Midweek - The Radio Show

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Once again, our Midweek team set the bar high for this week’s broadcast with an impressive variety of stories. Reporters and production team members organized an exciting line-up of stories centred around local news, current affairs, arts & culture, and animals. After having done some advanced planning for same-day stories, the team was ahead of schedule and scripts were printed and assembled...

Our Midweek team truly brought their A-game this week for their second broadcast this semester. After a successful first run, their confidence and ambition shone through all the content they produced for a rather informative and entertaining show. The team assembled and had concrete plans to tackle their same-day stories. Before we went on-air, our production team realized that we had an abundance...

With a brand new theme song and team, Midweek returned to the CKCU-FM airwaves this week to kick off its Winter 2026 season. Reporters arrived bright and early in Midweek’s newsroom located at Richcraft Hall and hit the ground running on their same-day stories. Scripts were printed and packaged with minutes to spare before air time, and excitement was high. Our hosts Marley Bradfield and Laura Gil...

It’s a wrap—almost! Our final Midweek of the season walked before it could run. Reporter Zoe Pierce spoke to one of the leaders of a movement movement—”designed walking,” which combines route planning with storytelling, and social interaction. Then, the fallout of a racist act of vandalism at a grocery store in Ottawa’s Chinatown. Midweek’s Colson Swinarchin sat down with the head of the neighbour...

We’ve reached the final third!  Veterans were top of mind and top of show this week.  On Remembrance Day, reporter Matthew Garwolinski visited the Canadian War Museum and host Holly Joth-Smith attended Carleton University’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Both heard stories of family connections, wartime valour, and why we honour the occasion. Zoe Pierce then sat down with the head of Carleton...

We’ve reached the final third!  Veterans were top of mind and top of show this week.   On Remembrance Day, reporter Matthew Garwolinski visited the Canadian War Museum and host Holly Joth-Smith attended Carleton University’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Both heard stories of family connections, wartime valour, and why we honour the occasion. Zoe Pierce then sat down with the head of Carleto...

Is it November already? This week’s production of Midweek began with another update from Alex Scott on Ottawa’s planned $400-million renovation of Landsdowne Place, before it goes to city councillors for a vote on Friday. Host Julie Chadwick spoke to a Carleton University sociology professor to discuss a new draft policy preventing Carleton-affiliated people and organizations from issuing collecti...

Leading the hour, reporter Alex Scott heard the latest on the proposed $400-million upgrades to Lansdowne Park, from one of the residents leading the charge against it. Then, the launch of a new lecture series in honour of Women’s History Month—Allie Cruzado sat down with the head of The Women’s History Project ahead of the inaugural event. Julie Chadwick was at the Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fest th...

Is it time for a break already? In our last show before Fall Reading Week, Midweek’s Holly Joth-Smith opened with a look at Pride Week celebrations at Carleton University. Then, Zoe Pierce sat down with a computer science expert to discuss how and how much artificial intelligence is changing the workforce. Coming out of Thanksgiving weekend, Matthew Garwolinski got the latest from Ottawa’s biggest...

Go, Ravens, Go! More on that later. Entertainment was front and centre this week. Reporter Julie Chadwick sat down with the great-great-great niece of Black publishing trailblazer Mary Ann Shadd Cary, at the launch of an annual lecture series in her honour. Next, Clarisa Gonzalez gave us a look at Ottawa’s newest film festival, Genre Gems, focused on twisting and subverting classic genres. Allison...

Midweek’s second show this term started with a drug awareness seminar at Carleton University—reporter Holly Joth-Smith found out about harm reduction ahead of high-risk situations. Then, Allie Cruzado took us back to yesterday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and how a local Inuk musician is keeping throat-singing alive. Alex Scott scouted out the state of scouting recruitment post-pan...

Hosted By: Alex Scott & Holly Joth-Smith Here we go again! After a summer hiatus, Midweek wasted no time getting back to business. The first show of Fall 2025 kicked off with reporter Zoe Pierce asking some big questions—namely, how much life has there ever been on Earth? Next, a celebration of one of those lives with the renaming of a Kanata skate park: Alex Scott takes us inside the newly-mi...