Spoken Word Programs

Aromatherapy Garden

Mondays at 1 pm

Experience the restorative properties of ancient and modern recipes, and some great music to boot.

Arts Arisin’

Off Air

Canadian Voices

Currently Off Air - Archived episodes are available at canadianvoices.org

Through a series of one-hour audio programmes, Canadian Voices presents radio, internet, and podcast listeners the opportunity to hear talks by Canadian authors, academics, activists, artists, and thought-provoking citizens who explore ideas and events that characterize our country. Topics range from cultural diversity, climate change, urban planning and media analysis, to politics, art, education, and literature. The Canadian Voices series is distinct from much public and current affairs radio programming in that each of the featured speakers is a Canadian, the series is produced in Canada, by Canadians, and focuses on topics that are of interest to Canadians.

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Chinese Feed

After 27 chapters of Chinese Feed’s previous cycle about my life in China, I learned that all along I had been broadcasting from the former Laundry of Infinite Achievements – generally referred to as a Chinese laundry. Rather late, also politically dubious but - as I have found since - not surprising, what with Nelson’s official silence about local Chinese, the lack of an officially recorded local history and this non-history not taught in Nelson’s schools. So – Heritage City what. This new closer-to-home cycle of Chinese Feed is my acknowledgment of those Chinese who - against tremendous odds - contributed greatly to putting British Columbia and Nelson on the map! You didn’t know?

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Deconstructing Dinner

Thursday 6 pm and Monday at 12 pm

www.deconstructingdinner.ca Deconstructing Dinner has been designed to dispense and discuss current food issues. The program assists listeners in making more educated choices when purchasing food either for the kitchen or at restaurants. The syndicated program airs predominantly on radio stations across Canada and also appears on stations around the world. With food occupying such a significant element of our lives, understanding the implications of our food choices can create a real sense of empowerment and self-determination. The media plays a key role in keeping Canadians informed, and the recurring topics we see being covered on a daily basis are increasingly hiding these implications from the public eye. As a result, we are rapidly losing sight of the most important facet of our existence - feeding ourselves. In effect, many of the common themes throughout the media can often be traced back to our need for food, and especially to the lack of attention we pay to this need. We have come a long way in a short amount of time from the age when our days were filled hunting and gathering our sustenance. Conveniences now abound, it has become increasingly possible to put food in our body without barely raising a finger or an eyebrow. This lifestyle of convenience leaves very little time to reflect on the history behind the food we purchase and the impact these purchases have on ourselves, communities, and the well-being of this planet. There are countless numbers of individuals, groups, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and branches of government that are pushing towards creating more sustainable food systems. Yet to this date, the media has played a minor role in tying these people together and broadcasting this important information to the people that matter most - you! Deconstructing Dinner reports on current issues throughout the world of food, with a primary focus on local, regional and provincial issues. The show is not restricted to only current affairs, but probes into the processes and actions to which we have all become so accustomed throughout our daily routine, and “deconstructs” them to achieve a more discriminating awareness.

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EcoCentric

Tuesday 1 pm and Sunday 9 am

The EcoCentric is a weekly radio talk show focused on current environmental issues from the West Kootenay region of BC and beyond. The show features interviews with activists, experts, government and industry providing information and a variety of perspectives on environmental topics. Programs range in scope from deep ecology and conservation, climate change, food security, social justice, politics and more. The EcoCentric is run by a team of four people who work with the West Kootenay EcoSociety, a non-profit environmental organization based in Nelson, BC.

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Fane of the Cosmos

Sundays 10-12pm

Fane of the Cosmos explores the political, social, economic, spiritual and military (if you can believe it) aspects of Cognitive Liberty and the War on Drugs. From Taoist sexual practices to Bill Hicks, Mushroom Tea to Tolkien, this show seeks to blend serious issues with just enough humour to aid in digestion. With its origins in Nelson this radio show seeks to protect and nourish the rich cannabis culture that lives in this area. Fane of the Cosmos was started by Reverand Damuzi as The Church of the Universe Hour back in the heady days of Kootenay Co-operative Radio. With added co-hosts Ian Hunter who had a long run on Vancouver Community Radio and Dustin Cantwell - Co-Owner of Holy Smoke Culture Shop, the radio show expanded many of its themes and radio audience. Following the tragic drowning death of Ian Hunter in Kootenay Lake and the departure of Reverand Damuzi from his senior editorship of the famous Cannabis Culture, the radio show became the sole hostship of Dustin. Over the years the show slowly expanded to a full 2 hour radio show, which allowed more room for modern day speakers like Terence McKenna, who needs more than 10 minutes to explain his brilliant ideas regarding Entheogenic culture. True radio must have an element of desperation to express oneself. With over 70 years of deep seated propaganda regarding drugs this show has sought to break open those myths, to expose them for what they are - mechanisms of control. 

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Hooping Blueberries

Saturday at 6 pm

Winter mountain culture and music that reflects snowboarding/ skiing and out door activities.  Topics will include: the forecast, snowfall, ski conditions, local music events and everything related to winter in Nelson, but most importantly our dynamic music knowledge. 

