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Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561]]>enPoliticsCopyright Well Redshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/dc137f841ac75706de904ff5a1b1bd01.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/full-of-chit-chat-w-charlie-demers--4797940Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:45:53 +0000Well RedsWell Redsfeeds@spreaker.comHear socialist stand-up comic and middle-aged theology student Charlie Demers in conversation with activists, comedians, politicians, writers & artists every week on 'Full of Chit-Chat'! Join the substack for exclusive access to new essays, book and...
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Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prairie-maritime-analogies-w-ndp-mp-niki-ashton--45366685
Find out more about Niki's work at https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/niki-ashton(36037) and https://nikiashton.ndp.ca/

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Find out more about Niki's work at https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/niki-ashton(36037) and https://nikiashton.ndp.ca/

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Hear the full 10 episode season of 'Fight or Flight Crew' at https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fight-or-flight-crew-well-reds-jJvT2NaIi1c/

Find David's comedy album 'Pointless' at https://604shop.com/collections/dave-harris

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45247365Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:53:23 +0000Well RedsOn a new Full of Chit-Chat comedian (and Charlie's former 'Fight or Fight Crew' mental health podcast co-host) Dave Harris comes by to talk about brain chemistry, beard maintenance and being haunted by the seminal 1990 classic novelty song 'Do the...
Hear the full 10 episode season of 'Fight or Flight Crew' at https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fight-or-flight-crew-well-reds-jJvT2NaIi1c/

Find David's comedy album 'Pointless' at https://604shop.com/collections/dave-harris

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>2800falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cash-for-birthdays-commission-w-bc-attorney-general-ndp-mla-david-eby--45097707
Find out more about David's work as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey at https://davidebymla.ca/

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Find out more about David's work as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey at https://davidebymla.ca/

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For the latest on Hawksley's work see https://hawksleyworkman.com/

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For the latest on Hawksley's work see https://hawksleyworkman.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3988falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/developing-the-anti-colonial-hiking-mindset-w-stephen-hui--44853146In and Around Southwestern British Columbia'.

Find it at https://greystonebooks.com/products/destination-hikes-in-and-around-southwestern-british-columbia

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Catch Charlie at a must-see online comedy extravaganza on May 22nd fundraising for Partners In Health Canada with a cavalcade of comedy all-stars including previous guests Ivan Decker, Graham Clark, Erica Sigurdson and more! Get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/may-long-fundraiser-for-partners-in-health-tickets-153237931779?ref=eios]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44853146Sun, 16 May 2021 15:43:50 +0000Well RedsOn a new episode Charlie welcomes guest, East Vancouver neighbour and very old pal Stephen Hui for a conversation about the joys & political complications of the great outdoors and his best-selling new book 'Destination Hikes: In and Around...In and Around Southwestern British Columbia'.

Find it at https://greystonebooks.com/products/destination-hikes-in-and-around-southwestern-british-columbia

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Catch Charlie at a must-see online comedy extravaganza on May 22nd fundraising for Partners In Health Canada with a cavalcade of comedy all-stars including previous guests Ivan Decker, Graham Clark, Erica Sigurdson and more! Get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/may-long-fundraiser-for-partners-in-health-tickets-153237931779?ref=eios]]>3074falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crime-nostalgia-and-vancouver-noir-w-sam-wiebe--44606696
Find out more about Wiebe's award-winning crime fiction at http://samwiebe.com/

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Find out more about Wiebe's award-winning crime fiction at http://samwiebe.com/

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For more about Lorne's life and career check out:
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/lorne-cardinal-sits-and-talks-about-life-and-acting/

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For more about Lorne's life and career check out:
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/lorne-cardinal-sits-and-talks-about-life-and-acting/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3087falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/writers-and-the-worldbuilding-impulse-w-tariq-hussain--44393684
Find more of Tariq's music and writing at https://www.tariqmusiq.com/

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Find more of Tariq's music and writing at https://www.tariqmusiq.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3661falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-return-to-simple-pleasures-w-jill-barber--44319895
Hear Jill's 2020 french-language release Le Monde Est Beau at https://www.jillbarber.com/ and wherever you listen to music.

