CKUT Podcasts

Une émission portant sur le processus révolutionnaire en cours en Algérie et différents enjeux de l’heure portés par le mouvement du Hirak dans une perspective décoloniale, panafricaniste et de démocratie pluraliste

On November 12 violence escalated In Gaza after the Israeli army assassinated Islamic Jihad's Baha Abu al-Ata, killing his wife Asma' in the process. Israel followed the assassination with 2 days of air rids on civilians that resulted in the death of 34 Palestinians. The deadliest attack resulted in the death of 8 members of the same family, 5 of them children between the age of 2 and 13. When a c...

South Africa and the world lost an important voice on November 9th. A poet, a journalist, a critical political voice during apartheid, during the transition and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and during the post-apartheid period, right up to a few days ago. South African Sandile Dikeni died of tuberculosis. He was 53.

Since 2015, the Israeli apartheid government openly started to include veganwashing as part of its misinformation efforts. Despite that, Vegan activists remained largely silent and many even became vocal supporters of apartheid. This was particularly obvious in Toronto during a conference organized by Vegans for BDS where many animal rights activists from Toronto attempted to disrupt the event eve...

Projection Mapping is often associated with big scale aesthetics projected on buildings, but beyond the effects, Projection Mapping can be a medium for artistic exploration and conceptual experimentation, and a tool to create projects revolving around social justice issues, community building and storytelling. In this 2-parts interview, we take a closer look at Projection Mapping. In part 1, I tal...

Last March, while Gwen was in Malawi, she had an opportunity to touch base with some of the people running Farm Radio Trust, in the capital Lilongwe. Farm radio uses radio and other information and communications technologies to reach out to farmers with some of the latest thinking on sustainable farming practices and climate change information, and to listen to farmers’ concerns and goals. This c...

Since 2015, the Israeli apartheid government openly started to include veganwashing as part of its misinformation efforts, even claiming that the Israeli occupation army is the ‘most Vegan army in the world”. Despite that, Vegan activists remained largely silent and many even joined in and became vocal supporters of apartheid. To understand why Veganism was so easily co-opted by an oppressive regi...

Entrevue avec Sophie Deraspe, réalisatrice du film Antigone, à l’affiche dès aujourd'hui. Pour les oreilles curieuses, la pièce musicale que vous n’aurez pas pu entendre dans la version balado de cet épisode se retrouve ici : https://open.spotify.com/album/2FUGqKN69k9Nn8Gb7QvfyO Vous pouvez explorer les podcasts d’Anis sur www.lecompagnonsourd.com

Pullitzer prize awardee and art critic Jerry Saltz (New York Mag, Village Voice) speaks with the Tuesday Morning Show ahead of his talk in Montreal.

Montreal based choreographer, dancer, live artists and choreographer Dana Michel stops by to discuss her most recent work Cutlass Spring which was recently at Usine C.

No IHRA is a new campaign that IJV Canada (Independent Jewish Voices Canada) started to urge people to oppose the adoption of a new re-definition of antisemitism that was put forward by IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.) To better understand why this definition is problematic, IJV Canada is hosting, on November 17, a webinar called ‘what’s wrong with the new IHRA re-definition of...

The Palestinian Taybeh Wines and Beers are being blocked from being sold in Canada by the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) and CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) and held in Canadian storage despite getting all the approval documents needed. The LCBO sited the July federal court ruling as the reason. The court ruled that labeling wines made in illegal settlements with a “product of Israe...

On October 10, BDS Quebec held a press conference. BDS Quebec is a Third Party in the ongoing Canadian Federal elections. A 'third party' is a person or an entity that is not a political party, candidate or constituency association, but that engages in political advertising during the elections. As part of BDS Quebec's activities in this election season, was, first, to launch a poster campaign in...

Today we have a panel discussion on prison abolition and climate justice with speakers Robyn Maynard, Cedar, and El Jones, in solidarity with today's Climate Strike. The panel was organized by The Leap.

Canadian federal elections are happening on October 21st. Although there are differences, all Canadian political parties are often called out for not doing enough on the question of Palestine-Israel. Some parties are even accused of full complicity with apartheid. Seeing this discouraging political landscape, it is not surprising that Palestinian activists in Canada are losing patience and wonderi...

In 2017, Dr. David Kattenburg discovered that 2 settlement wines, imported from the occupied Palestinian Territories, are being sold in Canada with the label “products of Israel” on them. Outraged by the find, Dr. Kattenburg took his concerns to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which agreed with his concerns only to backtrack less than 24h later due to political interference. Subsequently, Dr....

On July 29, a federal judge in Canada ruled that wines produced in illegal settlements should not be labeled “Product of Israel”. Justice Anne Mactavish called the labeling “false, misleading and deceptive.” The ruling was part of a court case centered around 2 specific settlement wines sold in Canada under the misleading label. The ruling was seen as a major victory by Palestine-solidarity activi...

Mary Ndlovu on Mugabe - Part 2 by promo@ckut.ca

Pro-V and Widget interview Hip Hop legend Lord Finesse on All Da Way Live Radio , CKUT-fm September 2019

CKUT journalist Mariam Salaymeh interviews the rap god LEGEND Tommy Wright III.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe died at 95 in regal splendor at a luxurious hospital in Singapore on September 6. From the promise of independence in 1980 to 2016, Mary Ndlovu lived in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. She endured the political, economic, and social consequences as well as the brutality of the misrule of Mugabe and ZANU-PF. She talked with Doug about this tragic legacy.

A carbon trading initiative in Uganda has seen thousands of farmers evicted from their land, and a quiltwork of powerful interests that has worked hard to sideline their opposition to the scheme. Gwen talks to Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director at The Oakland Institute, on their recent briefing paper Evicted for Carbon Credits: Norway, Sweden and Finland Displace Ugandan Farmers for Carbon Trading...

CKUT is digitizing our cassette collection. Take a listen to some of the gems we have found. Presented by our archivist Jack. 100% Can Con. For full track listing check out music.ckut.ca

CKUT is digitizing our cassette collection. Take a listen to some of the gems we have found. Presented by our archivist Jack. 100% Can Con. For full track listing check out music.ckut.ca

Hello everyone! Today's show features an interview with Catherine Pelltier, the directrice of Toit d'Abord, an organization that offers affordable housing to federal prisoners transitioning to the real world. She talks about how the program started, what it's mission is, what all happens real time and what she would like to see Toit d'Abord evolve. A really great interview that I am sure everyone...