KP's Radio Shows

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - CJSF - March 4, 2012

2012-03-04T11:07:00.001-08:00

Click here for the first half-hour.

Click here for the second half-hour.

Jumbalaya Show - KP Wee - March 1, 2012

2012-03-03T00:06:00.000-08:00

Click here for the first part.

Click here for the second part.

Jumbalaya with KP - CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-23T16:04:00.002-08:00

Here is part one of the show.

Here is part two of the show.

Katie Rox with KP Wee - CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-22T14:42:00.000-08:00

Here is an interview with Katie Rox.

The interview was recorded back in January, and since then, there have been a couple of updates about Katie, which I've updated in the segment. One of those updates is quite interesting: With help from fans on Twitter, she wrote a love song on Valentine's Day, which she posted here.

Adrian Brijbassi with KP Wee - CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-22T14:34:00.002-08:00

Even though I'm juggling a full-time job with a few other things, I had a chance to produce the following show for CJSF 90.1 FM, an interview with Vacay.ca's Adrian Brijbassi, which aired today.

Here is the interview.

Adrian shares an anecdote about the restaurant in New Orleans which sets a table for a ghost named Antoine, and he also reads out a couple of award-winning articles, "Chasing the Big Five" and "Beauty and the Beach."

I also got Adrian to enlighten the listeners about some myths regarding travel writing.

Roger Chong's interview - with KP Wee on CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-16T15:29:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to speak with Toronto composer Roger Chong, who's also a music instructor. He's got some interesting stories about his life and song titles.

Click here for the interview.

Click here for other music featured today.

Jumbalaya Show - Feb 16, 2012 - KP Wee

2012-02-16T15:22:00.000-08:00

Click here for Part 1.

Click here for Part 2.
Near the beginning of this segment, I shared a story about Katie Rox and her Valentine's Day song. Fun stuff!

Cheryl Thibideau with KP Wee - CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-15T14:31:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to speak with local musician Cheryl Thibideau for Smitten by the Written.

Here is Cheryl Thibideau's interview.

Kenya Kondo - with KP Wee on CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-02-15T14:29:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to interview a local artist, Kenya Kondo, for today's Smitten by the Written program.

Here is Kenya Kondo's interview.

Jumbalaya Music - KP - Feb. 12, 2012

2012-02-12T14:37:00.000-08:00

Didn't air any interviews in today's program - instead, we had a lot of great music!

Click here for the first part of the show
Click here for the second part of the show

KP Wee's Coverage of the World Lit Event at Harbour Centre - aired Feb. 8, 2012

2012-02-08T22:03:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, Dr. Ken Seigneurie had a lecture on World Literature at the SFU Harbour Centre. I was fortunate enough to cover the event.

Here is the show:
Part 1
Part 2

Jumbalaya with KP - Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

2012-02-06T22:59:00.000-08:00

Here is the first part of today's Jumbalaya hour with me.
Here is the second part.

I shared stories about Roger Chong and Neo & Lego in the first half hour, and discussed a bit about Kenya Kondo in the second half.

Jumbalaya with KP - interview with Kenya Kondo and Katie Rox - Feb. 5, 2012

2012-02-05T14:22:00.000-08:00

Here's the 10:00 a.m. half-hour.

Here's the 10:30 a.m. half-hour with the Kenya Kondo interview and music.

Here's the 11:00 a.m. half-hour.

Here's the 11:30 a.m. half-hour with the Katie Rox interview and music. (Not sure what happened to the next host at the end there... I let him set up for his show ... :-( but there was nearly 2 minutes of dead air at the very end!)

Robbie Burns event recorded Jan. 25th, 2012 - aired Feb. 1st (CJSF Smitten by the Written)

2012-02-01T14:13:00.000-08:00

Here is the first segment of the Robbie Burns marathon poetry reading, an event which took place at SFU Harbour Centre on Jan. 25th to honour Scottish poet Robert Burns, who was born on Jan. 25, 1759.

Here is the second segment.

GroundWire Radio - KP Wee on Karla Ramirez story

2012-02-01T10:02:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to cover the Karla Ramirez press conference on Jan. 19th in downtown Vancouver for GroundWire Radio on behalf of CJSF.

Here is my feature on Ramirez, 17:30 in (after the Enbridge pipeline and Shoal Lake stories).

Jan. 29, 2012: Jumbalaya with KP on CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-01-29T13:28:00.000-08:00

This week, I conducted inteviews with Kenya Kondo, Roger Chong, Cheryl Thibideau, and Katie Rox, but I chose not to air any of these interviews in my Jumbalaya show today. Those interviews will likely run in a few weeks on Smitten by the Written. However, next week's Smitten progam (Feb. 1) will be on Robbie Burns, and the one after that will be on the World Literature event--both of which I covered--so it'll be awhile before we listen to those interviews.

Meanwhile, here are today's links:
Part 1 of Jumbalaya, click here.
Part 2 of Jumbalaya, click here.

KP Wee with James Hill (repeat program) - CJSF Jan. 25, 2012

2012-01-26T15:41:00.000-08:00

The interview with James Hill was re-aired on CJSF 90.1 FM on Wednesday, Jan. 25th. Catch it here.

Meanwhile, that same day, I was down at the Harbour Centre to cover the historic Robert Burns poetry marathon, which lasted four hours and nine minutes! Even the CTV camera guy was there too to cover the event, and CTV featured it on its nightly newscast as well. As for my coverage, it will be aired next week.

2012-01-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

Here is a Jumbalaya show featuring music from Dan Mangan, Roger Chong, and Jim Cuddy, among others.

