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Interview with Jaimie Biggar from Canadians for a Progressive Coalition about how to keep the coalition a reality. Keith Golding with his song Golden Cup. You can hear more from him at http://www.themeeting.ca Interview with Kenneth Whyte, the author of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolf Hearst. The Reel Women on Hellboy II Kensington Prairie with Bluebirds 

Wayne MacPhail attends a Hamilton vigil for Teenage Head's Frankie Venom. Frankie Venom died October 16. He was 52.  Part of the panel discussion from Rabble.ca's relaunch party. Speakers include Duncan Cameron, Maude Barlow, Jessica Yee, Murray Dobbin, and Anne Lagace Dowson. Studs Terkel, speaking at Chicago University in 2005. Terkel died October 31, 2008. He was 96.

When the 2010 Olympic Spirit Train stopped in Edmonton, protestors were on the case, and they stole the show. Thanks to CJSR FM88 program RISE UP! for this piece. LAL's tune Self Defense. Susan Nathan is a British Jew who exercised her right of return only to find conditions for Arab-Israeli's akin to those under the apartheid regime. She talks about her book The Other Israel: My Journey Across th...

Which is your least favorite party, and what would they have to do to gain your vote. What Whitehorse has to say. Keith completes the following assignment: compare and contrast the U.S and Canadian election debates. Horreya - Maryem Tollar and Ernie Tollar. Redeye podcast brings us an interview with Ian Angus, the editor of Climate and Capitalism on the political parties, and their platforms when...

Election streeters: How engaged are you in following the campaign? Stephen Lewis has devoted himself in the last few decades to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS infections. Lewis delivered an address in Whitehorse last week (September 15, 2008). Canada's Aboriginal Communities, he said, have higher rates of the disease due to poverty and government neglect. At the end of the address a question came...

Keith's continuing trials at the border, and what he thinks of Sarah Palin, John McCain's new running mate. How do we pick out our favorite organic food... A new study by student Tegan Renner brings a bit of insight from a sample size of 100. The band: Entire Cities. The song: Dancing With My Brother. Reel Women take us back to movies about the 50s. How happy are we that that era is done?

It looks like it just might be more difficult to stop global warming than the public is being led to believe. Those are the findings of a research commentary published in the journal nature this week. The technological challenges are, the authors say, going to be far greater than we've been led to believe. Well, when the rabble podcast network's program redeye got the news, they called up one of t...

In this episode Keith Gottschalk thinks maybe, just maybe, Obama might make a difference. Wayne MacPhail reviews Sprouts, a new way to create Flash content, we hear a bittersweet memory of Kenya from Victoria Fenner and the Reel Women, Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond go "woohoo" for Zodiac. Our music comes from The Creaking Tree String Quartet ( http://www.creakingtree.com/ ) Thanks guys!

Keith wishes the U.S. presidential candidates would be just a little less entertaining. Farai Gonzo is a journalist who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after a warning that her life was in danger. She tells her story to Nicole Rogers. The Radio-Canada Digital Diversity Award went to the documentary "Ghosts Migrate" in 2007. This episode we feature the tale of movement across continents a countries, to...

Interview with IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winning Author Rawi Hage. Three Little Words by the Sunshine Variety Club - myspace.com/sunshine variety club.  Keith is commenting on politics and also swearing a blue streak in honor of George Carlin. Brits Abroad by the Sunshine Variety Club.

Keith Gottchalk is making his home a safe house for ideas. Bob Bossin of Stringband remembers his folk compatriot, U.Utah Phillips. Dr. Henri Morgentaler accepting the award from Outstanding contribution to Humanity from the Canadian Labour Congress. Reel Women on Into the Wild.  The Pivot Legal Society speaks about the recent B.C Supreme Court ruling which will keep the Insite Safe Injection Site...

Keith is waiting for his government stimulus cheque.  Summer's here, but summer isn't the same everywhere. In this audio postcard, a taste of what swimming in glacier fed lakes in the Yukon can offer you. New compilation from DJ Andy WilliamsClifton Joseph - Chant for Monk from Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective - order compilation from ptrmusic.com. Reel women on the Devil and Daniel Johnston...

