Shawn sat down with Edge of the City host Paul Aflalo for a wide-ranging discussion about his new book Generation Rising, just released by Fernwood Publishing. Edge of the City is the weekly arts, culture, and society roundup by local podcast network No More Radio.
Have a listen in the player above. The segments begins at the 19:00 mark.
Shawn was recently on the CKUT couch for a relaxed and wide-ranging interview with radio host Tamara Filyavich. This one is quite special in many regards, in a way that sometimes only campus radio can be. Tamara’s pertinent and incisive questions were the invitation for deep forays into the core ideas and arguments put forth in Generation Rising.
The full interview runs about 35 mins, divided into two segments.
A podcast with your breakfast, perhaps?
Shawn was live in studio at Concordia University’s campus and community radio station CJLO, where he enjoyed a fun and animated chat with hosts Rebecca M and Danny Payne.
Click here to have a listen. The segment begins a little after the 9:30 mark.
And now for something completely different.
Shawn was invited onto CKUT, McGill University’s campus and community radio station, to discuss his book with Ryan Young, host of Ecolibrium. Hear him delve into some of the major themes and arguments of Generation Rising.
The segment begins at the 35:40 mark.
Shawn was once more invited onto CJAD last Friday to chat with host Dan Delmar about the students’ current anti-austerity mobilization. In this brief interview, Shawn discusses the reasons for the rising youth anger in the streets, the fundamental clash between generations on the direction our society is going, and what it all might mean for the months and years to come.
Have a listen.
Shawn was invited on to CJAD again this morning to discuss the latest developments in the students’ anti-austerity campaign in the wake of the mass resignation/dismissal of the ASSÉ executive. Here Shawn discusses the rising youth opposition to the Liberals’ austerity agenda, the causes and consequences of that opposition, and what might lie ahead in the months to come.
Host Dave Fisher was standing in for Andrew Carter.
Have a listen above. The segment begins at 27:35.
Shawn Katz is a writer and educator from Montreal, Canada. He is the author of Generation Rising: The Time of the Quebec Student Spring (Fernwood Publishing, 2015) and a contributor to The Rise of Cities (Black Rose Books, 2017)