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Ahead of the 2021 federal election we spoke with 2019 Vancouver Granville NDP Candidate and climate activist Yvonne Hanson on her experiences running and the climate agenda of each party.

We talk to Eris Nyx of Drug User Liberation Front about what real Safe Supply looks like for people who use drugs + discussion about COVID19 and random street checks, and Chinatown YVR seniors saved from the brink of eviction.

We talk to Quin Lawrence about the Disability Filibuster and how they’re trying to Kill Bill C7. We also discuss #COVID19BC and the #NDP21 resolution to #CancelStudentDebt. Tune in at 101.9 FM or http://citr.ca

Interview w Mel Woods about the layoffs @HuffPostCanada & the importance of valuing your work as a journalist in Canada. We also talk about COVID19 and the escalating situation in the third wave of the pandemic. Tune in!

We talk to Matthew Ramsey from UBC Media Relations and Tanysha Klassen from the BC Federation of Students about campuses reopening this fall, the challenges involved in opening universities for the next academic year, and the excitement they are hearing from students to return to campus. We also talk the folks over at the Sliced Mango Collective about their concerns around displacement of Filipino businesses due to development in Joyce-Collingwood. To close, this week's episode features a discussion on the rise of anti-Asian sentiment.

We talk to members of the newly formed CACBNBC (Coalition of African, Caribbean and Black Nurses in British Columbia) about anti-Black discrimination in BC healthcare. + a discussion about donations to the VPD foundation, and will the NDP stop renovictions? Tune in!

We talk to Pearl Low about Black History Month and YVR council’s record of celebrating black life through architecture. We also talk to Kendra Milne, Executive Director of Health Justice, about the B.C. Mental Health Act. Plus: is BC the Florida of Canada? Discuss

Featuring a discussion about Lunar New Year traditions in the Vietnamese, Korean, and Cantonese diasporas, as well as a discussion about housing in Vancouver. Tune in!

We speak to Mark Haden of MAPS Canada on psychedelics as a potential treatment for PTSD and Namjeet, a volunteer at the Indian Farmers Protests that occurred at the end of last month on the issues sparking the protests. Tune in!

Episode includes: DTES organizer Fiona York on the vaccine strategy for homeless folks in #YVR, Meenakshi Mannoe of Pivot Legal on increased policing during #COVID19, and Dr. Linc Kesler of UBC CIS discusses how we teach Indigenous content. Tune in!

We have an interview with Jens von Bergmann about his analysis of the December 23rd COVID modelling presentation slides, and the lack of data made available to the public, as well as an interview with Jessica Magonet from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association regarding the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons.

We hear from Matt Westphal President of the Surrey Teachers Association about COVID19 in schools, Ali Omelaniec of the Downtown Eastside Women's centre about how shelters are prepping for winter and the Canadian Memorial United Church about how Christmas will be celebrated this year.