Bios

Mark Leiren-Young

Mark Leiren-Young is a Vancouver screenwriter, playwright and journalist, and files his "Fast Rewind" summary of the news for The Tyee at the end of every month. His podcast interviews with notables about "Trees and Us" also appear on The Tyee.

Stories by Mark Leiren-Young

artsculture

A Tyee Series

'Wild Foresting'

New book by UVic profs Drengson and Taylor is a guide to 'practicing nature's wisdom.' A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Feb 2010

life

Tourist Trapped

For a young Cariboo reporter it was a major scoop. The damnedest way to catch a bear.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 27 Jan 2010

opinion

A Tyee Series

He Sees Our Hot Future

A 'Trees and Us' podcast with botanist geologist Richard Hebda.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 19 Jan 2010

opinion

A Tyee Series

How Adbusters Grew on Trees

Kalle Lasn on how his fight against Big Timber and Big Media sparked creative dissent. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 16 Sep 2009

opinion

A Tyee Series

Betty Krawczyk, Proud Fanatic

The queen of protest on activism, prison life and second acts after raising kids. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Jun 2009

mediacheck

Obama Wuz Here, Gang War Fear, BC in Arrears

And more Fast Rewind of February.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 4 Mar 2009

opinion

A Tyee Series

Reviving Forest Protests in BC

Kenneth Wu is working hard to make it happen. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 25 Feb 2009

mediacheck

Bridge Burners! Eco-John Turner! Dirty Earners!

And more Fast Rewind of January.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 3 Feb 2009

mediacheck

Puffins Pooped, Duffy Scooped, Canadians Hooped

And more fast rewinding of 2008. Happy New Year everyone!

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Jan 2009

mediacheck

Mayor Smoothie, Harper's Doozy, God Got Choosy

And more Fast Rewind of a wild November.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Dec 2008

mediacheck

Eeek! Run from October!

Our Fast Rewind of a very scary month.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 31 Oct 2008

opinion

Campaign Silliness So Far

A special election version of the Tyee's Fast Rewind.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Oct 2008

A Tyee Series

Velcrow Ripper's 'Fierce Light'

PODCAST: The doc director on 'non-flaky spirituality' and more.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 30 Sep 2008

mediacheck

Russia Grabbed, Dems Blabbed, Duchovny Rehabbed

And more Fast Rewind of August.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Sep 2008

mediacheck

Sundin Thinks, Starbucks Shrinks, Barenaked in Klink?

And more Tyee fast rewind of July.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Aug 2008

mediacheck

Barack's Black! Ladner Attacks! SkyBridge Cracks!

And more of our fast rewind of June.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 3 Jul 2008

A Tyee Series

Simpson Chops Coleman

PODCAST: NDP critic calls shuffled forest minister 'worst in BC history.'

By Mark Leiren-Young, 25 Jun 2008

mediacheck

Twain Unhitched, Preacher Ditched, Baby Pitched

And more Fast Rewind of May.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 10 Jun 2008

A Tyee Series

Beyond 'Molly's Reach'

A 'Trees and Us' podcast with Jackson Davies.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 19 May 2008

mediacheck

Feist Snares, Slur Airs, Miley Bares

And more of our fast rewind of April.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 May 2008

mediacheck

My Joust with Senators over Free Speech in Film

Jitters, the F word, and what I told the Bill C-10 hearings.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 14 Apr 2008

mediacheck

Les Done? Iggy Mum? Zalm's Plum?

And more Fast Rewind of March.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Apr 2008

A Tyee Series

A Certified Forest Saviour

A 'Trees and Us' podcast with Antony Marcil.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 20 Mar 2008

mediacheck

Castro Retired, Nader Aspired, 'DiscDrive' Expired

Tyee's fast rewind of February.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 3 Mar 2008

mediacheck

PG Freezes, Lunn Fires, Spidey Splits

And more Fast Rewind of January.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 4 Feb 2008

A Tyee Series

Green Is The New Black

Tzeporah Berman: Part two of a 'Trees & Us' podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 22 Jan 2008

opinion

A Tyee Series

BC's Eco-Activist 'Rock Star'

Tzep Berman on celebrity and getting things done. A 'Trees and Us' podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 15 Jan 2008

mediacheck

2007 Fast Rewind

The loonie flew, so did Luongo, and Vancouver got trashed.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Jan 2008

opinion

A Tyee Series

BC's Vanishing Timber Worker

A Trees and Us podcast with Wade Fisher, 'the best person on trees in Williams Lake.'

By Mark Leiren-Young, 7 Dec 2007

mediacheck

Lindros's Brain, Feenie's Flambé, Harper's Privy

And more Fast Rewind for November.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 4 Dec 2007

opinion

A Tyee Series

Building Treeless Houses

A Trees and Us podcast with 'Garbage Warriors' director Oliver Hodge.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Nov 2007

mediacheck

October's Fast Rewind

Loony's crazy, Dumbledore's gay, Harper's revved, and more...

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Nov 2007

opinion

A Tyee Series

Tree Love and Murder

A Trees and Us podcast with George Bowering.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 19 Oct 2007

mediacheck

Oops! