Speakeasy Podcasts
Eric Enno Tamm - SPEAKEASY || The Horse That Leaps through Clouds
Eric 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 in his new book The Horse That Leaps through Clouds - one that Wade Davis says "reveals him to be at once an intrepid adventurer, fine writer, and discerning historian." John Burns caught up with him in Vancouver Chinatown's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens for this episode of Speakeasy.
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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 >> |
 David Suzuki - SPEAKEASY || The LegacyAfter a summer hiatus, John Burns is back with David Suzuki as our featured September Speakeasy Podcast. From the David Suzuki Foundation headquarters in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, John and David delve into some heavy stuff: mortality, politics, what kind of legacy we’re leaving for our children ... D&M Speakeasy (011), Sep 8, 2010 Read more >> |
 Des Kennedy - SPEAKEASY || Way of a GardenerIn the Blodel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, John talks to gardener, writer, life philosopher Des Kennedy about his new memoir, The Way of a Gardener. While the setting is seemingly appropriate - it is a garden, after all - the surrounding tropical and exotic species are not necessarily ... D&M Speakeasy (010), Jun 3, 2010 Read more >> |
 Lorraine Johnson - SPEAKEASY || City FarmerThere has been a strong and steady movement of late to eat local, support local agriculture and truly understand where our food is coming from. These are important steps for insuring not only our own healthy eating but also responsible environmental practices and food security. As John discovers in this ... D&M Speakeasy (009), May 6, 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 >> |
 Chris Goodall - SPEAKEASY || Ten Technologies to Save the PlanetWe're constantly on the lookout for ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. And while things like walking or biking to work and eating locally grown foods are important and worthwhile, it can sometimes feel like it's simply too small of an act to have an impact on a global scale. Which is why it's encouraging ... D&M Speakeasy (007), Mar 4, 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 >> |
 Jane Christmas - Speakeasy || Incontinent on the ContinentWho could resist picking up a book with a title like that? Jane Christmas's witticisms don't stop at the front cover, though. In her latest bitingly hilarious travelogue, Jane takes her ailing mother on what is supposed to be a bonding trip to Italy, and recounts the many misadventures they have along ... D&M Speakeasy (004), Dec 3, 2009 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 >> |