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Welcome to the CKUT Spoken Word Department blog. Here you’ll find segments from our in-house community news team and coverage of Montreal’s arts and cultural scenes. CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows. We cover LGBTQ culture, environmental and social justice issues, feminism, theatre, African and Latin America current affairs, and more.

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August 30, 2022 2022 Arts & Culture Radio Is Dead

Po B. K. Lomami’s “The House of Kinshasa”

This is the outcome of a WhatsApp call between my parents in Belgium and me in Canada about the final chapter of their house in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 8, 2022 2022 Anarchist Bookfair Interviews

Free Kick Live From The Anarchist Bookfair

Clara-Swan Kennedy of Free Kick is joined by Madeline and Chloe from CKUT for a live broadcast from the 2022 Anarchist Bookfair.
September 23, 2021 2021 Arts & Culture Mental Health

Radio Moon – Interview With A Flower

We packed up our bags and hopped in a cab down to Forward House for the first live broadcast of Radio Moon since before the pandemic.
June 5, 2020 Podcasts Racism The Morning Detour

The Morning Detour Discusses George Floyd

A critical and open conversation from elected officials and everyday people about Montreal's response to the police killing of George Floyd.
April 21, 2020 2020 Community News Covid-19

Prison Radio Reports Live From the Caravan

A broadcast in solidarity with incarcerated people and to denounce the conditions inside local prison institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 26, 2020 2020 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 2020 Homelessness Marathon Recap

CKUT’s Homelessness Marathon is a consciousness-raising radio marathon that offers a platform to speak truth to power on the realities of homelessness, housing, and poverty.
May 28, 2018 2018 Community News Podcasts

A History of the CKUT Community News Department

CKUT has covered issues from street level emphasizing the voices of those not heard in mainstream media, namely those affected by the policies, regulations and political decisions.
March 8, 2018 2018 Arts & Culture Podcasts

Eve Parker Finley – International Women’s Day on Tranzistor Radio

Eve Parker Finley Celebrates International Women's Day by profiling women such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, activists in the time of Stonewall and co-founders of STAR.
November 19, 2017 2017 International Radio Report Podcasts

International Radio Report’s 30th Anniversary Show

Clips from the very first broadcast and discussions about their shared fascination with RADIO.
August 10, 2015 1990 2015 Interviews

Sex Garage’s 25th Anniversary

Interviews with Queercorps host Puelo Dier and photographer Linda Dawn Hammond about the infamous event known as Sex Garage that galvanized the queer community in July 1990.
September 30, 2013 2013 Audio Smut Sex

Magic Smut Box

CKUT’s Audio Smut Radio Collective presented a sound art installation for Montreal’s Perverscité Festival this past August.
May 2, 2013 2013 Podcasts Prison Radio

Prison Radio Talks with Dorothy Proctor, Survivor of Prison Experiments

Many years after being released, Proctor began her investigation on the experiments that were done to her and countless other prisoners in the 1960s and 70s.
April 24, 2013 2013 Interviews Sex Work

Scarlet Road – Interview with Rachel Wotton on The Avalanche

Rachel Wotton, Sex Worker and focus of the film "Scarlet Road" speaks with the members of Avalanche (CKUT’s radio show airing Wed. 5 – 6pm) about the documentary project.
November 7, 2012 2012 Craigslist Confidential

Craigslist Confidential

If you happened to tune in to CKUT in the middle of a Monday night in 2012 you may have stumbled upon Craigslist Confidential, a fascinating delve into the world of Craigslist.
July 10, 2012 2012 The Montreal Mirror

The End of The Montreal Mirror – Interviews with Mirror Writers Chris Barry and Jonathan Cummings

Interviews with two of the Mirror's writers shortly after it was announced that the beloved paper would be shutting down.
May 1, 2012 Community News Interviews Podcasts

Sex Work and Breaking Down Stigma with Valerie Scott

Former sex worker Valerie Scott discusses the obsession the public has with sex while still being reluctant to speak about the need to educate on safe sex practices.
April 22, 2012 2012 Community News Interviews

Bhum Bhum Tyme Discusses Racial Profiling

Pat Dillon aka Sistah P speaks with Reverend Gray, discussing the student strike, Trayvon Martin, and being ticketed for being black in Montreal.
February 23, 2012 2012 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 10th Annual Homelessness Marathon

The 2012 Homelessness Marathon served 14 hours of national broadcasted discussions on homelessness, for the tenth consecutive year!
February 23, 2009 2009 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon

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February 20, 2007 2007 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 6th Annual Homelessness Marathon

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February 20, 2006 2006 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 5th Annual Homelessness Marathon

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July 19, 2005 2005 Community News Native Solidarity News

Former CKUT Host Will Nicholls Reflects on the 1990 Oka Crisis

Will Nicholls, host of the former CKUT show Indian Times, speaks at a service in remembrance of the 1990 Oka Crisis.
May 19, 2005 2005 Community News Interviews

The Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia’s sister Lydia Barashango and a member of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abul-Jamal group were interviewed on CKUT airwaves in 2005.
February 6, 2003 2003 Homelessness Marathon Housing

CKUT’s 2nd Annual Homelessness Marathon

Audio coming soon!