Fraser and Daniel Kalla is a best selling writer and emergency room doctor in Vancouver.
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Filmmakers, a forgotten painter and a literary cookbook
Ippiksaut Friesen has won two awards already for her grad project film from Emily Carr University, Desiree Lim's film tells the story of a former investment banker and four ghosts, Seasonings is a cookbook with a difference from the Kootenays and Mildred Valley Thornton is remembered for her fine art work in a new biography.
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Winter, kerosene and documentary
Adam Gopnik on winter, Jamella Hagen's poetry and a documentary titled the Squaw Hall Project: Remembering Community.
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Sleuths, sand blasting and short stories.
The librarian sleuths with more of your lost childhood books,artist Chris Paul sandblasts cedar and Zsuzsi Gartner is short listed for the Giller for her collection of short stories.
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Loving libraries and trees!
Writers Peter Levitt and Charlotte Gill talk about life changing experiences. His happened in a library, hers in the back woods.
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A Green Dress and a Medical Meltdown
A Green Dress is the title of an exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology and Most of Me is a memoir from Robyn Levy.
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Made to measure and found art
JJ Lee has written a memoir titled The Measure of Man: The Story of a Father, a Son and a Suit.
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Short films, shadows and pickup trucks
A peek behind the scenes at the folks who choose the short films at VIFF, a Book Club conversation with author Erin Bow and a visit with award winning country music performer Dean Brody.
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NXNW September 18, 2011
Vancouver Kids author Lesley McKnight, Prince George furniture designer Shawn Place, and author Mel Atkey talks about his book, "Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre"
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NXNW September 17, 2011
Chef Bruce Wood on preserves, interview with Chin Injeti, Voices of BC featuring Lillian Collier
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Jam, Pots and Toads.
It's official, BC's Trisha Gagnon makes the best raspberry jam in the world! Mary Fox is a champion potter! And in the Book Club with Sarah Salway and William Gibson.
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Studio One Book Club with Sarah Salway and William Gibson
This is part two of the book club.featuring UK writer Sarah Salway and co-host, author William Gibson.
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Life works
A tribute to Dick Dickens of Kamloops, a man who made a whole lot of difference to the community. Sam S Mullins explains about how a tinfoil dinosaur changed his life and Peter Levitt talks about his role in publishing a huge, historical Buddhist text.
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Sarah Salway and William Gibson in the Bookclub
British author Sarah Salway is a favourite of author William Gibson so we invited him to co-host our book club session with her.
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Pushing the boundaries
Margaret Evans is a photographer, writer and documentary maker who welcomes a challenge, Chef Bruce Wood experiments with delicious results at Bruce's Kitchen and author Sarah Salway plays with the novel form. She's in the book club along with author William Gibson as co-host.
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Tashme and Venice
The Tashme Project is a play in the making based on memories from Japanese Canadians who were interned as children in WW2. The Midwife of Venice is a new book from author Roberta Rich.
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Blue Light and Oxygen Art
Timothy Taylor's latest novel is The Blue Light Project. High school students in Nelson get a chance to mount a professional art show.
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Mohave and not the desert!
Paolo Pietropaolo guest hosts NXNW
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Madness, genius and piano.
On this episode of the NXNW podcast, we meet actor Victoria Maxwell in a documentary on madness & genius by Pamela Post; and piano-pop songstress Nicole Byblow drops by the NXNW studio.
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Mojave (the band, not the desert)
On this episode of the NXNW podcast, graphic novel artist David Lester on his new book, plus we meet the band Mojave.
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Madness, genius & piano pop
On this episode of the NXNW podcast, we meet actor Victoria Maxwell in a documentary on madness & genius by Pamela Post; and piano-pop songstress Nicole Byblow drops by the NXNW studio.
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Hot Metal and Chuck Steak
Don Mabee aka Chuck Steak is an artist in Nakusp. Jake James is a blacksmith and artist in Metchosin.
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Chocolate and Gardening
James Heavy takes us on a tour of his Beanpod Chocolate Cafe in Fernie. Gardener Egan Davis has suggestions for focal points in your garden.
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Hiking the Rockies, Women in Chinstraps and a First Art...
Graeme Pole is author of Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, Sheila Norgate is an artist and performer with a very funny and pointed one woman show and Rebecca Davies is an artist celebrating her first show.
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Lisa See in the Studio One Book Club
Best selling author Lisa See in conversation.
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Hot Metal
Jake James is a blacksmith and metal sculptor in Metchosin.
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Rick Cepella, Stinking Fish and the Lute
Artist Rick Cepella on his paintings, Ray Nurse on his lute and visits to three artists studios on the Stinking Fish tour in Sooke and Metchosin.
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Lisa See in the Book Club and a trip to the Sooke Fine...
Author Lisa See in the Studio One Book Club and a visit to a few of the artists with work at the Sooke Fine Art Show.
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Lisa See in the Book Club and Sooke Fine Arts Show
Best selling author Lisa See is in the Studio One Book Club talking about her novels. We visit the Sooke Fine Art Show to meet three of the artists there.
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Falling for the harp, Adventures in the far north and...
Harpist Roger Helfrick. Author Keith Billington and director Rachel Ditor.
