TOPICS To start off the show, the team tackled the major issue of the impending take over of President elect Donald Trump. Since his victory over Clinton, extremist supporters of Trump have felt vindicated by the success of their 'champion'. As a result, the racist, homophobes and bigots that support Trump have been acting out against people of colour, alternative … [Read more...] about The Basement: Nov 20th Recap – Topics, Playlist, Featured Artists
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The Basement: Oct 30th Recap – Topics, Playlist, Featured Artists
TOPICS This week's show was pretty significant in terms of the topics we aimed to discuss on the show. During our team planning, the topic of the abortion protests happening around Waterloo ignited heated discussions among the team as soon as it was mentioned. The debate between pro-choice and pro-life stances has always been volatile. In the end everyone agreed regardless … [Read more...] about The Basement: Oct 30th Recap – Topics, Playlist, Featured Artists
The Basement 2016/2017 Introduction
This is a brand new year for theBasement on Radio Laurier and we are extremely excited to be back on the air. Last year, the Basement as a show reached new heights under the leadership of the Director, Kanisha Bortey, and this year we hope to achieve the same level of success. This blog post will serve as an introduction to the show, a little what we’re about and introduce the … [Read more...] about The Basement 2016/2017 Introduction
12 Days of Radio Laurier DJ’s
Through the month of December in 2015, Radio Laurier held an Instagram series sharing profiles of our Fall 2015 DJ's. Each DJ shared a quote, or information explaining a little about them and why they love DJ-ing and what their favourite part of the holiday season is. Just in case you missed our series as it was unfolding here's a quick recap of all the profiles that were … [Read more...] about 12 Days of Radio Laurier DJ’s
TheBasement Talks: Consent
Consent is verbal, enthusiastic, sober, unequivocal, never coerced, and not assumed. Consent isn’t something that carries over from one act to the next — it’s an ongoing conversation, an open line of communication about what you like and what you want to do right this second. Consent can be boring or awkward or not really sexy, but consent is mandatory. To our understanding and … [Read more...] about TheBasement Talks: Consent