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44319895Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:27:49 +0000Well RedsIn the midst of a mostly-bad-news week, Charlie sits down with old pal and Juno-winning singer-songwriter (and superstar) Jill Barber to talk about career trajectory, how technology is changing the nature of performance in music and comedy & the...
Hear Jill's 2020 french-language release Le Monde Est Beau at https://www.jillbarber.com/ and wherever you listen to music.

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3775falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legacy-of-a-longtime-left-wing-standard-bearer-w-svend-robinson--44239758
On episode 13 of Full of Chit-Chat they talk about his 25 years of experience as a parliamentarian, his post-MP life and activism since 2004 and much more.

For more on the history of Svend's 1979-2004 politics career see https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/svend-robinson(1417)

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44239758Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:04:04 +0000Well RedsAs you'll hear in the first moments of this conversation, Charlie grew up in a household where Svend Robinson was revered as the Burnaby Member of Parliament who got Mom’s disability payments from a recalcitrant federal bureaucracy, and over the...
On episode 13 of Full of Chit-Chat they talk about his 25 years of experience as a parliamentarian, his post-MP life and activism since 2004 and much more.

For more on the history of Svend's 1979-2004 politics career see https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/svend-robinson(1417)

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3547falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hurry-soft-curlers-and-cowards-in-so-called-canada-w-john-cullen--44146436
Find our more about John's work at https://cullenthecomic.com

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44146436Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:53:55 +0000Well RedsOn ep12 local CB (Curling Boy) John Cullen saves the day from an audio perspective, catches Charlie up on Canada’s third-favourite sport & has a special message about the youth (spoiler: they are our future). Find our more about John's work at...
Find our more about John's work at https://cullenthecomic.com

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3453falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-geography-and-historical-amnesia-in-british-columbia-w-kai-nagata--44114691
For more about Kai go to https://kainagata.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44114691Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:32:44 +0000Well RedsOn a new episode two pals with 9 generations in Vancouver between them sit down for a conversation about geography, memory and family as Kai Nagata joins host Charlie Demers to talk about what it means to have deep roots in a place you’re not...
For more about Kai go to https://kainagata.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!]]>3439falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-of-rest-and-stevie-wonder-w-dawn-pemberton--44047356
Hear more of Dawn's work at https://dawnpemberton.ca/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44047356Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:43:56 +0000Well RedsOn episode 10 Charlie sits down with the New Queen of Canadian Soul Dawn Pemberton for a conversation about music, almonds and the importance of rest in a challenging year. Plus: the show's very first live musical performance! Hear more of Dawn's...
Hear more of Dawn's work at https://dawnpemberton.ca/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers]]>4195falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socialists-who-love-people-w-leigh-phillips--44018350
Find Leigh's work at https://leighphillips.wordpress.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44018350Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:43:48 +0000Well RedsOn episode 9 of Full of Chit-Chat the spotlight falls on the man with the plan(ned economy) as host Charlie Demers welcomes author & science journalist Leigh Phillips for a conversation on vaccine rollout nightmares, the beauty of the scientific...
Find Leigh's work at https://leighphillips.wordpress.com/

Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers]]>3741falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-comedy-of-trauma-w-erica-sigurdson--43946529
Find more about Erica's work, including details about her excellent 'Situational Feminist' comedy album, at https://www.ericasigurdson.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43946529Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:58:13 +0000Well RedsOn episode 8, Charlie welcomes his fave from CBC's The Debaters & literally anything to do with stand-up comedy in Canada, the one and only Erica Sigurdson to talk about navigating laughter, career and trauma in a pandemic year. Find more about...
Find more about Erica's work, including details about her excellent 'Situational Feminist' comedy album, at https://www.ericasigurdson.com/]]>2975falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-the-labour-movement-w-paul-finch--43841179
Find out more about Paul's work in ethical investment and housing affordability policy with the British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union at https://pspp.pensionsbc.ca/paul-finch]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43841179Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:52:01 +0000Well RedsOn episode 7 Charlie welcomes good pal Paul Finch, a leader in one of British Columbia's biggest unions, to talk about money laundering & organized crime, the labour history of the West Coast & the vaccine queue-jumping multimillionaire former gaming...
Find out more about Paul's work in ethical investment and housing affordability policy with the British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union at https://pspp.pensionsbc.ca/paul-finch]]>3438falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-man-intervention-w-graham-clark--43600441
Find more about Graham's work at http://grahamclark.com/ and about Stop Podcasting Yourself at https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/stop-podcasting-yourself/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43600441Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:04:16 +0000Well RedsOn episode 6 Charlie welcomes the man, the myth, the legend — Stop Podcasting Yourself co-host and Canadian Comedy Award-winner Graham Clark, the very first person to put Charlie onstage! In this conversation the pair talk comedy, community & the...
Find more about Graham's work at http://grahamclark.com/ and about Stop Podcasting Yourself at https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/stop-podcasting-yourself/]]>2770falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/left-economics-ronin-w-seth-klein--43600401
Get Seth's book 'The Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency' at https://www.sethklein.ca/book]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43600401Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:00:33 +0000Well RedsOn a new episode author & economist Seth Klein joins host Charlie Demers for a conversation about what WWII & COVID can teach us about fighting climate change, his grandfather’s relationship to trade unionism & Donald Duck & which surprise past Full...
Get Seth's book 'The Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency' at https://www.sethklein.ca/book]]>3692falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-up-comedy-in-a-pandemic-w-andrea-jin--43600355
Andrea's new comedy album Grandma’s Girl is out now from 604 Records....find out more at https://www.andreajin.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43600355Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:57:14 +0000Well RedsOn a new episode Zoomer comedienne Andrea Jin joins Charlie to talk about growing up with grandmothers, picking a generation to be part of & whether eating sparkles can kill you. Andrea's new comedy album Grandma’s Girl is out now from 604...
Andrea's new comedy album Grandma’s Girl is out now from 604 Records....find out more at https://www.andreajin.com/]]>3633falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/full-of-chit-chat-after-dark-w-khelsilem--43600299
Find out more about Khelsilem's work at https://khelsilem.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43600299Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:53:12 +0000Well RedsOn a new episode host Charlie Demers welcomes Squamish nation councillor, Indigenous language revitalization advocate/activist/educator & Vancity board member Khelsilem for a conversation that's an hour-long antidote to despair, without ever having to...
Find out more about Khelsilem's work at https://khelsilem.com/]]>3861falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-full-parti-quebecois-w-ivan-decker--43600039
For more of Ivan's work go to https://ivan-decker.squarespace.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43600039Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:49:29 +0000Well RedsOn episode 2 Charlie sits down to talk with one of Canada’s very funniest people about fish-gutting, learning French, and the painful present & bright future of post-vaccine comedy. For more of Ivan's work go to https://ivan-decker.squarespace.com/
For more of Ivan's work go to https://ivan-decker.squarespace.com/]]>2673falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-tension-between-darkness-and-hope-w-christine-boyle--43599642
Find out more about Christine's work at https://vancouver.ca/your-government/christine-boyle.aspx]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43599642Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:12:23 +0000Well RedsIn this inaugural episode host Charlie Demers talks to Vancouver city councillor Christine Boyle about holidays in a multi-faith household, the literal and metaphorical crap of municipal politics, & how she held the line against a police budget...
Find out more about Christine's work at https://vancouver.ca/your-government/christine-boyle.aspx]]>2166falsefull