CBC Radio One also announces a week of special programming dedicated to World War I, beginning June 23.
CBC Radio One has an exciting lineup of new programs for the 2014 summer season, starting on Monday, June 23. The new summer season will keep listeners entertained and engaged with shows about human strength and survival, one that teaches you things like how to survive the apocalypse, another which pits Canadians up against each other in a contest to see who paid attention to the news that week, and more.
Also starting on Monday, June 23, Radio One will dedicate a week to special programming to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. New summer show The Bugle and the Passing Bell will begin the coverage, featuring the voices and stories of soldiers who fought in the war. Ideas host Paul Kennedy will explore the impact that World War I has had on our culture in a five-part series, and Q will look at how the traumas of World War I reverberate in our culture and society today, with Jian Ghomeshi speaking to writer Joseph Boyden, who made his name writing about Aboriginal snipers fighting for Canada; cartoonist Pat Mills, about how the Great War still shapes our visual understanding of the apocalypse; and author and Iraq war vet Phil Klay on how people writing about the war changed our notion of the soldier. Plus journalist and historian Robert Fisk talks about the trauma that reverberated throughout his family’s life.
“From thought-provoking to fresh and funny, this summer’s Radio One shows feature something for whatever mood you happen to be in,” said Chris Boyce, Executive Director of Radio and Audio, English Services, CBC. “Our hosts have gone out into the community to interact with Canadians - whether it’s finding out why they’re wearing what they’re wearing, quizzing them on the headlines of the day, or convincing them to share their most personal - and most hilarious - stories.”
The 2014 CBC Radio One Summer Schedule:
Live Through This - Mondays at 9:30 a.m. (10 a.m. NT) / Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
(8 p.m. NT)
Host: Andrew Kaufman
No one turns the dial when the hero is hanging off the cliff. For 10 weeks you’ll hear extraordinary stories of survival - from the most extreme to the seemingly mundane, from mutinies at sea to desperately seeking silence. Everyone has something they’re surviving.
How to Do It: The Guide to Everything Else - Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. (10 a.m. NT) / Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (8 p.m. NT)
Co-hosts: Sarah Treleaven and Josh Bloch
After last summer’s successful run, Josh and Sarah are back with another helpful guide to things you hope you never need to know, like how to get rid of a body, how to survive the apocalypse and how to sell out.
Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids - Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. (10 a.m. NT) / Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. (7 p.m. NT)
Host: Dan Misener
Dan Misener invites brave Canadians to read their childhood writing. . .out loud in front of an audience. Embarrassing, moving, hilarious - all captured live during a 10-city tour.
The Bugle and the Passing Bell - Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. (10 a.m. NT) / Sundays at 6:30 p.m. (7 p.m. NT)
Host: Beza Seife
Fifty years ago, CBC Radio devoted 17 hours to the voices and stories of the men who fought in World War I. This summer, to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, documentary producer Steve Wadhams and host Beza Seife bring those voices and stories back to life.
Newshounds - Mondays at 11:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m. NT) / Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (12 noon NT)
Host: Adam Growe
You’ve got to be first, but you’ve got to be right. That’s what drives the news business, and it’s what drives CBC Radio’s new quiz show. Play along with host Adam Growe and two guest contestants, and discover how much attention you really did pay to the world this week.
Head to Toe - Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m. NT) / Thursdays at 11 p.m. (11:30 p.m. NT)
Host: JJ Lee
Head to Toe stops you on the street and peers into your closet to ask, “What are you wearing, and why?” Host JJ Lee finds threads of vulnerability and surprise in our clothing and, through history and social science, peels back the layers to give us a new understanding of what we put on.
What a Waste - Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (8 p.m. NT) / Fridays at 11:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m. NT)
Host: Torah Kachur
CBC Radio science columnist Torah Kachur starts from the premise that there is no such thing as waste, just wasted resources. As we try to clean up the mess we’ve made of the planet, Torah explores what can be done with everything from our leftover food to our nuclear detritus.
The Moth Radio Hour - Fridays at 1 p.m. (1:30 p.m. NT) / Sundays at 7 p.m. (7:30 p.m. NT)
From PRX, our public radio partners in the U.S., true stories told live. In the words of the judges who awarded the program a Peabody: “Storytelling, likely the oldest art, is revered and reinvigorated by this hour for everyday raconteurs.”
Other new summer programs based on familiar CBC Radio One series and specials include:
Project Money - Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. (8 p.m. NT) / Fridays at 9:30 am (10 a.m. NT)
Host: Anna Maria Tremonti
Project Money with host Anna Maria Tremonti is the best of The Current’s year-long series about money. From fraud and vengeance to charity and love: how money shapes our world and motivates our actions.
Wachtel on the Arts - Wednesdays at 1 p.m. (1:30 p.m. NT)
Host: Eleanor Wachtel
Eleanor Wachtel interviews 10 of the world’s most exciting and important artists. In these in-depth conversations, Eleanor’s guests discuss the ideas, obsessions and chance encounters that shaped their vision and practice.
As It Happened - The Archive Edition - Wednesdays at 11:30 p.m. (12 midnight NT) / Fridays at 7:30 p.m. (8 p.m. NT)
Host: Jeff Douglas
Tune in for those As It Happens interviews you just can’t get out of your head. For 46 years, the show has been bringing listeners the hilarious, dramatic and downright strangest news of the day - straight from the people making it. Tune in each week to hear the show’s most compelling characters and their sagas all over again.
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