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Now displaying: August, 2017
Aug 23, 2017

Labounauts regular Adrienne Smith joins Sussanne Skidmore and Carlos To talk about all things "Pride" related. 

This episode navigates through the good and not so good parts of being a activist in today's political landscape. We talk about Sussanne's experiences as she travels across Canada taking part in Pride Marches as well as Adrienne's recent experiences dealing with hate speech directed at them after being the spokesperson in a video posted on Facebook. 

 

Aug 11, 2017

 

Enjoy this 3 in 1 bonus episode as Carlos occupies the BC Building Trades Council 19th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. 

First, Executive Director of the Build Trades Council, Tom Sigurdson sits down and gives us a brief history lesson on how this council came to be, as well as why it's so important that unions give back to the community. 

Next, Chris Lowe from Variety talks with Carlos about the important work his organization does to support children all over the world. 

Lastly, Bruce Verchere, Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia sheds some light on the work he and his team are doing to address child hood diabetes. Bruce also drops some knowledge on Carlos as he discusses some of the fascinating break throughs scientists are making with gene modification. 

Enjoy! And thanks for listening!!

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