Τα καλύτερα Viewpoint Vancouver podcast (2024)

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Michael Von Hausen: How does False Creek forecast the future? 1:10:57

1+ y ago1:10:57

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Join Visionary Urbanist Michael von Hausen for a broad yet intimate perspective on Vancouver urban design, from the '70s through to the present day. Michael has been laying Vancouver's groundwork since the ’80s, as a key designer in the early development of False Creek. His multi-disciplinary perspective on urban design draws from landscape archite…

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Price and Ladner place bets on Election '22 52:27

1+ y ago52:27

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With 10 days counting down to Election Day, Gordon Price pulls in ex-NPA-Council-crony-turned-urban-food-security-activist-and-all-around-mensch Peter Ladner for a frank talk on what is up with this wacky election. With 58 candidates for Vancouver City Council and 10 registered parties in the running, how can we make sense of it all? Among the many…

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'Vanbikes' Chronicler Colin Stein tracks the history of Vancouver's Bicycle Revolution 1:07:43

1+ y ago1:07:43

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In this very special episode, author Colin Stein unveils an epic portrait of our place and time: Vanbikes: Vancouver's Bicycle People and the Fight for Transportation Change, 1986-2011 (An Oral History). In conversation with Gordon and a room full of fans, he relates how the bicycle people transformed Vancouver, and how Vancouver transformed Colin …

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Makin' it in Dubai - a Viewpoint Podcast Special 34:09

2y ago34:09

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Welcome to a special dispatch from Gordon Price, checking in from Expo 2022 in Dubai. (With our apologies for the sound quality. At a place like Expo, it was the quietest place he could find.) One of the best things about a world’s fair—after you’ve visited the pavilions, tasted the food, listened to the music —is oddly, also one of the worst thing…

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Three Quick Questions for John Coupar 9:58

2y ago9:58

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Welcome to Episode Three of Viewpoint Vancouver's election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions. Where, in under ten minutes, Gordon puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. This time up, Gord turns the political spotlight on John Coupar, running as the NPA's c…

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Three Quick Questions for Ken Sim 8:43

2+ y ago8:43

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Listen in for Episode Two of Viewpoint Vancouver's election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions. Where, in under ten minutes, Gordon puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. This time up, Gord puts it to Ken Sim, running for Mayor of City of Vancouver with A B…

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BurnaBOOM! Post-war bungalows and transit-hub skyscrapers can make for uneasy neighbors. Lee-Ann Garnett brings the Burnaby housing story to life. 1:01:04

2+ y ago1:01:04

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The great “BurnaBOOM” started off in the ‘50s, as Willingdon Heights came to model the suburban ideal: a gridded neighborhood of wide streets, tidy flower gardens, and modest single-family bungalows. To some extent, it is still that—but so much more. Lee-Ann Garnett, Burnaby’s Deputy Director of Planning and Building, tells the evolving story of Bu…

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Three Quick Questions for Mark Marissen 7:59

2+ y ago7:59

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Join Viewpoint Vancouver for a quickie! Introducing our new Election feature: Three Quick Questions, where, in under ten minutes, Gordon puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. First up in the series: Mark Marissen, running for Mayor of City of Vancouver with Pr…

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North Van's got urban soul—and big city challenges. Councillor Tony Valente reveals. 48:00

2+ y ago48:00

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The City of North Van is no bedroom community. With sexy projects like the Shipyards, the Polygon Art Gallery, and new Lonsdale patios and covered seating, North Van is quickly becoming a destination city. In fact, the City has the lowest percentage of single-family homes of any Greater Vancouver municipality. The buzz now is all about market renta…

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Translink unveils TRANSPORT 2050, and Policy Development Manager Eve Hou is here to spill the beans. 50:30

2+ y ago50:30

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Big news for the Region! Translink has just unveiled Transport 2050: its blueprint for the next 30 years of regional mobility. Gordon talks to Translink Manager of Policy Development Eve Hou about the evolution of this important document, and what Translink sees coming down the long-range pipes. Will we have a future of integrated mobility: transit…

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Big Moves: Urbanist Anthony Perl on Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility 46:41

3y ago46:41

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All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. SFU prof Anthony Perl’s new book Big Moves: Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility in Canada (co-authored with Matt Hern and Jeffrey R. Kenworthy) dissects how Canada's three largest urban regions h…

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Panels, manels or womels? Mo Amir helps Gordon Price unpack the intricacies of modern lexicon 1:00:48

3y ago1:00:48

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An OWG (Old White Guy) enlists the aid of a YBG (Young Brown Guy) in unpacking modern socio-political vocabulary. Can white people be 'racialized'? Is equity of opportunity the same as equity of outcome? What is privilege, really? Who has it now, and where does the balance tip? And, moreover: what does it really take, to be Gord’s perfect gym buddy…

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From Kitsilano hippies to Strathcona tent city: Judy Graves believes in housing for all. 1:08:37

3y ago1:08:37

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Throughout her 33-year career, Judy Graves was the public face of City Hall to those living in Vancouver's streets and shelters. She knew who they were, what they needed, and how to get a roof over their heads. She reached out to them, often in the late hours of the night. She knew the ins-and-outs of City Hall, especially the ins, and who did what…

