North by Northwest from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights) show

North by Northwest from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

Summary: CBC Radio host Sheryl MacKay meets creative people from all around the province. Hear about their passions and inspirations. You'll visit artists and in their studios, musicians and performers backstage, writers at their keyboards and chefs at the cooktop. There's great conversation and a lot of laughs too waiting for you every weekend on North by Northwest.

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Podcasts:

 Odd Jobs episode 1: Trauma Scene Cleaner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:51

This summer series on North by Northwest will take you into the world of people who do the jobs you've never heard of. In this first instalment, you'll meet a guy who cleans up biohazards. It's not easy, but it's got to happen.

 Silversmith Wesley Harris | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:55

Wesley Harris is a master silversmith whose latest show pays tribute to his earliest mentor.

 Strings and the St. Roch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:03

The R.C.M.P. ship St. Roch now resides at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. But in its day, it was the first ship to circumnavigate North America. For its 90th birthday, the Maritime Museum invited a string quartet and a selection of emerging B.C. composers to write music about its historic voyage.

 Forest Bathing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:19

Pamela Post fills us in on the healing powers of the forest.

 Michael Brendan Hepher: Backroads of BC | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:21

Michael Brendan Hepher has a show now at the Fernie Museum, based on his family's travel around BC last summer.

 Frank Ritcey takes a hike | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:34

This is the first part of our hike in the hills north of Kamloops.

 C.C. Humphreys | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:45

C.C. Humphreys' new book "Chasing the Wind," is set against the backdrop of World War II, the Spanish Civil War, the Berlin Olympics, the Hindenburg disaster... everything you've ever heard about the 1930s.

 Dickens Sweets and British Museum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:47

A visit with Ann Rogers and Fred Hails at their Dickens Sweets and British Museum in Chilliwack.

 John Michael Koffi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:18

John Michael Koffi is 20 years old, and he's been living as a refugee since he was 11. He's written a book about his experiences as a refugee in several different countries. He told Sheryl the whole story.

 Jesse Zubot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:46

Jesse Zubot is a violinist, composer, and producer who has been involved in a frightening amount of projects. He talked with Matthew Parsons about growing up in a place where there wasn't much music going on, forgetting his classical training, and searching for a new sound with the Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.

 Michael Murray with three pieces by Bach | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:24

Michael Murray is a pianist, harpsichord player and organist at St Phillip's in Dunbar. He's my first guest on a new series where musicians talk about three pieces of music.

 Being Ts'elxweyecqw | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:46

My visit with Chief David Jimmie and David Schaepe at the Squiala Longhouse to talk about the new book Being Ts'elxweyecqw.

 Shelf Life with artist Robert Davidson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:26

A wonderfully wide ranging conversation about stories and books and algebra with artist, singer and dancer Robert Davidson.

 Jonathan Berkowitz | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:05

A visit from our word guy.

 Richard Smart: Third-generation bookbinder | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:06

Richard Smart runs the Old English Bindery and E.C. Rare Books in North Vancouver. Antiquarian books are in his blood.

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