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The General Manager of Opera Mariposa Stephanie Ko talks to Joseph Planta about an event this Saturday, 18 May 2019, The Impossible Dream: A Triumphant New Benefit and Awareness presented by the award-winning soprano Jacqueline Ko, with proceeds for the ME | FM Society of BC (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia).

The author Victoria Hetherington discusses her debut novel Mooncalves (Now or Never, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

The labour leader and activist Sid Ryan discusses his new memoir A Grander Vision: My Life in the Labour Movement (Dundurn, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

Best friends Cat and Nat, Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer talk to Joseph Planta about their bestselling memoir Cat and Nat's Mom Truths: Embarrassing Stories and Brutally Honest Advice on the Extremely Real Struggle of Motherhood (Harmony Books, 2019).

The filmmaker Tasha Hubbard discusses her new documentary screening at DOXA, the Documentary Film Festival next week, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a look at the life and death of Colten Boushie, and his family's journey for justice, with Joseph Planta.

The Broadway producer, historian, and creative and programming director at New York City's Feinstein's/54 Below Jennifer Ashley Tepper discusses the new album The Jonathan Larson Project (Ghostlight Records), Larson's music and legacy, theatre, and more, with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Joseph Hillel discusses City Dreamers, his new documentary on the lives of four remarkable urban architects Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, and Denise Scott Brown, with Joseph Planta.

The acclaimed filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her film A Place Called Chiapas, with Joseph Planta, which gets a screening at DOXA, the Documentary Film Festival, Saturday, 04 May 2019 some twenty-one years since its release; they also discuss the making of the movie between 1996-1997, the politics of free trade, copyright, and more.

The author and educator Suzanne Methot discusses her new book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing (ECW Press, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Baljit Sangra talks to Joseph Planta about her first feature-length documentary Because We Are Girls, a National Film Board of Canada production, debuting at DOXA, the Documentary Film Festival.