In our first ever “movies from a hat” episode, Mike and Taylor discuss the 1996 film Lone Star and the 2016 anime Your Name. We hear from our fans and discuss what exactly these films have in common, if anything! Your Name. (Kimi no na wa.) is directed by Makoto Shinkai, and Lone Star features performances from […]
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In this episode, we have two great conversations. First we welcome Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University and former Minister of Health and Minister of Indigenous Services for the Government of Canada. Dr. Philpott chats with us about the upcoming Bell […]
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Topic: The long-term ecological consequences of gold mining operations, urbanization, and climatic changes on sub-Arctic lakes near Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada). Overview: The lack of long-term environmental monitoring data poses significant challenges to understanding the impacts of past anthropogenic activities on freshwater ecosystems. However, we can use natural archives (e.g. lake sediments that accumulate continuously) to fill […]
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Good morning folks, you’re listening to the daily news brief on CFRC 101.9FM. It is Tuesday, January 19th, 2021, it is 8 am. Hope you have your morning coffee on hand because I know I do. Today we have a high of negative 1 and a low of negative 8, with snow showers. KFL A […]
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The pandemic has magnified many issues that we face as a society, including post-secondary programming in the arts, including music. Post-secondary music programs have been criticized in recent years for their lack of equity and diversity, a problem that is undeniably systemic. Changes to post-secondary curricula need to better reflect a diversity of arts-making and […]
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Well it looks like 2021 is having a normal one! Didn’t have that on our bingo cards lol! Can we try turning this year off and on again? Anyway, we discuss the Capitol hill protest/insurrection/collective tantrum thing. It had everything: cops, Q, and AOC’s shoes. Our theme song is “Mega Guillotine 2020” by the prophetic […]
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In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Tess Wittmann, the Community Engagement Specialist of Sustainable Kingston to discuss the Kingston Climate Change Symposium taking place Thursday, Jan 14 2021 at 9am on the City of Kingston YouTube channel. Also, we recap what was discussed at Kingston City Council Meeting on Tuesday, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s your CFRC Daily News Brief for Wednesday, January 13 2021! A COVID-19 update; yesterday in the KFLA public health region we had 3 new cases bringing our active case count to 47 cases. Yesterday in Kingston, long-term care workers received their first dose of the vaccine at KGH. This is exciting news in the […]
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In this segment of The Scoop, Jessica Somersall sits down with members of the Queen’s Chess Team who will be participating in the Canadian University Chess Championship from January 16-17. Also, Joel Sindle sits down with members of Queen’s Players to discuss their event this weekend as well.
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This week Mike reviews Wonder Woman 1984 and the post-aploylipiic The Midnight Sky, and Taylor reviews Palm Springs from Andy Samberg, an Amazon Prime original. This episode ends with the first ever “Movies From A Hat” movie club! We put our fan’s suggestions in a hat and draw two films this week for us to watch and try to connect in […]
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