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Ahead of the Curve, On the Leading Edge, at the Next Frontier, Marc Lee Is Looking There 1:05:10

4y ago1:05:10

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Marc Lee has a sort of duality imbued in him that gives him a unique perspective on the world. Raised by a single mother who put him through private school at the prestigious Upper Canada College, Marc developed a perspective on both sides of the spectrum. His work as Senior Economist at the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives has taken him fro…

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In a World of Acrimonious Political Discourse, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones Has Some Words of Hope 1:00:30

4y ago1:00:30

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Recently retired from federal politics, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones has had a distinguished career; from grassroots local politics, to helping improve the peace and security of women on a global scale. Gord and Pamela talk about densification, reconciliation, the reason she got into federal politics, being a good neighbour, and more. Read more »…

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Mark Sakai on Building For a Warming Future, the Grand Bargain, and Housing Affordability 1:05:48

4y ago1:05:48

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Director of government relations for the Homebuilders Association Vancouver and 4th generation Japanese-Canadian Mark Sakai talks internment, immigration, growing up in Steveston and housing. Housing. What’s important? Mark asks: can you find the housing you want at your stage of life? Single family housing? Spoiler, it still dominates, but you’re …

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To Gian Singh Sandhu, Success Means Not Taking a Back Seat to Anybody 1:09:53

4+ y ago1:09:53

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While the majority of the 27 million practitioners of Sikhism live in India — most living in the state of Punjab — half a million Sikhs reside in Canada. In fact, 1 in 20 British Columbians is Sikh. And according to Gian Singh Sandhu, founding president of the World Sikh Organization (WSO), so is 1 in 4 Surrey residents. Sikhism is one of the (if n…

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Greens’ Adriane Carr on Working with Communities to Prepare for Sea Change 1:02:15

4+ y ago1:02:15

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If you needed more evidence that environmental issues are no longer fringe issues, all you have to do is look at Vancouver Greens’ Adriane Carr. Her 74,000 votes in the 2014 municipal election was the most by a Vancouver council candidate since 1996…and perhaps ever? Had she run for mayor in 2018, she might have won, and by as many as 20,000 votes.…

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No Days Off for Sarah Blyth or the Downtown Eastside 28:51

4+ y ago28:51

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Sarah Blyth first started to see the spike in drug overdoses in the Downtown Eastside community in 2016. From her vantage point as manager of the DTES Market, she couldn’t help but see it. People were literally dying in the street. So she decided to do something about it. Rob sums it up: “You saw the need, set up a tent, and tried to save lives”. Y…

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Rookie Councillor Ahmed Yousef on the Changing Face of Maple Ridge 1:05:06

4+ y ago1:05:06

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It wasn’t that long ago that British Columbians were saying, “What the hell is going on in Maple Ridge?” In 2014, voters elected Nicole Read as mayor of the region’s eastern outpost …and then subjected her to a virulent strain of online harassment which, after two years, resulted in threats that prompted an RCMP investigation, and ultimately her de…

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xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Member Wade Grant, on What Canada is Today 1:03:09

4+ y ago1:03:09

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What does it mean to change a street name? What does it mean to be able to fish? What does it mean to have title over the land upon which you, and your people, were born? This line of questioning may not immediately resonate with the majority of Canadians going to the polls today, intent on electing (or re-electing) the next Prime Minister. But it …

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From Thin Soup to Dreamland: The Social Impact of SCARP Alumni Thomas Bevan & Bob Williams 1:04:01

4+ y ago1:04:01

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The latest in our Passing the Torch series introduces us to Thomas Bevan, a Millennial who’s already left his mark on Vancouver. From his youth in Kitchener, Ontario — and a “difficult relationship” with a downtown that wasn’t quite the hotspot it has since become — to his graduate studies at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (“a drea…

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Talking NIMBYism, Populism & Campaign 2022 with George Affleck 35:03

4+ y ago35:03

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One thing is proven without a doubt in this wide-ranging, deep political dive with Gord, Rob, and return guest George Affleck — these guys don’t know their Tolkien. And while there was no cranky, right-wing guy in Middle Earth, there is a central character whose very rigid way of thinking begins to soften. If that seems to be the case with Affleck,…

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Brent Toderian: It Was the Best of Jobs, It Was the Worst of Jobs 1:08:48

4+ y ago1:08:48

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Lon LaClaire on Challenges, Cost/Benefits, and ‘Aha’ Moments for Transportation in Vancouver 1:13:24

4+ y ago1:13:24

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Michael Gordon on the Yin and Yang of Community Planning in Vancouver 1:02:34

4+ y ago1:02:34

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Already Pretty Lit: Passing the Politics Torch, with Peter Ladner & Vivienne Zhang 1:02:32

4+ y ago1:02:32

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There’s nothing like listening to a gifted speaker riff on culture and politics; especially when the riffing is concise, with a judicious use of words, and an almost complete absence of hyperbole or bafflegab. Sure, that sounds like Peter Ladner. But in this edition of Price Talks torch-passing, it also describes Vivienne Zhang, the successor to La…