Description: Welcome to The CJW Podcast, your weekly dose of inspiration, motivation, and practical insights! Join your host Corey J. Williams, a passionate self-improvement and business enthusiast, as they embark on a journey to help you unlock your full potential and elevate your entrepreneurial game. Every Friday, we bring you thought-provoking discussions and expert interviews, covering a wide range of topics in the realms of self-improvement and business. Whether you're a budding entrep ...
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The Conversation Lab is a monthly radio program at CFRO FM in Vancouver. It airs on the last Saturday every month at 9am and its available on community and campus radio stations across Canada as well as on your favorite podcasting platform. My focus is on giving community groups, non-profit organizations, and changemakers a voice to talk about those things that are most important to them. Learning how to build bridges into different communities seems critical as we explore the uneven develop ...
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Andrew J. Hoffman - Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market
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44:02Andy Hoffman is a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan, holding joint appointments at the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability. His work bridges two often disparate worlds—business and environmental stewardship—challenging the status quo by advocating for a new kind of capitalism, one rooted in …
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Ian Williams - What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time
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51:38Ian Williams is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of race, identity, and social complexity. Born in Trinidad and raised in Canada, Williams has developed a distinctive voice that combines lyrical sensitivity with sharp cultural insight. His debut novel, Reproduction, won the 2019 Giller Prize and was celebrated for its inven…
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barbara findlay - How Language Structures our Perceptions
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42:56barbara findlay is an old white cisgender queer lawyer with disabilities who was raised working-class and christian on the prairies. In this episode, we explore barbara's extensive career and contributions to social justice, her involvement in fighting against oppression, and her continuous advocacy work. The conversation touches on significant top…
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Corey Nathan - Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killing Each Other
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54:54Corey Nathan is the Executive Producer and Host of the Talkin Politics & Religion Without Killing Each Other podcast. In this podcast, we discuss the importance of words and conversations in various aspects of life. Corey Nathan shares his background as a stockbroker and theatre conservatory student, as well as his experiences as an entrepreneur an…
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Overcoming Adversity with Visionary Dreams and Cultural Conversations
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25:41When life throws a curveball, sometimes all it takes is a powerful dream to set things straight. Join us as Layton returns to our podcast, sharing the intimate details of his family's growth and the unexpected swiftness of his third child's arrival. His story isn't just about the delivery room; it's a tale of facing deep-seated anxieties head-on, f…
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Mayor Andrew Leonard, "We can't pull up the draw bridge or sink the ferry!"
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45:30Bowen Island is a small island and municipality at the entrance to Howe Sound. It's connected to Vancouver and the rest of the Lower Mainland in British Columbia by a short ferry ride. Bowen Island residents are passionate about many things and its one of the many reasons I enjoy living here. Just over a year ago, we elected a new municipal council…
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Nick Enfield is Professor of Linguistics a the University of Sydney and a co-director of the Sydney Centre for Language Research. His recent books include Languave versus Reality, Concequences of Language, and How We Talk. In this podcast Nick discusses the importance of language and its impact on conversations. He emphasizes the need to understand…
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Vanessa Faloye - Holding space for liberation
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1:17:16Held is a partnership of facilitators, culture creators, and practitioners building a world liberated from oppressive systems, dynamics, and relationships. In this episode, one of their founders, Vanessa Faloye explains how with the help of co-founders, Alex and Pria, how they hold people, organizations and movements to build relational skills and …
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Naomi Oreskes is a Professor of the History of Science and the author or co-author of 9 books, 150 articles, essays and opinion pieces. In this episode we talk about the latest book that she worked on with Eric Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. If you want to know why we are so pola…
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Jason W. Moore - Zombie Capitalism, how it impacts our conversations and everything else!
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57:02In this episode of Sticks & Stones, Roots & Bones, Jason talks about the interconnectedness of environmental history, capitalism, and social theory and how it impacts our current social dynamic. He highlights the urgency of the planetary crisis, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality. Moore emphasizes the need to understand his…
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Tzeporah Berman, an environmental activist and campaigner, talks about her work at Stand.earth and her role in campaigns to stop fracking, protect forests, and clean up the fashion industry. She emphasizes the need to replace fossil fuels and prevent their overproduction, as they contribute to climate change. Berman reflects on her journey as an ac…
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In this episode Wendy and I talk about the concept of paradox and its relevance to organizational dynamics and personal decision-making. We talk about the importance of recognizing that beliefs and values are shaped by historical context and influence our perception of the world. They emphasize the need to focus on what is right and find transforma…
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Connie Zwieg - Shadow making happens in famlies and Makes us who we are!
