In this podcast: Food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons, and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.     (1:40 - 7:47) Sachin Seth went to the Fort York Food Bank to talk about how the recession was affecting the facility, but found food bank recipients volunteering their time to keep the place running. Here are three of their stories.read more

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In this podcast: protecting the rights of Vancouverites, advocating for Uganda's gays and lesbians, learning throught art, and music from Ottawa. (1:45 - 8:51) Leaked documents show that the Province of B.C. is considering legislation that would allow the police to detain the homeless. David Eby, executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association speaks about what that will mean for the homeless during the Vancouver 2010 games.read more

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In this podcast: How a Canada-Colombia FTA affects trade union activists in Colombia, Denise Chong about an activist's life in China, and preserving the history of resistance in Canada's Africville.    read more

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2:10 - 3:45  A letter on healthcare that came in to rabble.ca/issues/healthcareUSA 4:05 - 10:17 Fragile Day, a song from A Northern Chorus 10:38 - 16:35 Former prisoner Alex Friedman on having his play performed at the Kennedy Centre, from Stark Raven 17:12 - 18:07 Letter from rabble.ca/issues/HealthcareUSA 18:48 - 27:35 Update on Dump Site 41, from Redeye 28:02 - 29:14 Letter from rabble.ca/issues/HealthcareUSA

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1:39 - 5:10  Yves Engler on Canada's negative influence and why Canadians don't believe it is possible. 5:36 - 7:58 Sunday Wilde with Jivin' Man. 8:56 - 14:14 Activists talk about how the fight to protect the water table in Simcoe County, Ontario has meant harassment but also inspired their continued dedication. 14:44 - 18:49 The Reel Women talk spring water by reviewing Jean de Florette. 19:31 - 22:42 Sunday Wilde with I Guess I Didn't Hear You Right.

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Margo Greenwood speaks about a new report on Aboriginal children's health Redeye finds out all the ways you can get a ticket on your bike.

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1:38 - 4:10 Jack Layton speaks after a protest in Solidarity with Iran at Toronto's Queen's Park 4:48 - 9:11 An interview with the founder of the Global Detention Project, tracking migrant detentions around the world. 10:07 - 13:59 Music by Pamela Brennan. The song is Amsterdam. 14:34 - 21:30 Cathi Bond speaks to Joseph Heath about Filthy Lucre: Economics for those who hate Capitalism 22:00 - 26:50 Music from Colin Linden  

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1:35 - 5:23 Jessa Runciman reports on a forum on Canadian Mining Practices Abroad. 5:41 - 7:49 No Trespassing by Mendelson Joe 9:07 - 15:58 Derek Blackadder on net neutrality, the labour movement, and the Web. 17:34 - 20:09 Dr. John Agnew on the calls for an inquiry into research on indigenous communities in Latin America. 20:51 - 24:47 Reel Women on Mamma Mia!      

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Keith Gottschalk is not seeing the change promised by the Obama administration. Murray Dobbin has some suggestions that could change the face of the country. RPN's latest show F Word talks queer parenting. Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond talk wrestling, And music from Jenn Grant - Everybody Loves You.

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Keith Gottschalk takes us on a Last Hurrah vacation, in his mind anyway Next an excerpt of an interview with Susan Holtz of the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy, where she shared some of her big-picture thinking about energy, food and transportation. Peter Stock opened with a question about the relationship between bio-fuels and food. Next we bring some of the choices around transportation closer to home. In the Lower Mainland of British Colombia, the transit authority Translink is short of money. They need $150 million in the next two years and double that amount to meet expansion plans. They say a tax on individual cars would be one way to bring in some of the cash, and have proposed a $100 levy.read more

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2:08 - 7:44 - Filmmaker Tina Hahn's film Tale of a Yellow Bike was featured in Vancouver's Projecting Change film festival.read more

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(1:43 - 4:37) Liana Salvador speaks to the crowd assembled for International Women's Day in Toronto about one of the factors that make equality difficult for young women - Student Debt.(6:09 - 9:26) Keith looks at some of the women who are powerful in American Politics.(10:05 - 23:26) Shani Mootoo talks with Allendria Brunges about her latest book, Valmiri's Daughter. (24:08 - 25:51) Poet Lillian Allen performing at International Women's Day in Toronto.

