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1. Interview with Paul Prosper, Chief of the Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, N.S. about a $15-million highway project. 2. Family members of Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes testify about her disapperance in Maine to commissioners with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. 3. Two Mi'kmaw men from Waycobah First Nation received the Nova Scotia Medal of Bravery for saving two US tourists from a burning truck in Sept. 2016.

1. Interview with Passamaquoddy Nation Chief Hugh Akagi regarding his group's efforts to get official status with the Government of Canada. 2. Interviews with Cherie Brooks and her son, Cody Julian. Brooks is upset her son's high school officials separated Mi'kmaw students from the rest of the student body after Julian was assaulted at the school. 3. Interviews with Inuit/Irish artist Kathleen Merritt and Mi'kmaw singer/songwriter George Paul at Celtic Colours Festival

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 13 Recorded on June 18, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes: 1. Trevor Sanipass was hoping to become the first Mi'kmaw MLA elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature. He came in third for the NDP in the riding of Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank during the provincial election May 30. I interviewed him about his campaign bid. Click here to read the news story about Sanipass: kukukwes.com/2017/05/29/sanipass-hopes-to-become-first-mikmaw-elected-to-ns-legislature/ 2. Potlotek First Nation in Nova Scotia hopes to be running its own community radio station soon. The community has submitted an application to the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. Community member George Marshall speaks with me about the radio station. Click here to read the news story: kukukwes.com/2017/06/21/potlotek-first-nation-hoping-to-run-own-radio-station/ 3 Several Mi'kmaw youth are taking part in a photo project that examines Turtle Grove along Halifax Harbour. The project is part of the Photopolis Festival which will take place in October. I spoke with Sabrina Dimattia and Kehisha Wilmot about their contributions to the project.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 12 Recorded on April 30, 2017 Guest Host: Samantha Calio Podcast includes: 1. Interview with Halifax Regional Councillor Shawn Cleary about his motion to revisit the issue of commemorating Edward Cornwallis. 2. Audio of the Halifax Regional Council debate on the issue of commemorating Edward Cornwallis on municipal property. 3. Interview with Tian Wigmore about winning the 2017 Indigenous Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards show held in Saint John, N.B. on April 27, 2017.  

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 11 Recorded on April 23, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes: 1. Reporter Samantha Calio discusses what journalism schools in Atlantic Canada are doing to implement the Truth and Reconciliation’s recommendations.   2. Interview with Mi'kmaw journalist Oscar Baker on what he learned about Indigenous issues at journalism school.   3. Interview with John G. Paul, Executive Director for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs on setting up an Indigenous water authority in Atlantic Canada.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 10 Recorded on April 15, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes:  1. An update on the court case that involved one of the killers of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk woman from Labrador who was killed in Halifax three years ago.   2. Interview with Mi’kmaw poet Rebecca Thomas about her first year being Halifax’s poet laureate.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 9 Recorded on April 9, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo   Podcast includes:    1. Reporter Samantha Calio's interview with Delilah Saunders, the sister of murder victim Loretta Saunders, about an upcoming appeal for one of her sister's killers.     2. Interview with Dale Poulette of Eskasoni, N.S. who has been camping out at the Alton Natural Gas Storage project site since September 2016.     3. Interview with Mi'kmaw basketmaker Virick Francis who is organizing a delegation of Indigenous artists and performers to attend a cultural festival in France this summer.  

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 8 Recorded on February 20, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo   Podcast includes:   1. Interview with Alex McDonald, a band councillor with the Sipekne'katik Band in Nova Scotia regarding its court win regarding the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project near Stewiake.   2. Interviews with Natalie Gloade and Agnes Gould regarding an art exhibit that honours missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls that was on display in Halifax for two weeks in January.   3. Interview with Mi'kmaw author Theresa Meuse about her latest children’s book about Mi’kmaw culture.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 7 Recorded on December 4, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes: 1. Interview with Sipekne'katik Band Councillor Alex McDonald regarding a lawsuit the band filed against the board of directors of the First Nations Centre of Balance and Resiliency. One of the board members is Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly.     2. Interviews with two women involved with a six-year study on the effects of pollution in Boat Harbour located next to the Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S.     3. Interview with Moriah Campbell, a journalism student at the University of King's College in Halifax, N.S. regarding the digital journalism workshop's project on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls for Kukukwes.com.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 6 Recorded on November 13, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo   Podcast includes:   1. Interview with Dorene Bernard from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. who took part in a march to show support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota.    2. Interview with Glenn Knockwood who wants to open up a gym for Parkour in Halifax.    3. Interview with Danielle Cry, one of the authors of the book, The Mi’kmaq of Ges’pe’ge’wa’gi, which details the history of Mi'kmaw people in the Gaspe region of Quebec and northern New Brunswick.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 5 Recorded on October 30, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes: 1. Interview with APTN News reporter Trina Roache about her coverage of the protests over the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric project in Labrador.   2. Interview with Sipekne'katik Band Councillor Alex McDonald regarding the sentencing of former finance director Jeff Hayes for fraud, theft and possession of stolen property.    3. Interview with Membertou First Nation resident Dan Christmas on his appointment to the Senate.    

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 4 Recorded on October 24, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Podcast includes: 1. A feature length interview Brad Firth, also known as Caribou Legs, who ran across Canada in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 3 Recorded on October 15, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo   Podcast includes:   1. Respected Mi’kmaw elder, Doug Knockwood from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S.,  receives the Order of Nova Scotia.   2. Stacey Lee Marshall-Tabor with the Millbrook First Nation, N.S. talks about her human rights complaint against her own band.   3. An Atlantic Canada Indigenous youth conference held in Halifax in August 2016 focused on raising awareness around mental health.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 2 Recorded on October 8, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo   Podcast includes:    1. More than 600 people gathered in Halifax on October 3rd to mark the 30th anniversary of Mi’kmaq Treaty Day.   2. The Nova Scotia government announced it plans to grant a pardon to a Mi’kmaq Grand Chief for his conviction of hunting muskrat out of season.   3. Dalhousie University professor Amy Bombay is researching the health of Indigenous people in Halifax.

Kukukwes.com - The Podcast: Episode 1 Recorded on October 1, 2016 Hosted by Maureen Googoo Podcast includes:  1. Interview with Wilbert Marshall, Chief of the Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia about the water crisis happening in his community.   2. In Fort Ellis, N.S., a group of people had blocked the construction entrance to the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project. They’re upset the company wants to dump salt brine into the Shubenacadie River.   3. There was a news conference at the Mi’kmaq Child Development Centre in Halifax where a new resource guide for Mi’kmaw children was announced.