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The Pulse on CFRO

by Vancouver Co-op Radio

Vancouver Co-op Radio's independent daily news show — reporting on the front lines in our community on Coast Salish territories, Weekdays starting 7 a.m. on 100.5fm in Vancouver, and podcasting at thepulse.coopradio.org. Our reporters bring you interviews with community leaders and essential updates during Covid-19. Theme song: 'Iodine' is used with permission of Hannah Epperson.

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Episodes

  1. The Pulse Interview: Maegan Fox and Bobby Nikkhah (Street Saviours Outreach Society)

    The Pulse's John Zee speaks with Maegan Fox and Bobby Nikkhah from Street Saviours Outreach Society. facebook.com/VancouverStreetSaviours

  2. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, December 1

    Today, The Pulse interviews Dallas Arcand. Plus, a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  3. The Pulse Interview: Dallas Arcand

    The Pulse's Gunargie O'Sullivan talks to Dallas Arcand, three-time world champion hoop dancer, musician, and motivational speaker from the Alexander (Kipohtakaw) Plains Cree Nation near Edmonton, Alberta.

  4. The Pulse Interview: Marie Babisky & Carlyle Natrail (Aboriginal Front Door Society)

    The Pulse's John Zee speaks with Marie Babisky and Carlyle Natrail from the Aboriginal Front Door Society. A culturally safe, peer-designed and non-judgemental meeting place for Aboriginal Peoples and their friends and family in the Downtown Eastside." Aboriginal Front Door Society...

  5. The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, November 29

    Today on The Pulse, a look at the Aboriginal Front Door Society. We also play a recent episode of WINGS, the Women's International News gathering Service.

  6. The Pulse on CFRO: Friday, November 26

    Today on The Pulse, a look at the Writers' Exchange and a recent episode of Talking Radical Radio.

  7. The Pulse Interview: Jennifer MacLeod (Writers' Exchange)

    The Pulse's Jordan Kawchuk spoke to Jennifer MacLeod, co-founder of the Writers' Exchange, a program giving under-resourced kids a chance to realize their potential through reading and creative writing.

  8. The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 25 Nov

  9. The Pulse Interview: Marika Albert (BCNPHA)

    The Pulse talks with Marika Albert, Policy Director for the BC Non-profit Housing Association, about Canada's new Minister for housing, last week's affordable housing conference, and the recent flooding and landslides in Southern BC.

  10. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 24

    Today, The Pulse looks at 'The People's Budget,' presented by the defund 604 Network and we play a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  11. The Pulse Interview: Laurel Albina & Meenakshi Mannoe (The People's Budget)

    The Pulse talks to Laurel Albina, from the Defund 604 Network and Meenakshi Mannoe, from PIVOT Legal, about 'The People's Budget,' a movement to defund policing in Vancouver in order to create safe, healthy, and sustainable communities.

  12. The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, 23 Nov

    Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

  13. The Pulse Interview: Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

    Andrea Alfred, bodybuilder

  14. The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, November 22

    Today on the show, reporter James Mainguy talks with MLA Melanie Mark about issues confronting the DTES, the B.C. floods, and the recent deaths of Lillian Howard and Lee Maracle, two prominent and influential Indigenous women.

  15. The Pulse Interview: Melanie Mark, MLA Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

    Today on the show, reporter James Mainguy talks with MLA Melanie Mark about issues confronting the DTES, the B.C. floods, and the recent deaths of Lillian Howard and Lee Maracle, two prominent and influential Indigenous women.

  16. The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 18 Nov

    The Pulse talks with Kelsey Timler, a Ph.D. candidate at UBC, and a facilitator at Megaphone Magazine's writer's workshop. A workshop that produced the stories used in Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows, a shadow play recently featured at the Heart of the City Festival and now archived on the...

  17. The Pulse Interview: Kelsey Timler (Story facilitator, "Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows")

    The Pulse talks with Kelsey Timler, a Ph.D. candidate at UBC, and a facilitator at Megaphone Magazine's writer's workshop. A workshop that produced the stories used in Incarcerated: Truth in the Shadows, a shadow play recently featured at the Heart of the City Festival and now archived on the...

