Talking Radical Radio

In episode #42 of Talking Radical Radio (December 11, 2013), organizer Julie Michaud talks about the "A Safer Concordia" campaign's efforts to oppose sexual assault at Concordia University in Montreal, including the campaign's success in pushing the administration to open a sexual assault centre on campus earlier this academic year. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/12/11/trr-a_safer_concordia/

On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jacqueline Fayant talks about her recent work bringing together indigenous women from Edmonton, Alberta, and the surrounding territory who identify as Two-Spirit. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/12/11/trr-two_spirit_edmonton/

In episode #40 of Talking Radical Radio, Rev. Frances Deverell -- president of the Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice -- talks about the faith tradition from which she comes and the network of activists that she leads. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/12/11/trr-cusj/

In episode #39 of Talking Radical Radio (November 20, 2013), publisher Jonathan Garlow talks about a new newspaper and website inspired by a new moment of Indigenous resurgence in Canada and around the globe. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/12/11/trr-two_row_times/

In episode #38 of Talking Radical Radio (November 13, 2013), organizer Melannie Gayle talks about the work of the Toronto chapter of the Prisoner Correspondence Project to support queer and trans prisoners from a prison abolitionist perspective. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/11/13/trr-prisoner_correspondence/

In episode #37 of Talking Radical Radio (November 6, 2013), provincial co-ordinator Jean-Claude Basque of the New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice talks about their efforts to raise the minimum wage, increase social assistance, restore Employment Insurance, and support struggles for pay equity. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/11/06/trr-nb_common_front/

In episode #36 of Talking Radical Radio (October 30, 2013), executive director Roger Emsley of the community group Against Port Expansion talks about their past and present work to protect ecosystems and their community in the face of efforts by Port Metro Vancouver to significantly expand cargo facilities in Delta, British Columbia. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/10/30/trr-against_port_expansion/

In episode #35 of Talking Radical Radio (October 23, 2013), migrant justice organizers Mina Ramos and Macdonald Scott talk about working in support of the non-cooperation and hunger strikes being waged since mid-September by migrants detained in a maximum security facility in Lindsay, Ontario. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/10/23/trr-migrant_strik/

In episode #34 of Talking Radical Radio (October 16, 2013), Ian Ford talks about working with other men against the violence faced by women and to transform masculinity. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/10/23/radio-men-working-with-men-against-violence-against-women/

In episode #33 of Talking Radical Radio (October 9, 2013), spoken word activist El Jones speaks about poetry and social change. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/10/09/trr-el_jones/

In episode #32 of Talking Radical Radio (October 2, 2013), Deepan Budlakoti and Stan Kupferschmidt talk about the work of the group Justice for Deepan. The former was born in Canada and is being threatened with deportation to a country where he has never lived; the latter is a member of his support committee. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/10/02/trr-justice_for_deepan/

In episode #31 of Talking Radical Radio (September 25, 2013), organizers Khatija and Madeleine talk about their work as part of the AKA Autonomous Social Centre in Kingston, Ontario. For a more complete description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/09/25/trr-aka_social_centre/

In episode #30 of Talking Radical Radio (September 18, 2013), coffeeshop workers Charlie Huntley and Shelby Kennedy talk about being worker-organizers with the Baristas Rise Up campaign. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/09/18/trr-baristas_rise_u/

In episode #29 of Talking Radical Radio (September 11, 2013), activist Jeremy Campbell talks about his work with Regina Water Watch. They've forced the City of Regina into a referendum to keep a new wastewater facility public, and they intend to win it. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/09/11/trr-regina_water_watch/

In episode #28 of Talking Radical Radio (September 4, 2013), activist Jackie Hooper and historian Megan Davies talk about the radical early years of the Vancouver Mental Patients Association in the 1970s. For a more detailed description of the episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/09/04/trr-vancouver_mpa/

In episode #27 of Talking Radical Radio (August 28, 2013), artist and activist Alvis Choi talks about two of their recent projects and about the relationship between art and social change. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/08/28/trr-alvis_cho/

In episode #26 of Talking Radical Radio (August 21, 2013), organizer Noah Eidelman talks about the work of the Montreal Childcare Collective to make care for children an integral part of Montreal's vibrant radical activist scene. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/08/21/trr-montreal_childcare/

In episode #25 of Talking Radical Radio (August 14, 2013), feminist Julie Lalonde talks about street harassment and the oranizing being done to oppose it by the group Hollaback! Ottawa. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/08/14/trr-hollaback/

In episode #24 of Talking Radical Radio (August 7, 2013), Rosalee Longmoore talks about her 15 years as the president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses. For a more detailed description of the episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/08/14/trr-saskatchewan_nurses/

In episode #23 of Talking Radical Radio (July 31, 2013), Darlene Necan talks about Biimadasahwin, a project through which she and other grassroots, off-reserve Ojibway people in northwestern Ontario are reclaiming land, building homes, and building power. For a more complete description of the episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/08/14/trr-biimadasahwin/