The Pulse on CFRO

Vancouver Co-op Radio's independent daily news show — reporting on the front lines in our community on Coast Salish territories,<br /><br />Weekdays starting 7 a.m. on 100.5fm in Vancouver, and podcasting at thepulse.coopradio.org. <br /><br />Our reporters bring you interviews with community leaders and essential updates during Covid-19. <br /><br />Theme song: 'Iodine' is used with permission of Hannah Epperson.

The Pulse Interview: Maegan Fox and Bobby Nikkhah (Street Saviours Outreach Society)

The Pulse's John Zee speaks with Maegan Fox and Bobby Nikkhah from Street Saviours Outreach Society. facebook.com/VancouverStreetSaviours

12-06
28:42

The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, December 1

Today, The Pulse interviews Dallas Arcand. Plus, a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

12-01
59:16

The Pulse Interview: Dallas Arcand

The Pulse's Gunargie O'Sullivan talks to Dallas Arcand, three-time world champion hoop dancer, musician, and motivational speaker from the Alexander (Kipohtakaw) Plains Cree Nation near Edmonton, Alberta.

12-01
26:11

The Pulse Interview: Marie Babisky & Carlyle Natrail (Aboriginal Front Door Society)

The Pulse's John Zee speaks with Marie Babisky and Carlyle Natrail from the Aboriginal Front Door Society. A culturally safe, peer-designed and non-judgemental meeting place for Aboriginal Peoples and their friends and family in the Downtown Eastside."Aboriginal Front Door Societyhttps://abfrontdoor.org/(604) 697-5662

11-29
25:12

The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, November 29

Today on The Pulse, a look at the Aboriginal Front Door Society. We also play a recent episode of WINGS, the Women's International News gathering Service.

11-29
59:16

The Pulse on CFRO: Friday, November 26

Today on The Pulse, a look at the Writers' Exchange and a recent episode of Talking Radical Radio.

11-26
59:22

The Pulse Interview: Jennifer MacLeod (Writers' Exchange)

The Pulse's Jordan Kawchuk spoke to Jennifer MacLeod, co-founder of the Writers' Exchange, a program giving under-resourced kids a chance to realize their potential through reading and creative writing.

11-26
16:01

The Pulse Interview: Marika Albert (BCNPHA)

The Pulse talks with Marika Albert, Policy Director for the BC Non-profit Housing Association, about Canada's new Minister for housing, last week's affordable housing conference, and the recent flooding and landslides in Southern BC.

11-25
23:59

The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 24

Today, The Pulse looks at 'The People's Budget,' presented by the defund 604 Network and we play a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

11-24
58:30

The Pulse Interview: Laurel Albina & Meenakshi Mannoe (The People's Budget)

The Pulse talks to Laurel Albina, from the Defund 604 Network and Meenakshi Mannoe, from PIVOT Legal, about 'The People's Budget,' a movement to defund policing in Vancouver in order to create safe, healthy, and sustainable communities.

11-24
24:28

The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, 23 Nov

Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

11-23
58:40

The Pulse Interview: Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

11-23
16:32

The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, November 22

Today on the show, reporter James Mainguy talks with MLA Melanie Mark about issues confronting the DTES, the B.C. floods, and the recent deaths of Lillian Howard and Lee Maracle, two prominent and influential Indigenous women.

11-22
59:56

The Pulse Interview: Melanie Mark, MLA Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Today on the show, reporter James Mainguy talks with MLA Melanie Mark about issues confronting the DTES, the B.C. floods, and the recent deaths of Lillian Howard and Lee Maracle, two prominent and influential Indigenous women.

11-22
21:20

The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 18 Nov

The Pulse talks with Kelsey Timler, a Ph.D. candidate at UBC, and a facilitator at Megaphone Magazine's writer's workshop. A workshop that produced the stories used in Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows, a shadow play recently featured at the Heart of the City Festival and now archived on the festival's website, heartofthecityfestival.com

11-18
58:26

The Pulse Interview: Kelsey Timler (Story facilitator, "Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows")

The Pulse talks with Kelsey Timler, a Ph.D. candidate at UBC, and a facilitator at Megaphone Magazine's writer's workshop. A workshop that produced the stories used in Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows, a shadow play recently featured at the Heart of the City Festival and now archived on the festival's website, heartofthecityfestival.com

11-18
27:43

The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 17

On The Pulse today, Angela Marie MacDougall of Battered Women's Support Services, and a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

11-17
58:18

The Pulse Interview: Angela Marie MacDougall (Battered Women's Support Services)

The Pulse talks to Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS). She talks about "Colour of Violence," their newly begun, multi-year examination of violence against racialized women in B.C.

11-17
25:46

The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, November 16

On The Pulse, we'll listen to the 2020 Margaret Laurence Lecture delivered by acclaimed Stó:lō writer, Lee Maracle, who passed away last week. We'll also listen to a recent interview from Redeye, Co-op Radio's long-running public affairs show.

11-16
59:04

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