The Conversation Lab

The Climate Conversation is a practicum project between Everything, Podcasts, The British Columbia Institute of Technology, and CFRO FM. Spencer Hall, Yugi Hyde, Brooke McCarthy, Nathan Pond and Emily Szabo, wrote, narrated and produced this program and podcast from a vault of interviews with some of the worlds foremost experts on Climate Change.

Consilience is a new paradigm that reveals how things self-organize from the bottom up in contrast to how we communicate which is from the top down. We talk about how Tom has resurrected this concept and some of his discoveries of how to look at our world.

Craig E. Johnson is a professor emeritus of leadership studies at George Fox University and the author of "Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership." Our conversation interrogates leadership and what Craig has observed in the best and worst of them.

I’m Spencer Hall filling in for Don Shafer at the conversation lab. In 2011, Daniel Kingsbury and his band founded an organization called The Jellyfish Project, an organization that harnessed the power of live music to inspire kids to address climate change. This week his mother, Bronia Kingsbury and Naomi Fleschhut, executive director, join us to discuss the groups background, their current initi...

Natasha Shrikant is a communications scholar with the University of Colorado, Boulder and interested in ethnographic and discourse analysis regarding racial, ethnic and cultural identity. We discuss how to tease out difference in everyday conversations.

Chris & Teri talk about the work they do with Spinal Cord Injury BC, the challenges they face and what it means to be human - in or out of a wheelchair.

Terrance Kosikar is a first responder and was on scene of the fatal luge accident the first day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler. This is Terrance's story of dealing with PTSD and his dream of helping others with Camp My Way.

Nicola Bartel has been helping young women since 1996 deal with trauma, abuse, and pain. As the Executive Director of Mercy Canada, she talks about the organization and the challenges many women face in these difficult times.

Cherie White is a passionate visionary when it comes to social justice and business. As a long time resident in Vancouver's DTES she is committed to making a difference and talks about some of her ideas about environmentally friendly building projects.

Vancouver City Councilor Michael Weib along with Tonye Aganaba and Kelly Tatham join us to unpack what went into Time to Talk. A round-table discussion in our community to talk about decriminalizing poverty and what a poverty reduction plan might look like - a sex workers safety plan, the many issues concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2 spirit people - An equity framework/...

This is a conversation with Michelle Sholzberg about how a world wide research project came together to investigate a drug that can decrease COVID-19 complications. We talk about the trial, the issues, and chronicling this journey in the podcast series - Pillar of Hope

Kari Marie Norgaard is Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Oregon. Dr. Norgaard has published and taught in the areas of environmental sociology, gender and environment, race and environment, climate change, sociology of culture, social movements and sociology of emotions. She currently has two active areas of research: work on the social organization of den...

David Whyte is an internationally renowned poet and author. His poetry and storytelling, is nothing short of transcendent. I'm unashamedly a huge fan as his conversations and poetry have come to my rescue at some darker times in my life and this seems like a perfect moment in history to share He came by our studios a few years ago, and this feels like a perfect moment in history to share this conv...

After nearly 8 months of being shut down due to COVID 19, BLANKET BC is BACK picking up and delivering blankets. In this episode Gregory talks about the impetus of the organization, the challenges and issues facing Blanket BC and too many non-profit organizations, issues in fundraising and growing issues of homelessness.

Marylee is a storyteller, poet, and stand-up comic. She is always enlightening, thoughtful and fun up close and personal or on stage. Our conversation looks at her views on climate change, the beauty in our neighbourhoods, teaching, politics, homelessness, what it’s like taking her “show” online, and a very funny story about ladybugs being an amateur naturalist and photographer.

Christine Boyle was voted to Vancouver City Council in 2018. She is a climate justice activist, United Church minister, community organizer and champion of Vancouver's Climate Emergency Action Plan. We talk about her path to council, activism, the Pope and many other issues...

Lotte Davis is the Co-Founder of AG Hair and CEO of One Girl Can. In this episode she talks about her memories of relocating to Canada and realizing at an early age that she wanted to return to South Africa and find a way to impact gender inequality helping girls realize their potential to contribute equally.

Paul Larocque is the President & CEO of Arts Umbrella where young artists cultivate their creativity in Dance, Theatre, Art & Design. Paul explains the challenges and the amazing work he and his team are doing to help young creatives in Vancouver.

The FNHMA provides leadership in First Nations health management activities by developing and promoting quality standards, practices, research, certification, networking and professional development. Marion Crow is their CEO and talks about the work of the organization and its members, thier COVID 19 response, Town Halls and training. ``

Grace Nosek is a Ph. D. student and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. She is interested in how law can be used to protect climate change science, particularly in an environment of doubt created by companies focused on protecting profit.

Matt Price is the founder of For our Kids and together with Marian Hakze they talk about how they are working for a green, equitable and just world for our children and grandchildren.

Sarah is an academic, a lawyer and she is extremely active in our community. Sarah is a regular contributor to The Georgia Straight and The Huffington Post and supports a number of non-profit organizations. We talk about the impact of COVID 19, how our legal system and human rights have been impacted, and how some not for profit organizations have responded to the pandemic.

Celebrating Radio's 100th anniversary in Canada with Stories from some of Canada's iconic broadcasters and music makers. This episode includes Rob Braide, Cliff Dumas, Bernie Finkelstein, Keith Hampshire, Alexander Mair, Shirley McQueen, Joanne Wilson (Dusty Shannon) Terry David Mulligan, Doug Thompson, Bob Roper, Earl Jive. This episode is co-hosted by Eric Rothschild & Don Shafer

Registered in 1969, Archway Community Services is a non-profit, multi-service, multi-funded community based social service agency. Rod Santiago is their Executive Director and he talks about the challenges and opportunities looking after over 90 programs.

Jennifer Johnstone is the President & CEO of the Central City Foundation. She has an extensive background in non-profit management and community resource development,. She is a leader in the business community for her continued mentorship of women and youth and passionately committed to social justice. In our conversation, she talks about the past, present and future of the CCF and the challenges...