Pivot Legal Society on the continuing story of the Insight Safe Injection site. Music: Kim Beggs with the song Heartbreak Shoes. Kimbeggs.com Reel women on Lars and The Real Girl. Tikkun Toronto, Harvey's story excerpt Interview with Sadie Jones. Her first novel, Outcast, is on the longlist for the Orange Prize for fiction. Music: Walking down to the Station by Kim Beggs

Keith wishes the U.S. presidential candidates would be just a little less entertaining. Farai Gonzo is a journalist who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after a warning that her life was in danger. She tells her story to Nicole Rogers. The Radio-Canada Digital Diversity Award went to the documentary "Ghosts Migrate" in 2007. This episode we feature the tale of movement across continents a countries, to...

It looks like it just might be more difficult to stop global warming than the public is being led to believe. Those are the findings of a research commentary published in the journal nature this week. The technological challenges are, the authors say, going to be far greater than we've been led to believe. Well, when the rabble podcast network's program redeye got the news, they called up one of t...

In this episode Keith Gottschalk thinks maybe, just maybe, Obama might make a difference. Wayne MacPhail reviews Sprouts, a new way to create Flash content, we hear a bittersweet memory of Kenya from Victoria Fenner and the Reel Women, Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond go "woohoo" for Zodiac. Our music comes from The Creaking Tree String Quartet ( http://www.creakingtree.com/ ) Thanks guys!

This episode we've invited each producer with a podcast on the rabble podcast network to tell us what they think is their best work. Here are some of their picks. A contest to win k.d. lang's newest CD. Tell us what it is called and we will send the first two people who answer her CD. Email us at  rabbleradio@gmail.com Keith Gottschalk reflects on the lead up to Super Tuesday, even though super Tu...

Keith is talking Christmas. The Ravaging Of Africa: African Resistance. Produced by Kirsten Shwartz and Asad Ismi. You can hear the rest of this documentary series at rabble.ca/rpn/afr/ Please consider giving a rabble.ca membership for Christmas - $5 a month ($60 a year) will keep us running smoothly. We need 2000 people to sign up!

Interview with director Oliver Hodge about environmental architecture. Keith Gottschalk talking about why Canada looks so good.  Macabean the Rebel with Tobacco Road. You can check him out at cdbaby.com. Mae Sot is a town on the Thai Burmese border, rabble podcast network's newest show, Everybody Knows, collected some voices at Mae Sot. Online tools, and Reel Women talk about The Weather Undergrou...

Social media browser anyone? Bring all your friends together and blog about it. Whoa. Keith knows they know what he knows. Yikes. John Pilger has covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, and around the world. He's produced over 50 documentaries, and he stopped in at Montreal's CKUT. Here is that interview. Madviolet is the band. Skylight is the song. It all comes from the podsafe music network.

Straight and Narrow, a tune from Deep Dark Woods of Saskatoon. Keith is wondering if left-wing talk show hosts are targets for attack. Author Thomas Pawlick talks about the beginnings of his latest book, The End of Food. Judy and Cathi are talking about a little movie about a little disagreement between good and evil. Wayne's got a new tool - Mogulus.com. Deep Dark Woods sing for us again - the so...

Keith Gottschalk is looking for some help getting some sleep.  The BC Civil Liberties Association's Executive Director Murray Mullard, speaks about why more oversight is needed for both the public's and the police's sake. Music from A Northern Chorus: The Shepherd and the Chauffeur  The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti's Brian Concannon speaks about the current political situation in H...

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Lisa Rundle in conversation with Naomi Klein about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. To hear more and a segment from Klein's new film, tune in to the radio book lounge at www.rabble.ca/rpn/rbl

Victoria Fenner goes to Bangalore, India to follow the work of mosquito hunters. They're on the trail of the insects in order to combat the spread of diseases like malaria. Reel Women Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond take on the sex in John Cameron Mitchel's Shortbus. T. Nile sings us a little song called Something Better Radio Tadamon speaks with the Washington editor of Harper's magazine about his rec...