  18. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 17

    On The Pulse today, Angela Marie MacDougall of Battered Women's Support Services, and a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  19. The Pulse Interview: Angela Marie MacDougall (Battered Women's Support Services)

    The Pulse talks to Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS). She talks about "Colour of Violence," their newly begun, multi-year examination of violence against racialized women in B.C.

  20. The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, November 16

    On The Pulse, we'll listen to the 2020 Margaret Laurence Lecture delivered by acclaimed Stó:lō writer, Lee Maracle, who passed away last week. We'll also listen to a recent interview from Redeye, Co-op Radio's long-running public affairs show.

  21. The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, 15 Nov

    John Zee speaks with Andrew Fredricks and Richard Morrison from Karma Teachers. Karma Teachers is Canada’s first non-profit yoga studio and yoga teacher training school, which operates out of 45 W. Hastings St. in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Karma Teachers offer scholarships for yoga...

  22. The Pulse Interview: John Zee speaks with Andrew Fredricks and Richard Morrison from Karma Teachers

    John Zee speaks with Andrew Fredricks and Richard Morrison from Karma Teachers. Karma Teachers is Canada’s first non-profit yoga studio and yoga teacher training school, which operates out of 45 W. Hastings St. in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Karma Teachers offer scholarships for yoga...

  23. The Pulse on CFRO: Friday, November 12

    Today on The Pulse, Steve Chan of the Vancouver Second Mile Society, and a recent episode of SFU's Below the Radar podcast.

  24. The Pullse Interview: Steve Chan (Vancouver Second Mile Society)

    The Pulse interviews Steve Chan, Executive Director of Vancouver Second Mile Society, about meeting the needs of Vancouver's low-income seniors in the DTES.

  25. The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 11 Nov

    Jordan Kawchuk talks with Jenny Konkin, Founder of Whole Way House, which provides community building programs and tenant support services to low income seniors, veterans and vulnerable residents in the Downtown Eastside and across Vancouver. Indigenous War Heroes Legion Magazine Thousands of...

  26. The Pulse Interview: Jenny Konkin, Founder of the Whole Way House.

    Jordan Kawchuk talks with Jenny Konkin, Founder of Whole Way House, which provides community building programs and tenant support services to low income seniors, veterans and vulnerable residents in the Downtown Eastside and across Vancouver.

  27. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 10

    On The Pulse, Esther Rausenberg, Executive Director of the Eastside Culture Crawl Society, talks about this year's 25th edition of the Eastside Culture Crawl. We also listen to a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  28. The Pulse Interview: Esther Rausenberg (Eastside Culture Crawl)

    In advance of this year's Eastside Culture Crawl, The Pulse talks to Esther Rausenberg, Executive Director of the Eastside Culture Crawl Society.

  29. The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, 9 Nov

    John Su, Indigenous Innovations Trey Helten, on his dog Zelda and her work at the Overdose Prevention Society

  30. The Pulse Interview: Carolyn Orazietti (Indigenous Veterans Day)

    Gunargie O'Sullivan talks to Canadian Reserve Veteran Carolyn Orazietti about the November 8 Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony taking place at Victory Square.

  31. The Pulse Interview: Trey Helten on his dog Zelda and her work at OPS

    These days, more and more people are taking their dogs to work with them. But how many can say their dogs actually help out at work? Or even help save lives? We know one… Meet Zelda Helten. Jordan Kawchuk brings us the story.

  32. The Pulse Interview: John Su (Indigenous Innovations)

    The Pulse's John Zee speaks with John Su who runs Indigenous Innovations, which operates out of 122 E. Hastings St. Indigenous Innovations aims to help First Nations break down barriers to accessing quality health care. They also help feed the community and provide Naloxone kits to those in the...

  33. CFRO The Pulse: Friday, November 5

    Today on The Pulse, Travis Lupick and David Mendes about their respective shows at The Hear of the City Festival.

  34. The Pulse Interview: David Mendes (Heart of the City Festival)

    The Pulse interviews David Mendes, Artistic Producer of Illicit Productions, about "Incarcerated: Truth in Shadows," three stories about Canada's carceral system. heartofthecityfestival.com

  35. The Pulse Interview: Travis Lupick (Heart of the City Festival)

    The Pulse talks to journalist Travis Lupick about his presentation, "Fighting for Space," stories from his 2018 book of the same name. Lupick traces the story of the activists and drug users who fought for the first safe injection site in North America. He also brings the overdose crisis up to…

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  36. The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 4 Nov

    The Pulse talks with Nadine Spence, one of the creators of the three-year project, 'Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey.' This weekend, The Heart of the City Festival will present three days of ceremonies, stories, and teachings in Oppenheimer Park. Nadine Spence discusses the project and...