Click here for the first half of the show.

Click here for the scond half.

KP's Interview with James Hill - aired Jan 22, 2012 - CJSF 90.1 FM

2012-01-22T14:30:00.000-08:00

It was my pleasure to interview Canadian songwriter James Hill, who has roots in Langley, BC, and is known as "the Wayne Gretzky of ukulele."

Click here for a few of James's songs and the interview.

Click here for more of his songs.

Interview with Adrian Brijbassi - CJSF 90.1 FM - KP Wee, Sunday Jan. 15, 2012

2012-01-15T13:52:00.000-08:00

I played an interview with Adrian Brijbassi during this program.

Here is the first portion of the interview.
Here is the final few minutes, followed by music.

Unfortunately, there was some audio issue throughout, but thankfully, we can hear the interview. The music, though,... well, the audio issue was audible.

Interview with SFU instructor Shiraz Ramji - CJSF 90.1 FM - KP Wee

2012-01-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of speaking with SFU instructor Shiraz Ramji in studio about his passion for poetry. Here is the interview.

One funny thing was that I'd mentally prepared for this interview and knew the questions I was going to ask, but two minutes before the interview was to start, Shiraz informed me that I shouldn't be calling him "Professor Ramji" as I had been throughout our email correspondences. So, I had the added pressure of addressing him by his first name, and there were several times I stumbled during the interview because I had to remember to call him "Shiraz" and not "Professor Ramji"! :-)

Here is the second half of the show, where I did some public service announcements.

Jumbalaya Show - Jan. 8, 2012 - KP Wee

2012-01-08T13:15:00.000-08:00

Here's the 11:00 to 11:30 am segment of Jumbalaya on CJSF 90.1 FM.

I shared that embarrassing story about my New Year's Day 2012 at the coffee shop downtown. Yikes. Not the best way to start off the new year, but oh well, at least it was something to talk about!

Here's the 11:30 to 12:00 pm segment. Great music!

KP's Jumbalaya Show - featuring the "Best of 2011 local music" - January 1, 2012

2012-01-01T13:32:00.000-08:00

Click here for the first half of the show.

Click here for the second half.

Jumbalaya Program with KP Wee - Christmas Day - December 25, 2011

2011-12-25T19:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the first half-hour in the 10:00 am hour.
Here is the second half-hour in the 10:00 am hour.

Here is the first half-hour in the 11:00 am hour.
Here is the second half-hour in the 11:00 am hour.

Jumbalaya Show - Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-24T21:20:00.000-08:00

Once again, I decided to do a Jumbalaya show with a BC theme to it, playing music from artists from British Columbia or who have some connection to this province. Alas, Kathy Frank's album has been pulled from the playlist and is no longer available!

Here is the first half-hour in the 6:00 pm hour.
Here is the second half-hour in the 6:00 pm hour.

Here is the first half-hour in the 7:00 pm hour.
Here is the second half-hour in the 7:00 pm hour.

Jumbalaya / Written by the Smitten - KP Wee - December 18, 2011

2011-12-18T15:39:00.000-08:00

I had a chance to interview my favourite writing instructor Adrian Brijbassi on CJSF 90.1 FM, where he talks about "50 Mission Cap" as well as tips on writing, gifts, and others. We also listened to some jazz in the second half of the show, as well as Dan Mangan and Joshua Hyslop.

Click here for Part 1 of the interview.
Click here for Part 2.

Smitten by the Written - KP Wee - Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011

2011-12-15T20:28:00.000-08:00

Click here for my interview with Vancouver writer/speaker Julie Ferguson. She talks about her life and shares some insights on writing.

Click here for my interview with Texas writer/speaker Johnny Tan. He shares his life story with me on the program.

Jumbalaya with KP - Sunday, December 11, 2011 (11:00 am to 12:00 noon)

2011-12-11T20:08:00.000-08:00

Click here for the first half-hour from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.

Click here for the second half-hour from 11:30 am to 12:00 noon.

Jumbalaya with KP - Sunday, December 4, 2011 (12 noon to 1 pm)

2011-12-04T21:39:00.001-08:00

I had this idea of doing a "BC only" show this afternoon, and wanted to use songs from 54-40 and Joshua Hyslop. Alas, when I got to the station and looked at the shelves, I realized those two CDs have been pulled. No problem. I went ahead with my "BC only" hour during the noon hour, and it went great!

Click here for the first half-hour from 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm.
*Includes Bonnie Ste Croix's October Song and Katie Rox's Leave Me Here.

Click here for the second half-hour from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.
*Includes the amazing story about how Sarah MacDougall wrote Permafrost in minus-40 temperatures, and how I took shots at people in BC who complain when it's zero celcius!

Jumbalaya with KP - Sunday, December 4, 2011 (11:00 am to 12:00 noon)

2011-12-04T21:36:00.000-08:00

Click here for the first half-hour from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
*Includes James Hill's High Demand, Sarah MacDougall's The Greatest Ones Alive, and Kaitee Dal Pra's Love Like That.

Click here for the second half-hour from 11:30 am to 12:00 noon.
*Includes Nick Faye and the Deputies with The Road.

Past Shows - November 2011

2011-12-04T21:34:00.000-08:00

Click here for the show from Sunday, November 27th, at 10:30 am.

Click here for the show from Sunday, November 27th, at 11:00 am.

Click here for the show from Sunday, November 27th, at 11:30 am.
*Interesting story about Kaitee Dal Pra's songs from her debut album.

Click here for the show from Sunday, November 27th, at 12 noon.

Click here for the show from Sunday, November 27th, at 12:30 pm.