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Well Reds: A Left Book Podcast

Well Reds: A Left Book Podcast

32 episodes

Well Reds was a monthly podcast featuring comedian Charlie Demers and guests discussing fiction and non-fiction books of interest to the left. The show released new episodes from May 2018 to December 2019 and was produced by André Goulet.

Find Charlie's new interview show 'Full of Chit-Chat' wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to his Substack for exclusive new writing and more at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers

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Prairie Maritime Analogies (Full of Chit-Chat ep22 w/ NDP MP Niki Ashton)

Published: June 19, 2021, 2:04 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 5 seconds

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Anxiety Boys Get Noticed (Full of Chit-Chat ep21 w/ Dave Harris)

Published: June 10, 2021, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 40 seconds

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The Cash for Birthdays Commission (Full of Chit-Chat ep20 w/ BC Attorney General + NDP MLA David Eby)

Published: May 30, 2021, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 58 seconds

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The Horizons of His Knowing (Full of Chit-Chat ep19 w/ Hawksley Workman)

Published: May 23, 2021, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 28 seconds

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Developing the Anti-Colonial Hiking Mindset (Full of Chit-Chat ep18 w/ Stephen Hui)

Published: May 16, 2021, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 14 seconds

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Crime, Nostalgia and Vancouver Noir (Full of Chit-Chat ep17 w/ Sam Wiebe)

Published: May 3, 2021, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds

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From Shakespeare to Saskatchewan (Full of Chit-Chat ep16 w/ Lorne Cardinal)

Published: April 27, 2021, 1:51 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 27 seconds

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Writers and the Worldbuilding Impulse (Full of Chit-Chat ep15 w/ Tariq Hussain)

Published: April 19, 2021, 5:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

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A Return to Simple Pleasures (Full of Chit-Chat ep14 w/ Jill Barber)

Published: April 13, 2021, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 55 seconds

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Legacy of a Longtime Left-wing Standard-bearer (Full of Chit-Chat ep13 w/ Svend Robinson)

Published: April 7, 2021, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 7 seconds

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Hurry, Soft: Curlers and Cowards in So-called Canada (Full of Chit-Chat ep12 w/ John Cullen)

Published: April 1, 2021, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 33 seconds

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Family, Geography and Historical Amnesia in British Columbia (Full of Chit-Chat ep11 w/ Kai Nagata)

Published: March 30, 2021, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 19 seconds

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Days of Rest and (Stevie) Wonder (Full of Chit-Chat ep10 w/ Dawn Pemberton)

Published: March 25, 2021, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Socialists Who Love People (Full of Chit-Chat ep9 w/ Leigh Phillips)

Published: March 23, 2021, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 21 seconds

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The Dark Comedy of Trauma (Full of Chit-Chat ep8 w/ Erica Sigurdson)

Published: March 18, 2021, 12:08 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 35 seconds

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The Future of the Labour Movement (Full of Chit-Chat ep7 w/ Paul Finch)

Published: March 16, 2021, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 18 seconds

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One Man Intervention (Full of Chit-Chat ep6 w/ Graham Clark)

Published: March 11, 2021, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 39 seconds

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Left Economics Ronin (Full of Chit-Chat ep5 w/ Seth Klein)

Published: March 9, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 3 seconds

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Stand-up Comedy in a Pandemic (Full of Chit-Chat ep4 w/ Andrea Jin)

Published: March 4, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds

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Full of Chit-Chat After Dark (ep3 w/ Khelsilem)

Published: March 2, 2021, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 1 second

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Going Full Parti Quebecois (Full of Chit-Chat ep2 w/ comedian Ivan Decker)

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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(NEW SHOW: Full of Chit-Chat ep1) A Tension Between Darkness and Hope w/ Christine Boyle

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep21 The Well Reds Holiday Special: End of Year Reflections

Published: Dec. 22, 2018, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep20 'A New Hope for Mexico' w/ journalist Dawn Paley

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 27 seconds

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Well Reds: October Apologia

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep19 'The Chapo Guide to Revolution' w/ writer Vyas Saran

Published: Sept. 30, 2018, 6:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep18: Eva Dolan's 'This is How it Ends' w/ noir author Sam Wiebe

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep17: Asad Haider's 'Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump' w/ writer Am Johal

Published: July 30, 2018, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep16: 'Hope Lies in the Proles: George Orwell and the Left' w/ journalist Leigh Phillips

Published: June 30, 2018, 11:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep15: 'Prisoner of Love' w/ BC Federation of Teachers' Shanee Prasad

Published: May 29, 2018, 8:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep14: 'Property Values', Chapter 1 feat. Charlie Demers

Published: April 30, 2018, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep13: 'Communism for Kids' w/ SFU Inst. of the Humanities Director Samir Gandesha

Published: March 28, 2018, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep12 Live Show: Sam Wiebe on Vancouver Noir (Galiano Island Books Literary Festival)

Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds

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Well Reds Sells Out: The Cultch presents 'Broken Tailbone'

Published: Feb. 11, 2018, 7:07 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 57 seconds

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Well Reds Sells Out: The Cultch presents 'No Foreigners'

Published: Feb. 4, 2018, 9:41 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep11: David Chariandy's 'Brother' feat. Charlie Demers in Conversation w/ Charlie Demers

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second

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Ep10: Red Christmas w/ Rev. Christine Boyle on Wallace Shawn's 'Night Thoughts'

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 3:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep9: Tariq Ali's 'Fear of Mirrors' w/ SFU Director of the Center for Global Political Economy Geoff Mann

Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep8: China Mieville's 'October: The Story of the Russian Revolution'

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep7: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 9:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes

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Ep6: Canada 150 + Ryan McMahon = Podcasting 101 for Charlie and Derrick

Published: July 26, 2017, 7:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 24 seconds

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Ep5 - South of Eden

Published: June 28, 2017, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep4 - Cleveland Rocks

Published: June 12, 2017, 6:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep3 - Mad About You

Published: May 29, 2017, 6:49 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep2 - Every Rosa Has Its Thorns: Red Rosa, A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg

Published: May 15, 2017, 6:33 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep1 - Home on Deranged

Published: May 1, 2017, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds

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