CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows.
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On the 4th Friday of each month at 5 p.m., Migrant Nation – Nation Migrant – Nacion Migrante team delivers in-depth commentary, analysis, and discussion of current news, featuring valuable insights from expert guests. Accompanied by migrant-themed musical interludes, the program also provides guidance designed to enhance the health, civic engagement, and overall well-being of migrants.
QPIRG-McGill is a student-funded resource centre for activists and students interested in social and environmental justice. This show highlights all the cool projects of its working groups.
Bursting The Bubble is the Tuesday edition of CKUT’s weekday morning magazine, The Morning After and its first episode aired February 4th, 2025.
Welcome to “Jewish Heretics,” the podcast that delves into the lives of extraordinary individuals.
No weights, just life. Hosted by Nikki Anchovy, the SQUAT show is a monthly radio program on CKUT 90.3FM dedicated to the Philippine and Southeast Asian musical underground. Brought to you by Radyo Kapwa.
Every 2nd Tuesday 7–8 AM EST
Every 3rd Wednesday from 2–3 PM EST.
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.