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In this episode, we speak to musician/composer David Buchbinder about The Ward Musical. How a Toronto history book became a new work of musical theatre.

We ask FLAP executive director Michael Mesure, and the City planner Kelly Snow about the millions of migratory birds that die each year in Toronto, and what we can do to prevent these deaths.

And we speak to Ryerson associate proffessor Graham Hudson, who co-authored a report on how Toronto fares as a "Sanctuary City." Are we really protecting non-status residents, or do we have work to do?

Spacing Radio partners with Pressgang Theatre to bring you an evening of live storytelling. Co-hosted by Glyn Bowerman and Graham Isador (Vice/Hard Times), and featuring stories from Shawn Hogan (comedian, JFL 42), Siva Vijenthira (Spacing's cycling columnist), Perry King (The Ethnic Aisle), and DM St. Bernard (two-time Governor General's Award nominee).

City Stories was recorded live at The Garrison, in Toronto.

In this episode, we make the most of the winter months.

Janice Lukes is a Winnipeg city councillor, and cycling advocate, who tells us about plans to expand the cycling network in that city.

Susan Holdsworth is the program coordinator for Edmonton's WinterCity Strategy. She tells us about how good design, and the right attitude, can help bring out the best cities have to offer in winter.

And we check in with Spacing Publisher Matt Blackett about the new issue of the magazine, and a project a few years in the making.

In this episode, we talk about the changing face of the city, about what we preserve, and what gets left behind. We talk to Kaitlin Wainwright, director of programming for Heritage Toronto. We talk to Toronto For Everyone's Hima Batavia and Negin Sairafi, co-producers of the Honest Ed's farewell celebration. And we speak to the Storefront Theatre's Benjamin Blais, and Claire Burns, about the value of community arts hubs, and the challenges threatening their existence.

In part two, of our PopCanCrit special, we look at the role of the architecture critic, in a changing media landscape.

Our experts discuss who gets to be an architect critics, in a world where everyone has the ability to publish their opinions, and traditional media is on the decline.

We examine the opportunities, and the challenges presented by social media for publications publishing stories about urban architecture, and the built environment.

What began as a discussion about popular architecture becomes a broader discussion about new media, and new opportunities for civic engagement.

This October, some of the foremost authorities in Canadian architecture criticism convened in Ottawa for PopCanCrit, to discuss the future of popular criticism in architecture.

In this, Part One of a two-part series, we bring you the highlights of that conference.

We examine the role of the architecture critic, with the voices of Trevor Boddy, David Theodore, Sophie Gironnay, Marco Polo, and Shawn Micallef.

Next, we present a case study, where architecture critics Lisa Rochon, and Alex Bozikovic discuss the Mirvish+Gehry tower proposal, and their coverage of it.

This is the companion episode to the latest issue of Spacing Magazine, with a focus on celebrating women in city building.

We talk to Pamela Robinson, associate dean, graduate studies and special programs at Ryerson University, about striving for gender equality in the traditionally male-dominated world of city building, and urban planning.

We speak to Toronto Centre for Active Transportation Director Nancy Smith Lea about a recent report geared at tapping into untapped potential cycling demographics.

And urban planner Kyle Miller tells us about a personal study he's made of pedestrian and cyclist injuries and death, during what has been a dismal year for road safety in Toronto.

Thanks to special guest Melanie Hrymak of Toronto indie theatre company, Headstrong Collective!

In the wake of TIFF, we talk film and the city.

We talk to director-producer Matt Tyrnauer about his new Jane Jacobs documentary, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City.

Councillor Michael Thompson explains why Toronto's film industry is booming.

And Archaeological Services Inc. founder Ron Williamson walks us through the site of Toronto's first general hospital, (which just so happens to be where the TIFF Bell Lightbox now stands).

Our summer reading episode. We talk to the Toronto Youth Cabinet about their top 10 books about the city, a photographer who spent the early '90s chasing bands like Nirvana, and a criminal defense lawyer about democratic policing.

Spacing Magazine is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Prize, and Spacing Radio has in depth interviews with this year's recipients.

Leslie Chudnovsky has devoted 16 years to the Supporting Our Youth mentorship program, guiding LGBTQ+ youth, and providing support across the diverse community. Luke Anderson is the founder of StopGap.ca, a foundation which provides custom made ramps to make businesses more accessible, and educates people about the language of inclusion when we talk about accessibility. Chudnovsky and Anderson perfectly embody the spirit of the award, and it was a pleasure chatting with them.

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