Today on the show we talk about graffiti and street art. Our guests make the point that investing in and making space for street art helps both artists and the communities they live in

Guests: Artists Brian Amadi, Reggie Windsor, Gerald Best, Michael Burt, Kyle Bustin

Concern over public safety and crime has been in the news and in a lot of social media feeds lately. Today on the show we dive into a conversation that looks at stats, how folks are feeling.... and the functioning of the justice system.

Today on the show we talk about preparing for, living through and living after a wildfire. We have voices from this province and right across the country. Some are experts, others survivors, all intimately know about wildfires or their impacts.

Guests Carissa Brown, MUN biogeography professor; Ian Green, deputy chief, St. John's Regional Fire Department; Brad Glynn; executive Director of Lifewise; Edward Zhakata, Insurance Bureau of Canada; Therese Greenwood, author and survivor of the Fort McMurray wildfires; Richard Ireland, mayor of Jasper; Anabela Bonada, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation; Jenny Saulnier, wildfire survivor from Nova Scotia; Adam Lynes-Ford, co-founder, My Climate Plan

On today's show we discuss the latest on wildfires impacting the Avalon Peninsula.

This show often highlights the building blocks of community. Today we have an excellent case study on how it’s done -- a chat with folks about starting the Jamaican Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.

In a time of university cuts we have a special discussion for you. Today we ask what do universities owe the public? It's a panel discussion taped back in the spring and organized by MUN's St. John's Office of Public Engagement which was axed in last week's cuts.

Guests: Ted Hewitt, president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; Barbara Neis, professor emerita, Memorial University

Today on the show we talk about late July gardening, with a special focus on drought impacts on plants.

Guests: Meghan McCarthy, assistant horticulturist, Memorial University Botanical Garden; Sara Hodder, Sweet Pea Garden Design

We start today's show with a look at how climate change is impacting wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador. Then we spend the rest of the hour having an intergenerational climate change discussion with four climate advocates.

Guests: André Arsenault, forest ecologist; Richard Whitaker, climate advocate; Sister Mary Tee, climate advocate; Leah Casey, climate advocate; Megs Scott, climate activist.