Podcasts about Christoff

Cape Town-based designer Christoff van Wyk tells John Maytham how his love of both nature and Lego resulted in him creating a prototype set of Fynbos Lego. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to a conversation with artist Erik Ruin. In this exchange with the Philadelphia based artist we hear about a number of projects including a series Erik worked on about Palestine titled "10 Plagues of the Occupation." Also we speak about local work that was done with the Coalition to Save the Libraries in Philadelphia. Erik is a member of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative learn more here: https://justseeds.org/artist/erikruin Also visit Erik's website here: https://www.erikruin.info This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, on Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays, on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm and on Thursdays at 4:30pm on CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver.

This edition of Free City Radio features audio from a Montreal launch for the zine Voices Beyond Lockdown: Collective action and care across borders in a time of crisis, a zine publication of Free City Radio. On the show we hear from community organizers, artists and cultural workers reflecting on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Montreal before any vaccines were available. The zine is a transcribed set of interviews with a set of voices and the launch includes the voices of: Indigenous photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft; a Guinean community organizer in Montreal, Mohamed Barry; longtime community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mostafa Henaway; poet and educator Shanice Nicole; artist and author Sundus Abdul Hadi; and educator/researcher Brian Aboud. Read the full zine in PDF format via Justseeds here: https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zine The launch of the project was recorded at Casa del Popolo in Montreal. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

This program explores the ways that opposing policies of war abroad are inherently connected with local struggles against racism at home. Mostafa Henaway, an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, connects the local and the global. This interview addresses the connections between campaigns against war and racism in the months after 9/11 to current events. This interview provides urgent and necessary analysis. Info on Mostafa's book "Essential Work, Disposable Workers Migration, Capitalism and Class" here: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/essential-work-disposable-workers Graphic is by Andrea Marcos via Justseeds, info: https://justseeds.org/graphic/freedom-of-movement-for-all/ This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a critique of the role that respective NDP and Liberal governments have played in boosting military exports and spending. Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. Tamara is involved in the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, info: https://www.foreignpolicy.ca Graphic is Expedition Press in Seattle https://expedition.press/en-ca/products/no-to-war This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

A round table discussion between community organizers and artists who are involved in prisoner justice work in both the Chicago and Montreal areas. Olivia Dumas who works with formally incarcerated folks in the Montreal area doing physiological and social support, Aaron Hughes and Damon Locks who both do arts based community projects with prisoners in Illinois and Sheena Hoszko who has been involved in Prisoners' Justice Day and does artwork related to the realities of prisons today in Canada. This discussion is a window into both the organizing work and activism that these voices are involved in and also is really just a capsule, there could easily be a full program about the work of each respective guest. Links and information on the voices you hear on this program: Aaron Hughes https://justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughes Damon Locks https://damonlocks.black Sheena Hoszko https://www.sheenahoszko.com The Prisoner Correspondence Project https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com The Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP) https://p-nap.org/ Choosing Real Safety https://www.choosingrealsafety.com This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying image is by Damon Locks. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

A special program for broadcast on Free City Radio weekly spot on CKUT 90.3 FM, this program focuses on hearing community voices involved in organizing against the Conservatives in Canada. Specifically the voices you hear detail why directly listening to community organizing spaces when building opposition to the extreme right and Conservative Party of Canada is important. These voices were recorded on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Alternatives space in Montreal. Nikolas Barry-Shaw, from the Council of Canadians, speaks about campaigning for a national public Pharmacare program, Gaurav Sharma from the Immigrant Workers Centre speaking on the persisting importance of the #StatusForAll movement for migrant justice and Jordan Arseneault from SéroSyndicat speaks about community organizing efforts during the last Conservative gov. under Harper to oppose the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentencing bill aiming to criminalize many communities, including Queers and that pushed extend the prison population and by extension the prison industrial complex in Canada. All these voices speak on what the challenges we will face under the Conservatives are, also on ways to block the Liberals and NDP from exploiting the rising opposition to the extreme right / Conservatives in Canada for their own electoral gains. These voices were recorded in the build up to a protest in Montreal against the Conservatives that is taking place on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30pm, info: https://stoppoilievre.couragecoalition.ca This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Graphic is by Mobile Print Power https://www.mobileprintpower.com Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and this is a special edition specifically produced for broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM.

