Upstage goes to Fringe Park!
Upstage host Sarah kicks off the Fringe with live interviews featuring playrights, performers, and stage managers from five shows: An Uncomfortable Dinner Party, A Love Unbecoming, Little Star: Born of Desire, Harlem of the North and Mr Potts.
The News Collective covers Montréal’s housing crisis
Hear from CKUT's News Collective as they cover the current state of Montréal's housing crisis with local organizations HOJO, SLAM-MATU, and RCLALC.
The Montreal Sessions – Suoni Per Il Popolo Takeover #3 w/ Kiva and Stefan
Join Kiva and Stefan for another Suoni Per Il Popolo takeover of The Montreal Sessions, a monthly artist-in-residency program highlighting local musicians, labels, and festivals.
CKUT’s Local Journalism Initiative w/ Jules
CKUT's in-house journalist Jules details local news stories from this week, on topics such as climate, safe-consumption, and Quebec's latest language and culture bill.
Funky Revolutions – Live from Maktaba
Meaning both “library” and “bookshop” in Arabic, MAKTABA is an artist-run, deeply-rooted space invested in representation and culture. In this special broadcast, we hear a mixtape that includes sounds from a recent cultural event at La Sala Rossa to support the Sudan Solidarity Collective as well as material from the Make Fuzz Not War compilation released to support Doctors Without Borders work in Palestine and the Middle East Children's Alliance.
New Shit w/ Jade – May 30, 2025
New shit brought to you by Jade—featuring tracks mostly dropped in the last week of May. Heavy emphasis on local Montreal bands.
ffiles – Interview w/ Harald Beharie | Batty Bwoy
Batty Bwoy starts from a place of play and desire, entangled in violence and charming cruelty. Through a reappropriation of the Jamaican term “Batty Bwoy” (literally, butt boy), slang for a queer person, Harald Beharie’s work twists and turns the myths of the black queer body unfolding vulnerable possibilities in an interplay of consciousness and naivety.
Rez Rock Radio w/ DJ Hank
DJ Hank does a deep dive into the archives - ours and his - to bring you rare country and rock n' roll music by Native American artists.
Off the Hour: The trans care snitch list and the state of gender-affirming care in Quebec and Canada; Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour (May 14, 2025)
Lawrence and the Community News Collective speak with members of The Breach and the Trans Patient Union about Canadian care providers showing up on the American government's snitch list plus the state of gender-affirming care in Canada, and Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour
Radyo Kapwa Ep. 146: Lahat Konektado: Lapu Lapu Day & Mental Health Awareness w/ Mathilde & Veronica Bertiz (May 14, 2025)
Everything’s Political is hosted by Veronica Jane Bertiz. Starting today, it airs on Radyo Kapwa on CKUT 90.3FM every first Wednesday of the Month.
Dykes on Mykes Funding Drive Special – live from NDQ May 5, 2025
Dykes on Mykes went live from NDQ for a panel on queer event organizers.
Funding Drive Special: Off the Hour Off the Rails / Talk Shit O’Clock / Harbinger of Doom – LIVE from Casa del Popolo (May 7, 2025)
For the first time ever, CKUT's Community News Collective, Jules and Jack, and members of the Harbinger Media Network and Unrigged.ca joined forces for a 3-hour live news broadcast from Casa Del Popolo.
Queercorps Ep. 42: Anniversary episode with Jetsam and Object of Loathing! – April 7, 2025
Previous guests and fans of the show Jetsam and Object of Loathing join Onyx live in studio for the 1st birthday of this version of Queercorps.
World Skip the Beat: Kalahari Surfers and Warrick Sony (Pt. 1) – November 25, 2024
Part 1 of Estee and Louise's interview with South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Sony, the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers, who made politically radical satirical anti-apartheid music in 1980s South Africa.
World Skip the Beat: Kalahari Surfers and Warrick Sony (Pt. 2) – February 10, 2025
Part 2 of Estee and Louise's interview with South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Sony, the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers, who made politically radical satirical anti-apartheid music in 1980s South Africa.
World Skip the Beat co-hosted by Stefan Christoff and Franklin R. Bonivento van Grieken (March 3, 2025)
A live show co-hosted by Stefan Christoff and Franklin R. Bonivento van Grieken
World Skip – Trip Hop Latino (March 24, 2025)
GASPAR PLAYS TRIP HOP LATINO holding it down in studio for two hours.
Freeform Air – Raef and Alyssa (March 13, 2025)
Late night haze from two volunteer rock stars.
All Da Way Live – INTERVIEW with NICHOLAS CRAVEN
PRO-V and Nicholas Craven talk upcoming projects and field calls from all over the map. Classic daytime radio.
Positive Vibes – with Sampaloo and DJ Foot live in studio
Roger Moore rocks out in studio with the great Sampaloo and DJ Foot.
Venus Radio – with vm339
Another classic Venus episode with electronic tracks from legends like DJ Minx, Wendy Carlos, Suzanne Ciani et al.
Dawson College New Shit Takeover
On January 17, 2025, CKUT hosted 18 students from Dawson's Social Change and Solidarity Program to learn about the intersections between activism and student/community radio and then take over the waves to talk about what they've learned and play music requests from the community orgs they've visited.
We got a late start on the episode but we've updated the archive file accordingly. The first hour is the live show and the second hour is the playlist of all the song requests.
HERSAY Special: Spotlight on Jayne County with Cece
Cece dives deep into the catalogue of trans punk pioneer Jayne County
The News Collective covers the current political situation in Canada
