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CJLO Podcasts
Feminism is for everyone. We are Concordia University's only feminist radio talk show, airing biweekly on CJLO 1690 am in Montreal, Canada.
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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly show features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. Free City Radio's 30 minute weekly program is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on : CKUT 90.3 ...
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CJLO presents Discordia: Over 50 years of student activism There is a rich history of student activism at Concordia. This series will cover the main flash points of that history from the Sir George Williams affair to the present day protests for Palestinian human rights and against tuition hikes. Along the way, we will here from student activist from the past and present about how they navigated these moments with a focus on their motivations, tactics, and connections with other protest move ...
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Join Ugonna from LogisAction (a Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-based housing advocacy group) and Cam from CJLO for their look into the ongoing housing crisis in Montreal.
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Who says important causes can’t come with a little humour? 🎙✨ This monthly podcast is your ultimate backstage pass to Concordia Relay for Life, a chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society, dedicated to fundraising, raising awareness, and supporting cancer research. Join Kar, our Communications VP, as she sits down with the incredible people working behind the scenes to share their stories, experiences, and what drives their passion for this important cause. Tune in, get inspired, and be part of ...
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What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as well as the Montreal community at large, to highlight important events and initiatives happening in NDG, and the wonderful folks that make things happen. This show is presented and planned in conjunction with the NDG Community Council, a not-for-profit organization that acts to promote, improve and sustain the well-being of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce community and its residents. To learn more abou ...
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A music blog / bi-weekly podcast coming to you straight up from the frenchiest city in North America. Featured in this haven of musical goodness is a crazy mix of power pop, indie, shoegaze, post rock, britpop, electronica, triphop, polka, dream pop and many more genres to be enjoyed by the musically challenged masses.
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Badra El Cheikh
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine I feature different content from the usual broadcast, focusing on the mobilizations for Palestine that took place in Belém, Brazil during the COP30 UN summit on climate that took place in Belém, Brazil. As there is a stunning amount of creativity that goes into the thinking, organizing and actions w…
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299, Artist Emiddio Vasquez speaks on the current and historical transmission politics of Cyprus
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Emiddio Vasquez speaking on the current and historical dynamics on the ways that colonial forces, particularly the British, have used the territory of Cyprus for colonial and now neo-colonial transmissions projects. This interview speaks to a collective presentation and publication project that…
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Art in Action interview - Dan Taulapapa McMullin an American Samoan multidisciplinary artist
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On the Jan. 2026 edition of Art in Action we hear from Dan Taulapapa McMullin an American Samoan multidisciplinary artist. Info on Dan's awesome work here: https://www.taulapapa.comThank you to the filmmaker Mary-Ellen Davis for helping to set-up this interview.Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music i…
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298, Author Henrique Parra in Brazil on the urgency of calls for digital sovereignty
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Brazilian educator and author Henrique Parra in Sao Paulo. Henrique raises a key and important critique surrounding the urgency of understanding and engaging with the demand for digital sovereignty. In the context of Brazil this is important, as US based tech giants want to impose and influence politi…
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297, Photographer Mahmoud Khattab reflects on Egypt today
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from photographer Mahmoud Khattab, who reflects on Egypt today. Mahmoud has recently published a beautiful photo book, that also includes some writing, which is drawn from Mahmoud's experiences as a conscript in the Egyptian army. Mahmoud subtly documented his experiences in Egypt, facing conscription time…
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296, Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network. This interview highlights the wide geographical scope where meaningful Palestine solidarity work is happening in the face of genocide in Gaza. This interview also meaningfully addresses the critical importance of understanding both the interconnections and ne…
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Meryem Yildiz + Stefan Christoff mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
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A collaborative mix with Meryem Yildiz aired on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 on Radio AlHara in Palestine.Selda Bağcan - Adaletin Bu mu Dünya Erkin Koray - Seni Her Gördüğümde She Past Away - Durdu Dünya Craig Einhorn - Milonguea del AyerThe Cure - The Figurehead Juan D’Arienzo - La CumparsitaNick Schofield - Magic TouchNick Schofield - Sky CafeAna Quirog…
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295, Nicolas Montgermont on sonic environments and challenging the tech infrastructure of hegemony
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artist and activist Nicolas Montgermont. Nicolas shares reflections on the ways that projects he has worked on aim to challenge the frameworks of hegemony that are expressed through technological infrastructures. Also Nicolas speaks about the dynamics of contemporary art networks and political a…
