Kenya Kondo - with KP Wee on CJSF 90.1 FM

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I played an interview with Adrian Brijbassi during this program. Adrian discusses journalism and creative writing with me, and also reads out an excerpt from "Triumph the Lion" (continuation of Chapter 2).

Here is the first portion of the interview.
Here is the final few minutes.

Unfortunately, there was some audio issue throughout, but thankfully, we can hear the interview.

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

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

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

Click here for the first half of the show.

Click here for the second half.