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Podcast 11 (April 17): Rebecca Cuttler interviews UBC political science student Mike Powars about the complaint being filed about homelessness in Vancouver to the United Nations; and Paul Ryan and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot Issues in the News."
Gabor Maté is interviewed by Nancy Macdonald (back to camera) and recorded by James Ash as Darren Fleet looks on. Absent from this photo are Erin Millar, Rebecca Cuttler and Paul Ryan.
Welcome to the Pivot Pod!
Pivot Legal Society has begun producing a weekly podcast. The first podcast was produced on Tuesday February 5 and uploaded on Thursday February 7, 2008. The podcasts will come out weekly and be around 20-30 minutes in length. They will focus on Pivot's campaign issues as well as other general issues important to the residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Please obtain a free subscription on iTunes to download the broadcast. Either download to your mp3 player or listen on your PC.
Thanks to Peanuts and Corn Records for use of the tunes! www.peanutsandcorn.com
RECENT PODCASTS:
Podcast 10 (April 10): Darren Fleet interviews Pivot Legal Society executive director John Richardson about the current Pivot policing campaign news; Rebecca Cuttler interviews David Eby about the homeless count figures and taking a look at the papers, Darren Fleet and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot Issues in the News."
Podcast 9 (April 3): Rebecca Cuttler interviews Sean Condon about the April 4 relaunch of Vancouver's street magazine Megaphone; James Ash interviews Sean Spear about the recent report from the UN about addictions and taking a look at the papers, Darren Fleet and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot Issues in the News."
Podcast 8 (March 27): Darren Fleet interviews David Eby about the new Pivot report Cultural Divide - A neighbourhood study of immigrant rental housing in Vancouver. They also discuss a new report looking into the cost homelessness for Vancouver.
Podcast 7 (March 20): Gabor Maté talks to Nancy Macdonald about his new book In the Realm of the Hungry Ghost. For more about his book visit http://www.drgabormate.com/. Jodi Loudfoot and Susan Boyd from SCORE talk about their campaign to provide safer crack kits to addicts. Mentioned in the second interview: http://www.educatingharper.com/ Safer Crack Use Kit Contents: Pipe, Screens, Lighter, Lube, Gum, Vitamins, Mouthpiece, Push Stick, Condoms, Hand sanitizer, Water, Bandaid.
Podcast 6 (March 13): Darren Fleet talks to the organiser of the 2008 Homeless Count during the count. Nancy Macdonald talks to director of the Portland Hotel Society Mark Townsend in the second in a series of podcasts looking at addiction (see http://www.communityinsite.ca for more details about InSite). Finally, Erin Millar and Darren Fleet take a look at Pivot in the news this past week.
Podcast 5 (March 6): The first in a series of podcasts looking at addiction. Excerpts from UBC free lecture series "Drug Policy: Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue." The unedited web cast can be downloaded at http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/forum/. Finally, Pivot in the news - a look at the papers.
Podcast 4 (February 28): Darren Fleet speaks with Pivot lawyer, Lobat Sadrehashemi, who co-authored the report Broken Promises, about the response to the report since it's release. Pivot lawyer David Eby gives some background on what prompted The Carnegie Action Group to organize the upcoming rally at Georgia Lane Developer Robert Wilson's office and shares his thoughts on recent events surrounding housing in Vancouver's DTES. Darren Fleet and Nancy Macdonald bring us Pivot in the news..
Podcast 3 CHILD WELFARE CAMPAIGN SPECIAL (February 21): Eighteen months in the making, this is an exclusive 20-minute interview with Darcie Bennett, one of the authors of Pivot's new report on child welfare Broken Promises. We also broadcast report author Lobat Sadreshashemi, Penny Irons from the B.C. Aboriginal Mothers' Centre and Amanda Rose from the Kettle Friendship Society at the press conference (15 minutes) and the weekly "Pivot issues in the News" (to read the articles mentioned in the report click here).
Podcast 2 Homelessness (February 14): Darren Fleet interviews David Eby about the Frank Paul enquiry and the upcoming Housing Solutions report and Nancy Macdonald interviews Aaron Zacharias, winning author of one of the Housing Solutions report essays.
Podcast 1 Sex work (February 7): Brief comment by David Eby with James Ash about the death of homeless person Darrel Mickasko on January 31; Interview with Katrina Pacey by Nancy Macdonald plus a weekly rundown of Pivot in the press with Darren Fleet and Paul Ryan.
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