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The Lunchbox Interview: Richard Hornsby (NBSMF 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-30 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Richard Hornsby, organizer of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, an annual celebration of classical composition and performance. He joins me to talk about the inspirations behind this year’s theme: The Roaring 20’s!

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Acting Out

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are all involved in this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Gillian Salmon is the playwright and plays the Narrator for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Naomi McGowan is the director for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Brandon Hicks is the playwright for Sinking (as well as another play in the festival, Don’t Shoot Your Mother). Pluto Shaw and Mimi Martin are Stage Managers and Designers for each of these plays.

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Acting Out and Street Scenes

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are all involved the Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Len Falkenstein is a well known figure in local theatre, and a founder of this festival, as well as acting and directing in this year’s productions. Beth Graham is the Playwright-in-Residence and Dramaturg for this year, as well as presenting a reading of her new play Amber Hope Porter. Beatrix Culligan is a performer in the site-specific play For Whom The Troll Tolls. Brandon Hicks is the playwright of the 10-minute plays Don’t Shoot Your Mother and Sinking.

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Mainstage

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are the creators of the two mainstage presentations at this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Alexa Higgins is the playwright and a performer of Crane Girl, and Jean-Michel Cliche is the playwright and a performer of Tilt.

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The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “Macbeth”

Posted on 2025-06-10 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Rebekkah Chasse (Lady Macbeth), Scott Shannon (Macbeth), and Mary Walker (Witch), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.

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The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Posted on 2025-06-10 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Shannon Munn (Mistress Ford), and Rhett Ellis (Falstaff), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. We discuss the farce of this play, especially in contrast to the visual reframing as a mobster story.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Rory Taillon

Posted on 2025-05-28 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is musician and road warrior Rory Taillon. Rory is on the tail end of his current Atlantic Canada tour before heading back home to Ontario. He joins me to play a few songs and chat about finding inspiration, looking backward and looking forward.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Michelle Tupy, Shelter Movers

Posted on 2025-05-21 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Michelle Tupy, the Chapter Director of Shelter Movers New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

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RIP Frédéric Bonenfant

Posted on 2025-05-12 by encaf1 Posted in Against The Mat!, Announcements, CHSR News

It is with incredible sadness that we have learned of the sudden passing of one of our own. Fred Bonenfant was enthusiastic, funny and a gentle giant. He is missed tremendously.

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Live Election Coverage on CHSR!

Posted on 2025-04-28 by encaf1 Posted in CHSR News, Elections, News, Specialty, Spoken Word Shows

Join a collection of radio stations from across the country as we broadcast live coverage of the federal election from an alternative point of view! Starting at 9pm, tune in for 2 hours of nationally-produced live commentary.

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Interview: Amanda Munday (New Majority)

Posted on 2025-04-15 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Amanda Munday, the Executive Director of New Majority. Their mission is to “activate young and first-time voters, ensuring [their] voice is heard where it counts”.

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STU Lunchbox 2025 04: Grand Finale

Posted on 2025-04-09 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

The students all gather with professor Mark Tunney for a live show send-off, both for their own individual efforts and for the their retiring teacher.

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Interview: John Heinstein, Peter Hicks (Sleepy Driver)

Posted on 2025-04-04 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are John Heinstein and Peter Hicks, core members of the band Sleepy Driver (among other projects).

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Interview: Theatre UNB presents Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband”

Posted on 2025-03-28 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

For the last play of the season, Theatre UNB is staging a production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. Joining me is John Ball (director; professor & acting Chair of the Department of English at UNB), Shannon Munn (actor: “Mrs. Cheveley”) and James Gwathmey (actor: “Sir Robert Chiltern”).

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STU Lunchbox 2025 EP03: “Virgin Voters”

Posted on 2025-03-25 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

Hosts Fernanda Sanchez and Caleb Desjardins look at the upcoming federal election through the lens of young people suffering from information and disinformation overload.

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Interview: Greg Davies, “Chronos”

Posted on 2025-03-12 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Greg Davies, a painter, art historian, educator and administrator. His collection Chronos is part of the 2025 UNB Art Centre World Water Day showing, running from March 7 to May 2.

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STU Lunchbox 2025 EP02: “The Making of Gen Zed”

Posted on 2025-03-04 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

On the STU Lunchbox this week, hosts Willem Haines-Lacey and Rachael Ilupeju explore how young Canadians are reacting to American threats to our sovereignty.

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UNB SU Debate 2025

Posted on 2025-02-27 by encaf1 Posted in CHSR News, News, The Lunchbox, UNB SU Election
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On February 19, candidates for positions on the UNB Fredericton Student Union partook in a debate/Q&A moderated in part by CHSR’s own Mark Kilfoil.

Here is a recording of the discussion, with edits only to remove irrelevant matter (our trivia contests).

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STU Lunchbox 2025 EP01: “Open Mic”

Posted on 2025-02-27 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

On the STU Lunchbox this week, hosts Sarah Desmond and Willem Haines-Lacey bring you Open Mic. They introduce you to some of the up-and-coming songwriters of Fredericton — and those songwriters will introduce you to the stories behind the songs.

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Interview: Nate & the Busy Boys/Katie Hamill (“Setting The Stage”)

Posted on 2025-02-27 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Nate Murchison and Paul Hayes of local band Nate & The Busy Boys, and Katie Hamill, a CHSR staff member working on organizing local events. They join me to talk about the origins and enthusiasm of Nate & The Busy Boys, as well as the upcoming Setting The Stage concert and mentorship opportunity.

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Interview: Brigadier-General Mark Parsons

Posted on 2025-02-27 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Brigadier-General Mark Parsons, Commander of the 5th Canadian Division of the Canadian Army, in charge of operations and activities throughout Atlantic Canada.

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Interview: Thomas Hodd (TNB Presents “O’Brien”)

Posted on 2025-02-06 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Thomas Hodd, the Saint John playwright behind an upcoming Theatre NB production of O’Brien.

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Interview: TheatreUNB presents Kat Sandler’s “Mustard”

Posted on 2025-02-03 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director of Drama at UNB, Grand Poobah of Theatre in Fredericton), Abhi/Naga Abhinav Sujal Kamireddy (“Mustard”) and Maham Raza (“Thai”).

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Interview: Charlotte Toner (Research on the bobolink)

Posted on 2025-02-03 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Charlotte Toner, a BScEM (Bachelor’s in Science, Environment Management) wildlife conservation honour’s student who’s senior research project is looking at the behavioural patterns of a species at risk, a grassland bird called the bobolink.

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Interview: Girls STEM Up 2025

Posted on 2025-01-27 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Deeniti Saha and Samu Shawesh, two organizers of the Girls STEM Up group and the upcoming supporting conference in February.

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