  37. The Pulse Interview: Nadine Spence (Honouring Our Grandmothers)

    The Pulse talks to Nadine Spence, one of the creators of the three-year project, 'Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey.' This weekend, The Heart of the City Festival will present three days of ceremonies, stories, and teachings in Oppenheimer Park. Nadine Spence discusses the project and…

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  38. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, November 3

    Today, The Pulse looks at Thursday's 'Doctors and Nurses Climate Rally.' We also are the latest episode of Talking Radical Radio.

  39. The Pulse Interview: Dr Maura Brown (Doctors for Planetary Health)

    The Pulse talks to Dr. Maura Brown, one of the organizers of Thursday's 'Doctors and Nurses Climate Rally,' the first of its kind organized in Canada. The rally will be held on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature, starting at 11:30 AM. coderedbc.ca

  40. The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, 2 Nov

    The YWCA's Crabtree Corner is a place expecting mothers, new mothers, and children who need help can go. Jordan Kawchuk spent a day there and brings us this story.

  41. The Pulse Interviews: Crabtree Corner

    The YWCA's Crabtree Corner is a place expecting mothers, new mothers, and children who need help can go. Jordan Kawchuk spent a day there and brings us this story.

  42. The Pulse on CFRO: Monday, 1 Nov

    The Pulse talks with longtime activist and documentarian, Sid Chow Tan, about his work in the Downtown Eastside as well as his presentation at this year's Heart of the City Festival, My Art is Activism, showing on Tuesday afternoon, November 2. heartofthecityfestival.com

  43. The Pulse Interview: Sid Chow Tan, longtime activist and documentarian

    The Pulse talks with longtime activist and documentarian, Sid Chow Tan, about his work in the Downtown Eastside as well as his presentation at this year's Heart of the City Festival, My Art is Activism, showing on Tuesday afternoon, November 2. heartofthecityfestival.com

  44. The Pulse on CFRO: Friday, October 29

    Today on The Pulse, Meenakshi Mannoe of PIVOT Legal talks about the practice of "street sweeps" in the Downtown Eastside. We also listen to the latest episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  45. The Pulse Interview: Meenakshi Mannoe (PIVOT Legal Society)

    The Pulse talks to Meenakshi Mannoe, Criminalization and Policing Campaigner with PIVOT Legal Society, about "street sweeps," the practice of cleaning the streets in the Downtown Eastside of the belongings of the homeless.

  46. The Pulse on CFRO: Thursday, 28 Oct

    Emily-anne King, co-exective director and co-founder of Backpack Buddies

  47. The Pulse Interview: Emily-anne King, co-exective director and co-founder of Backpack Buddies

    Emily-anne King, co-exective director and co-founder of Backpack Buddies

  48. The Pulse on CFRO: Wednesday, October 27

    On The Pulse, Sandy Goldman speaks with Robi Smith, curator of the Virtual Art Exhibition being launched at 12 Noon today as part of the annual Housing Central Conference. We also play a recent episode of the CBC Front Burner podcast.

  49. The Pulse Interview: Robi Smith (Housing Central Art Expo)

    Sandy Goldman speaks with Robi Smith, curator of the Virtual Art Exhibition being launched at 12 Noon today as part of the annual Housing Central Conference. To register for today's event go to: https://conference.housingcentral.ca - then click on programs, then open Art Expo. The registration…

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  50. The Pulse on CFRO: Tuesday, 26 Oct

    The Pulse talks to Marisa Emma Smith, Artistic Producer with Alley Theatre, about their production of #whatnow, which will have nine performances at this year's Heart of the City Festival. heartofthecityfestival.com

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Vancouver Co-op Radio's independent daily news show — reporting on the front lines in our community on Coast Salish territories,

Weekdays starting 7 a.m. on 100.5fm in Vancouver, and podcasting at thepulse.coopradio.org.

Our reporters bring you interviews with community leaders and essential updates during Covid-19.

Theme song: 'Iodine' is used with permission of Hannah Epperson.

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