Actor Kirk Fox has written a "dirtbag noir" called Palmdale (Meridia Press) and he joined me on Turning Pages to discuss it. umfm.com/programming/...

TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) features interviews with Chance the Rapper (July 13 at Canada Life) and Horse Lords (July 9 at Folk Fest) and a live session with Neighbour Andy. umfm.com/programming/...

Brace yourselves for Folk Fest on the 10th. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

UMFM 101.5's Festival Express series featuring interviews with performers ahead of @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social airs a conversation with Jacob Brodovksy today at 2:30pm CT, but it's online now to stream. (Photo by Matt Horseman). umfm.com/programming/...

UMFM 101.5's Festival Express series featuring interviews with performers ahead of @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social airs a conversation with Cat Clyde today at 2pm CT, but it's online now to stream. umfm.com/programming/...

Today's Turning Pages episode features a conversation with Veronique Darwin about Mom Camp ( @pressassembly.bsky.social ) Stream/DL at the link: umfm.com/programming/...

WOWZERS. What a set.

TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on 101.5 UMFM) features interviews with The Good Sky Woman (Sunday at Public Domain) and Tonky Honk (Tuesday at Sidestage) plus live recordings with Tyson Ray Borsboom & Pony Gold. umfm.com/programming/...

some must-read words on the bigotry, from @samihiggins.bsky.social

Just read @grantbrisbee.bsky.social 's commentary piece about the @sfgiants.com pitchers who put bible verses on their Pride hats and couldn't agree more with his advice to Roupp: "Dig deeper, my dude." www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

Couple great conversations with BC artists coming to MB next week on my show tonight (TGIFR 6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5). Mary Ancheta's MA:Q plays Jazz Winnipeg on June 20th and Pony Gold plays The Handsome Daughter on the 19th. Stream the episode now: umfm.com/programming/...

Really enjoyed this live performance from Alessia Cara and co. Took me a beat to notice the actual desk in the background. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDia...

@brianphillips.lol doing the Lord's work with this list. Nodded my head reading this like a novitiate in genuflection. www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...

Tonight's TGIFR (6:30-8pm on UMFM 101.5) features Jean-Guy from Federal Lights (Jun 12 at Sidestage), Tyson Ray Borsboom (who plays Handsome Daughter Jun19) and a live session with Crooked Ice. umfm.com/programming/...

Had MC Joudrey on Turning Pages (11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5) to talk about Marmalade Parade (Guernica Editions). You can stream it now at the link: umfm.com/programming/...

Can't wait for Scott Pelley on @thepressbox.bsky.social

THIS WEEK! The launch of my debut novel, VENUE 13, at @mcnallyrobinson.com (Winnipeg, Grant Park location) Thursday June 4, at 7 p.m.! /1

"Regulatory pressures"

Today's Turning Pages features a conversation with Todd Dufresne, Philosophy prof at Lakehead about The Future Belongs To Those Who Fight ( @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ). Airs in Winnipeg on UMFM 101.5 FM, but you can hear it online at the link. umfm.com/programming/...

Not saying it's THE moment, but one of the turning points has to be when people decided it was totally fine to take a phone call in a public bathroom.

Mark your calendars. Start your hot-take engines.

Terrible news.

TGIFR tonight on UMFM 101.5 (6:30-8pm CT) features conversations with Noah Derksen and Spencer Krug about their new albums. Derksen plays Sidestage June 7th and Krug will be a Winnipeg Folk Fest with Wolf Parade. Stream the episode at the link: umfm.com/programming/...

After "Blackberry Marmalade" and now this, I'm not sure if there's a record I'm more hyped for than the new Vince Staples. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYU1...

TWO live sessions and interviews on TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) Tofusmell ahead of tomorrow night's release show at the Handsome Daughter. and CEC ahead of the Briefly release May 30 at Sidestage. umfm.com/programming/...