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Art in Action interview - Artist Marina Mardas on Postmortem issue
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On the Dec. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from cultural worker Marina Mardas in Paris. Marina speaks about a major cultural publication project POSTMORTEM. This interview addresses the social, political and cultural context for a publication that aims to lift up alternative experiences in the European context and beyond…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Kazdoura
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from the band KAZDOURA كزدورة.This interview speaks to the complexities of the ways that diaspora communities impact the music scene in western cities like Toronto, where diasporas are reshaping contemporary music. Also we speak about the ways that Arabic language music projects have started…
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294, Researcher Michael Ekers on The Great Land Grab project and colonialism in Canada
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and researcher Michael Ekers who speaks on The Great Land Grab research project and colonialism in Canada today. This is a look at the ways that finance capital and contemporary investment market mechanisms are directly involved in undercutting Indigenous land rights today in British Columbia…
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Climate justice voices in Belém, Tyrone Scott, from War on Want on the Belém Action Mechanism
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In this discussion recorded in Belém, Brazil, we hear the perspective of Tyrone Scott, campaigner at War on Want, who was involved in the push for the Belém Action Mechanism for Just Transition that was established at the COP summit in Brazil in Nov. 2025. This was an important focus point for climate justice campaigners at the COP summit who were …
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293, Artist Richard Skelton on "Imperial Valley" albums, looking at era of US internal migration
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician Richard Skelton who shares reflections on both the creative process surrounding a four part soundscape and music project called Imperial Valley. The project is connected to a set of photos taken in California during the Great Depression, one of the largest periods of internal economic migrati…
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Les voix de la justice climatique à Belém, Pierre Mary Louis, Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Haiti)
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Enregistrée dans le cadre de la série radiophonique « Voix pour la justice climatique », à Belém, cette interview donne la parole à Pierre Mary Louis, Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Haïti). Pierre représente les paysans haïtiens et était présent lors du Sommet des peuples qui s'est tenu à Belém en novembre 2025.La Via Campesina:viacampesina.org…
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Climate justice voices in Belém, Pramesh Pokharel, All Nepal Peasants' Federation
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A discussion with Pramesh Pokharel, All Nepal Peasants' Federation, a member association of the La Via Campesina global. In this exchange Pramesh speaks about the realities in Nepal and the ways that small scale farmers and agricultural communities are being actively displaced by corporate farming infrastructure which in many cases is shaped by the…
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292, Ludwig Berger and Pablo Diserens speak on the Crying Glacier sound album and climate change
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artists Ludwig Berger and Pablo Diserens speaking on the Crying Glacier sound album and climate change. This work documents the complex and surprising sounds of glaciers beyond stereotypical images of glaciers deconstructing that are common in the media. This project is a meaningful window into …
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291, Gabriel Allahdua speaks on the book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada
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On this edition we hear from migrant labour organizer Gabriel Allahdua who speaks on the book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada. Gabriel has direct first hand experience of doing migrant agricultural work in Canada and has published a book both on the conditions of that work and also offers a broader political critique on t…
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Art in Action interview - Poet Fortner Anderson
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On the Nov. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from poet Fortner Anderson speaking on a series of recent projects that experiment with poetics in the contemporary moment. Fortner has been an important contributor to the experimental spoken-word scene in Montreal over decades and is also a longterm contributor to CKUT 90.3 FM…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Fady Joudah
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On the Nov. edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear reflections from Palestinian American poet and physician Fady Joudah. In this conversation Fady offers some extremely insightful reflections on the ways that the Palestinian experience remains solidly outside of the western framework of hegemony. Also Fady shares critical reflections on …
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290, Artist Hala Alsalman on The Rod and The Ring and ancient Mesopotamian wisdom
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Hala Alsalman speaking on a recent multimedia project called "The Rod and The Ring." This project examines the connections between contemporary Iraqi identity and culture to ancient times, particularly exploring the depth of Mesopotamian wisdom. Learn more about this project here: https://www.h…
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Mike Medow mix, Radio Alhara, راديو الحارة
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A mixtape by Mike Medow for broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 12 noon eastern time / 7pm Palestine time. Photo taken by Stefan during a visit to Dearborn during the People's Conference for Palestine in May 2024.Mike writes:"Recorded with love from Detroit’s east side."Track listing:Crush - ChillFlying Rhythms - Trance Spa…
