CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows.
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A radio magazine dedicated to newcomers, asylum seekers, and people in precarious status of Spanish-speaking origin, especially the approximately 60,000 people of Mexican descent that may be residing in Montreal and around Quebec, and the 30,000 residing across Canada.
Mi Chante serves the Latin and Spanish American community in Montreal by offering them arts and culture news from their hometowns in connection with the Montreal cultural landscape.
A radio magazine dedicated to Temporary Foreign Workers of Latino origin (60,000 Mexican, Guatemalan, etc.), working with the Program of Temporary Foreign Workers in the food industry, and another 50,000 who may be working with private employment agencies at home as caregivers, clerks, etc.
Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is an award-winning weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses, and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. With headquarters based in Boulder, Colorado and with only two full-time and two part-time paid staff, AR airs on almost 300 radio stations. Our project is sustained by donations and by listener purchases of season subscriptions, recordings, and transcripts. Airs on Grey Matters, Thursdays at 7pm.
Gay & Grey Montreal is a social, mutual aid and sensitization network for English-speaking 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals over the age of 50 in Montreal and the surrounding area. We are committed to reducing isolation and improving the quality of life for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors, while promoting appropriate services in a positive, caring environment for 2-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and anyone who identifies as belonging within this rainbow umbrella who lives in Montreal and Quebec.
All Kanien’kéha Radio is a rebroadcast of a show airing originally on Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio – RKR 101.7 FM in Kanehsatà:ke. It is entirely in Kanien’kéha, the Mohawk language. CKUT is proud to make this program available to its listeners.
Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, CKUT’s Local Journalism Initiative will publish local news stories from reporter Jules Bugiel. You can also read the stories as we publish them at https://ckut.ca/lji/.
The Women’s International News Gathering Service (WINGS) has been raising women’s voices through radio worldwide since 1986. Airing during Dragonroot on alternating Mondays from 7-8pm.
An independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
Tackling everyday politics with a specific highlight on women. Each episode takes on a different issue specific to Gen Z culture: everything from cancel culture, identity on social media, to our unlimited access to knowledge.
«Points de vue» est le nouveau magazine d’information produit par le Fonds canadien de la radio communautaire (FCRC). On y présente une sélection hebdomadaire de reportages produits par les équipes radio de l’Initiative de journalisme local (IJL) en poste à travers le Canada.
“Viewpoints” is the latest podcast and news magazine produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC). It provides an overview of what’s happening across Canada, thanks to some 20 radio reporters posted across the country and working for the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI).
A podcast about the environment in Canada (and sometimes elsewhere) by Sierra Club Canada. Topics include climate change, biodiversity, pollution, renewable energy democracy, and the Rights of Nature. Tune in and take action!
Miss Chris hosts the most recent iteration of our long-running queer issues show Queercorps. She interviews local queer and trans musicians, DJs, performers, etc. and takes your calls live on the air (514-448-4013). Tell her something good and she’ll tell you something better.
Radio Renoviction is a new monthly radio program on CKUT, putting a human face to the wave of gentrification and renovictions plaguing Montreal. Once a month, we’ll broadcast personal stories of displacement and provide information, analysis and solutions to this growing housing crisis affecting tenants everywhere. If you’ve had the misfortune of being renovicted and want to share your story, contact the team at: radiorenoviction@ckut.ca
Radio Alhara راديو الحارة – Interviews with Musicians
Stefan Christoff, host of Free City Radio, hosts a monthly artist interview series on Radio AlHara in Palestine.
Youthful Cities is a social impact group that does community-action research on city affordability all across Canada and asks young people why it’s so hard for them to survive, especially underserved, underrepresented people aged 15-29. We work with the municipalities of Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary and host annual summits where we fund youth-designed projects.
Hear members of Youthful Cities talk to Montrealers about the economic landscape and why anyone would want to work in Canada’s broken system.
Weekly highlights from Canada’s #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts including Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won’t Save Us, Press Progress Sources & 55 more. This podcast is syndicated for community and campus radio at CIUT 89.5FM in Toronto, CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg and at Vancouver Co-op Radio.
FUTURE IS NOW is a podcast series exploring intersections between art and social change, produced by Z Gallery’s Shahrzad Arshadi and Caroline Künzle. The title comes from a song by German punk rock singer Nina Hagen. She sings: “1968 is over, it’s over, … Future Is Now! It’s really gonna be a better world.” Her lyrics express our feeling that change for a better world is happening right now, through the work of many. In each episode, we will tell you these stories of change: stories of artists and art projects that inspire us. As you listen, we hope they will inspire you too.
A radio show of unapologetic romanticism and utopian yearning for people with unlimited vision. Expect deep dives into counter-culture, counter-history, altered states, ethnobotany, radical anthropology, esoteric explorations, and other worlds on Earth.
Noise Not Borders is an independent emerging music and arts festival based in Tiohtià:ke aka Montreal. With the help of CKUT, we’re now happy to share our new radio show ‘Noise Not Borders presents: La Hora del Ruido” where we get to play music from bands that we feel represent the global underground scene.
A show that highlights new research being conducted by underrepresented groups in STEM. Hosted by Allie, Amelie, and Nour, STEMinism comprises a mashup of interviews with scientists, young and old, where we summarize and discuss new published research in a way that makes it easy for anyone to understand. We aim to make current research accessible to everyone, all the while playing some local tunes along the way.
“Alright, Now What?” is a podcast from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. On the first Friday of every month, CKUT will air one new episode and two episodes from the archives where the CWF’s experts and partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about.
Panacea has the goal of initiating open conversations and reducing stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness. To do so, Michelle teaches ‘mental health 101’ and shares some of her own experiences living with mental illness.
The positive impact that mental health literacy can have in your own life, and for the people around you, is what drives her. If her words can inspire empathy and change at least one person’s perspective or make someone feel less alone, then she has done her job. Join us for some fun tunes and vulnerable conversations!