Interview: Rafe Mair, On the Line with Joseph Planta (thecommentary.ca)

Rafe Mair

Wednesday, 20 December 2006

Broadcaster and writer Rafe Mair returns to talk with Joseph Planta about his newest book, Over the Mountains: More Thoughts on Things That Matter. It's a wide-ranging chat on the wide-ranging subjects covered in the book: politics, the media, books, religion, death, and more.

Over the Mountains: More Thoughts on Things That Matter by Rafe Mair. (Harbour Publishing, 2006)

Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Over the Mountains

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Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

This is the Planta: On the Line program here at THECOMMENTARY.CA.

Rafe Mair's new book is called Over the Mountains: More Thoughts on Things That Matter. It retails for $24.95 and is from Harbour Publishing. It is the popular broadcaster and writer's seventh book, and is a neat collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects. From the state of the media to the Middle East, to politics in this country and beyond, to books and music, Over the Mountains makes for great reading. His website is rafeonline.com, and you can see him regularly on Omni TV's The Standard, read him weekly at thetyee.ca and hear him weekly on the CBC's Early Edition. I'm pleased to welcome once again to the Planta: On the Line program, Rafe Mair; Good morning, Mr. Mair.

Weblinks:

Rafe Mair's website: http://www.rafeonline.com