Free City Radio

Free City Radio
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Free City Radio

Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly program 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. The 30 minute weekly Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan Christoff and airs weekly on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.

  1. Art In Action interview - Rodrigo Brandão

    DEC 10

    Art In Action interview - Rodrigo Brandão

    On this edition of Art in Action we hear from Brazilian poet, spoken word artist and performer Rodrigo Brandão. In this interview Rodrigo speaks about the music worlds of São Paulo that have been important to the creative process for projects he had worked on. Also Rodrigo speaks on being based in Lisbon and some recent work. Specifically we hear about collaborations with the Chicago based artist Rob Mazurek who originally introduced me to Rodrigo. You can listen to Rodrigo's latest project here: https://groovierecords.bandcamp.com/album/brand-o-outros-estado-lp Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.

    30 min
  2. Cultural workers for Palestine - No Silence project

    DEC 1

    Cultural workers for Palestine - No Silence project

    A discussion with two Montreal artists who were involved in bringing together voices and contributions for the No Silence zine project to support Radio AlHara and specifically a residency project as part of Sounds of Places at the Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem, info: https://wondercabinet.space Airing Monday, Dec. 2 on Radio AlHara at radioalhara.net For this edition we hear from artist Rickie Leach and also Raphael Foisy-Couture of Small Scale music which supported the benefit project which you can find here: https://smallscalemusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-silence-a-benefit-compilation-for-radio-alhara This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations, specifically CKUT 90.3 FM in Jan. 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net

    30 min
  3. Community Voices Respond to Poilievre’s Corporate Agenda for Canada, broadcast on CKUW 95.9 FM

    NOV 30

    Community Voices Respond to Poilievre’s Corporate Agenda for Canada, broadcast on CKUW 95.9 FM

    A report for CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg on a community panel that took place in Montreal entitled "Community Voices Respond To Poilievre’s Corporate Agenda For Canada." This report has been produced for broadcast by Stefan Christoff, the host of the weekly program Free City Radio. The conference audio was originally recorded by Jules Bugiel at CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. This panel featured the voices of: Ehab Lotayef, a community activist and poet Nakuset, of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal / Resilience Montreal Anaïs Zeledon Montenegro, community worker at Action Santé Travesti(e)s et Transexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTT(e)Q) Sandra Wesley, the executive director of Stella Montréal Dolores Chew, founding member of the South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC)

    1 hr
  4. 242, Bolivia por Palestina solidarity project

    NOV 24

    242, Bolivia por Palestina solidarity project

    Listen to an interview with Celeste Lezcano of the Bolivia Por Palestina project that aims to mobilize support for Palestinians in Gaza in the context of Bolivia. This project has specifically supported the work of a Palestinian medical doctor Refaat Alathamna who has worked on the ground in Gaza during the war. Refaat trained in Bolivia and has relationships to the Palestine solidarity movement in the Bolivian context. This project is about creating a solidarity initiative on the ground across global south contexts. Info on the project here: https://www.instagram.com/porpalestina.bo The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Artwork is by Junieawan Bagaskara and is from "Palestine will be free! Graphics Care-Package #4" which you can find online via justseeds artists' cooperative here: https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphics-care-package-4/ Also thank you to Omar Jabary Salamanca, Alejandra Rocabado and Tomaso Ferrando for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

    30 min
  5. Mix, 11, 2024 - راديو الحارة

    NOV 23

    Mix, 11, 2024 - راديو الحارة

    A joint mix with the Montréal based duo Bibi Club, thank you for the collaboration and to Mischa Karam for helping to facilitate this mix. Artwork by Sarah Fathallah from justseeds.org Thanks for listening. - Stefan. Below is the track listing: 01. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Ballad of the spirits 02. Blonde Redhead, 23 03. Aquaserge, Si loin Si proche 04. Moondog, Do your thing 05. Willie Trasher, Silent Inuit 06. Bibi Club, Ce qui va disparaître 07. Manja Ristić, The Witching Hour (excerpt) 08. Soledad Coyoli, Poema de luna, no.2 09. Badawi, Qaher III 10. Daniel Carter and Stefan Christoff, I can see it all turning now 11. Matteo Uggeri, ...and Then This Wonder 12. Matteo Uggeri, ...for God 13. Sonny Singh, Koi Bol Ram 14. Steve Bates, Seduction - Descent - The gloomy pits - Copper crown (excerpt)

    1 hr
  6. 241, Vocalist Macadi Nahhas sings across colonial borderlines

    NOV 17

    241, Vocalist Macadi Nahhas sings across colonial borderlines

    On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the reflections of Amman based singer and songwriter Macadi Nahhas speaking about the ways that music in the Arabic speaking world exists beyond borderlines. The work of artists like Macadi is important in this moment of the extreme enforcement of colonially shaped territory lines as pushed by the Israeli state project. The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also thank you to my friend Mazen Chamseddine for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

    30 min
  7. 245, Mohawk Mothers push to address unmarked Indigenous graves at McGill University

    NOV 16

    245, Mohawk Mothers push to address unmarked Indigenous graves at McGill University

    Listen to an interview with Kahn-Tineta Horn, a long time Indigenous voice for justice. Specifically this interview is about the push by the Mohawk Mothers to push for justice in the case of unmarked graves within parts of McGill University that are currently under renovation. The Mohawk Mothers have pushed for historical redress of the fact that large parts of Canadian national infrastructure were built on loans from the Indian Trust Fund that were never paid back. Additionally this interview looks at the specific calls for justice around the intergenerational narratives around missing Indigenous children who were lost to psychological experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute at McGill. These experiments were part of a process that also was connected to the CIA through the MKUltra which is well documented in an important chapter within Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine. For more information on the Indian Trust Fund and calls for payback visit: https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/ For more information on the work of the Mohawk Mothers visit: https://www.mohawkmothers.ca The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also a particular thank you to author / activist Philippe Blouin for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

    30 min
  8. 'Transmission in silver' mix - Stefan Christoff and Joseph Sannicandro

    NOV 13

    'Transmission in silver' mix - Stefan Christoff and Joseph Sannicandro

    A mix for Radio AlHara that features the latest collaborative album between Joseph Sannicandro and Stefan Christoff. This mix also includes some drones and live recordings from Palestine solidarity protests in Mexico City to round out the hour, an excerpt of a protest participant, recorded in Spanish. Information on the album via OKLA records in Poland: https://oklarecords.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions-in-silver The album will be released on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, to get a physical or digital copy visit the link above. Broadcast in full on Radio AlHara on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 4pm eastern / 11pm Palestine time, streaming at radioalhara.net This is the write-up on the project: The next chapter in the ongoing artistic conversation between two friends, shaped and built upon live improvisations weaving instruments, radio captures, and punctuated by binaural field recordings of cityscape walks. Joseph’s synth work enhances circular, frantic guitar lines laid by Stefan as footsteps ground the work in a natural rhythm of bodies resonating with stimuli of time and space. Two lives intersecting in a room - mourning the dead, raging against injustices, channelling homeland lullabies to synthesize healing waves to pass forward. “Take a walk at night, and walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.” – Pauline Oliveros

    1 hr
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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly program 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. The 30 minute weekly Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan Christoff and airs weekly on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.

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  • Creator
    Free City Radio
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    497
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