"Creating special zones where normal rules don’t apply is an old idea. ... The planet is pocked with designated places where wealthy people and corporations can evade rules." The notion that 'capitalism works' when it is predicated on this BS in infuriating.

Today's episode of Turning Pages features return guest and local author Cale Plett discussing their YA horror novel The Saw Mouth (Delacorte Press). Plett launches the book at @mcnallyrobinson.com TONIGHT! Episode airs 11:30am on UMFM 101.5 and online now. umfm.com/programming/...

Another busy show tonight. TGIFR 6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5 and online now I talk to Larry Roy about the WJO Steely Dan tribute, Desiree Dorion about her new album Pieces of Me (Monday at Sidestage) and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants about The World Is To Dig. umfm.com/programming/...

EVERYONE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO CEC!!!

Today's episode of Turning Pages is a conversation with Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson discussing his Patrick Bird mystery, Opposite Sully's Gym ( @dundurnpress.bsky.social ). On UMFM 101.5 and online: umfm.com/programming/...

It's the asking Grok that salts the wound for me.

Last TGIFR before UMFM's pledge drive starts next week is on 101.5 FM 6:30pm CT tonight. Spoke to Jared Adams about his new single release show May 1 and Mise en Scene about their album release TOMORROW. Listen online now: umfm.com/programming/...

Read the book, not the summary. Write the piece, not the prompt. -Colson Whitehead. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

This @theathletic.com piece by @samblum3.bsky.social is well worth a read as MLB marks Jackie Robinson Day. www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Today's episode of Turning Pages is with return guest Sonya Ballantyne discussing her @highwaterpress.bsky.social graphic novel, The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne. 11:30am CT on 101.5 UMFM or online now: umfm.com/programming/...

The book launch for IMPRINTING EMPIRE will take place on Friday, May 8, at 7pm at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park! Shelisa Klassen will discuss the book, and the role of newspapers in transforming Manitoba into a settler colonial state. www.facebook.com/eve...

TGIFR tonight featuring a live session with We're Only Here For The Snacks, and interviews with Amber Epp & Emmanuel Bach (Mar28 at the West End) and MIINA (Mar31 at Sidestage). 6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5 or online now. umfm.com/programming/...

Today's Turning Pages is a conversation with Margaret Sweatman about Night Birds ( @gooselane.bsky.social ) ahead of her Mar 19 launch at McNally Robinson. umfm.com/programming/...

TWO live sessions & THREE interviews tonight. Winnipeg's Tommy Douglas Keenan & Australia's Rob Edwards both stopped by UMFM to play some songs & chat and the Winnipeg Folk Fest's Chris Frayer discusses the line-up for the 51st fest! umfm.com/programming/...

This thread.

TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) features TWO live sessions with locals Second Floor Patients and Ethan J. Wiebe. You can stream the whole episode now if you don't want to wait or aren't in FM range. umfm.com/programming/...

If you're in the midst of a cold snap that has you wishing for warmer temps, listening to this record might help. leomiddea-agogo.bandcamp.com/album/not-ci...

Haruki Murakami Miriam Toews Jose Saramago Douglas Coupland John D. MacDonald

"Journalism is better when it's backed by live markets."

Today's Turning Pages episode is with Rob Miller (formerly of Bloodshot Records) discussing his memoir, The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low. umfm.com/programming/...

GHOULS

TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) features Katie Tupper discussing Greyhound ahead of her Feb15 appearance at Festival du Voyageur and both Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore discussing their album Tragic Magic. umfm.com/programming/...

Spoke to @jasonschneidermedia.com about That Gun In Your Hand ( @anvilpress.bsky.social ) for Turning Pages on UMFM 101.5 Our conversation is up to stream/DL at the link: umfm.com/programming/...

Tonight's episode of TGIFR (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) features Serge Paul who plays Festival du Voyageur Feb 14, Griffin Sokal talking RBC Emerging Artists showcase Feb 20 at FdV and a live session with Melody Pearson-Munroe & Jamie Stark who play the Park Feb. 20 umfm.com/programming/...