People First Radio - Full Episodes

Revisiting a conversation from 2024, with Patricia, Beatriz, and Constanza Morén. The three sisters living in Spain joined People First Radio to share memories of their father, who had died the previous year. “He was the best father a daughter could have,” Constanza said. “My father worked as an industrial engineer in the civil service […]

Puppeteer and actor DerRic Starlight speaks about living rough on the streets of Calgary and Edmonton around a decade ago, a project he embarked on with the intention of writing about the experience. The resulting book, See-Me Street, My Homeless, Indigenous Journey was published earlier this year.

Grace Iarocci of Simon Fraser University speaks about research into ADHD and social camouflage. Revisiting a conversation from February 2024 with Dr. Alex Nataros on ADHD.

Kelly McKowen, assistant professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, speaks about his experiences studying unemployment in Norway, the subject of his book Down and Out in Utopia.

Filmmaker Petra Volpe speaks about Frank & Louis, a film that follows the story of a prison inmate who joins a program taking care of other inmates with dementia. It’s inspired by the Gold Coat program at the California State Men’s Colony Prison. Conversations from an event held in Qualicum Beach to mark the National […]

Touching on a trio of local stories heading to the screen this fall. Seventeen filmmaker Justin Ducharme talks about his debut feature that offers a window into a day in the life of queer Indigenous sex work in a Vancouver. Snuneymuxw First Nation Chief Mike Wyse speaks at an event celebrating the premiere of Racing […]

Corey Bialek explores how strolling a Winnipeg Labyrinth was therapeutic for his mental health. Bialek talks public space, biophilia, and dealing with persistent depressive disorder and major depressive disorder. The conversation was inspired by Bialek’s essay Minding The City, appearing in the book Living Disability. Revisiting part of a conversation on Disability, History, and Power […]

Jillian Halladay of McMaster University speaks about a study that explored the prevalence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in Canada. Stories shared at International Overdose Awareness Day events in Nanaimo and Courtenay.

Featuring stories shared at events held in Parksville and Courtenay to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Support resources referenced in the program: Moms Stop The Harm Resources Page: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/support-resources Healing Hearts info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/healing-hearts-groups Holding Hope info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/holding-hope-support-groups  

Saint John based journalist Rob Csernyik speaks about his work exploring gambling related harms and the history of the gambling industry in Canada, a subject covered in his recent book A Losing Hand. Drug user group organizer Ann Livingston speaks about International Overdose Awareness Day and an event taking place in Nanaimo to mark the […]