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1:13:51This episode includes two conversations with Connie Zweig. One in August 2023 on Zoom and the other on the phone in the summer of 2017. Connie's work deals with the hidden power of the dark side of human nature and we talk about how the shadow affects us.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Connie Zwieg - Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path
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32:58Connie is a retired Jungian psychologist and therapist, a writer, Climate Reality Project Leader, and Citizens Climate Lobbyist. We talk about her new book Meeting the Shadow on the Spirtual Path, some of the things religion and politics have in common and how our shadow can influcence our conversations.…
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Bob Joseph has spent more than twenty years training corporations and government organizations to work effectively and respectfully with Indigenous communities through his business, Indigenous Corporate Training. He has been an associate professor at Royal Roads University and a guest lecturer at other academic institutions. He is the author of Can…
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Teun van Dijk - The Centre for Discourse Studies
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58:30I've started a new series here and I'm calling it Sticks & Stones, Roots & Bones. Its part of my disertation research project with the University of British Columbia as I explore the power of the words we use in a polarzed world with experts who research, study how to navigate difficult conversations. In this episode, we're joined by Teun van Dijk.…
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Jessie Sutherland - Intercultural Strategies
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50:04In this episode we catch up with Jessie Sutherland. Jessie developed Intercultural Strategies and the Belonging Matters framework to provide the knowledge, processes and tools that can bridge the gap between people with lived experience and system influencers in order to create lasting and sustainable personal and community change. We talked about …
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Naomi Klein - The Need for an Alternative Vision
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26:52Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, filmmaker, and author. I had the opportunity to speak with her a few years ago when she wrote No Is Not Enough. While this conversation was a few books ago, when I went back to listen to it I found it eerily relevant as she discusses the political climate and the rise of Trump as a brand. She h…
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Stuart Poyntz & Joanna Ashworth - The Radical Democracy Summer School
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47:43If there was ever a time we needed some radical democracy its now! In this episode of The Conversation Lab, Stuart Poyntz and Joanna Ashworth talk about the CERi-Participedia Summer School and how they have brought together leading experts, researchers, graduate students, community leaders, activists and change makers to talk about what it means to…
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Barry Rooke - The National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA)
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58:02Barry Rooke is the Executive Director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. He works with 126 radio stations across Canada. In this episode of The Conversation Lab we talk about the differences between campus, community, and commercial radio statiions, the regulatory and financial landscape, changing technologies (including AI), t…
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David Hocking & Jeff Fitzpatrick - Bowen Island & Cape Roger Curtis
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1:05:10Jeff Fitzpatrick describes the opportunities and the challenges that a new regional park presents for visitors from mainland communities to Bowen Island. As a long time resident of Bowen David Hocking helps us understand more about the history of nature and conservation in the small village and community of Bowen Island; the threats from logging an…
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This is a conversation from the Victoria Forum. A collaboration between the Senate of Canada and the University of Victoria. I was asked to moderate this plenary session, "Bridging Environmental Divides: Shifting our relationship with the natural world from extractive to regenerative." This conversation analyzes our quest to shift our relationship …
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This is an interview with Ann Mortifee shortly after the introduction her 6th musical,The Mysteries. After many years its a wonderful catch-up about her work and life and what inspires her.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Bowen Island is one of the many (21) municipalities that make up Metro Vancouver. A short bus and ferry ride away former mayor Bob Turner talks about the municipal election,the politics of a small island, the Howe Sound Biosphere and more importantly how local communities provide hope.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Dr. Janis Fook talks about her career, her books, essays, and gives us some ideas of how we can use critical reflection to change our conversations. We talk about her analysis of power, notions of discourse, language, identity, and difference.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Chief Robert Joseph & David Patterson talk about Reconciliation and why it matters.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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This is a short story/trailer for the conversation lab podcast.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Tero Mustonen - The Snow Change Cooperative
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44:22Dr. Tero Mustonen, is a passionate defender of a traditional worldview and cosmology of his people, as a Finn and head of the village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland. This is an earlier conversation about the Snow-change cooperative in an interesting backdrop of our current landscape.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Gregory Ould and his son Ben are the co-founders of the Blanket BC Society - an award winning non-profit organization that collects and distributes blankets and warm clothing to shelter programs, families in need, emergency services, and indigenous communities. In this eposode we talk about the heart warming history of Blanket BC and how it got sta…
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Jeff Fitzpatrick - Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
