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Hear socialist stand-up comic and middle-aged theology student Charlie Demers in conversation with activists, comedians, politicians, writers & artists every week on 'Full of Chit-Chat'! Join the substack for exclusive...
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Hear socialist stand-up comic and middle-aged theology student Charlie Demers in conversation with activists, comedians, politicians, writers & artists every week on 'Full of Chit-Chat'!
Join the substack for exclusive access to new essays, book and film reviews and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers
Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561
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Join the substack for exclusive access to new essays, book and film reviews and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers
Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561
Full of Chit-Chat w/ Charlie Demers
Full of Chit-Chat w/ Charlie Demers
Prairie Maritime Analogies (w/ NDP MP Niki Ashton)
19 JUN 2021 · On episode 22, long-time pal Niki Ashton (MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) unpacks Canada's urgent tasks at home & beyond, including reckoning with the legacy of Genocide, the welcome renaissance of the Left and why every socialist boat actually does need an anchor (sorry Pat Martin!) in a friendly virtual sit-down with host Charlie Demers.
Find out more about Niki's work at https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/niki-ashton(36037) and https://nikiashton.ndp.ca/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Anxiety Boys Get Noticed (w/ Dave Harris)
10 JUN 2021 · On a new Full of Chit-Chat comedian (and Charlie's former 'Fight or Fight Crew' mental health podcast co-host) Dave Harris comes by to talk about brain chemistry, beard maintenance and being haunted by the seminal 1990 classic novelty song 'Do the Bartman'.
Hear the full 10 episode season of 'Fight or Flight Crew' at https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fight-or-flight-crew-well-reds-jJvT2NaIi1c/
Find David's comedy album 'Pointless' at https://604shop.com/collections/dave-harris
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
The Cash for Birthdays Commission (w/ BC Attorney General + NDP MLA David Eby)
30 MAY 2021 · On an auspicious episode 20 host Charlie Demers welcomes BC’s Attorney General & Minister for Housing for a conversation on political culture, pandemic, & complicated inheritances. Plus: a special surprise appearance by Charlie's daughter, adorably interrupting a conversation about the housing market!
Find out more about David's work as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey at https://davidebymla.ca/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
The Horizons of His Knowing (w/ Hawksley Workman)
23 MAY 2021 · On episode 19 Charlie welcomes thinking person’s rock star Hawksley Workman for a conversation on uncoolness, the bespoke 1980s & what the internet is doing to us one click at a time.
For the latest on Hawksley's work see https://hawksleyworkman.com/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Developing the Anti-Colonial Hiking Mindset (w/ Stephen Hui)
16 MAY 2021 · On a new episode Charlie welcomes guest, East Vancouver neighbour and very old pal Stephen Hui for a conversation about the joys & political complications of the great outdoors and his best-selling new book 'Destination Hikes:
In and Around Southwestern British Columbia'.
Find it at https://greystonebooks.com/products/destination-hikes-in-and-around-southwestern-british-columbia
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Catch Charlie at a must-see online comedy extravaganza on May 22nd fundraising for Partners In Health Canada with a cavalcade of comedy all-stars including previous guests Ivan Decker, Graham Clark, Erica Sigurdson and more! Get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/may-long-fundraiser-for-partners-in-health-tickets-153237931779?ref=eios
Crime, Nostalgia and Vancouver Noir (w/ Sam Wiebe)
3 MAY 2021 · On a new Full of Chit-Chat host Charlie Demers welcomes master Vancouver crime novelist Sam Wiebe to talk space & time, but not in a physics way. Also Rambo.
Find out more about Wiebe's award-winning crime fiction at http://samwiebe.com/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
From Shakespeare to Saskatchewan (w/ Lorne Cardinal)
27 APR 2021 · On a new Full of Chit-Chat star of stage and screen Lorne Cardinal joins host Charlie Demers to discuss the international cultural phenomenon of Corner Gas & the enduring legacy of Billy Dee Williams.
For more about Lorne's life and career check out:
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/lorne-cardinal-sits-and-talks-about-life-and-acting/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Writers and the Worldbuilding Impulse (w/ Tariq Hussain)
19 APR 2021 · On Full of Chit-Chat episode 15 Charlie talks Turkey travel terror & looking for love in all the write places with his multitalented Juno-nominated pal, writer and musician Tariq Hussain.
Find more of Tariq's music and writing at https://www.tariqmusiq.com/
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
A Return to Simple Pleasures (w/ Jill Barber)
13 APR 2021 · In the midst of a mostly-bad-news week, Charlie sits down with old pal and Juno-winning singer-songwriter (and superstar) Jill Barber to talk about career trajectory, how technology is changing the nature of performance in music and comedy & the enduring legacy of Billy Crystal.
Hear Jill's 2020 french-language release Le Monde Est Beau at https://www.jillbarber.com/ and wherever you listen to music.
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Legacy of a Longtime Left-wing Standard-bearer (w/ Svend Robinson)
7 APR 2021 · As you'll hear in the first moments of this conversation, Charlie grew up in a household where Svend Robinson was revered as the Burnaby Member of Parliament who got Mom’s disability payments from a recalcitrant federal bureaucracy, and over the decades Demers' esteem for the man has only grown.
On episode 13 of Full of Chit-Chat they talk about his 25 years of experience as a parliamentarian, his post-MP life and activism since 2004 and much more.
For more on the history of Svend's 1979-2004 politics career see https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/svend-robinson(1417)
Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!
Hear socialist stand-up comic and middle-aged theology student Charlie Demers in conversation with activists, comedians, politicians, writers & artists every week on 'Full of Chit-Chat'! Join the substack for exclusive...
show more
Hear socialist stand-up comic and middle-aged theology student Charlie Demers in conversation with activists, comedians, politicians, writers & artists every week on 'Full of Chit-Chat'!
Join the substack for exclusive access to new essays, book and film reviews and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers
Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561
show less
Join the substack for exclusive access to new essays, book and film reviews and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers
Demers is also the genre-promiscuous author of new mental health murder mystery 'Primary Obsessions' and the satirical crime novels 'Property Values' and 'Vancouver Special'. Order the new book at https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622561
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