Happy summer, listeners! Teacher's Christmas is coming as Shanee Prasad of the British Columbia Federation of Teachers Executive Council joins host Charlie Demers for a conversation on Jean Genet's 'Prisoner of Love' (New York Review Books Classics).
Plus: Vancouver French Consulate diplomat Etienne Sainte-Bourgeois weighs in on patriotism and the much-deserved citizenship of wall-crawling baby-saver Lassana Bathily.
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