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(2:00-26:00) Economist Armine Yalnizyan speaks to a conference for women negotiators for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). She says there is a way to save the economy, if governments will just act quickly.

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Keith on the jobs crisisReel women remind us that "You Can't Take It With You"Roxanne Potvin, with the song "Je T'aime"Special Feature: first presentation from Who R U, a podcast featuring identity on the edge of tech.

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(1:28 - 6:03) Kevin McGowan's top music picks from last year. www.rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/theruckus.(6:03 - 9:17) Allison Crowe, with the song Angels(10:07 - 16:14) Prudent Nsengiyumva takes us to Rwanda's first school for the deaf to meet a student who is changing her life by studying there.(17:49 - 19:51) Norman Finklestein is an indendent academic. He writes on Israeli-Palestinian issues. His speech is called Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Ghandi. At one of his lectures he was asked to compare Barack Obama with Ghandi, which is when he told everyone that they should not believe the hype. His vociferous response was recorded from the crowd.read more

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(1:43 - 7:44) When the 2010 Olympic Spirit Train stopped in Edmonton, protestors were on the case, and they stole the show. Thanks to CJSR FM88 program RISE UP! for this piece. (8:18 - 11:30) LAL's tune Self Defense (12:36 - 18:42) Susan Nathan is a British Jew who exercised her right of return only to find conditions for Arab-Israeli's akin to those under the apartheid regime. She talks about her book The Other Israel: My Journey Across the Arab Israeli Divide. (19:07 - 21:44) Keith is waiting for the end of the election tunnel to appear. (22:01 - 27:38) Reel Women discuss Ironman (28:07 - 31:37) One more tune from LAL: Wasteland.

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(1:41 - 6:55) Interview with Jaimie Biggar from Canadians for a Progressive Coalition about how to keep the coalition a reality.(7:09 - 10:47) Keith Golding with his song Golden Cup. You can hear more from him at http://www.themeeting.ca( 12:12 - 21:45) Interview with Kenneth Whyte, the author of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolf Hearst. (22:18 - 25:42) The Reel Women on Hellboy II (26:17 - 30:14) Kensington Prairie with Bluebirds 

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(1:44 - 11:29) Jewish activists across Canada are taking action against the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Last week a group of Jewish women held a protest in the Israeli Consulate in Toronto. Rabble Founder Judy Rebick was there. She told her story to rabble radio's Meagan Perry. (11:57 - 16:38)Judy Rebick is not the only one Karine Silverwoman is a Toronto writer, performer, and activist. She has worked with Nightwood theater, and Toronto's Mayworks Festival. She performed her piece This Is Not a Poem in Toronto early this month. (17:02 - 19:39) Keith Gottschalk is keeping his eyes firmly on the economy as the Obama inauguration comes over the horizon. He's found his inspiration in the Maritimes. read more

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(1:23 - 7:34) Wayne MacPhail attends a Hamilton vigil for Teenage Head's Frankie Venom. Frankie Venom died October 16. He was 52. (8:25 - 15:16) Part of the panel discussion from Rabble.ca's relaunch party. Speakers include Duncan Cameron, Maude Barlow, Jessica Yee, Murray Dobbin, and Anne LagaceDowson. (16:16 - 24:24) Studs Terkel, speaking at Chicago University in 2005. Terkel died October 31, 2008. He was 96.

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(1:20 - 4:34) Which is your least favorite party, and what would they have to do to gain your vote. What Whitehorse has to say. (4:59 - 8:21) Keith completes the following assignment: compare and contrast the U.S and Canadian election debates. (8:52 - 12:43) Horreya - Maryem Tollar and Ernie Tollar. (13:40 - 28:19) Redeye podcast brings us an interview with Ian Angus, the editor of Climate and Capitalism on the political parties, and their platforms when it comes to the environment. (29:00 - 32:44) Maryem Tollar with Watad Ya Gamil/Bel Enfant.

