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FAQs about NOW with Dave Brown:How many episodes does NOW with Dave Brown have?The podcast currently has 9,599 episodes available.
March 06, 2020Emergency Readiness in TexasFor today's Accessibility Story Roundup: In order to meet requirements for a state safety law, the Texas School for the Deaf is launching two apps for emergency notifications and anonymous tips. From the March 6, 2020 show....more3minPlay
March 06, 2020Movie Preview: MulanOur film critic Michael McNeely previews the new Mulan movie, a live-action adaptation of the 1998 Disney animated classic. From the March 6, 2020 show....more11minPlay
March 06, 2020News Panel: Daylight Savings TimeThe Yukon government has just decided that this weekends daylight savings time change will be the last one. Our news panel talks about this and other moves to get rid of the seasonal time change. From the March 6, 2020 show....more14minPlay
March 06, 2020News Panel: Protest-Free ZonesThe Nova Scotia government wants to ban protests near abortion clinics, and the Alberta government wants to ban protests near railroad and pipeline sites. Our news panel talks about the push to create protest-free zones. From the March 6, 2020 show....more14minPlay
March 06, 2020News Panel: Paid Sick DaysReporters Meagan Gillmore and Michelle McQuigge join Dave for our weekly news panel. Here, they talk about who gets paid sick days and who doesn’t, especially in the context of an approaching pandemic. From the March 6, 2020 show....more12minPlay
March 06, 2020Full Show – Episode 24Reporters Meagan Gillmore and Michelle McQuigge join Dave for our weekly news panel. They talk about who gets paid sick days and who doesn't, about two provincial governments pushing to create protest-free zones, and whether we should get rid of the seasonal time change. In the second hour of the show, our film critic Michael McNeely previews the new Mulan movie. We hear how the Texas School for the Deaf is launching two apps to protect students in emergency situations. And Greg David tells us what to expect when our reporter Beth Deer heads to BC for the AMI-tv show “Postcards from Vancouver Island.” This is the March 6, 2020 show....more1h 45minPlay
March 05, 2020Women in Combat SportsOur new colleague Emily Ramsay tells us about a few of the projects she's involved in outside AMI, including a documentary series about women in combat sports. From the March 5, 2020 show....more9minPlay
March 05, 2020Community Report - Jennie Bovard - HalifaxOur community reporter Jennie Bovard tells us about a free tax clinic in Halifax, and the upcoming Goalball Grand Slam in Surrey, BC. From the March 5, 2020 show....more11minPlay
March 05, 2020Pandemic Preparations in BritainAMI producer Dawn Dickinson tells us why health authorities in Britain plan to deploy a ‘Dad’s Army’ of retired doctors and medical experts. She also previews a Walrus magazine article about how cannabis is being marketed to new audiences. From the March 5, 2020 show....more11minPlay
March 05, 2020Accommodations for Citizenship TestsFor today's Accessibility Story Roundup: We hear about a blind man who failed his US citizenship test because he wasn’t given a braille reading option, and a Nigerian sculptor who builds prosthetics for amputees of colour. From the March 5, 2020 show....more4minPlay
FAQs about NOW with Dave Brown:How many episodes does NOW with Dave Brown have?The podcast currently has 9,599 episodes available.