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Şeyma Altundal, an Istanbul based activist who works with the group Filistin icin Bin Genc. Şeyma speaks about the organizing of youth activists in Turkey to challenge the economic ties and relationships between Turkish corporations with the Israeli government. In the interview we particularly address Turkish companies like the Zorlu Energy Group which plays a major role in supplying power to, through contracts, to Israeli army bases via Dorad Energy. Learn more about Filistin icin Bin Genc here: https://www.instagram.com/filistinicin1000genc This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying image is by Josh MacPhee of the Justseeds artists' cooperative http://justseeds.org Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Shayana Kadidal, a Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. In this interview we hear about the plea deal that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, detained by the U.S. since 2003, largely at Guantánamo Bay, which was shut down in the last period of the Democratic Biden administration. The interview places important context on understanding the realities of indefinite detention and the inherent injustice of Guantánamo Bay as persistent across both Democratic and Republic administrations in the US. Critically also we hear about the combined role that both legal advocacy and activism for the rights of those unjustly detained has done in securing the release of many formally detained at Guantánamo. Illustration is by Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/may/11/abu-zubaydah-drawings-guantanamo-bay-us-torture-policy This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and educator Tania Islas Weinstein speaking on the recently published collective work "Beyond Mestizaje: Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico." The book is described this way: "Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country's public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism." Info on the project: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/4m90dz09n This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

It was another busy week in pro wrestling as WWE hosted the Royal Rumble, new lawsuit details confirm Christoff's suspicions, and AEW continues to give us high highs and low lows.

THIS WEEK - Marty talks Christoff through his feelings of Penta debuting in WWE, Corey Graves tweets and deletes, and AEW continues to be a bafflingly frustrating experience!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist Ermilo Mendoza who speaks about work on a project called La Coperacha in Mexico. This is an alternative media project that is focused on highlighting the role that cooperatives play in Mexican economic and political life. La Coperacha is also a cooperative journalistic project. Learn more about La Coperacha here: https://lacoperacha.org.mx This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to filmmaker Mary Ellen Davis for the networking support on this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

This discussion focuses on the AirGo community media project in Chicago. It is with Damon A. Williams and Daniel Kisslinger who coordinate the project. This initiative speaks to alternative histories of cultural narratives, poetry and activism in Chicago and beyond. The project has a particular connection to Black community organizing and culture but also visits many takes on alternative histories of Chicago and how they connect with the present. Info on the project here: https://airgoradio.com This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to educator, academic and musician Mohamed Mehdi for the networking support on this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer and researcher Ryan MacRae who works with the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Ryan speaks about housing justice organizing in PEI and the specific context within a wider framing of housing justice organizing in Canada. Ryan organizes with the PEI Fight for Affordable Housing campaign and has been campaigning in the context of PEI as being one of two Canadian provinces that has wide reaching rental control legislation, similar to Manitoba, while having no credible enforcement mechanisms for addressing landlord abuses that go against legislation. Learn more about Ryan's work and the campaign in PEI here: https://www.cooperinstitute.ca https://peifah.ca This interview is being shared as part of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: housingjustice.now This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and researcher Alessandra Renzi speaking on the ways that the AI technology boom in Quebec is impacting gentrification in Parc Ex. Alessandra specifically speaks about efforts to both document and organize around the impacts of the AI industry in the Montreal neighbourhood of Parc Ex. A process that Alessandra describes as shaped by "a disregard to life worlds already on the ground," by institutions like MILA and others that are heavily backed by public funds by the Quebec and Canadian governments often with little strings attached. This funding for AI companies comes at a time when public investments in social housing, by all levels of government, are at an all time low, exemplified by the cut of Quebec gov. support for AccèsLogis. Alessandra is the co-author of "Digital Divides – The Impact of Montreal's AI Ecosystems on Parc Extension: Housing, Environment and Access to Services. April 2022," which you can read, along with other research resources here: https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/publications/ This interview is being shared as part of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: housingjustice.now This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Este es el episodio #89 de “Tradiciones Sabias”, el podcast en español de la Fundación Weston A. Price. Algunos de los temas de este episodio - Testimonio de dejar la vida en ciudad, vender todo y mudarse a las montañas para comenzar desde cero buscando la autosuficiencia Principales retos y motivaciones en su camino de regresar al campo Errores y lecciones en el proceso para cubrir necesidades de alimento, energía, agua, crianza de animales y otros Construcción de casa con materiales naturales Datos del invitado - Cristobal Richter es un violinista colombiano. Junto con su esposa Daniela Pierson, también violinista, ejercieron sus carreras en Filadelfia y alrededores. Hace tres años la pareja decidió buscar en las hermosas montañas de Tennessee una forma de vida más conectada a la tierra, más independiente y con mayor responsabilidad propia a través de la permacultura y la agricultura regenerativa. Preguntas, comentarios, sugerencias - tradicionessabias@gmail.com     Recursos en español de la Fundación Weston A. Price -   Página web WAPF en Español: https://www.westonaprice.org/espanol/ Cuenta de Instagram: westonaprice_espanol Guía alimentación altamente nutritiva, saludable y placentera: 11 principios dietéticos Paquete de Materiales GRATIS: https://secure.westonaprice.org/CVWEBTEST_WESTON/cgi-bin/memberdll.dll/openpage?wrp=customer_new_infopak_es.htm  Folleto "La Leche Real", de Sally Fallon:  https://www.westonaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/La-leche-real.pdf  Música de Pixabay - Sound Gallery y SOFRA  

