By Spacing Radio
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 057, Trinity Bellwoods encampment evictions
In the aftermath of the Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment evictions, which saw a massive police presence, private security, and protests, we reached...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 056, Rail Deck Park and best laid (official) plans
This episode is all about plans: big and small, successful and dashed. First, Toronto Star city hall reporter Jennifer Pagliaro takes us through the story...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 055, Post-Pandemic Transit Ridership
Before the pandemic, the Toronto Transit Commission was actively looking for ways to grow its ridership. Now, after taking a hit in numbers during the...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 054, Packaged Toronto
To celebrate Spacing‘s latest book, Packaged Toronto: a collection of the city’s historic design, we go deep into the history of early...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 053, Food and Community
The pandemic has been an existential threat to restaurants, cafés, and bars in cities across Canada. It’s also been a financial blow to many...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 052, Public Realm Resolutions
We began 2020 with a bit of optimism — how could we know? We had an episode about the public realm and its importance, and spoke to urban...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 051, Toronto’s shelter disaster
In this episode, we look at the housing and homelessness crisis that has escalated into a full-blown disaster during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dania Majid...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 050, Toronto transit in the pandemic
It’s been too long since we had a classic Toronto transit episode. And, with the City and province grappling with the pandemic, and the threat of a...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton
In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st: Canada’s Emancipation...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 047, The problem with police
The world is taking a hard look at their police forces, the violence they use, the deaths that result, and the systemic and anti-Black racism that even...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 046, Toronto City Council is buffering
There have been two full, virtual City Council meetings since the COVID-19 outbreak in Toronto. Those meeting saw near-unanimous votes about building...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 045, What matters in a pandemic
In a time of snitch lines, and shuttered park space, we dive into what we’re prioritizing in this pandemic, and what, and especially who, is...