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289, Zoe Alexandra on how Palestine has shifted contemporary political culture in the US
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Zoe Alexandra works on the People's Dispatch media project and is based in NY. Zoe reflects on this moment of unprecedented grassroots mobilization to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom from the vantage point of someone who has been reporting on and participating in grassroots events to support Palestine and to stand against genocide in G…
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288, Author Nalini Mohabir on The Fire That Time and the Sir George Williams affair
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator, writer and author Nalini Mohabir speaking on the collective book The Fire That Time which Nalini co-edited. This work focuses on the anti racist student uprising at Concordia University in Montreal in 1969 which is known as the Sir George Williams affair. Nalini connects the anti racist stru…
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287, Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights connects post 9/11 racism to Trump era
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights who connects the structural racism of post 9/11 policies in the US, under Republican President George HW Bush to the wide ranging systemic racist violence that the Trump administration is pushing forward today. Learn more about the Center for Const…
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Voices on Gaza solidarity organizing in Montreal
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This program features 4 voices of cultural workers, organizers and international solidarity activists who are involved directly in initiatives in Montreal that focus on lifting up the Palestinian struggle for freedom. The voices that you hear are outlined below:Feroz Mehdi, a longtime international solidarity worker at Alternatives in Montreal spea…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Ahmad Almallah
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286, Author Pasha Malla on challenging political complacency in Canada at times of crisis
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Art in Action interview - Casa do Comum do Bairro Alto, Lisbon
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On this edition of Art in Action, for the October 2025 edition, we hear from cultural curator Miguel Ribeiro who works at the Casa do Comum do Bairro Alto in Lisbon, Portugal, speaks on the role that alternative nightlife spaces and cultural venues plays in developing both critical thinking and the social context for the emergence of progressive so…
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Spirodon + Jean-Guy Forget joint mix for Radio AlHara
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A joint mix with author Jean-Guy Forget for Radio AlHara, airing Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11am eastern, 6pm Palestine time at radioalhara.netLearn more about Jean-Guy Forget here:https://groupecourteechelle.com/la-courte-echelle/auteurs/jean-guy-forget/Track listing:01. Mos Def - Supermagic02. Big Hands - Fuoco Lento (with Bint Mbareh & Ottomani Parker)…
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285, Filmmaker Nicolas Renaud critiques Quebec government push to expand corporate clearcutting
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Indigenous filmmaker Nicolas Renaud critiques Quebec government push to expand corporate clearcutting in Quebec. This discussion focuses specifically on the proposed Bill 97 that will move approximately 1/3 of Quebec's actual territory into what has been described by the right wing government as a 'sp…
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284, Aviva Guttmann on The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassinations
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from historian Aviva Guttmann who discusses her research work surrounding the recently released book "Operation Wrath of God: The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign." The book is described this way : "In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during …
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283, Razan Ghazzawi speaking from Damascus on progressive social activism today in Syria
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian writer and long time progressive voice on Syria speaking from the ground in Damascus. Razan speaks on the key challenges that progressive activists face today in Syria, looking at the importance of voices which are addressing the politics of Sunni victimization that the curren…
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282, Journalist Isabeau Doucet on the limbo Palestinians face in the US asylum process
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist Isabeau Doucet who speaks about reporting on the limbo Palestinians face in the US asylum process. Isabeau worked on a feature article in the Guardian addressing the legal quagmire that Palestinian refugees face when running up against discriminatory frameworks at play that work to exclude …
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Art in Action interview - Poet “Zibz” Neil Guilding
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The Art in Action interview for Sept. 2025 features a conversation with poet, photographer and health care worker “Zibz” Neil Guilding. Zibz has played an important role in creating space for Black spoken-word scenes in the city through participating in the launching and sustaining of the Kalmunity Vibe Collective and beyond. This interveiw focuses…
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281, Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland on the local politics of disinformation in the US
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland who speaks on his frontline reporting on the local politics of disinformation in the US. Oliver particularly speaks about the piece that examines the ways that the Trump family has been profiting off the Trump Presidency. Also we hear about the realities of the mas…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Artist Malak Mattar
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On the Sept. 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Palestinian artist Malak Mattar. Malak speaks about Palestinian cultural creation as a part of resistance to the genocidal policies of the Israeli state targeting the Palestinian people of Gaza and beyond. Malak also speaks on recent works and painting in the face of genocide.…
