Stephen Walker was born in Montreal, QC, Canada, where he spent most of his youth forcibly removed from his family and placed in Residential Services for children and youth. There, he empathized with the plights of courageous characters in fiction literature, and later joined the Canadian Armed Forces to build on his own extraordinary story…

Today we chatted with Eva, a coordinator of the McGill Education Garden, an outdoor learning space created to explore new and different ways of promoting sustainable devolvement and ecological literacy.

Samaa Elibyari interviews Mischek Jere about the efforts led by the UK-based organization Reprieve to have the death penalty abolished in Malawi and discusses Gamal Abdel Nasser’s complicated legacy with Egyptian political analyst and activist Mohamed Sherif Kamel.

Longtime host John Detcheverry clears out a backlog of new CDs, playing new music from Mark Telesca, Big D & Captain Keys, Travellin’ Blue Kings, Jeau James, and Mark Cameron + a full tracklist.

Music dept. Intern Estee takes World Skip for a spin with tunes from around the globe + a full tracklist.

Go visit the Attik…. bunch of great late night jams in here + a full tracklist.

Comedian @akeemgramz joins Wizzy, Tamara, and DJ Nelles live from the satellite studio @dg_kicks in NDG.

Host John B. plays new music from françois houle genera sextet, brandon seabrook’s epic proportions, lina allemano 4, and more + a full tracklist.

On this edition of Free City Radio, Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada speaks about the long-term organizing and campaigning work that the organization does to challenge and protest the ways that Canadian mining corporations violate environmental and social rights. Particularly this interview focuses on Latin America, as Herrera is the Latin American program coordinator for the organization.

Shadya is a DJ and producer and resident for the Tempio Nero event series in Montreal. She is the founder and Label manager for Chez.kito.kat records since 2006 and has been involved in music through writing lyrics and poetry since 1996. She was part of the electro-synth pop band Beat For Sale as a singer and performer (2006–2014).

In studio Saïd Mesnaoui (Moroccan hajhouj player fusing Gnawa) who performs July 15th at Theatre Fairmount and Chipo Nyambiya (Zimbabwean mbira player and afro-pop singer making her home in Mtl) who performs July 21st at FINA.

Butcher T goes full circle back to the program he used to intern for and takes over an episode of West Indian Rhythms while Stretch is out of town.

Thanks for tuning in! If you liked today’s songs, I’ll be playing these and more, live, this Saturday July 1 at Casa Del Popolo for their monthly Metal DJ Night! DJ Stanley Kindly and DJ Heckhammer will bring the fire, no filler and no cover!

Kahn/Müeller, nimrod, (former ckut staff) christof migone, kallabris, and more dusty digs from the CKUT library.

Our final guest for the Celebration of Black Fathers is a Proud father, a soccer manager and analyst. Max-Henri Metellus is a special guest as his mother Maguy Metellus was featured in the 2022 edition of the Celebration of Black Mothers, it is an honour for us to have been able to have interviewed both the mother and the son.

Alissa is back with 100% cancon and a ton of new stuff from Ramzi, Ouri, Gayance, Backxwash, No Joy, CFCF… + full tracklist to help track down your favs.

Once a month, we’ll broadcast personal stories of displacement and provide information, analysis and solutions to this growing housing crisis affecting tenants everywhere. Our first episode features former CKUT Sales Manager Louise Burns telling her renoviction story.

CKUT Music Librarian Raef blesses the lunchtime airwaves with two hours of smooth dub, amapiano, and international disco + a full tracklist. Thanks Raef.

The THT Entertainment crew is back in studio with two hours of new local hip hop and interviews.

Just some banging music out of Montreal for this lovely Monday night with you favourite host LIVE FROM THE STUDIO!!!

Sonic experiments of students created within the context of the project « L’eau, omniprésente, précieuse et inspirante » which was coordinated by cultural mediator Tanha Gomes. Created by students in the 6th year from the class of teachers Lina Coronel and Sonia Desgagné at École Saint-Gérard, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, in the west of Montreal.

Welcome to Radio Moon, radio that’s good for your mental health. This month’s episode (focused on ice cream) had the entire office thinking about leaving early to get some treats. Radio Moon is a collaboration with Forward House, a community-based mental health organization located in NDG.

Elena takes Ears to the outer limits with music from Vopli Vidopliassova, Myriam Gendron, LL Cool J, Yoon Do Hyun Band, and The Boston Typewriter Orchestra. Check it out with a full tracklist.

@igaremath and @q_burt chat @suoniperilpopolo for the suoni seshes, with a special performance from @le.travailleur