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Celebrating libraries, song and Said the Whale.
Dave Obee has written The Library Book all about the history of BC libraries, Said the Whale is in a new documentary titled Winning America and in Powell River a choir expresses the spirit of community.
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Strawberries and Architecture
Chef Bruce Wood offers some delicious suggestions for serving strawberries and award winning architect Bing Thom talks about big ideas and small details.
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Medusa and Librarian Sleuths.
Composer Kristopher Fulton talks about his composition Medusa which helped the Vancouver Canatata Singers win big this year and our librarian sleuths are back with more of your lost childhood books!
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Song and dance from Bollywood to Canada
Jarrett Martineau talks about rpm.fm a new site for Indigenous Music Culture and international star Shiamak Davar talks about dance, choreography, music, art, life and spirituality.
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Ann Mortifee; In Love With the Mystery
A conversation with Ann Mortifee and also a true story from a Canadian War Bride
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Gardening with scent, hiking the Gulf Islands and an...
Vipin Kapoor is an artist in the show From the Land of Five Rivers at the Surrey Art Gallery, Charles Kahn really did write the book on hiking the Gulf Islands, NXNW gardener Egan Davis has tips on scented gardening.
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Life long passions for painting, writing and cooking.
John Koerner marks 60 years of painting, Paul Yee writes about Chinese railway labourers and Chef Bruce Wood cooks up delicious salmon and spot prawns.
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Memoirs: funny and terrifying.
Carmen Aquirre's memoir Something Fierce tells of her childhood in a revolutionary family, Bob Foulkes' book Adventures with Knives explores his time as a senior student in cooking school and humorist David Crawford tells about his encounter with a bathtub and a family pet.
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A Father's Day themed podcast from NXNW
On this edition of the NXNW podcast, a look at a new literary anthology called Fathers compiled and published by Vancouver's Andre Gerard. Plus, author John Schreiber looks at the ways our fathers and mothers used to live in his new book "Old Lives - in the Chilcotin Backcountry". Then guest-host Paolo Pietropaolo pays a visit to the studio of glass-blowing artist Jeff Burnette, and finally, Anu Sahota has a report from the Bloody Words Festival of mystery and crime writing.
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Filmmaker Scott Smith; Pamela Post's ukelele doc; a...
This episode of the NXNW podcast is a virtual journey to Haida Gwaii through photography, film, words and music. First a look at a new book about the Haida canoe tradition called The Everything Canoe with its editors and compilers, Heather Ramsay and Kwiaahwah Jones. Then filmmaker Scott Smith talks about his short film, Looking Around Without Blinking – it’s part of the National Parks Project and it’s a beautiful film about Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage site on Haida...
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Dancer Colleen Lanki on bringing japanese classical...
On this episode of the NXNW podcast, hip-hop chanteuse Kinnie Starr talks about the new aboriginal arts collective, Beat Nation Live; Electronic music artist Sunnyboy Jazz aka Wilson Padmos on his musical love letter to Vancouver, "Vancouverism", and on not letting brain cancer slow down his musical efforts; and dancer Colleen Lanki shares her passion for Japanese classical dance.
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Author Grant Lawrence on his book, Adventures in...
Today on the podcast, CBC Radio 3 personality, author and raconteur Grant Lawrence joins me for a chat about his very entertaining book, Adventures in Solitude: What Not to wear to a Nude Potluck and other stories from Desolation Sound. And, filmmaker Amy Bohigian visits the NXNW studio to tell me about her new film, Conceiving Family, which follows the adoption journey of 5 same-sex couples in BC – it’s a very heartwarming, moving and intimate documentary.
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YVR art scholarship winner, a poet and a gardener
Cody LeCoy is a winner of the YVR art Scholarship. Poet Adam Pottle's latest release is called Beautiful Mutants. And gardener Egan Davis answers listener questions.
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An art show about the Land of 5 Rivers, Alison Ward’s...
An art show about the Land of 5 Rivers, Alison Ward’s play Quarter Life Crisis and Madeline Thien’s new book Dogs at the Perimeter
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Japanese cooking, gardening and northern health care.
Meet some of the people behind the cookbook Home Away From Home featuring many easy and delicious recipes for Japanese home cooking. Hear about a book that celebrates a whole range of health care workers in the northern half of BC. Join the fun in the Studio One Book Club where we talk gardening and blogging.
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Science and art come together at a forestry conference...
Meet artists Claire Kujundzic who has been invited to show her work at a science conference in Spain and James Harry who is one of the winners of a YVr scholarship. Hear a new perspective on a famous crime in BC's past on Voices of BC.
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Honouring our Elders and Potting Frogs
An on going portrait project at Smithers Secondary celebrates community elders. A Salt Spring Island potter celebrates frogs, dogs, moose and mice in her work.
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Running with the wolves and adding to the Canadian...
Alan Twigg and Mark Forsythe suggest a list of 10 BC books that can help readers understand this place. John and Mary Theberge are wildlife biologists who have spent their careers working in the wilds with wolves.
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Contemporary adventures in northern BC and pioneer...
Tor Forsberg has written a compelling memoir about her years in a remote part of northern BC in North of Iskut and Robert Budd brings us the story of Mary Baker on Voices of BC.
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