Latest Programs
Dec. 5, 2009, 10:04 a.m.
Zafar Bangash Discusses Swiss Minarets, Obama's "surge," and Canadian torture in Afghanistan.
The Latest, Live from Honduras
Dec. 5, 2009, 9:55 a.m.
We interview Karen Spring of Rights Action Honduras live in Honduras on the latest from Zelaya's attempt at reinstatement, the elections and repressions, and the position of the United States and Canada.
Lisa Davis w/ Dr. Paul J. Giodarno, followed by Dr. Natasha Turner
Dec. 5, 2009, 9:27 a.m.
Paul J. Giodarno, MD, Founder of Giordano Holistic Wellness will be talking about the Defeat Autism Now's DAN Protocol: Dietary Interventions and Biomedical Treatments. Dr Giordano is followed by Dr. Natasha Turner, Naturopathic Doctor and author of The Hormone Diet: Lose Fat. Gain Strength. Live Younger Longer
Dec. 5, 2009, 8:52 a.m.
Three new Balkan releases; Africa in the 70's; pop en francais; Cuban funk
Matching filmmakers with social issues
Dec. 5, 2009, 7:52 a.m.
Pull Focus offers film students and community groups the opportunity to work together to create short documentaries about social issues. We speak with Pull Focus founder Steve Rosenberg.
Blowing the whistle on torture in Afghan jails
Dec. 5, 2009, 7:15 a.m.
Grace Pastine of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says her organization has long maintained the government should have known about the abuse of detainees. Now we have evidence that they did know. Pastine discusses the court case brought by the BCCLA and Amnesty International, their complaint to the Military Police Complaints Commission and the significance of Richard Colvin's testimony to their ongoing attempts to hold the government accountable for its actions.
Dec. 4, 2009, 11:21 p.m.
Interview with Marylia Kelley, exec dir Trivalley CAREs about plans to do BSL-3 bioweapons research at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California, and TVCs efforts to stop it.
#92 -- Michael Parenti on "Political Liberties and Economic Democracy"
Dec. 4, 2009, 10:04 p.m.
The best parts of Parenti's lecture and Q&A in CT on Nov. 4. He argues that improvements in public policy & living conditions (for the non-rich) resulted from struggle from "below," not from the goodness of the governing elites' hearts. Average citizens fought for greater political liberties as tools to compel concrete improvements in their lives. Includes fine parts on airport security, Saddam Hussein, the Maine anti-gay-marriage referendum, & P.'s forthcoming book on organized religion.
04Dec09 Will RBS board still be there in a week's time?
Dec. 4, 2009, 8:14 p.m.
04Dec09 Reviewing the week's news with LibDem Councillor Sue O'Donnell
Dec. 4, 2009, 7:14 p.m.
Dec. 4, 2009, 6:16 p.m.
Arthur Erickson and the Portland Hotel
Dec. 4, 2009, 5:46 p.m.
One of Canada's most famous architects designed a Downtown Eastside hotel for hard-to-house residents. Sean Mullen finds out why in this documentary on housing and homelessness in Vancouver.
Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
Dec. 4, 2009, 5:08 p.m.
Afghan MP Malalai Joya and rabble.ca editor Derrick O'Keefe recorded in Vancouver during their cross-Canada book tour in November 2009.
Malls R Us: a film by Helene Klodawsky
Dec. 4, 2009, 4:54 p.m.
The shopping mall has been with us for about 70 years. The mall's founder was Victor Gruen, a socialist escaping from Nazi-occupied Austria. Gruen wanted to create a Europeanized, pedestrian friendly America. Helene Klodawsky explores the history, growth and social signficance of shopping malls around the world.
Dec. 4, 2009, 4:41 p.m.
Risky loans offered by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation are leading Canada down the road to a U.S.-style economic crash. Murray Dobbin says the Harper government directed the CMHC to change the mortgage rules, thus making the Canadian government the biggest sub-prime lender in the world.
Urban homesteading in Pasadena
Dec. 4, 2009, 4:36 p.m.
Laura Lamb reviews Homegrown, a movie about a family of urban homesteaders in California who produce all their own food on a city lot. Dubbing their efforts The Path to Freedom, the Dervaes Family have transformed their urban property into a micro-farm.
WRIR Breakfast Blend 12-1-2009 2009 edition
Dec. 4, 2009, 4:36 p.m.
Check out the playlist at
http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11594
Transportation loans add stress for refugees
Dec. 4, 2009, 4:18 p.m.
The Canadian government makes refugees cover their own costs for coming to Canada. Refugee support groups say this puts enormous financial and emotional stress on people already struggling to adapt to a new country. We speak with Janet Dench of the Canadian Council for Refugees.
Friday Drivetime - Rasputin the Mad Monk, news review & happiness - hour 2
Dec. 4, 2009, 3:22 p.m.
BCfm Friday Drivetime news discussion - hour 1
Dec. 4, 2009, 3:02 p.m.
Dec. 4, 2009, 2:34 p.m.
Best of Flashpoints - week of 11/30 - 12/4, 2009
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GroundWire - December 4 Edition
Dec. 4, 2009, 2 p.m.
Bill C-391 - The Removal of the Canadian Gun Registry
Dec. 4, 2009, 1:55 p.m.
Lisa Davis with Devin Alexander and Helen Phillips
Dec. 4, 2009, 1:47 p.m.
Devin Alexander, author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever!, The Biggest Loser Cookbook, The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook, and the host of Healthy Decadence on Fit TV will talk about healthy Thanksgiving recipes with Helen Phillips, the winner of last season's The Biggest Loser, and Lisa Davis!
Lisa Davis with Cynthia Sass and Ali Vincent
Dec. 4, 2009, 1:28 p.m.
Cynthia Sass, RD, MA, MPH, CSSD, the co-author of the New York Times Best Selling, The Flat Belly Diet and The Ultimate Diet Log and Ali Vincent, the first woman to win NBC's hit show The Biggest Loser will focus on eating wisely and well during the holiday season
Errance Raynaldienne 6 decembre 2009
Dec. 4, 2009, 1:01 p.m.
Furious Seattle WTO Protest 10-yr Anniversary Special
Dec. 4, 2009, 12:35 p.m.
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the protest in Seattle WA, where Furious George and 80,000+ other turtles and teamsters shut down the largest corporate institution in the world. Also, we touch on the insanity of Obama's War Surge!
Security Paranoia Discrediting Vancouver Olympics
Dec. 4, 2009, 12:21 p.m.
LEADERS FROM THE SOUTH PROTEST AGAINST WWF INTERNATIONAL
Dec. 4, 2009, 12:01 p.m.
In front of the international head quarters of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in Gland-Geneva, participants of the Social and Climate Justice Caravan made their first protest action. Delegates from farming organisations, indigenous and fisher folk from the South denounced the greenwashing carried out by WWF in their respective countries.
University Precedent Set in Quebec Law
Dec. 4, 2009, 10:13 a.m.