1. Montréal during COVID-19, reflections on student strike and independent media

Free City Radio

Listen to the first edition of Free City Radio podcast, it was recorded in the first days of the major measures taken in Montreal to slow the #COVID19 pandemic. Included in this podcast is personal reflections on this moment and also on doing street art during this time, on hanging a banner reading "solidarité" and the context behind this banner, because it was a gift from student activists in Winnipeg passed on during the Quebec student strike in 2012. I had visited Winnipeg to share reflections and texts from a booklet that I put out during that time, the zine is called , Le fond de l’air est rouge, info : https://howlarts.net/words Within this podcast I share an excerpt of audio recorded during protests in the Quebec student strike, specifically in Victoriaville where the Liberal Party of Quebec was having their congress. The street protests were focused on highlighting social injustice and protesting for the protection of public institutions, such a public health care and education systems. You can hear the full audio that I recorded at that protest for @radiockut here : https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/lintense-journee-de-manifestation-a-victoriaville Also in this podcast is an interview with John Tarleton, editor at The Indypendent, speaking about the importance of independent media during this time and also the history of the Indypendent newspaper project in NYC. This was recorded before the pandemic hit North America in a major way, but it really does highlight some important points of reflection. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/interview-john-tarleton-editor-at-the-indypendent Finally a note to say this podcast includes two music selections, one by the band Weeping Icon, who are based in Brooklyn, released by @firetalk info : https://weepingicon.bandcamp.com Also I included a track by my brother Jordan Christoff who releases many different music tracks, the one we hear is "Angle Flow" from the album "Water" released via @salmonuniverse info : https://salmonuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/water Main song for Free City Radio, the intro / ending track is "Hope" by the Melbourne based band, The Dirty Three ! Thanks for listening to the first edition, this podcast is hosted by community organize, musician and media maker Stefan @spirodon Christoff