Insects and Robots

Monday at 11 pm

A contemporary, quirky, audio-freak-out compilation of sounds, words, thoughts and ideas. Insects & Robots Blog

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Love, Sex and Everything Between

Wednesdays at 11pm

An exploration of the dance of intimacy-- emotionally, mentally, and physically.

Meli Melo

Monday at 4 pm and Sunday at 1 pm

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Nelson Before Nine

Tuesday to Thursday from 7:30 to 9am and 5 to 6pm

Nelson Before Nine aims to inform, engage, and enlighten the listening community of Nelson and area. We are committed to in-depth, diverse and thoughtful coverage on a range of political, social, and cultural topics. We give priority to coverage of local events and issues, but our programming also includes news and perspectives from further afield. We rely on the skills, commitment and diligence of volunteers to do to all of this.

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Old Time Radio

Monday 10 am

Comedy and Drama from the Golden Age of Radio.  Jump to http://members.shaw.ca/OTRbyBarry for more info.

Red Eye

Friday at 10 am

News and Public Affairs from CFRO - Vancouver Co-op Radio.

Secrets Behind it All

Wednesday at 1 pm

Bringing you knowledge and information about the truth behind the manufactured lies. Go to here for past episodes

Shared Edges

Friday at 7 am

News and documentaries from campus and community radio stations across Canada.

Skeptically Speaking

Saturday at 2 pm

A show from campus radio at the university of Alberta about alternative therapies, people with paranormal/supernatural abilities and other “peddlers of pseudo-science.” The show explores various alternative theories from the point of view of science and academics. 

Story-telling with Ray Stothers

Tuesday at 12:30 pm

Stories and the world of storytelling, by Ray Stothers and guest storytellers, to keep the art of storytelling alive. 

The 100 Mile Ideas Diet

Off Air - Archives available here

Join host Anna Planedin to hear tasty ideas and coffee shop dialogue from the CIEL conversation cafe series at Oso Negro. The 100 Mile Ideas Diet is a series of conversation cafés organized by the Centre for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Leadership (CIEL). The series’ purpose is to link people with the richness of expertise that resides locally. The series is about networking, sparking inspiration, and making innovative ideas accessible. To find out more about CIEL, visit http://www.theciel.com/ The series takes place from March until July of 2009 at Oso Negro in Nelson, BC. The series is sponsored by the Columbia Basin Trust, the Nelson and District Credit Union, Kootenay Co-op Radio, the Nelson Daily News, Oso Negro, Radiant Audio and Otter Books. 

The History Hour

Friday's 1-2pm PST

The History Hour’s focus is West-centric, exploring Europe and the ancient near east in all eras from the prehistoric to today. England, Ireland, Canada, USA, and west Europe are the favoured areas of study. Attention is paid to current events in Canada and the world, BC, the Kootenays, and Nelson. The show freely offers analysis and opinion on these topics. Charles reviews films and books and studies of history. Host Charles Jeanes is passionate about the study of history, to train the mind in critical thinking skills for active citizens who want to participate effectively in democratic politics. As someone who has extensive experience as a public school teacher of history and social studies, and as a journalist.

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The Rank and File Voice

Wednesdays 12-1pm

From the folks that brought you the weekend. The Rank and File Voice explores the world of work - what we all do to keep the home fires burning: current issues from a regional, national and global perspective, history lessons, human rights, workers rights, music, poetry, always thought provoking, often controversial - ignore your rights and they’ll go away.

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The Writers’ Show

Episode Archive

The Writers’ Show talks to nationally published Canadian writers and others in publishing who are based in British Columbia, Canada. The emphasis is on the how-to of the writing process - character development, motivation, writing scenes - and experiences in publishing, including getting work accepted, finding an agent, publicity and reviews. The show is a resource for college-level writing instructors, students of writing, others who write, and readers. Guests include fiction writers, poets, nature writers, agents, and publishers. The show’s purpose is to make listeners aware of writers’ lives and to explain the process of writing to readers and others who are interested in how it’s done. The show offers tips to writers and explanations of the publishing process - what happens after acceptance, the role of the editor, the art design of a book, covers, marketing and publicity. The Writers’ Show website is a resource for writers, with links to individuals and helpful pages.

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Universal Traveller

Sunday at 12 Noon

“Universal Travel Agent Yellow Star” has been, since the turn of the millennium, sharing “Wizard tools” and information about the paradigm shift of galactic alignment occurring now, in part by utilizing a unique form of tapping into the Universal mind which he terms Astro (or Astral)-Cosmology, a unique blend of Traditional Astrologies as well as Mayan Cosmology, to alert and awaken us more deeply to the superconscious order behind all things. Astro-cosmology is like a key or lens into the causal planes that create matter and experiences. Using the A.C.E.R, the astro cosmologically based evolutionary weather report, Yellow Star tunes into the Universal mind of the Source and receives information that he then down steps into words, he suggests allowing ourselves to enter a semi meditative state with minimal distractions, and to ‘listen’ between, above and beyond the words: the Source translates for us individually through our heart/soul on a multidimensional level,and this helps us to be more cognizant of the multidimensional nonlinear informative download that is occurring beyond linear organic brain processes. This way we become more conscious of the individual and collective superconscious causal planes which are creating our experiences by tuning into, and ‘reading’, the tapestries of the consciously directed multidimensional energies of the unified field, creating matter and our experiences.

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