CKUT Podcasts

This show has an interview with Rustbelt Abolition Radio about electronic incarceration. Very scary stuff that everyone should be concerned about. Also, there is another opinion piece from Gene, coordinator of the Prison Radio Show. He talks about some of the difficulties that long term prisoners may face when they get out.

This show we present an interview with Clementine Morgan about psychiatric incarceration, followed by an opinion piece by Gene. Finally we will re air the rest of the interview we did with folks from the Perilous Chronicles which due to technical difficulties we were unable to air on our February show.

Welcome to the Prison Radio Show. Today's show will have a piece about homelessness as pertains to prisoners inside and when they are released to the community. We'll also hear a news commentary from Muti Ajamu-Osagboro, a prisoner in Pennsylvania. Finally we share an audio recording from 2011 by Les Filles Electrique featuring women from inside Tanguay and Joliette prisons.

The Shadow of Gold The newly released documentary The Shadow of Gold explores the ugly underbelly of one of the world’s most beloved metals. Amandla’s Gwen Schulman speaks with one of the documentary’s writers, Allen Booth, in the lead-up to its screening in cities across Canada. Screenings will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q+A* World Premiere, Toronto: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinem...

Tuesday Morning After's Discussion with Suzanne Ciani, a composer and pioneer in sound design, responsible for some of the most universally recognizable sounds in advertisement and media in the late 20th century. Tune in Tuesday's 7am-9am, and read our full article on Suzanne Ciani here: https://ckut.ca/en/content/diva-diode-suzanne-ciani-synth-pioneer

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Papi, ex-prisoner, speaks on years in Canadian prisons. Contributor: Prison Radio CKUT [Contact Contributor] Summary: Papi, an ex-prisoner, speaks about his life experiences in the Canadian penitentiary system in the eighties and nineties

British-Columbia based mining company Nevsun Resources has been accused of using forced labour at its Bisha mine in Eritrea. Three Eritrean refugees in Canada have been struggling to bring the company before a Canadian court to answer the charge. But each step of the way Nevsun has pushed back, arguing Canada has no jurisdiction and the case should be heart in an Eritrean court. Gwen talked to Daw...

Since December 19, 2018, protests in Sudan that started with chants of "Freedom, Peace, Justice" have escalated demanding the removal of Omar El Bashir. After 30 years in power, he remains defiant and the authorities' crackdown on demonstrators have fuelled the anger. Are we witnessing a Sudanese Spring? Khaled Medani, Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies and the Chair of African Stu...

The Black Student Network of McGill (BSN) took over CKUT on Friday, February 1st to host Black Talk, 12 hours of Afrocentric special programming to kick off Black History Month. The broadcast was a success and included frank discussions among black youth on topics ranging from decolonization and reparations to the politics of representation and stan Twitter, to dating while black.

Katherine Pansera interviews Nicole Mitchell during her visit to Montreal for Suoni Per Il Popolo festival back in June 2018.

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Papi, ex-prisoner; Gene, coordinator for the Prison Radio Show; Angela Davis, acclaimed human rights activist. Summary: Papi, who spent years in Canadian prisons, talks about life in those prisons during the 70's and 80's. Gene, coordinator for PRS in Montreal, speaks about his experiences getting his drivers license after 28 years inside. Angela Davis, a worldwide...

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Helen Hudson -- member of the Certain Days collective; Bill Van Driel - member of Solidarity Across Borders. Summary: The event was co-organized by the Certain Days Collective and The Caring for Social Justice collective. Today we’ll be airing the recording of the launch of theThe Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educ...

Doug and Jock Mackay reviewed Joan’s book in January and had the good fortune to meet Joan in person near her retirement home in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview, she explains how she came to love African cuisine in all its diversity and how food relates to modern colonialism which keeps Africa poor and downtrodden.

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Justin Piche. Professor of Criminology at Ottawa U.; Emily Hill, who works for Aboriginal Legal Services in Toronto. Contributor: Prison Radio CKUT [Contact Contributor] Summary: Justin Piche will talk about Trudeau announcement that his government will end solitary confinement in Canada. I will believe it when I see it. Also, Emily Hill will delve into the Ewert Su...

