radio book lounge

radio book lounge

Love lit? Tune in to dive between all sorts of covers. Find author interviews, readings, audio reviews, and story-casts for kids and grown-ups. And a few surprises too. Browse the book lounge online at http://www.rabble.ca/lounge.
radio book lounge

radio book lounge: The accidental animal activist

October 5, 2015
| A vacation that led to four years of extensive international research into animal husbandry.
Length: 13:05 minutes (17.99 MB)
radio book lounge

radio book lounge: Our Ice Is Vanishing Sikuvut Nunguliqtuq by Shelley Wright

September 22, 2015
| Shelley Wright, author of Our Ice Is Vanishing / Sikuvut Nunguliqtuqa: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change speaks about the people of the Arctic and the effects of climate change.
Length: 17:54 minutes (17.61 MB)
radio book lounge

A People's Senate for Canada: Not a Pipe Dream

September 4, 2015
| An interview with author-activist Helen Forsey about Canada's Senate and her new book "A People's Senate for Canada: Not a Pipe Dream!"
Length: 22:02 minutes (20.18 MB)
radio book lounge

Author reading: Cathi Bond's Night Town

July 5, 2013
| Cathi Bond presents the first reading in a series from her new novel Night Town.
Length: 11:01 minutes (10.16 MB)
radio book lounge

The Great Revenue Robbery: The story of the tax cut scam with Dennis Howlett

April 18, 2013
| An interview with Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness and contributor to "The Great Revenue Robbery: How to Stop the Tax Cut Scam and Save Canada," edited by Richard Swift.
Length: 21:04 minutes (29 MB)
radio book lounge

Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism - An interview with Professor David McNally

January 10, 2013
| In this episode of radio book lounge, Ali Mustafa interviews Professor David McNally about his new book, 'Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism.'
Length: 32:11 minutes (29.48 MB)
radio book lounge

Episode 41: Speaking Up: On language and politics in Canada and Quebec with Marcel Martel

December 4, 2012
| A conversation with Marcel Martel, co-author (along with Martin Pâquet) of "Speaking Up: A History of Language and Politics in Canada and Quebec."
Length: 26:13 minutes (36.07 MB)
radio book lounge

Episode 40: "share: Delicious Dishes from Foodshare and Friends" a conversation with Adrienne De Francesco and Marion Kane

November 9, 2012
| FoodShare's first cookbook, "share" is a celebration of the power of food to bring people together, to nourish and to inspire us.
Length: 28:45 minutes (39.57 MB)
radio book lounge

Episode 39: Haiti's new dictatorship, a conversation with Justin Podur

November 7, 2012
| Author Justin Podur issues a powerful challenge and wake-up call to the international NGO and development community about the international occupation of Haiti.
Length: 23:18 minutes (32.07 MB)
radio book lounge

"Too Asian?" Jeet Heer in conversation about race, privilege, the media and more

October 11, 2012
| Jeet Heer co-editor of "Too Asian?" Race, Privilege and Post-Secondary Education, talks media criticism, white privilege, "meritocracy", Margret Wente and more.
Length: 21:41 minutes (29.85 MB)