The milkman cometh, and then dissapears completely. On this week’s episode of the CJSR Edition, author and journalist John DeMont distills some essence of what it means to be a Canadian today by describing the experience of people who continue to make their living in vanishing vocations.

Let’s take a trip to the AGA and leap into Jill Stanton’s psyche — or at least into her newest installation: Strange Dream.

In a world riddled with injustice, how can society’s most marginalized individuals reconcile the wrongs that they’ve faced all their lives?

Dan Scratch belives that the answer lies in education. A social studies teacher at Edmonton’s Inner City High School — a non-profit organization providing education for high risk youth — Scratch uses education as a tool to empower youth to understand and participate in the world around them. It’s only then that at-risk students can begin to heal their wounds and create a better world for themselves and their peers.

Last week, in anticipation of the 2014 NCRA Homelessness Awareness Radio Marathon, Linda Duncan, the NDP Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Strathcona sat down with CJSR’s News Director Matt Hirji to talk about the current state of homelessness in Canada and the future eradication of this national problem.

Take a look at the tag on the t-shirt that you’re wearing right now. Where was it made? If it says on the tag that it was produced in Bangladesh, you might begin to question if it was produced in the infamous Tazreen Fashion factory, the site of the 2012 Dhaka fire that lead to the death of 112 workers in a raging fire that engulfed the factory.

If you could indeed prove that your t-shirt was produced in that factory where there were no emergency fire exits and where seamstresses worked under horrific conditions, would the guilt weigh on you?

How would you feel if you were potentially responsible for designing that t-shirt. Actually had a tactile part in creating the system in which factory workers were forced to work under duress to produce that t-shirt. Would you feel the blood on your hands?

On this week’s episode of the CJSR Edition, Canadian fashion designer Sujeet Sennik speaks about how the 2013 Dhaka fire motivated him to start a conversation about ethical fashion.

Then, later in the program, the groundhog saw his shadow, signalling six more weeks of winter. We all know it’s been a long winter season across North America, but one University of Alberta earth and atmospheric scientist is encouraging us to think about the inherent beauty of winter in Edmonton.

But first, journalist and sustainability advocate, Alex Steffen explains that we only have 25 years left to change the world before it’s too late. It’s time to start thinking about the future of our planet.

In this episode, we talk to journalist Arno Kopecky about his voyage to British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, and his resulting book, The Oil Man and the Sea. In it, he details the potential effect of Northern Gateway Pipeline, skillfully delineating the relationships between big oil and local governments.

Later, we talk to writer, illustrator and designer Chip Kidd about the importance of book design to the reading experience.

Writer and graphic designer Chip Kidd stopped by CJSR to talk about his work in the world of publishing. Even if you’ve never heard his name before, chances are you’ve seen one of his books. Dubbed by many as the closest thing to a rock star in the graphic design world, Kidd has designed more than 1500 book covers for authors like David Sedaris and Cormac McCarthy, and is best known for creating the iconic T-rex graphic for Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park.

By day, Kidd is the associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House. By night, he is a talented writer of graphic novels. His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, is a satire about his experiences as a graphic design student at Penn State. Kidd’s most recent novel is entitled Batman: Death by Design.

Christy Foley has always dreamed of becoming a space cowgirl. Now she’s one step closer to being a space pioneer. After being shortlisted by the Mars One program to take part in the first mission to set up a colony on Mars, Foley is already packing her space luggage for a one-way trip to the red planet. But what is she leaving behind?

All Ears: A Shared History of CJSR and CKUA is the story, told by more than 25 of Alberta’s finest radio makers, of how public radio across this province has come to hold a prominent and esteemed place as the true voice of Alberta’s diverse communities.

Producers from both CJSR and CKUA joined forces to explore the connection between the two stations, in celebration of CJSR’s 30th anniversary.

Come along on this second leg of the journey with us, as we discuss how community radio in Alberta has grown from one simple radio club at the University of Alberta to the dynamic community radio stations that we know and love today.

All Ears: A Shared History of CKUA and CJSR is the story, told by more than 25 of Alberta’s finest radio makers, of how public radio across this province has come to hold a prominent and esteemed place as the true voice of Alberta’s diverse communities.

Producers from both CJSR and CKUA joined forces to explore the connection between the two stations, in celebration of CJSR’s 30th anniversary.

Come along on this journey with us, as we discuss how community radio in Alberta has grown from one simple radio club at the University of Alberta to the dynamic community radio stations that we know and love today.