Redeye is a 3-hour radio program broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. It is produced by an independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
The show has been on the air for over 30 years, providing high-quality public affairs and arts programming to listeners looking for a progressive take on current events.
Recent interviews
75th anniversary of On to Ottawa Trek
In June 1935, a thousand young men jumped on railroad boxcars in Vancouver, heading for Ottawa. Labour historian Joey Hartman tells the story of the trek and what it accomplished.
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Cindy Corrie reflects on the journey of the Rachel Corrie
Cindy Corrie is the mother of the young woman killed by a bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier in the Occupied Territories. Corrie talks about the boat, the Rachel Corrie, and its mission.
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University of Toronto closes campus during G8/G20 meetings
The U of T says it's taking measures to protect students from violence on campus. Patrick Vitale doesn't buy it.
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Understanding the Greek debt crisis
Bankruptcy, massive protests and accusations of corruption have dominated the media's coverage of the Greek economic crisis. Belt-tightening is the proposed solution. Costas Panayotakis disagrees.
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Oxfam America under fire over GMOs
Food activists question Oxfam America's stance that "transgenic crops offer enormous possibilities".
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Canada muzzles climate change scientists
Graham Saul of Climate Action Network Canada talks about the findings of a new report titled Troubling Evidence: The Harper Government's Approach to Climate Science Research in Canada.
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What wrong's with legislating against the niqab
Itrath Sayed comments on Quebec's Bill 94 that aims to limit women's access to government services if they are wearing the niqab.
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Opposing Project Hero
John Conway is one of a group of faculty at the University of Regina who signed a petition questioning the awarding of free tuition for children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
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Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid
In this book, Yves Engler challenges the belief that Canada was an evenhanded player in the Middle East until the Harper government changed course and adopted a radical pro-Israel stance.
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Café Justicia organizer forced to flee Guatemala
Leocadio Juaracán is the national coordinator of the CCDA, a campesino organization that work for human rights in Guatemala. In February he began receiving death threats.
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Talking podcasts
The rpn's Meagan Perry explains what podcasts are, how you can use them and what she's looking to include in the rabble podcast network.
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Africville apology angers community activist
Last month the mayor of Halifax apologized to the former residents of a black community razed to the ground in the 1960s. Denise Allen says the apology was totally inadequate.
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A tribute to 20 years of on-air activism
In this documentary, you'll hear long-time Redeye host Peter Royce in conversation with Michael Shermer, Joanna Michal, Hope Shand and Wendy Pedersen. Peter died on November 4, 2009.
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The citizens Canada disowns
Abousifian Abdelrazik in the Sudan, Suaad Hagi Mohamud in Kenya: these are just two of the Canadian citizens who found that their government didn't back them up when they were in trouble.
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The Canadian war on Queers
From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada. Gary Kinsmantalks about how people who deviated from the so-called norm were seen as threats to society and enemies of the state.
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Arthur Erickson and the Portland Hotel
One of Canada's most famous architects designed a Downtown Eastside hotel for hard-to-house residents. Sean Mullen finds out why in this documentary on housing and homelessness in Vancouver.
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Adil Charkaoui: In his own words
Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a Canadian security certificate in May 2003. In June 2009. he was finally allowed to leave Montreal and went on a speaking tour across Canada.
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How the U.S. is helping the coup makers in Honduras
Conn Hallinan details the organizations, companies and individuals lending their support to the military regime in Honduras.
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