Nine communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo push back against a centry-old system of oil palm plantation exploitation—with an important Canadian connection—that has left them hamstrung and poor on their own land. Gwen talks to Devlin Kuyek of GRAIN, an organization lending critical support to the struggle.

The role of China in Africa and the often hyper-inflated concerns raised by western commentators was examined in four different sites on the web. Quartz Africa Weekly Brief (https://qz.com/emails/africa-weekly-brief/) comes out of a business perspective, but has become a go-to source for current affairs and critical analysis. That led to The China in Africa Podcast out of South Africa (https://chi...

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Dr. Karen Gedney; author, public speaker and internal medicine specialist. Contributor: Prison Radio CKUT [Contact Contributor] Summary: Dr. Karen Gedney is an author, motivational speaker, internal medicine specialist, sits on medical boards, is active in her community in early crime prevention and in prison reform. She is here today to discuss her debut book "30 Y...

De passage à Montréal dans le cadre de sa tournée en Amérique du Nord, Ousmane Sonko, le président du Pastef Patriotes du Sénégal et candidat aux éléctions présidentielles 2019 donne une entrevue à Amandla!. Il nous parle de son programme politique et de la nécessité de compléter les luttes de souveraineté des indépendances afin de sortir des logiques tutélaires sur le plan politique et économique...

Dans la foulée des invasions américaines en Afghanistan et en Irak, le Département de la Défense des États-Unis lance, en novembre 2008, le Commandement des États-Unis pour l'Afrique. Connu sous le nom d'AFRICOM, le commandement vise, sous le prétexte de la guerre au terrorisme, à quadriller militairement les ressources géostratégiques du continent. En 2011 l'AFRICOM, avec l'appui de la France et...

On Remembrance Day it is important to honour the men and women who served and suffered, but it is essential to reflect on the root causes of war and all the victims of all wars. The war for Zimbabwe independence is a case in point. Doug gave a brief historical background and presented the coverage by the excellent investigative journalists at Ricochet.media who thoroughly researched how serving me...

Featured Speakers/Commentators: From Rap Battles for Social Justice (RB4SJ); Freestyle Rap from in prison. Contributor: Prison Radio CKUT [Contact Contributor] Summary: Thanks to Maud from RB4SJ, we were able to air a freestyle rap show from prison with the words chosen by the prisoners themselves. Unfortunately, our main interview with Dr. Karen Gedney was not able to air due to technical difficu...

Veena Gokhale, “an immigrant, shape shifter, started her career as a journalist in Bombay…. After immigrating to Canada, she worked for non-profits. Land for Fatimah is partly inspired by the two years she spent working in Tanzania.” Now based in Montreal, Veena has crafted an novel which provides a very human insight into the situation facing landless and dispossessed people and the dilemmas faci...

One of the hallmark experiences of Indigenous populations around the world is territorial dispossession. For the Maasai of northern Tanzania, the story is no different. The combined forces of government, business and conservation groups have cut deeply into the Maasai’s way of life, resources and, indeed, survival. But they have fought back at every turn, and recently scored an important victory i...

Rencontre avec Laurie Vallée-Dallaire: Doula, Éducatrice en psychologie périnatale et assistante en maison de naissance, elle a consacré sa vie à l'univers passionant de la naissance des humains. On jase avec elle de méthodes alternatives pour accoucher, de violence obstetricale, et de toutes sortes de choses passionantes. Ses pages: Instagram @laurie.doula Fb: Laurie Vallée Dallaire,Accompagnante...

Featured Speakers/Commentators: Max Siegelbaum, an independent journalist who co-founded the website Documented; Helen, from The Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. Contributor: Prison Radio CKUT [Contact Contributor] Summary: The website that Max Siegelbaum co-founded focuses on issues facing immigrants in New York City. A couple weeks ago Max broke a story about the Canadian P...