Radio Free Kaslo — with host RG Morse

On today's show, a follow-up on the recent South Beach meeting hosted by Anne Malik , apple juicing the old-fashioned way at Vimy Park, courtesy of the Kaslo Food Hub , and Chapter Two of The Man Who Became a Dog . Enjoy — and Happy Thanksgiving!

On today's show, host Randy Morse wonders why local governments in small towns so often seem to lack any sort of animating vision for the future of their communities. He plays some outtakes from this week's disastrous speeches by U.S. defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump to a stony-faced and silent crowd of 800 of America's top military leaders, and shares the first chapt...

Tech can be wonderful, right? For example, Apple's new AirPods, when enabled by an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence (Apple's AI), have a feature called Live Translation — and that's just what they deliver. Wonder what on earth that taxi driver in Paris is saying to you? Not if you have these new AirPods in your ears! Inspired by an article about this clearly positive new tech...

On today's show, Anne Malik discusses details of her fresh new proposal for Kaslo's South Beach area. Be sure to attend the Open House, hosted by Radio Free Kaslo host Randy Morse ,  on Sunday, September 28, at St. Andrew's United Church's Heritage Hall, at 7 PM. Anne will present her vision for a fair and reasonable future for South Beach, and field questions & comments fr...

On today's show, thoughts on America in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder , the vendor lineup for this weekend's Saturday Market , the Kaslo Laundromat reopens, a new proposal for South Beach , and a reminder that the Kaslo Bonanza Slo-Pitch tournament is upon us (Sep. 12-14)!

On today's show, thoughts on Kaslo's South Beach and recent devastating Russian attacks on civilian targets in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Canada and Sweden announce sweeping new collaboration across a wide range of areas. Could this be the first concrete step toward the creation of a Democratic Northern Alliance — "Cananavia"?

On today's show, host Randy Morse chats with the organizers of an upcoming Slo-Pitch tournament intended as a fundraiser for the Kaslo Community Services expansion project. He then features an article from the August 14 edition of the Valley Voice written by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Rachael Lesosky on Kaslo Village Council's recent in-camera meeting regarding correspondence r...

Summer means music — and music festivals. On today's show, host Randy Morse looks back on last weekend's Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival, and features a couple of artists slated to perform at this week's Edmonton Folk Festival. Performers featured include Stone Face Kid , Moses Mayes & the Funk Family Orchestra , Yasmin Williams , The Roots (with Erykah Badu), and Stephen Wilson Jr .....

Today marks the start of the 32nd instalment of the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival . On today's show we feature several artists who are slated to appear at this year's festival, including Sarah Orton , Moses Mayes & the Funk Family Orchestra , Kim Churchill , Frase , The Free Label , Apollo Suns — all of them appear on the Holland Stage — and Corb Lund . And speaking of Corb, "The Hur...

Things are changing out there — especially in the USA. On today's show, host Randy Morse chats with his American family on their recent visit to Canada. They cover everything from being greeted by heavily armed agents (Homeland Security? ICE?) on the American side of the border before crossing into the True North, to life in rural Kansas nearly 100 years ago, to the glories of listening to An...

"There's floods in the desert where the cacti used the grow, tornadoes in the Empire State. I've forgotten all the weather that I thought I used to know, could be worse but it still ain't great."      — Let's Get Naked in the Kootenays Severe rain events are causing increasing numbers of catastrophic flooding events, around the world and right here in our mountainous...

On today's show, host Randy Morse visits the historic Langham Theatre, and visits a rehearsal session for the upcoming performances of Hamlet at that storied venue, then wanders down the street to a celebration marking an important fundraising campaign for Kaslo Community Services. Listen Local!

Summer Solstice — or if you happen to be Swedish, Midsommar — is upon us. Today's Radio Free Kaslo celebrates summer, in words and music. Thanks to J ill Holland and Steve McGrath for being such good sports!

Today's show highlights the upcoming G7 summit in nearby Kananaskis Country, and features a commentary on the reference to "passive recreation" in two crucial sections of Kaslo's Official Community Plan — and why that matters.  Plus we take listeners to Kaslo's Angry Hen Brewery for a conversation with Hen co-owner Rogan East , and master kayak builder, Steve Anderson .  T...

"It may seem that only those already in power are the ones with the ability to make change, but democracy is a participation sport, and if we all take on one small part, we can make big changes."      — Sami Sage , Democracy in Retrograde: How to make changes big and small in our country and in our lives Long-time Kaslo, BC resident Anne Malik takes Sage's advice quite seriously. Fo...

All-Canadian R&B, brother & sisters on today's show!

As substantive peace talks fail to materialize, thanks to the cruel intransigence of Putin's criminal regime, the illegal — and devastating — Russian invasion of a free and independent Ukraine continues unabated.  Few have done more over the past three years to graphically convey the unspeakable horrors of Putin's brutal war than VR journalist, Nickolay "Mikola" Omelchenko .  R...

A wide-ranging conversation with Kootenay BC Real Estate — the Kaslo branch of Fair Realty's — Kul Nijar , Emily Early , and Danny Schell .

Canadian Folk rocks — and here are eight artists to prove the musical point! Plus a chat with the ever-enthusiastic Pizza Mike . Enjoy!

You could stagger through your day bummed, depressed, simply sad... OR you could drop by Thor's Pizza in Nelson, grab a pie or a slice and (always) a big heap of fun and enthusiasm, all of which is guaranteed to make things better! For example, you could win a totally rad skateboard.... Let Pizza Mike explain.

When I found myself in Nelson this week, feeling a little down, what with all that's happening around us, I wandered into Thor's Pizza, for decades Nelson's go-to place for a pie, a slice — and a hearty pick-me-up of optimism, kindness, and humour — delivered daily, by owners Annie & Mike Garbula . I had a chance to have a conversation with Pizza Mike himself, and captured it fo...

The upside to all the craziness sweeping the planet right now? Canadians are discovering — or in some cases, rediscovering — how lucky we are to be living in such an astonishing country. For example, when it comes to music, we all know Canada is, with no hyperbole, a world leader. Toss around names like Joni, Neil, Leonard, and Céline in a London pub or a Delhi market, and people will nod knowingl...

Today's program, like an audio version of an episode of Seinfeld , is "a show about nothing." Or to be more accurate, it's a conversation between two friends over morning coffee at a small town eatery on a blustery, bleak late-March morning. Enjoy.

On today's show, we discuss a moving — and important — exhibition featuring VR content from war-ravaged Ukraine, gut-wrenching photographs from the battle of Mariupol, and a display of moving artwork by Ukrainian children displaced by Putin's savage invasion with Ukrainian-Canadian activist, Olga Hallborg . Host Randy Morse also sits down and has a conversation with his buddy Harel Chall...