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Rabble Radio this week was mixed and recorded in a Toyota Yaris on a gravel road. Please be forgiving. Wayne introduces us to ning. Denise Pelley's singing career recently took her to Sudan. Africafiles: The Pulse spoke to her about her experiences there teaching music. You can hear more by logging on to rabble.ca/rpn/afr. For more about Denise Pelley, go to denisepelly.com. Music: Ride Theory wit...

Keith, the new bookstore owner highlights those who hold a candle against the dark. We hear a doc from Green Planet monitor on Grupo Fenix which is bringing Solar energy to Nicaragua. The doc is by Janna Graham.  Our songs are from Woodpigeon's Songbook album. This eclectic collective of Calgerians starts at no less than seven members on any given song and can top out at nearly fourteen collaborat...

Wayne lets us all in on the new plans for the iphone.  Reel Women go head to head over All That Jazz. We have a winner! Well, 35 winners to be exact. They all got tickets to Michael Winterbottom's new film, a Mighty Heart. Why? They all subscribed to our newsletter by sending a note to rabbleradio@gmail.com . You can subscribe too to find out about more contests. A Mighty Heart tells the story of...

The Green Planet Monitor speaks with organic farmers in Bolivia. For more, head to www.rabble.ca/rpn/ecp   The Besnard Lakes sing about Devistation. For more: www.thebesnardlakes.com   Vandana Shiva joined two other luminary activists - Maude Barlow, and Starhawk for a symposium on Women and Water. Wayne's introducing us to igoogle. More from The Besnard Lakes. This is You Lies to Me.

Keith Gottschalk bemoans the loss of spring, and wonders when the U.S. government will do something about global warming. Promo for our feature documentary, Listen to the Land: A Season With the Quinte Organic Farmer's Co-op. Adria Vasil speaks with rabble radio's Charlotte Scott about her new book Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Cana...

Keith Gottschalk has a word of warning for us all. Have you heard the buzz? No? It's because the bees are dying. Are reel women talking to you? They might be. This time, they review Babble. The Acorn, a sextet from Ottawa, bring us Spring Thaw.  Tired of paying through the nose for Adobe Photoshop? Head for picknick.com. Radio Tadamon! has provided this interview excerpt with author Rawi Hage abou...

Keith Gottschalk on Scooter Libby. Writer and artist Paddy Johnson takes us into the art world for a visit to the Canada Gallery. Do Make Say Think with A With Living. Chad Oberg on space and virtual space in Secondlife.  Reel Women have been on the killing floor, via Fast Food Nation that is. No surprise, they've got a review. Do Make Say Think with The Universe!

We hear you, friend. Keith wonders just how he's supposed to make pleasant small-talk while there is a war on.  Chad Van Gaalen can be found at flemisheye.com/chad. The first song we play this episode is called Burn to Ash. On this episode's Reel Women, Judy is back from Kenya with a chip on her shoulder. She and Cathi engage in a little verbal sparring over "The Constant Gardener."  One final son...

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Keith Gottschalk casts a keen eye on the military push toward Iran. Is it for real? Alex Samur speaks to award-winning author and investigative journalist Carol Off about her latest book Bitter Chocolate.  Obijou hail from Branford, Ontario. You can find them at obijou.com, or listen to this song, St. Francis.  Neil McInlay is a speaker, coach, and Buddhist. He tells us how he's got competitive sw...

Keith Gottschalk muses about the inevitable demise of the Bush presidency. Cathi Bond and Judy Rebick fight it out in a cheery little way about this weeks DVDs, Little Miss Sunshine. From the Golden Dogs' latest release Big Eye Little Eye, the song is Construction Worker. Meagan heads to a Lego robotics tournament in Scarborough, Ontario. Wayne's showing us all how to be more organized. Thanks, te...

Jen Moore takes us to the Press Freedom Awards on this episodes installment of Homebrew.  Keith was watching the pre-election frenzy when he recorded his column, and he's got a prediction... is it now true? Music comes to us this episode from Shotgun and Jaybird. First up, a song called Stolen Mini-Van.  DVDiva is trying something a little different this episode. She's bringing in her reel-woman p...

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Keith Gottschalk gets all fired up by US media coverage of the war in Iraq. Wayne interviews Rebekah Shoop about her new NGO for Mayan Guatemalans, Alianza . DVDiva lights one up for her review of Thank You for Smoking... Charlotte presents a new track from Montreal turntablist Kid Koala's new album, Your Mom's Favourite DJ, released last month on Ninja Tune Records . Wayne checks out Google Reade...

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Homebrew takes us to a Kentucky prison where messages from distant relatives reach inmates via the airwaves. It's one of several projects run by appalshop.com. Keith is back from vacation in Canada, and reflecting on all that has occurred since he left. Brad is one guy. One guy who makes songs to put on the internet. And he has one CD. It's called I Don't Know What I'm Doing. The song we're going...

Keith Gottschalk is on the road and checking out Canada wherever he goes! Toronto's Pomegranate are a band of queer women with a conscious klezmer mission. You can check them out at sonicpomegranate.com While he was recently at the Media Giraffe Conference in Amherst, Massachusetts, cohost Wayne MacPhail sat down with Cho and Ilona Meagher, of E Plurbis Media. E Plurbis Media is a citizen journali...

Keith Gottschalk reminds us of the power of peace love and understanding. Cathi Bond, our DVDiva gets happily horrified. Co-host Wayne MacPhail and his wife, Barbara Ledger, share a sound seeing tour of their recent hike thorugh Algonquin Park, close encounter included. Jen Moore brings us a freshly perked Homebrew that looks at the digital divide through the prism of gender.  Harris Newman is a n...

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Keith Gottschalk's been watching the campaign for the Canadian election, and mulling over the non-confidence vote that got us here. Could it ever happen in the United States? It's wine, women and song in the book lounge book segment today, or at least wine. Konrad Ejbich [ http://www.winewriterscircle.ca/members/kejbich.html] talks about his new wine guide "A Pocket Guide to Ontario Wines, Winerie...

No indie media, and no democracy is the order of the day in Haiti, according to Nadine Dominique. She's the daughter of late Haitian journalist Jean Dominique. In this episode of Homebrew, Nadine talks about her country, and what's needed there. http://www.theagronomist.com/index2.html Rabble columnist Keith Gottschalk has a few words to speak about Jean Chretien, and how he underscores the differ...

If I learned anything from this weekend, it's to love the sound of my own voice - uh oh. No, I learned to love the sound of YOUR voices! It's not the most perfect podcast, but it comes from the heart and mind of a Canuck in "paradise" who's had a few too many drinks with a whole bunch of crazy techno-geeks and podcasting-junkies. And I mean that in the BEST WAY! A big shout-out to Julien Smith fro...

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