Local Matters is a weekly spoken word program focusing on interviews with interesting community members, information on upcoming events and discussions around our community issues. This collective program combines the efforts of many volunteers who contribute program content and production.
This initiative is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
This program is currently active and being produced on a regular basis (weekly). Catch Local Matters on Peach City Radio at the following dates & times:
Tuesdays @ 1800h
Saturdays @ 0900h
New episodes of this program are regularly posted to this archive Fridays @ 0600h.
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Latest Episode
Episode 120
- Episode 120 Posted: February 21, 2025 - 60 minutes
Paul and Julie talk to local artist, dancer, writer and super art volunteer Bonnie Thatcher about her colourful career.
Autistic Small Talk: In their first episode, Vince and Vanessa briefly talk about the Double Empathy Problem, the Social Model of Disability, Autistic representation and Autistic spaces. They discuss the importance of Autistic researchers, and talk through some examples of what accommodation can look like, while sharing stories of their personal experiences within these topics. Warning: Somewhere in the middle, with hardly any apology, Vanessa does try to explain a joke.
Episode 118 - Divine Masculine Energy Posted: February 14, 2025 - 60 minutes
Kyler, Vanessa and Jennifer discuss the concept of divine masculine energy as a follow up to the episode on divine female energy that ran in the Under The Pink Triangle segment of Local Matters in January.
Rez Radio: Gerry Gabriel and Sarah Huyton interview author Elaine Alec about her 2 books, her life, her taste in music, and some of the events that she is facilitating on this year.
In this episode of Local Matters “All Matters of Art", hosts Julie Fowler and Paul Crawford sit down with multi-talented Penticton artist, Anne Ramey and dive into all matters of theatre. Anne is one of the founders Cat’s Paw Productions, as well as being an award-winning costume and makeup designer.
MUSIC MATTERS: Danielle Savage interviews Dave Barber about his life, learning banjo, music school, living in Nashville, teaching music here in town at the Penticton Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and the upcoming songwriting workshop that him and his wife Kirby are teaching at the end of March. Dave also plays 3 songs live-on-air!
UNDER THE PINK TRIANGLE: Kyler Sahlmark, Vanessa Yaremchuck, and Jennifer Innes sit down to talk about the Divine Feminine, with occasional interjections from Danielle Savage.
ART MATTERS: In this episode of Local Matters, hosts Julie Fowler and Paul Crawford sit down with community builder and creative force, Donna Falck, know by many people in Penticton through the music venue that she ran for over ten years called Voodoos. Donna talks about growing up on an asparagus farm in Kelowna, her recent procuring of her welding ticket through the women in trades program at Okanagan College and her many years supporting live music in Penticton
