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Hosted by Breanne Doyle, rabble radio is the flagship podcast of rabble.ca. rabble breaks down the news of the day from a progressive lens. It's a good place to catch up and catch on to what's happening in Canadian politics, activism, environmentalism, and so much more. We catch you up on the news of the week and take you further into the stories that matter to you.
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May 21, 2008 • 31min
Stop torture, one stop at a time
Keith is waiting for his government stimulus cheque. Summer's here, but summer isn't the same everywhere. In this audio postcard, a taste of what swimming in glacier fed lakes in the Yukon can offer you. New compilation from DJ Andy WilliamsClifton Joseph - Chant for Monk from Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective - order compilation from ptrmusic.com. Reel women on the Devil and Daniel Johnston. Caravan to end Canadian Involvement in Torture. For more information about getting involved, email. Karma & Lotus, with Monk Swing, order full compilation by Andy Williams at ptrmusic.com.

May 6, 2008 • 30min
East side West side
Pivot Legal Society on the continuing story of the Insight Safe Injection site. Music: Kim Beggs with the song Heartbreak Shoes. Kimbeggs.com Reel women on Lars and The Real Girl. Tikkun Toronto, Harvey's story excerpt Interview with Sadie Jones. Her first novel, Outcast, is on the longlist for the Orange Prize for fiction. Music: Walking down to the Station by Kim Beggs

Apr 21, 2008 • 29min
From here to here
Keith wishes the U.S. presidential candidates would be just a little less entertaining. Farai Gonzo is a journalist who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after a warning that her life was in danger. She tells her story to Nicole Rogers. The Radio-Canada Digital Diversity Award went to the documentary "Ghosts Migrate" in 2007. This episode we feature the tale of movement across continents a countries, told in two voices. Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond are taking on American Gangster. Do they like it? One of them does.

Apr 7, 2008 • 28min
Transforming justice
It looks like it just might be more difficult to stop global warming than the public is being led to believe. Those are the findings of a research commentary published in the journal nature this week. The technological challenges are, the authors say, going to be far greater than we've been led to believe. Well, when the rabble podcast network's program redeye got the news, they called up one of those authors. Here is part of their interview with Tom Wiggley, a senior scientist at the center for atmospheric research in Boulder Colorado and he co-authored the commentary. Well, watching a video doesn't have to emit a lot of C02, depending on the video, I suppose. And the Reel Women walked down to their local video emporiums this week to find anything the Easter bunny might have hidden for them, and this is what they came up with. Take it away Judi and Cathi. The Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Society provides community based alternatives to the mainstream criminal justice system. The rabble podcast network's Stark Raven spoke to Christine Parnell, the program director with the Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Society.

Feb 18, 2008 • 25min
Hope is in the Air
In this episode Keith Gottschalk thinks maybe, just maybe, Obama might make a difference. Wayne MacPhail reviews Sprouts, a new way to create Flash content, we hear a bittersweet memory of Kenya from Victoria Fenner and the Reel Women, Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond go "woohoo" for Zodiac. Our music comes from The Creaking Tree String Quartet (http://www.creakingtree.com/) Thanks guys!

Feb 5, 2008 • 37min
Producer's Choice!
This episode we've invited each producer with a podcast on the rabble podcast network to tell us what they think is their best work. Here are some of their picks. A contest to win k.d. lang's newest CD. Tell us what it is called and we will send the first two people who answer her CD. Email us at rabbleradio@gmail.com Keith Gottschalk reflects on the lead up to Super Tuesday, even though super Tuesday is today (PST), still...

Dec 17, 2007 • 35min
African Resistance
Keith is talking Christmas. The Ravaging Of Africa: African Resistance. Produced by Kirsten Shwartz and Asad Ismi. You can hear the rest of this documentary series at rabble.ca/rpn/afr/ Please consider giving a rabble.ca membership for Christmas - $5 a month ($60 a year) will keep us running smoothly. We need 2000 people to sign up!

Dec 3, 2007 • 26min
Mix it up
Interview with director Oliver Hodge about environmental architecture. Keith Gottschalk talking about why Canada looks so good. Macabean the Rebel with Tobacco Road. You can check him out at cdbaby.com. Mae Sot is a town on the Thai Burmese border, rabble podcast network's newest show, Everybody Knows, collected some voices at Mae Sot. Online tools, and Reel Women talk about The Weather Underground. Macabean the Rebel - Livelyhood.

Nov 19, 2007 • 27min
John Pilger in the house
Social media browser anyone? Bring all your friends together and blog about it. Whoa. Keith knows they know what he knows. Yikes. John Pilger has covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, and around the world. He's produced over 50 documentaries, and he stopped in at Montreal's CKUT. Here is that interview. Madviolet is the band. Skylight is the song. It all comes from the podsafe music network.

Oct 22, 2007 • 27min
Straight and narrow?
Straight and Narrow, a tune from Deep Dark Woods of Saskatoon. Keith is wondering if left-wing talk show hosts are targets for attack. Author Thomas Pawlick talks about the beginnings of his latest book, The End of Food. Judy and Cathi are talking about a little movie about a little disagreement between good and evil. Wayne's got a new tool - Mogulus.com. Deep Dark Woods sing for us again - the song is Release Me. Sounds of Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India gathered by Victoria Fenner.


