Interview with sculptor, activist George Rammell, and featuring some readings of original poetry by Atty Gell.

Broadcast on CFRO 100.5 FM 22:00 May 25, 2023.

Tonight on the Raw Diaries (May 12, 2023) Jay will speak again with Susan Bertoia. Susan is a Vancouver based commedia dell’arte theatre artist, teacher and performer. Jay and Susan speak in depth about her artistic practice, method and philosophies.

Susan Bertoia will be doing a Commedia intensive July 17-21 at the Italian Cultural Centre, in Vancouver. There are spots still available. More info at www.susanbertoia.ca The show will also feature a second part of an interview with DTES activists Naneek, Kaylayla and AJ about the aftermath and reflection on the DTES decampments in early April this year. These are fascinating first-person accounts as we try to discuss a positive path forward.

Tonight (April 14, 2023) on The Raw Diaries show on CFRO 100.5 FM on the dial, Vancouver Co-op Radio will feature an in depth interview with Rolf Maurer of People’s Co-op Books. Rolf is an instrumental member and manager of the bookstore and editor for many years of New Star Books. PCBS is one of the oldest operating bookstores in the city (since 1945) and the interview is a fascinating profile on the store and the hardworking Rolf.


We also feature a brief selective interview with Naneek Naytowhow and Kaylayla Raine - two dedicated young organizers about their personal accounts of the recent April 5th “sweep the streets” decampment in the DTES. This will be the first of several interviews on the subject of the tent encampments on Hastings Street over the coming weeks with a number of concerned activists and advocates involved doing invaluable groundwork to help those people in Crab Park and the Tent City in Vancouver.

Tonight on the Raw Diaries program at 9:00 PM on CFRO 100.5 FM we have a feature interview with Scott Sweeney of CHFR 96.5 FM Radio on Hornby Island. The interview was done in person on Hornby and we discuss the numerous benefits of community radio stations and also covers topics of waste management, environmentalism and more. It’s a community radio extravaganza on Vancouver Co-op Radio!

More info: https://hornbyradio.com/

We also feature a brief interview with Isin Can, who has been working to fundraise and bring awareness to the humanitarian efforts following the recent earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. There are several live music fundraising events starting tonight at Highlife records:

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/600043891634552/600043894967885/?active_tab=about J

oin host Jay Hamburger and crew for another episode of The Raw Diaries program tonight at 9:00 PM on CFRO 100.5 FM on the dial or check out the March 10th, 2023 ~ episode in the Raw Diaries Archive:

Listen Live: https://coopradio.org/

This segment on the Arts Rational features and interview with Painter and Butoh Dancer Thomas Anfield as well as some poetry readings by W. Ruth Kozak.

Originally aired 2/23/2023 on CFRO 100.5 FM the Arts Rational - 10:00 PM

Tonight on the Raw Diaries, we are proud to feature the second of a two part interview with Alexandra Morton. Alexandra is an activist, scientist, writer and “renegade whale biologist” who has been called “the Jane Goodall of Canada.” We discuss her recent book “Not On My Watch” detailing how her work on resident Orca populations led to her numerous academic and activist efforts highlighting the damaging impact industrial salmon farming has had on BC’s wild salmon populations. It is a deeper look into the issues discussed earlier in January.


More Info: https://www.alexandramorton.ca/not-on-my-watch/


We are also proud to feature and interview with Ron Coghlin of Stein Valley Farms. We interviewed Ron last October in a fascinating interview on being an organic farmer in BC and the painful tragedy of the recent fires in Lytton this past summer.


We also feature the original poetry of Pandora Ballard of the Tri-City Wordsmiths in her own voice!

Join host Jay Hamburger and crew for another episode of The Raw Diaries program tonight at 9:00 PM on CFRO 100.5 FM on the dial or check out the February 10th, 2023 ~ episode in the Raw Diaries Archive:




https://www.tri-citywordsmiths.ca/


More info: https://www.alexandramorton.ca/

Tonight on the first Raw Diaries program of 2023, we feature the first of a two part interview with Alexandra Morton. Alexandra is an activist, scientist, writer and “renegade whale biologist” who has been called “the Jane Goodall of Canada.” We discuss her recent book “Not On My Watch” detailing how her work on resident Orca populations led to her numerous academic and activist efforts highlight the damaging impact industrial salmon farming has had on BC’s wild salmon populations. It is an insightful look at pressing environmental issues here in British Columbia.

More info: https://www.alexandramorton.ca/

Join host Jay Hamburger and crew for another episode of The Raw Diaries program tonight at 9:00 PM on CFRO 100.5 FM on the dial.

Anna Sagalova is an Honoured Artist of Ukraine, an associate professor from the Kharkiv Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts and a professional concert pianist displaced from the Ukraine due to the war. Anna Pidgorna is an accomplished Ukrainian-Canadian composer and vocalist. Jay interviews them to discuss their charitable concert series honouring Ukrainian Composers performed throughout the Lower Mainland recently. It is a must hear show if you have an interest in classical music and the rich history of Ukrainian composers past & present.

We will feature four moving pieces of music throughout the interview.

A. Sagalova plays piano pieces by Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk -- both composers from Ukraine. A. Pidgorna has two original compositions pieces featured in the broadcast interview. One musical piece is featured from Anna’s song cycle “Keening Songs” and the other piece is Anna Pidgorna singing her own work in Ukrainian with the Turning Point Ensemble in a concert at Vancouver’s Annex in September.


Both women are remarkably dedicated to their craft and are speaking earnestly about what is occurring in their native land. Their charitable concert series will continue in Toronto in 2023: https://www.eventbrite.ca/.../ukrainian-art-soirees-anna...


There is also an added original biting poem titled Bare Chested and Still the Size of a Mouse by Jay Hamburger, recited for the show by Co-op Radio’s “The Poetry Guy.”