People First Radio
People First Radio is an education and awareness program broadcast on traditional radio and in online podcasts.
Oct 24, 2025 • 57:00 Julia Gruson-Wood, author of the forthcoming Autism and The Culture of Therapy speaks about her work interviewing people involved in the world of applied behavioral analysis. Patty Douglas speaks about the concepts outlined in her book Unmothering Autism. Oct 25, 2025 • 57:00 Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is a treatment for opioid use disorder. It involves the use of medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and slow release oral morphine. People First Radio spoke with Nanaimo addictions medicine specialist Dr. Jess Wilder, and BC Centre for Substance Use Co-Medical Director Dr. Paxton Bach about… Oct 17, 2025 • 20:05 Stephen Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University, says that conversations around smartphone use tend to focus on content, rather than on the place the devices themselves have come to hold in our lives. “Social media is a big one. Gaming is another big one. More and more… Oct 17, 2025 • 57:00 Exploring Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) with Nanaimo based addiction medicine specialist Dr. Jess Wilder and Dr. Paxton Bach, co-medical director of the BC Centre on Substance Use and an addictions medicine specialist at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Oct 16, 2025 • 29:44 No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial is a documentary filmed in Kelowna exploring grief and homelessness. Co-producers and directors Joshua Black and Stephanie Laing spoke with People First Radio. Its title refers to a memorial designed by unhoused community members in Kelowna. A shopping cart was painted white and… Oct 10, 2025 • 57:00 Joshua Black and Stephanie Laing are co-producers and directors of the documentary No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial, which explores grief and homelessness. They spoke with PFR about the issues in the documentary, as well as an upcoming screening in Nanaimo that will be followed by a discussion with… Oct 10, 2025 • 17:50 Renata Roma says people are becoming increasingly aware of the mental health of their pets. “ The emotional place of animals in people’s lives is very different to if we compare to how animals were perceived years ago,” she said. The researcher at the PAWsitive Connections lab with the University of… Oct 9, 2025 • 39:21 From the works of deaf architect Adolf Loos to the psychiatric record of U.S. civil war veteran, Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy and Jenifer Barclay have been coordinating a team of authors exploring a wide range of topics in disability history. The pair are editors of Cripping The Archive, Disability, History, and Power.… Oct 3, 2025 • 26:48 Downtown Eastside service provider First United released a law reform platform earlier this fall, calling for changes to the Residential Tenancy Act in B.C. Staff lawyer Vinson Shih spoke with People First Radio about the platform, which called for an end to pet bans in rentals, and the right for… Oct 3, 2025 • 57:00 Cripping The Archive editors Jenifer Barclay and Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy speak about disability in the historical record. Renata Roma of the PAWSitive Connections Lab at the University of Saskatchewan talks about the interplay between the mental health of pets and the humans they live with.
People First Radio - October 23, 2025
Exploring opioid agonist treatment with a pair of addictions medicine doctors
Concordia prof calls for more intentional relationships with our phones
People First Radio - October 16, 2025
White Cart Memorial puts focus on grief and homelessness
People First Radio - October 09, 2025
The interplay between pet and human mental health
Historians explore the links between disability, history, and power
First United calls for end to pet bans, other reforms for renters in law reform platform
People First Radio - October 2, 2025
People First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness — with a particular emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.
It’s currently broadcast weekly from Nanaimo, B.C. on CHLY 101.7 FM, Victoria, B.C. on CFUV 101.9FM, and Saint John, New Brunswick on CFMH 107.3 FM. People First Radio is produced and presented by Joe Pugh.
The program is also available as a podcast, click below to listen and subscribe to People First Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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