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author, researcher and community organizer Dru Oja Jay speaking about work on a recently published report on housing justice movements in Canada. The report is called "From Crisis to Consensus: A survey of 60 housing groups from across Canada," which you can read here: https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/housing-design-draft-v4-EN-online.pdf Dru speaks about this report in the context of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: https://housingjustice.now/ Also on this broadcast we hear two pieces from R​é​verb​é​rations d'une crise: une enqu​ê​te sonore sur le logement à Montr​é​al, Philippe Battikha with "Q-Block" and Aidan Girt + Stefan Christoff, ft. Mostafa Henaway "Housing and care for all (Down with real estate capital vultures)." This album of soundscapes and music on the housing crisis, you can get more information about the project here: https://reverberationscriselogement.bandcamp.com/album/r-verb-rations-dune-crise-une-enqu-te-sonore-sur-le-logement-montr-al This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The accompanying drawing is by Stefan and the music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

This is the first in a series of 4 interviews that will air here on Free City Radio that address the crisis of homelessness in Montreal, Quebec and Canada. This interview series takes place in the build up to a gathering on housing justice taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia University, for more information on that gathering visit http://housingjustice.now The first interview in this series is with poet Fenton Benjamin, a Caribbean-Canadian poet and spoken word artist, who I first got to know in the context of doing community radio work in Montreal at CKUT 90.3 FM. Fenton and I were both on a community radio cultural morning magazine program, Fenton would come into read poems sometimes on air and also offer social commentary. Today Fenton is living with homelessness in the city and shares a direct first hand experience about the ways that rising rents and the lack of affordable housing units is driving young artists and workers into homelessness. This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The accompanying drawing is by Stefan and the music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

It was another busy week of prowres and SOMEBODY didn't watch any of it! So Marty has the Herculean task of trying to explain it to a punchy and Dayquil-hopped Christoff!

AEW Full Gear 2024 is in the books - and it's a mixed bag! Marty and Christoff break down the results, along with their continued concerns for the company AND touch on the build to WWE Survivor Series WAR GAMES.