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(1:49 - 3:21) Election streeters: How engaged are you in following the campaign? (4:00 - 6:45) Stephen Lewis has devoted himself in the last few decades to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS infections. Lewis delivered an address in Whitehorse last week (September 15, 2008). Canada's Aboriginal Communities, he said, have higher rates of the disease due to poverty and government neglect. At the end of the address a question came from the audience about what Aboriginal Communities can expect from the Canadian Government in the future. Here is what Lewis said in response. (7:03 - 10:20) Keith Gottschalk is struggling on in the face of a double header news story: the U.S. Election campaign, and the government's bailout of Wall Street. (10:49 - 15:28) Electioneering, DVD style.read more

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(1:38 - 5:12) Keith's continuing trials at the border, and what he thinks of Sarah Palin, John McCain's new running mate. (6:00 - 14:12) How do we pick out our favorite organic food... A new study by student Tegan Renner brings a bit of insight from a sample size of 100. (15:12 - 17:12) The band: Entire Cities. The song: Dancing With My Brother. (17:48 - 22:48) Reel Women take us back to movies about the 50s. How happy are we that that era is done?

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(1:22 - 9:51) Interview with IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winning Author Rawi Hage. (10:45 - 14:12) Three Little Words by the Sunshine Variety Club - myspace.com/sunshine variety club (15:30 - 18:52) Keith is commenting on politics and also swearing a blue streak in honor of George Carlin (19:25 - 24:16) Brits Abroad by the Sunshine Variety Club

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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!

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(1:08 - 3:48) Keith wishes the U.S. presidential candidates would be just a little less entertaining. (4:05 - 14:48) 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. (15:38 - 23:21) 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. (24:07 - 27:44) Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond are taking on American Gangster. Do they like it? One of them does.

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(1:26 - 9:18) 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. read more

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(1:22 - 4:25) Keith Gottchalk is making his home a safe house for ideas. (5:12 - 13:53) Bob Bossin of Stringband remembers his folk compatriot, U.Utah Phillips. (14:28 - 16:54) Dr. Henri Morgentaler accepting the award from Outstanding contribution to Humanity from the Canadian Labour Congress. (17:51-20:21) Reel Women on Into the Wild. (21:03 -24:55) The Pivot Legal Society speaks about the recent B.C Supreme Court ruling which will keep the Insite Safe Injection Site open. (25:52 - 29:08) Work isn't working for Ontario Families is a new report put out by the Canadian Labour Congress, The Toronto and York Region Labour Council, and Campaign 2000, an organization that aims to stop child poverty.

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(1:05 - 4:01) Keith is waiting for his government stimulus cheque. (4:30 - 6:04) 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. (6:04 - 10:18) New compilation from DJ Andy WilliamsClifton Joseph - Chant for Monk from Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective - order compilation from ptrmusic.com. (10:15 - 14:24) Reel women on the Devil and Daniel Johnston (15:39 - 25:55) Caravan to end Canadian Involvement in Torture. For more information about getting involved, email (26:25 - 29:29) Karma & Lotus, with Monk Swing, order full compilation by Andy Williams at ptrmusic.com.

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(1:53 - 5:56) Pivot Legal Society on the continuing story of the Insight Safe Injection site. (6:15 - 9:36) Music: Kim Beggs with the song Heartbreak Shoes. Kimbeggs.com (10:38 - 15:37) Reel women on Lars and The Real Girl. (16:18 - 17:51) Tikkun Toronto, Harvey's story excerpt (18:27 - 26:05) Interview with Sadie Jones. Her first novel, Outcast, is on the longlist for the Orange Prize for fiction. (27:16 - 30:29) Music: Walking down to the Station by Kim Beggs

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