CHSR 97.9fm - Campus/Community radio in Fredericton, NB

Interview: Samaqani Cocahq (Songs from Finding Wolastoq Voice)

My guest today is Samaqani Cocahq, a storyteller who shares and expresses her Indigenous life through music, words and performance. She joins me to discuss an upcoming TNB presentation of Songs from Finding Wolastoq Voice, an upcoming performance alongside Sisters of the Drum and Dawson Sacobie.

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The Lunchbox Interview: The History of Palestine

My guests today are three people with a much better, deeper and more personal understanding of the complicated and terrible history that has lead to the current situation between Palestine and Israel. My guests, in addition to the other organizations they have been involved with, are all organizers with Fredericton Palestine Solidarity as well.

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STU Lunchbox 2024 EP06: “Legends of Newfoundland & Labrador”

Hosts Jonas May and Frey Blake-Pijogge visit the folklore and mythologies of their home province, exploring not only those passed down from the English and Irish, but discovering how the Inuit and Innu draw strength from beliefs that connect the spirit and animal worlds to our own.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Mary Louise McArthy

History is composed of what we leave behind, and what we keep alive. My guest today is Mary Louise McCarthy, a passionate historian looking to discover, preserve and share the history of black people in the Maritimes. Among her projects is the recognition and preservation of black graveyards. She joins me to share some of

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The Lunchbox June 23rd 2023 with Jaxon Baker and Aidan Keenan from the Fredericton Region Museum

This episode of The Lunchbox features Jaxon Baker and Aidan Keenan of the Fredericton Region Museum. Baker and Keenan talked about upcoming museum events, exhibit highlights, and highlighted the museum’s wonderful staff. Check out what’s going on at the Fredericton Region Museum here: https://www.frederictonregionmuseum.com/ Songs played: Bill de Hydro, Menoncle Jason [LCL, CAN, French] Wandering, Motherhood

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TWS350: The Crap Up With Which We Put

On the show this week: Sensical; Cycle of Life; What the Hack?; A Bad Idea At The Time; Extras; CQ: Should the half-life of an original movie be about 20 years before a remake is not only accepted but expected? Shorter? Longer? Why? Full list of 25 articles after the jump!

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The Lunchbox: School Daze & The Last Take

What would you do to relive some memories of times and people gone past? Today’s show deals with memories… Up first, Kaylee Stevens has just started working with the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, but she hits the ground running as the CSAC celebrates it’s 10th year! We talk about the historic perspective of the building (celebrating

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TWS299: Comet To Getcha!

On the show this week: Front Page Out of This World Not As It Seems After Death Extras CQ: For space exploration, which should we work on first: completely autonomous robots or better ways to deliver humans? Full list of 32 articles after the jump! Front Page: Let’s just start here, and see if we […]

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