Listen to an interview with Celeste Lezcano of the Bolivia Por Palestina project that aims to mobilize support for Palestinians in Gaza in the context of Bolivia. This project has specifically supported the work of a Palestinian medical doctor Refaat Alathamna who has worked on the ground in Gaza during the war. Refaat trained in Bolivia and has relationships to the Palestine solidarity movement in the Bolivian context. This project is about creating a solidarity initiative on the ground across global south contexts. Info on the project here: https://www.instagram.com/porpalestina.bo The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Marty and Christoff are back and - after a tangent on Kevin Smith movies - go through the big stories in WWE, NJPW, and AEW including new titles, new matches, the build for Full Gear, and wardrobe complaints!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the reflections of Amman based singer and songwriter Macadi Nahhas speaking about the ways that music in the Arabic speaking world exists beyond borderlines. The work of artists like Macadi is important in this moment of the extreme enforcement of colonially shaped territory lines as pushed by the Israeli state project. The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also thank you to my friend Mazen Chamseddine for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Listen to an interview with Kahn-Tineta Horn, a long time Indigenous voice for justice. Specifically this interview is about the push by the Mohawk Mothers to push for justice in the case of unmarked graves within parts of McGill University that are currently under renovation. The Mohawk Mothers have pushed for historical redress of the fact that large parts of Canadian national infrastructure were built on loans from the Indian Trust Fund that were never paid back. Additionally this interview looks at the specific calls for justice around the intergenerational narratives around missing Indigenous children who were lost to psychological experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute at McGill. These experiments were part of a process that also was connected to the CIA through the MKUltra which is well documented in an important chapter within Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine. For more information on the Indian Trust Fund and calls for payback visit: https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/ For more information on the work of the Mohawk Mothers visit: https://www.mohawkmothers.ca The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also a particular thank you to author / activist Philippe Blouin for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Israeli activist and researcher Shir Hever who offers reflections about the ways that this critical moment underlines the need for an urgent military embargo on the Israeli state. Shir also offers insights as an Israeli activist on why this moment is a turning point in regards to creating conditions for the long term impossibility to sustain the Israeli state project in this current apartheid fashion. The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. The accompanying graphic is by Alec Dunn and was featured in the Justseeds artists' cooperative graphics care package # 5, find that here: https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphics-care-package-5 Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Tom Nico of Collectif Vietnam Dioxine speaks about the Vietnamese elder Trần Tố Nga's legal struggle against Agent Orange within the French court system. This case goes back to the US invasion and bombing of Vietnam and the use of chemical weapons, particularly Agent Orange against civilians including media workers. Trần Tố Nga was working as a journalist at the time and was hit by the chemical weapon. This case has resulted in both a grassroots campaign in France and also a legal battle where the case is ongoing, for more information visit: http://vietnamdioxine.org Thank you to my friends at Radio AlHara for making me aware of this specific case. The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

It's been a LONG week, but Marty and Christoff are here to bring you up to date on the world of wrestling with NXT's suspect bookings, NJPW possibly turning a corner, and AEW building to Full Gear with faction warfare.

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On this edition we hear from author and community activist Cindy Barukh Milstein speaking on their latest book "Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice." The book is described this way: "What do we do when the state has abandoned us? From failing health systems to housing crises to cascading ecological collapse, it's increasingly evident that state-centered politics do not protect us from the violence of colonialism and capitalism, fascism and patriarchy. In fact, they actively work to harm us. Anarchist feminism—or anarcha-feminism—shows us that the ways we tend to our social relations can build a new world inside the old one. We can take care of each other when nothing else will, supplying communal well-being and liberatory horizons. From communitarian kitchens to medic collectives, squatted social centers to queer theater troupes, Ljubljana to Mexico City, Constellations of Care powerfully underscores that we already have everything we need and desire in one another to carve out lives worth living." Information: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349954/constellationsofcare The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Marty and Christoff are back - and punchier than ever - in a recap of the week in WWE, Impact, NJPW, and AEW! Will recent moves get Christoff to watch WWE again? Will Lio Rush return from retirement? Will The Learning Tree get sent to the woodchipper? Listen to find out!

This interview details the ways that grassroots activism played a role in the successful struggle to begin implementing a national Pharmacare program in Canada. Public healthcare in Canada has been a reality for decades but one of the missing element was a public drug policy, over the course of multiple Liberal governments there have been promises to make that a reality. In the context of a Liberal NDP coalition government in 2023, due to the pressure of grassroots campaigning that Nikolas Barry-Shaw was involved in through the Council of Canadians a Pharmacare act is close to reality now. For more information visit: https://canadians.org/pharmacare-now The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Marty and Christoff are back with AEW Wrestle Dream in the books, Bryan Danielson retired, Moxley and company taking over as well as debuts in WWE and Marty bestows an unexpected award on Christoff!

