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- 54 minutes 15 secondsThe Mainstreet Spinbusters, and all our other coverage about Chris d'Entremont crossing the floor
This podcast includes Jeff's conversation with the Spinbusters - Michelle Coffin, Barbara Emodi, and Chris Lydon - followed by Amy Smith's conversation with former president of the Conservative Party of Canada, Rob Batherson, and reactions of people who live in the riding Acadie-Annapolis.
5 November 2025, 4:10 am - 10 minutes 47 secondsThe final episode of the four part series, 'Explore the Lore'
Melody Rose brings us last installment of her four part series, just in time for Halloween. This one is all about the the Cape Breton Hairy Man!
31 October 2025, 3:10 am - 20 minutes 44 secondsWhy is Canada such an attractive destination for criminals wanting to launder dirty money?
Peter German wrote two reports for the Attorney General of British Columbia, called Dirty Money, and Dirty Money Part Two. He's President and ED of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform, back in Halifax for a panel discussion called, "Money Laundering: Canada's Back Office of Organized Crime."
30 October 2025, 3:10 am - 9 minutes 12 secondsWest Hants Pride program Out Together aims to keep 2SLGBTQ+ people from leaving the area
Jeff Douglas speaks with West Hants Pride the interim president Angela Grant. Find the group online at westhantspride.ca
29 October 2025, 3:10 am - 15 minutes 23 secondsHow White Ribbon has adapted its goals to accommodate the technological landscape of the manosphere
The organization focuses on engaging and educating men and boys to preventing gender-based violence, by promoting gender equality and healthy masculinities. CEO of White Ribbon, Humberto Carolo, tells Alex Guye how the non-profit has changed since it first began in 1991 and how shifts in technology have created additional spaces where their work is needed.
29 October 2025, 3:10 am - 9 minutes 26 seconds"The cheese slipped off the cracker" -- US Ambassador to Canada goes on tirade over Ontario's TV ad
Jeff Douglas talks about what happened with Asa McKercher, Hudson Chair in Canada-US Relations & an associate prof at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, at St. FX.
29 October 2025, 3:10 am - 10 minutes 34 secondsBruce Rainnie on the magic of baseball, and an 18-inning game that will go into the history books
Bruce Rainnie, President and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, speaks with host Jeff Douglas.
28 October 2025, 3:10 am - 18 minutes 29 secondsPlans to demolish the historic former Église Sainte-Marie, in Church Point, Digby County, are on hold
Gabrielle Bardall, co-chair of the Sainte-Marie Heritage & Development Association, tells Jeff Douglas how people came together to save one of the largest wooden structures of its kind in the world.
28 October 2025, 3:10 am - 34 minutes 18 secondsSpinbusters on Tim Houston 1.0 and 2.0, and why 40-year old audio of Ronald Reagan packs a punch
Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas speaks with Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin, and Barbara Emodi, about politics in Nova Scotia and beyond.
27 October 2025, 3:10 am - 10 minutes 26 secondsEpisode three of 'Explore the Lore', brings us in the world of faeries
Melody Rose brings us an East Coast favourite on this third installment of 'Explore the Lore'.
24 October 2025, 3:10 am - 13 minutes 24 secondsPaul Wong talks career spanning five decades, and curating the retrospective exhibit Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama
Pioneering artist Paul Wong is back in Halifax for a lecture at the Halifax Central Library on October 23rd. The award winning artist spoke with Alex Guye about his career, his most recent exhibit and why he continually pushes the boundaries of interdisciplinary storytelling.
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