Rich Aucoin joins us to talk about his triumphant year in 2011, headlining the Pop Explosion and releasing his long-awaited album. Arts editor Stephanie Johns is also here with stories of outrage from The Coast printing a swear word on its cover. It's pretty fucked up. All this plus the city hits peak scandal. This is a good one, folks!

The Coast presents: 25 for 25. A year-by-year audio archive. Through the lens of the city’s alt-weekly, editors Jacob Boon and Tara Thorne bring you the stories that shaped Halifax over the past quarter-century.

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