DJ Triple Dub is on Phish tour this week so you lucky reggae fans and ganja appreciators will be blessed with the presence of rin formerly of Bushwack! and Red Hot of Rhythm and Flavour on CJMP.
"That's right, Triple Dub is out of town and it's rin and Red Hot at the controls. Caught between 4/20 and Earth Day, it's a Freestyle Musical Celebration of the Cannabis plant and everything we love about it"
Worldwide radio premiere of Life Like by Dead Bob, the solo project of John Wright (see also NoMeansNo, The Hanson Brothers, Compressorhead, Godzballz).
Join Bad Karen as she and John play some musics and chat some words about said musics, and more.
Get your own copy here: https://deadbob.bandcamp.com/album/life-like
Single use plastic bans are popping up all over the Province of BC. Today we learn how this has been made possible. Also, on todays' 126th episode, we'll explore edible food waste. Tune in for great tips on preventing science projects in your fridge.
Move over microplastics, there's a new villain in town. What have you flushed down the drain lately? Pills, cleaning products, paint from brushes, or even bacteria, fungi and metals, maybe? Do these contaminants of emerging concern need to be better regulated? We talk with a City Councilor and informed concerned citizen about their efforts to do just that.
We tap into the Hold Onto your Butts campaign as well, to hear about the unexpected consequences of tossing cigarette butts and what some towns are doing to offer a safer alternative.
Is the recycling system broken? We’ll dive into the recycling bin and see where the bulk of our recyclables end up and also what they get turned into.
We’ll also celebrate BC’s first marine debris depot arriving in Powell River by tuning into an interview that Let’s Talk Trash team member, Abby McLellan, had with with CBC host, Gregor Craigie.
Finally, we'll take the Grinch out of a giftless Christmas.
Weeds and invasive species. Are they friend or foe? We look at these sometimes maligned plants from a few angles in this episode. Aryuvedic practitioner, Todd Coldecott, chimes on their role in rebalancing both the planet and our wellness. Founder of No Spray Powell River, Lisa-Marie Bhattacharya, shares how pest management practices affect biodiversity, and finally Karen Skadesheim, talks about using so-called invasives as materials for basketry and other creative endeavors.
The story of bottled water is nuanced. Backed by the reality that we need clean drinking water to survive, and then infused with marketing campaigns that played on fears of water born pathogens and the wonders of trace mineral content.
What is the full story of bottled water? And with 1 in 7 people having no access to clean drinking water, can we thrive without it?
Would you live in a house made from mushrooms? Would you wear a suit embroidered with fungal spores to help decompose your corpse? Fungus has always been among us and now we are more actively seeking a symbiotic relationship. This episode explores the role of mushrooms in reducing the waste we produce, as well as cleaning up the waste we inevitably do create.
Cognitive Scientist & Mycologist, Theo Rosenfeld also shares how mushrooms can be key to physical and mental wellness during times of personal and even global crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is the recycling system broken? We’ll dive into the recycling bin and see where the bulk of our recyclables end up and also what they get turned into.
Making Peace with Invasives
oms can be key to physical and mental wellness during times of personal and even global crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
