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Monday, August 12th edition:

York Connect: News Now‘s Joanna Beaton and Meghan MacRae speak with Dr. Nombuso Dlamini about the community-based research project “Engaging Girls, Changing Communities”. Dr. Dlamini tells us how the project sheds light on the barriers for young women to leadership positions and the kind of support that should be offered for them to reach their goals. Listen to Dr. Dlamini speak about the importance of learning to “meaningfully participate and engage” in the political process and how young women can learn from one another. [Repeat]

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Feature Interview: “Totalitarian societies rely on the absolute production and control of information.” – Ryan Watts

In part three of our state surveillance series, we have an excerpt from Edward Snowden’s interview with The Guardian‘s Glenn Greenwald followed by a conversation between News Now‘s Matt Prokopiw and WikiLeaks researcher Ryan Watts. From The Guardian‘s interview, Snowden reveals the inner workings of the NSA and the moral dilemma that led him to become a whistleblower. Afterwards, Watts speaks on how governments strip privacy rights in the name of national security, the internet as a free public space, and the importance of net neutrality for the future of democracy. Listen to find out why it matters that “even if you’re not doing anything wrong, you’re being watched and recorded.”

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Independent Arts and Culture: News Now‘s Matt Prokopiw speaks with Balca Arda, an international graduate student at York University in Political Science, about the role of art and media in the Gezi resistance movement. Arda explains how art has helped to humanize the Gezi protestors and bring their message to the world at large. As a native of Turkey, Arda talks about the work she’s doing in Canada to bring awareness to the movement and the fight for “radical democracy.” Listen to Arda’s views on the elitism and the lack of self-criticism in western art and the need for populist tools to convey radical ideas to mainstream audiences.

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Check out Arda’s documentary on chapulling in Toronto:

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Monday, August 5th edition:

York Connect: In a radio documentary produced by the the upper-level communications class Theory & Practice of Effective Communication at York University, we hear from students and faculty about the university’s new “This Is My Time” branding campaign. From the reasons behind the campaign to its cost-effectiveness along with the problematic nature of the “Vision Exchange”, the documentary critically examines the corporate branding of universities in our neoliberal climate. Listen to what students have to say about university funds being spent on media branding in the face of growing student debt and the inadequate resources available to students on campus.

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Feature Interview: “How do we actually hold our politicians, our military, our bureaucracy, etc., accountable if we cannot protect whistleblowers?”

In part two of our state surveillance series, News Now‘s Maggie Reid speaks with Micheal Vonn, policy director for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, about the importance of whistleblower protections in the face of rampant surveillance growth in the U.S. and Canada. Following the recent prosecution of Bradley Manning and charges being laid against Edward Snowden, Vonn talks about the increasinging threat to whistleblowers—along with journalists like Glenn Greenwald—for bringing illegal government practices to light. Vonn warns against unchecked government surveillance that under the guise of national security undermines democratic process and sheds light on the growing global surveillance networks and government partnerships that infringe on our civil liberties.

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Independent Arts and Culture: News Now reporter Andrew Borzic talks live in-studio to Mike and Renato from Toronto indie rock group The Black Rainbows. The boys tell us about their musical influences from hip hop to The Kinks and how they make their music by mixing different elements. Listen to Mike talk about starting the band by dropping out of school and using his student loans to buy equipment and their track “She Bites.”

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