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In this episode, host Zach talks with Halah, the executive director of the NDG community council, about the Ride for Refuge, a family-friendly fundraising bike and walk in support of local charities serving people seeking hope, safety, and freedom. What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as we…
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280, Rabab Abdulhadi on the Palestine solidarity movement today
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On this edition of of Free City Radio we hear from Rabab Abdulhadi an educator and long term Palestinian activist in the diaspora. Rabab speaks about the repression that has targeted Palestinian voices within academic institutions in the US during both the Trump and Biden administrations. Rabab speaks on the importance of internationalism and build…
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Joyce Joumaa + Stefan Christoff mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
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A joint mixtape with artist Joyce Joumaa for Radio AlHara. Learn more about the work of Joyce here:https://joycejoumaa.comAccompanying photo taken in Beirut is by Joyce Joumaa.1. Fairuz, Wahdon - وحدن2. MF DOOM, Gazzillion Ear (Acapella), remixed by Poltergeist3. Cyrus Bayandor, Part 1, Approach4. Muslimgauze, Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip5. Vijay Iyer +…
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Palestine solidarity organizing in Montreal - Radio AlHara x Suoni per il Popolo
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A live discussion at the Suoni per il Popolo festival in Montreal in June 2025 that was streamed live on Radio AlHara in Palestine. This discussion focuses on various projects, actions and campaign initiatives in Montreal to lift up and support the Palestinian struggle for liberation. There is a particular focus on the role and importance of cultur…
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279, Artist Hubert Gendron-Blais reflects on 2012 student strike and current importance
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On this edition of Free City Radio author, musician and community organizer Hubert Gendron-Blais reflects on 2012 student strike and current importance. This conversation looks at the contemporary political landscape in Quebec and the importance of looking to collective action to challenge some of the neoliberal oriented policies that are working t…
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278, Jordan Arseneault on the Voices beyond lockdown zine
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This edition of Free City Radio features the second in a set of programs focused on hearing community voices from Montreal who engaged with the Voices beyond lockdown zine project of Free City Radio. The zine was launched in the fall of 2024 and focuses on the ways that community activists and artists responded to the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, pa…
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In this episode, host Lisa talks to Anne Isabelle about minibiblioPLUS. What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as well as the Montreal community at large, to highlight important events and initiatives happening in NDG, and the wonderful folks that make things happen. This show is presented an…
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In this episode, host Zach talks to Marc from Biz NDG about Imagine Monkland What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as well as the Montreal community at large, to highlight important events and initiatives happening in NDG, and the wonderful folks that make things happen. This show is present…
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In this episode, host Cam talks to Eric from NDG Electronik about their summer park performances, their monthly open mic at the Wheel Club, and more. What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as well as the Montreal community at large, to highlight important events and initiatives happening in N…
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In this episode, host Lisa talks to Modathir about the interculture table of NDG and their summer activities. What’s Happening in NDG is a show for residents of the Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, as well as the Montreal community at large, to highlight important events and initiatives happening in NDG, and the wonderful folks that make th…
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Author Philippe Blouin on urgency of Mohawk Mother demands of McGill + solidarity - راديو الحارة
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This is an interview with author, anthropologist and activist Philippe Blouin speaking on the importance of the Mohawk Mother demands of McGill University and the ways that these local Indigenous demands of justice are connected to a perspective of international solidarity. Phil outlines the ways that McGill University in Montreal has blocked many …
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277, Damaris Baker on the Voices beyond lockdown zine
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This edition of Free City Radio is the first in a two editions that are focused on reflecting on the Voices beyond lockdown zine project, an initiative of Free City Radio that highlights the voices of community activists and artists responding to the pandemic lockdown. For these two editions I invited people who attended the launch of the zine in M…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Dali de Saint Paul
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On the August 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we speak with Bristol based artist Dali de Saint Paul who speaks about grassroots cultural work in Bristol and the importance of speaking up against silencing and the complicity of mainstream cultural institutions in the west with genocide in Palestine. Learn more about Dali's work here:h…
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Art in Action interview - Musician David August
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On the August edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Berlin based musician and producer David August. In this interview David speaks about recent musical projects such as VĪS Reinterpretations. Also David speaks on more collective initiatives like the 99CHANTS project, which releases David's music, but also supports community or…
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