Joining us today from Edinburgh, Scotland is Laurie Macfarlane, economics editor for opendemocracy.net and author of a recent novella entitled "A Spectre is Haunting the West – the Spectre of Authoritarian Capitalism"

Fellow podcaster from Politicoast and friend of the show Ian Bushfield joins us to discuss the reopening of the BC economy, the response of governments around the world to the coronavirus, the changes to the rental markets, the right wing protests against the lock down measures and more!

On today's show we have Canadian documentary filmmaker and author Mark Sakamoto to discuss his new series on CBC: Good People. Covering topics from homelessness, opioid addiction and veterans issues.