Well Reds: A Left Book Podcast show

Well Reds: A Left Book Podcast

Summary: Well Reds was a monthly podcast featuring comedian Charlie Demers and guests discussing fiction and non-fiction books of interest to the left. The show released new episodes from May 2018 to December 2019 and was produced by André Goulet.Find Charlie's new interview show 'Full of Chit-Chat' wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to his Substack for exclusive new writing and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers

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Podcasts:

 Prairie Maritime Analogies (Full of Chit-Chat ep22 w/ NDP MP Niki Ashton) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3005

On Full of Chit-Chat ep22, long-time pal Niki Ashton (MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) unpacks Canada's urgent tasks at home & beyond, including reckoning with the legacy of Genocide, the welcome renaissance of the Left and why every socialist boat actually does need an anchor (sorry Pat Martin!) in a friendly virtual sit-down with host Charlie Demers.Find out more about Niki's work at https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/niki-ashton(36037) and https://nikiashton.ndp.ca/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Anxiety Boys Get Noticed (Full of Chit-Chat ep21 w/ Dave Harris) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2800

On a new Full of Chit-Chat comedian (and Charlie's former 'Fight or Fight Crew' mental health podcast co-host) Dave Harris comes by to talk about brain chemistry, beard maintenance and being haunted by the seminal 1990 classic novelty song 'Do the Bartman'.Hear the full 10 episode season of 'Fight or Flight Crew' at https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fight-or-flight-crew-well-reds-jJvT2NaIi1c/Find David's comedy album 'Pointless' at https://604shop.com/collections/dave-harrisGet early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 The Cash for Birthdays Commission (Full of Chit-Chat ep20 w/ BC Attorney General + NDP MLA David Eby) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3118

On an auspicious episode 20 host Charlie Demers welcomes BC’s Attorney General & Minister for Housing for a conversation on political culture, pandemic, & complicated inheritances. Plus: a special surprise appearance by Charlie's daughter, adorably interrupting a conversation about the housing market!Find out more about David's work as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey at https://davidebymla.ca/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 The Horizons of His Knowing (Full of Chit-Chat ep19 w/ Hawksley Workman) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3988

On episode 19 Charlie welcomes thinking person’s rock star Hawksley Workman for a conversation on uncoolness, the bespoke 1980s & what the internet is doing to us one click at a time.For the latest on Hawksley's work see https://hawksleyworkman.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Developing the Anti-Colonial Hiking Mindset (Full of Chit-Chat ep18 w/ Stephen Hui) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3074

On a new Full of Chit-Chat host Charlie Demers welcomes guest, East Vancouver neighbour and very old pal Stephen Hui for a conversation about the joys & political complications of the great outdoors and his best-selling new book 'Destination Hikes:In and Around Southwestern British Columbia'.Find it at https://greystonebooks.com/products/destination-hikes-in-and-around-southwestern-british-columbiaGet early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!Catch Charlie at a must-see online comedy extravaganza on May 22nd fundraising for Partners In Health Canada with a cavalcade of comedy all-stars including previous guests Ivan Decker, Graham Clark, Erica Sigurdson and more! Get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/may-long-fundraiser-for-partners-in-health-tickets-153237931779?ref=eios

 Crime, Nostalgia and Vancouver Noir (Full of Chit-Chat ep17 w/ Sam Wiebe) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2965

On a new Full of Chit-Chat host Charlie Demers welcomes master Vancouver crime novelist Sam Wiebe to talk space & time, but not in a physics way. Also Rambo.Find out more about Wiebe's award-winning crime fiction at http://samwiebe.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 From Shakespeare to Saskatchewan (Full of Chit-Chat ep16 w/ Lorne Cardinal) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3087

On a new Full of Chit-Chat star of stage and screen Lorne Cardinal joins host Charlie Demers to discuss the international cultural phenomenon of Corner Gas & the enduring legacy of Billy Dee Williams.For more about Lorne's life and career check out:https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/lorne-cardinal-sits-and-talks-about-life-and-acting/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Writers and the Worldbuilding Impulse (Full of Chit-Chat ep15 w/ Tariq Hussain) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3660

On Full of Chit-Chat episode 15 host Charlie Demers talks Turkey travel terror & looking for love in all the write places with his multitalented Juno-nominated pal, writer and musician Tariq Hussain. Find more of Tariq's music and writing at https://www.tariqmusiq.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 A Return to Simple Pleasures (Full of Chit-Chat ep14 w/ Jill Barber) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3775

In the midst of a mostly-bad-news week, Charlie sits down with old pal and Juno-winning singer-songwriter (and superstar) Jill Barber to talk about career trajectory, how technology is changing the nature of performance in music and comedy & the enduring legacy of Billy Crystal.Hear Jill's 2020 french-language release Le Monde Est Beau at https://www.jillbarber.com/ and wherever you listen to music.Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Legacy of a Longtime Left-wing Standard-bearer (Full of Chit-Chat ep13 w/ Svend Robinson) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3547

As you'll hear in the first moments of this conversation, Charlie grew up in a household where Svend Robinson was revered as the Burnaby Member of Parliament who got Mom’s disability payments from a recalcitrant federal bureaucracy, and over the decades Demers' esteem for the man has only grown.On episode 13 of Full of Chit-Chat they talk about his 25 years of experience as a parliamentarian, his post-MP life and activism since 2004 and much more.For more on the history of Svend's 1979-2004 politics career see https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/svend-robinson(1417)Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Hurry, Soft: Curlers and Cowards in So-called Canada (Full of Chit-Chat ep12 w/ John Cullen) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3453

On ep12 local CB (Curling Boy) John Cullen saves the day from an audio perspective, catches Charlie up on Canada’s third-favourite sport & has a special message about the youth (spoiler: they are our future).Find our more about John's work at https://cullenthecomic.comGet early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Family, Geography and Historical Amnesia in British Columbia (Full of Chit-Chat ep11 w/ Kai Nagata) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3439

On a new episode two pals with 9 generations in Vancouver between them sit down for a conversation about geography, memory and family as Kai Nagata joins host Charlie Demers to talk about what it means to have deep roots in a place you’re not Indigenous to, the broad range of PNE-related memories & where to look for (& contribute to building) hope.For more about Kai go to https://kainagata.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Days of Rest and (Stevie) Wonder (Full of Chit-Chat ep10 w/ Dawn Pemberton) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4195

On episode 10 Charlie sits down with the New Queen of Canadian Soul Dawn Pemberton for a conversation about music, almonds and the importance of rest in a challenging year. Plus: the show's very first live musical performance!Hear more of Dawn's work at https://dawnpemberton.ca/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 Socialists Who Love People (Full of Chit-Chat ep9 w/ Leigh Phillips) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3741

On episode 9 of Full of Chit-Chat it’s the man with the plan(ned economy) as host Charlie Demers welcomes author & science journalist Leigh Phillips for a conversation on vaccine rollout nightmares, the beauty of the scientific method & why if you’re going to be a socialist you should probably like people!Find out more about Leigh's work at https://leighphillips.wordpress.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

 The Dark Comedy of Trauma (Full of Chit-Chat ep8 w/ Erica Sigurdson) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2975

On episode 8 of Full of Chit-Chat, Charlie welcomes his fave from CBC's The Debaters & literally anything to do with stand-up comedy in Canada, the one and only Erica Sigurdson to talk about navigating laughter, career and trauma in a pandemic year.Find more about Erica's work, including details about her excellent 'Situational Feminist' comedy album, at https://www.ericasigurdson.com/Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

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