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. 254, Istanbul activist Şeyma Altundal speaks on Palestine solidarity actions

    2 DAYS AGO

    254, Istanbul activist Şeyma Altundal speaks on Palestine solidarity actions

    On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Şeyma Altundal, an Istanbul based activist who works with the group Filistin icin Bin Genc. Şeyma speaks about the organizing of youth activists in Turkey to challenge the economic ties and relationships between Turkish corporations with the Israeli government. In the interview we particularly address Turkish companies like the Zorlu Energy Group which plays a major role in supplying power to, through contracts, to Israeli army bases via Dorad Energy. Learn more about Filistin icin Bin Genc here: https://www.instagram.com/filistinicin1000genc This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying image is by Josh MacPhee of the Justseeds artists' cooperative http://justseeds.org 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 8am 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 7:30am, 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
  2. 253, The persisting importance of Guantánamo Bay with the Center for Constitutional Rights

    FEB 11

    253, The persisting importance of Guantánamo Bay with the Center for Constitutional Rights

    On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Shayana Kadidal, a Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. In this interview we hear about the plea deal that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, detained by the U.S. since 2003, largely at Guantánamo Bay, which was shut down in the last period of the Democratic Biden administration. The interview places important context on understanding the realities of indefinite detention and the inherent injustice of Guantánamo Bay as persistent across both Democratic and Republic administrations in the US. Critically also we hear about the combined role that both legal advocacy and activism for the rights of those unjustly detained has done in securing the release of many formally detained at Guantánamo. Illustration is by Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/may/11/abu-zubaydah-drawings-guantanamo-bay-us-torture-policy This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. 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 8am 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 7:30am, 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
  3. 252, Tania Islas Weinstein speaks on Beyond Mestizaje - Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico

    FEB 4

    252, Tania Islas Weinstein speaks on Beyond Mestizaje - Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico

    On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and educator Tania Islas Weinstein speaking on the recently published collective work "Beyond Mestizaje: Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico." The book is described this way: "Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism." Info on the project: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/4m90dz09n This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. 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 8am 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 7:30am, 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
  4. Cultural workers for Palestine - Use Knife

    FEB 3

    Cultural workers for Palestine - Use Knife

    On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Belgian musicians Kwinten Mordijck and Stef Heeren speaking about their collaboration with Iraqi vocalist/percussionist Saif Al-Qaissy, as Use Knife. This interview goes into the sound of the project but also the cultural landscape in western Europe within which the project was shaped. This project speaks to the profound impact and influence that mixing of contemporary western European artists with cultural workers from Diaspora communities has created today. This collaborative space has not only created new sounds and ground breaking cultural work but also totally shifted collective understandings around the urgency of supporting the Palestinian freedom struggle today. Learn more about Use Knife here: https://useknife.bandcamp.com Thank you to friends at Radio AlHara for making this connection happen. 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 airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am on Jan. 17, 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net

    30 min
  5. 250, Journalist Ermilo Mendoza in Mexico City speaking on La Coperacha

    JAN 19

    250, Journalist Ermilo Mendoza in Mexico City speaking on La Coperacha

    On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist Ermilo Mendoza who speaks about work on a project called La Coperacha in Mexico. This is an alternative media project that is focused on highlighting the role that cooperatives play in Mexican economic and political life. La Coperacha is also a cooperative journalistic project. Learn more about La Coperacha here: https://lacoperacha.org.mx This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to filmmaker Mary Ellen Davis for the networking support on 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
  6. 251, AirGo reflects on social movement and artistic voices from Chicago

    JAN 15

    251, AirGo reflects on social movement and artistic voices from Chicago

    This discussion focuses on the AirGo community media project in Chicago. It is with Damon A. Williams and Daniel Kisslinger who coordinate the project. This initiative speaks to alternative histories of cultural narratives, poetry and activism in Chicago and beyond. The project has a particular connection to Black community organizing and culture but also visits many takes on alternative histories of Chicago and how they connect with the present. Info on the project here: https://airgoradio.com This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to educator, academic and musician Mohamed Mehdi for the networking support on 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 8am 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 7:30am, 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. Art in Action interview - Artist Nicola Di Croce

    JAN 15

    Art in Action interview - Artist Nicola Di Croce

    On the Feb. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from sound artist Nicola Di Croce speaking about the ways that city spaces and their cultural and class identities can be understood and critiqued through sound. Learn more about Nicola's beautiful work here: https://nicoladicroce.cargo.site The accompanying image is of Nicola Di Croce. Thank you to Joseph Sannicandro for helping to arrange the connection for this interview. Stefan Christoff 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
  8. No Fest 2024 (Montreal experimental music)

    JAN 12

    No Fest 2024 (Montreal experimental music)

    A mixtape to air on Radio AlHara on Sun Jan 19, 2025 1pm - 2pm (EST), in Palestine at 8pm, that is based on the No Fest 2024 compilation of experimental Montreal music released by Cuchabata Records. Below you can find the link to the compilation: https://cuchabatarecords.bandcamp.com/album/cuch-232-cuch-2024-2024 This is the track listing for the 1 hour mixtape based on the compilation album: 01. Stefan Christoff - In All The Noise We Can Still See 02. L'Ordre de l'Infiniment Nada - Résonance 03. Fatrasie - Trimardeur tropical (excerpt) 04. Hazy Montagne Mystique - Luang Namtha (Ville des larmes) 05. Géraldine Eguiluz & Michel F. Côté - Voces del espacio de afuera (excerpt) 06. Marion-Mucci - Maserati Tone Factory II 07 David and the Mountain - Trautonium 08. ce qui nous traverse - La nuit renaît toujours (live à Ste-Barbe) (excerpt) The red square as the graphic represents the participation of these artist networks in the 2012 student strike against rising tuition fees in Quebec, you can learn some background information about this here: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/5/31/quebecs-conflict-of-contrasting-social-visions

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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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    Free City Radio
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    2020 - 2025
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