October 15, 2009 Podcast

We continue to talk about the Vancouver International Film Festival. We were thrilled to have four directors drop by the station tonight to talk about their films. Our fabulous film festival correspondent Kelly-Ruth Mercier had great conversations with Dickson Chow ("THE VEILED COMMODITY") Ryan Ward ("SON OF THE SUNSHINE") Pablo Gonzales ("MIKE INC") and Paal Nesset ("MIKE INC").

Also in studio we had a live chat and performance with local singer-songwriter David Blair.

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Arts Rational

October 8, 2009 Podcast

Steve Rosenberg and Kelly Ruth Mercier chat about the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Local Hip Hop artist, Fallan Soldier, is in studio for a chat about his music and upcoming performancs. We play several tunes from Fallan Soldier's latest album, Above the Call of Duty.

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Arts Rational

September 17, 2009 Podcast

We had a great show last week! Ellie O'Day, Media Director for the Vancouver International Film Festival, took the time to tell us all the exciting details about the upcoming film festival. Find out more at http://www.viff.org/

We spoke with short story writer, Deborah Willis, about her fantastic book of short stories called Vanishing and Other Stories. You can learn more about Deborah and her book at http://www.deborahwillis.ca/ and you can catch her reading at the Word on the Street Festival. http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver

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Megan, Gerry, and Steve

September 10, 2009 Podcast

We had a great lineup of guests on the September 10 episode of The Arts Rational. Listen to Gerry's interview with Mary Katzke about her documentary film "About Face," which screened September 16 at the Pacific Cinémathèque. Learn about an innovative dance program called Discover Dance! in Megan's chat with Mirna Zagar, the executive director of The Dance Centre.

Great discussions along with another terrific round of Gerry's Arts Notes and a rapid Fringe Fest preview can be found by clicking on this link!

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Gerry, Megan, and Steve

August 27, 2009 Podcast

We had a great interview with local singer/songwriter Michelle A. Richard. You can check out her music at http://www.myspace.com/michellerichardsings and listen to our chat by clicking here.

Also on this week's show Steve Rosenberg shared two detailed movie reviews of The Cove and Paper Heart.

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The Arts Rational crew

Best Albums of the Decade

As we're approaching the final months of this decade, it's interesting to look back over the last ten years to see how it all shaped up. What defined the first decade of the new millenium? Who were our cultural heroes and icons?

We'll have a chance on The Arts Rational to reflect on many facets of culture over the last ten years, and we're going to begin with music. With the help of the Arts Rational listening audience we're going to come up with a list of the best and most important albums of the past decade. As this was truly the first digital decade, it will be interesting to see how such a list turns out. Who were the U2s, the Radioheads, the Nirvana's of the years 2000 - 2009? Please post your comments and we will air the the list during our December shows.

We're looking forward to hearing your opinions!

Cheers,

Megan, Gerry, and Steve

June 18, 2009 - Podcast

Have a listen to our June 18 show. We had Laurel Murphy and Katia Leonardo, two incredibly talented singers, come by for a chat and a bit of live singing. We also had Anne Stone come back for a great discussion with author Hiromi Goto. And towards the end of the show Myriam Steinberg returned with another fantastic event to tell our listeners about.

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Thanks for listening to Co-op Radio and the Arts Rational.

M&G