Speakeasy Podcasts
Des Kennedy - SPEAKEASY || Way of a Gardener
In 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 what Des, a grounded, thoughtful and much-experienced man, can relate to. But as we find out, this conservatory holds a very special and sacred place in Des's memory - and this is a memory that holds 65 years of an incredible - and often unconventional - life's moments. In this episode of Speakeasy, John and Des proceed to break every dinner-party conversation rule, discussing religion, politics, all of it. Listen in on their garden wander.
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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 >> |
 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 >> |