Douglas & McIntyre Podcasts
 Michelle Shephard - Michelle Shephard on 9/11 and Her New Book Decade of FearMichelle Shephard, Toronto Star journalist and author of the book Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone, talks to CJAD about where she was on that fateful day - September 11, 2001 - and what she's seen since. Have a listen. CJAD, Sep 9, 2011 Read more >> |
 Eric Enno Tamm - SPEAKEASY || The Horse That Leaps through CloudsEric Enno Tamm knew he had problems from the beginning. With access denied to China, he nonetheless set out to retrace Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim's footsteps from Russia to China a century before, and encountered more than just this first obstacle along the way. He chronicles both his journey and Mannerheim's ... D&M Speakeasy (012), Oct 7, 2010 Read more >> |
 Adam Lewis Schroeder - SPEAKEASY || In the Fabled EastAdam Lewis Schroeder may be a tried and true BC-Interior small-town boy but his numerous trips and extended stays in the Far East are what informs his writing. With three books under his belt - all set far from his Penticton home - his writing career is now flourishing. This month's Speakeasy has John ... D&M Speakeasy (008), Apr 1, 2010 Read more >> |
 Martin Picard - CBC Cookbook Club Reviews Martin Picard's Au Pied de CochonCBC's In Town and Out's Michael Bhardwaj talks to Quebec chefs Tanya Skeates and Howie Tsui about Martin Picard's cookbook Au Pied de Cochon. Take a listen. CBC Radio, Mar 17, 2010 Read more >> |
 Phil Goodfellow - Wander Around Toronto with Phil GoodfellowPhil Goodfellow, author of A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto, talks to Peter Stock at CIUT 89.5 FM about some of the stunning new buildings that have popped up in Canada's biggest city over the past couple of decades. Take a listen. CIUT 89.5 FM, Mar 15, 2010 Read more >> |
 Wayson Choy - SPEAKEASY || The Jade PeonyAs a contender for the annual literary throw-down Canada Reads, Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony is the second oldest book on the list. First published in 1995, this novel set in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1930s and '40s had become a true Canadian classic. The debaters will battle it out on air from ... D&M Speakeasy (006), Feb 4, 2010 Read more >> |
 David Finkel - SPEAKEASY || The Good SoldiersEpisode 5 of Speakeasy has John speaking with the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Finkel about his new book The Good Soldiers. It is set in 2007, a major turning point in the war in Iraq, just after George W. Bush announced his famous surge. Finkel, a Washington Post correspondent who had covered ... D&M Speakeasy (005), Jan 7, 2010 Read more >> |
 Ehor Boyanowsky - SPEAKEASY || Savage Gods, Silver Ghosts: In the Wild with Ted HughesIn nature, in the wild, is the place Ehor Boyanowsky feels most at home. Fly fishing is one way Ehor satisfies this need for being outdoors, and for years one of his closest fishing buddies was none other than UK's Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Ehor preserves his memories of these shared trips in his latest ... D&M Speakeasy (003), Nov 5, 2009 Read more >> |
 Ian Weir - SPEAKEASY || Daniel O'Thunder: A NovelIn this knock-out episode of Speakeasy, John Burns meets Ian Weir at Vancouver's Granville Island Public Market to talk about his debut novel Daniel O'Thunder. Set in Dickensian London, the story is one of faith, fighting and fine madness. Weir's superbly developed characters and impeccable sense of ... D&M Speakeasy (002), Sep 24, 2009 Read more >> |
 Ray Wiss - SPEAKEASY || FOB Doc: A Doctor on the Front Lines in AfghanistanIn the first of the D&M podcast Speakeasy series, our host, John Burns talks honestly and straight-forwardly with Ray Wiss, a Canadian doctor serving on the frontlines in Afghanistan. Captain Wiss describes the camaraderie he's found with the troops, the horrors of treating roadside bomb injuries and ... D&M Speakeasy (001), Sep 3, 2009 Read more >> |