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31:50Jeff Fitzpatrick talks about the importance of regional parks and how they support healthy communities. He also discusses the many complex issues of developing one with a focus on Metro's latest at Cape Roger Curtis on Bowen Island.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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A fun conversation with the author about broadcasting, the Olympics, business and bees.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Sara Harris is a Canadian scientist, and professor in the department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, and the associate dean academic in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia. We talk about our climate and how we educate as well as discuss it.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Jen Lyle - The Alzheimers Society of British Columbia
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28:56Jen Lyle is the CEO of the Alzheimer's Society of B.C. We talk about dementia, why its more than a health care issue, and how each of us can help the 76,000 Canadians that are diagnosed with it annually.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Tom Lavin - Doing it right on the wrong side of town. (without music)
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45:47Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born musician, record producer and founding member of The Powder Blues Band. As they get ready to play a fund raiser for Co-op Radio May 15th, Tom talks about life on the road, his family, books, business and love of music!By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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David Ng is a PhD student at The Social Justice Institute at UBC. He is a queer, feminist, media artist, and co-founder of Love Intersections, a media arts organization of queer artists of colour. We talk about his current research and artistic practices that grapple with queer, racialized, and diasporic identity, and how intersectional identities …
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Mr Jane & Finch with "Gaddy" Conteh George & Elise Whittington
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39:20This conversation is about OYA Media's first production about Mr Jane and Finch, Winston Larose. A short documentary about a long standing community activist who ran for city Councilor in Toronto. A wonderful man, disturbing politics and racism.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Jason W. Moore - Anthropocene or Capitalocene?
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19:19Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University. He is a professor of sociology and author of a number of foundational books and essays on environmental history, capitalism an social theory. This conversation was recorded in 2017 and it seems even more relevant today.…
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James Hoggan - I'm Right And You're an Idiot!
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38:45The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems. James Hoggan talks about his book and what he ha…
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Marc Serpa Francoeur & Robinder Uppal - No Visible Trauma
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49:05Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal are documentary film makers and join us to talk about how No Visible Trauma came about, how it influenced their lives as they talk about about police brutality in Calgary.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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We discuss the environment and the work being done by My Sea To Sky in Howe Sound British Columbia. We also talk about Cop 26, Wood Fiber LNG, how climate change and racial injustice share the same roots, and how we can make a difference!By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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What about the future is an observational documentary that chronicles a group of youth environmental activists who organized a climate strike in Vancouver. This is a conversation with the Directors - Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Claudio Cruz; the Producer - Jen Muaranetz, and Naia Lee who was a "Sustainabiliteen" when this documentary was filmed.…
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"Kalinga" with Kent Donguines and Robin Macaboulis
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25:22Kent & Robin talk about their documentary that speaks to the issues of Filipino workers in Canada, the sacrifices they and their families make, and how communities near and far support them.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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One of my most confronting moments with Roy Scranton and one of my best with Al Gore. Our world may be doomed however there is always hope.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Shannon Walsh is a filmmaker, writer and Professor in the Department of Theater and Film at the University of British Columbia. Shannon talks about The Gig is Up is a new documentary she directed about the gig economy and those people most impacted by it.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Marion Crowe talks about the Soar Above Stigma campaign to champion messages of kindness, acceptance and compassion for indigenous communities.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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John Su and Adrian Beaverbones are the co founders of Indigenous Innovations. They are committed to helping First nation communities maximize their health benefits in Edmonton and Vancouver. John talks about their friendship and their work.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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The Climate Conversation is a practicum project between Everything, Podcasts, The British Columbia Institute of Technology, and CFRO FM. Spencer Hall, Yugi Hyde, Brooke McCarthy, Nathan Pond and Emily Szabo, wrote, narrated and produced this program and podcast from a vault of interviews with some of the worlds foremost experts on Climate Change.…
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Tom Beakbane - Consilience - How to Understand Everything
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40:46Consilience is a new paradigm that reveals how things self-organize from the bottom up in contrast to how we communicate which is from the top down. We talk about how Tom has resurrected this concept and some of his discoveries of how to look at our world.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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Craig Johnson - Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership
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35:04Craig E. Johnson is a professor emeritus of leadership studies at George Fox University and the author of "Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership." Our conversation interrogates leadership and what Craig has observed in the best and worst of them.By Vancouver Co-op Radio
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I’m Spencer Hall filling in for Don Shafer at the conversation lab. In 2011, Daniel Kingsbury and his band founded an organization called The Jellyfish Project, an organization that harnessed the power of live music to inspire kids to address climate change. This week his mother, Bronia Kingsbury and Naomi Fleschhut, executive director, join us to …
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