 Loghan Paylor on The Cure for Drowning, teaching kids recycling with illustrator Scot Ritchie, and revisiting Recordkeeping with Krystle Dos Santos NXNW August 2/3, 2025 | Welcome to the NXNW newsletter!
Jeremy Ratt is in the hosting chair this week and next. We’ll chat with B.C. & Yukon Book Prize finalist Loghan Paylor about their debut novel, Scot Ritchie shares his art in a new kids' book on recycling, and we'll revisit the time we did some Recordkeeping with Krystle Dos Santos.
Looking for something from a past show? Check out our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on NXNW this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | CBC’s Missy Johnson speaks with Vass Bednar of the Canadian SHIELD Institute for Public Policy. They discuss the increasing complaints about misleading labels at Canadian grocery stores, how to know when a product is actually “Made in Canada,” and whether or not the current labelling system is working. | | | | | Musician Krystle Dos Santos is performing at the Harmony Arts Festival on Saturday, Aug.2, and her show, A History of Motown, returns to the Firehall Arts Centre from Aug. 6 - 17. We revisit her Recordkeeping conversation with Margaret Gallagher from earlier this year. | | | | | BCIT student journalists Emma Bolzner, Quinlan Currie and Sandro Vargas share their documentary about B.C. hatchery volunteers doing their part to restore the salmon cycle, which earned them the 2025 Alexis Mazurin Award for Radio Excellence. | | | | | Loghan Paylor joins Jeremy Ratt in the studio to discuss their debut novel, The Cure for Drowning, which is a 2025 B.C. & Yukon Book Prize finalist. | | | | | Sunday | | | New research is suggesting parents who spend too much time on social media might offer their children less attention. Tony Volk, a developmental scientist, speaks with Jeremy Ratt about why this may be happening. | | | | | We revisit when B.C. & Yukon Book Prize finalist Anthony Nerada told us about the queer romance and self-discovery of Skater Boy, his YA pop-punk debut novel. | | | | | How do we teach kids about recylcing and getting rid of things they no longer need? Scot Ritchie explains how he's illustrating that lesson as the artist behind King of the Dump, a new children's book written by Tim Wynne-Jones. | | | | | Rosie Choo joins Jeremy Ratt in studio to talk about Sorry for Your Cost, her Vancouver-shot film screening at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York on Aug. 3. | | | | | | | | | | | Loghan Paylor | | | B.C. & Yukon Book Prize finalist Loghan Paylor joins Jeremy Ratt to discuss their debut book, The Cure for Drowning. They talk about their fascination with history, how growing up in Southern Ontario shaped who they are, trusting yourself and the importance of writing a novel that queer people could see themselves in. | | |  | Loghan Paylor with a copy of The Cure for Drowning in the NXNW studio. | | | In case you missed it... | | | Last week on NXNW, 2025 Early Music Vancouver artist-in-residence and acclaimed soprano Magali Simard-Galdes gave us an overview of her appearances at the organization's 55th summer festival Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent. The festival runs until Aug. 8.
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The NXNW Team | | | | | |