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and translator Eric-John Russell who shares reflections on engaging with the work of Anselm Jappe and particularly "The Self-Devouring Society: Capitalism, Narcissism, and Self-Destruction." Eric-John translated these texts into English and points to the ways that the critiques outlined in the book can be understood as relevant to addressing the ways that there persists a wide lack of knowledge around the fact that surviving daily life is collective in many ways. Info on the book here: https://www.commonnotions.org/the-self-devouring-society The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. The graphic is by Josh MacPhee of Justseeds artists' cooperative and forms the cover of "The Self-Devouring Society." Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

A discussion with filmmaker and artist Riar Rizaldi who speaks about their project Tellurian Drama. This conversation revolves around the ways that recognized narratives around land and spirituality can shift depending on the domestic political agenda. This work shifts from the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia until the present and is described in this way: "May 5th, 1923. The Dutch East Indies government celebrated the opening of a new radio station in West Java. It was called Radio Malabar. In March 2020, the local Indonesian government plans to reactivate the station as a historical site and tourist attraction. Tellurian Drama imagines what would have happened in between: the vital role of mountain in history; colonial ruins as an apparatus for geoengineering technology; and the invisible power of indigenous ancestral. Narrated based on the forgotten text written by a prominent pseudo-anthropologist Drs. Munarwan, Tellurian Drama problematizes the notion of decolonisation, geocentric technology, and historicity of communication." For more information on Riar's work visit: https://rizaldiriar.com The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Marty and Christoff are back talking about the build to WWE Bad Blood, digressing into Drew Carey lore, AEW Grand Slam week and what's shaping up storyline-wise in AEW leading to Wrestle Dream.

AEW's All Out 2024 is in the books in all of it's ultra-violent glory! Marty and Christoff break down the show and wonder where big angles will go next!

It's been another busy week as Marty and Christoff break down AEW All In from Wembley, WWE Bash in Berlin, the weekly AEW shows AND a preview of next weekend's All Out PPV!

Marty and Christoff are back and they cover the big news of the week(s) from WWE, NJPW, and AEW - as well as a preview of the big Wembley show for AEW, ALL IN!

Marty and Christoff are back! They discuss the sad possibility of the Lucha Bros jumping ship to WWE, Summerslam, G1 Climax, and the current doldrums of AEW.

Money in the Bank and Forbidden Door are in the rearview mirror, MJF and Tonga Loa are back to their respective forms, and AEW has another killer Dynamite - all that and more broken down by Marty & Christoff!

Welcome to another exciting bonus episode of Beats Vines & Life! I'm your host, MJ Towler, and today we're broadcasting live from the vibrant Vinexpo in New York City. We're diving into the world of wine and spirits with a stellar lineup of guests, all shining lights in the industry.Join us as we chat with Sylvain Faureau, the Director of Marketing & Communications for Vineposium, about organizing global business-to-business events that connect buyers and producers. We'll explore emerging markets, the expansion into the spirits industry, and their ambitious focus on Latin America.We'll also meet Christoff, sharing insights into the intricate world of French wines, and Guillermo, who brings stories from Spain's top wine regions. Don't miss our deep dive into Georgian winemaking with Alexander Mackvishili, a fascinating discussion on Rhone Valley wines with Claude Chabran, and a taste of Slovenia with our guest Tatjana, who brought a 1971 Pinot Blanc.From the dynamic culture surrounding events like Vinexpo to unique winemaking techniques and the passion driving the industry forward, this episode is packed with valuable insights and delightful anecdotes that will enrich your appreciation for wine. So grab a glass and let's toast to another enriching episode!---A Massive THANK YOU to VINEXPO AMERICAFor more information about upcoming Vinexposium events click the link!Thank you to Sylvain Faureau, Christophe Tassan, Tatjana Puklavec, Alexandre Margvelashvili, Claude Chabran, Guillermo Planas, Manilay Saito, Benoît Fitte and Theotime Serant.____________________________________________________________Until next time, cheers to the mavericks, philosophers, deep thinkers, and wine drinkers! Subscribe and give Beats Vines and Life a five-star review on whichever platform you listen to.For insider info from MJ and exclusive content from the show, sign up at blackwineguy.comFollow MJ @blackwineguyFollow Beats Vines and Life @beatsvinesandlife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.