CKUT Podcasts

Preach Ankobia (Kalmunity Vibe Collective)interviews Y Look (North Side Hip Hop ), formerly founder of The Circle which included members such as Kardinal Official, Saukrates and others. Y Look began in hip hop than became interested in human rights and childrens rights in particular then pursued law and now has focused on exploring issues around copyright and licensing for hip hop artists and the...

November 1998 CKUT broadcasts live from IsARt in Montreal. Show is hosted by CKUT's Donald D (then host of the Weekend Groove) and Stephen "ZipLox" Hennessey (Ill Groove Garden). Artists mentioned - Mizery, MEtaphor (Meta-4?) At Random, Shades of Culture, LE, Wiser, OverProof, C4 San Pression. - DJ sets by DJ KAne - (DMC competitor) and Similak. Montreal Massive IV

A discussion of the films Freaks (2019) and Daniel Isn't Real.

Left Unsaid Made in collaboration with CKUT 90.3, recorded in Montreal, and hosted by a couple of scrubs named Eliza Prestley and Magali Christensen, Left Unsaid is a podcast that wanders the realm of 3:00AM chats, life when no one is watching, and thoughts left unsaid. Each month, we explore a topic that falls in the space between things discussed regularly and secrets. Along the way, we hope to...

OG Montreal hip hop head Shah (The Letter Bet gallery, ex-Off The Hook clothing) dropped by All Da Way Live for a great interview. Here's a short clip about hip hop in Montreal in the 90's (and about how great CKUT is). For the full discussion check out ADWL's archives, http://ckut.ca/en/content/all-da-way-live-radio, July 3rd, 2nd hour.

Discussion & review of Swallow, Blood On Her Name, 1BR, & Bliss which all screened at Fantasia Film Festival.

It has been exactly six years since Dr. Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected president, was dismissed from office in a military coup orchestrated by then General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. What are the lessons learned? We invited James Gelvin, Professor of History at UCLA, to analyze the situation. He is the author of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press,...

There was a surge in international media coverage of the notorious North Mara gold mine in Tanzania as Forbidden Stories, an international consortium of 40 journalists publishing in 30 media organizations around the world, rolled out a number of damning articles revealing killings, rapes, intimidation and environmental destruction in the communities surrounding the mine. This story has a direct Ca...

Duha Elmardi and Riyad Almubarak, two Sudanese activists, spoke about Sudan Uprising: The Exhibition with art work, presentations and films was held in June. This is a critical moment in Sudan's history and Amandla fully supports the struggle for freedom and justice. Duha and Riyad also provided news of the bloody turn of events that occurred over the previous weekend. Peaceful protesters in citie...

Discussion & review of some films that played at the first week of Fantasia Film Festival, including Bruce McDonald's Dreamland, The Phantom of Winnipeg, Porno, & Vivarium.

Estelle and Eve discuss their recent brush with alt right violence and what they see as it's full context. Also they discuss Trans Amour - Montreal's only party for trans women and our admirers!

In July 1990 Mohawk Warriors and their supporters began an blockade to stop a group of developers from expanding a golf course onto a piece of land referred to as “The Pines”, a sacred burial ground in Kanehsatà:ke. The resistance expanded to Akwesasne and Kahnawake and then across the country, which lasted throughout the summer. The confrontation with Canada’s Armed Forces and Sûrté du Québec wer...

For today's show, we'll be bringing you a talk given by Jackie Wang at the McGill University on April 4th of this year. Jackie is the author of the book Carceral Capitalism. She is also an essayist, poet, filmaker, community activist and in her free time (if there is any after all that! :)) a PhD student in History.

Today we have another segment in our ongoing history series of Prisoner Justice Day in Canada. This episode features Gene, an ex-prisoner who started doing time before Prisoner Justice Day up to recently. He gives us a look at what he saw and experienced over the decades of PJD in the federal prison system.

Under a new scheme, the World Bank seems intent on dismantling customary land laws in a push to privatize land and ultimately turn it into a commodity for sale to the highest bidder. In Africa, where much of the land is still governed by customary laws, this constitutes an odious and immediate threat to people’s livelihoods, autonomy and culture. Gwen talks to Frederic Mousseau, Policy Director of...

Dumiso Dabengwa died on May 23 and with typical self-effacing modesty leaving little trace of the important role he played in the struggle to free Zimbabwe from the entrenched racist settler regime of Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Ole Gjerstad spoke with Doug about Dumiso's key role as the head of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) security network; his role in 1980 to ensure a peaceful transition...

Featured speakers: Ann, a lifer now on parole for her participation in an underground guerrilla group called Direct Action, as well as an author of a book titled, "Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time for Society's Crimes." We also celebrate June 11th, an international day of solidarity with Marius Mason and long-term anarchist prisoners. Hello to all our faithful listeners and any new ones. I think w...

Cet entretien réalisé par Mouloud Idir avec le politiste algérien Brahim Rouabah (affilié à la CUNY - City University of New-York) présente une perspective décoloniale de la révolte algérienne. L’analyse pose l’importance d’une subjectivation alternative qui soit à même de restituer un regard moins dissonant à l’égard de la pluralité de la société algérienne, mais aussi des modes d’expression popu...

Amandla! - Tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina - 06/05/2019 by promo@ckut.ca

The Friday edition of Off The Hour on CKUT 90.3 FM. This week: Jared Cohen brings you an interview with Julien Feldman on school closures in the English Montreal School Board. Olivia-Jeri speaks with Fo Niemi from the CRARR about sanctions against Montreal police. But first.. Footage from a panel in Ottawa discussing and contextualizing the 1969 criminal code amendments edited by Josh Dimakakos.

Today we have a radio documentary that Virginia made about the new immigration prison that is being built in Laval, Montreal and the growing struggle against it.

Depuis le 22 février dernier, un vaste mouvement populaire et pacifique a pris naissance en Algérie à la suite de l’annonce de la candidature d’Abdelaziz Bouteflika pour un 5e mandat. Ce mouvement, inédit dans l'histoire de l'Algérie indépendante, regroupe toutes les franges de la société et cela sur tout le territoire. Des slogans « Non à un 5e mandat ! » à « Yetnahaw Ga3 ! » ( qu’ils dégagent to...

Entrevue avec le réalisateur Hassane Mézine à l'occasion de la première canadienne - Fanon, hier et aujourd'hui, projeté le mardi 21 mai 2019 à 18h30 à l'espace Ausgang Plaza au 6524 rue St-Hubert à Montréal. évènement co-organisé par les collectifs Lectures Radicales Montréal et Pour une dignité politique. Pour plus d'Informations Évènements Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/237271644634...

Today's show features an interview with Mark Zammit, who spent 14 years inside Canada's federal prison system. Mark talks about the completely inadequate health care given to prisoners and his own trials and tribulations in this area. Second, we air a short piece from Jerry Blassingame, the Executive Director of Soteria Community Development Corporation and Senior Pastor of Soteria Christian Fello...

Amandla’s Gwen Schulman just returned from a trip to Malawi as a follow-up to her first visit in 2008. Doug talks to her about what’s changed, for better or worse.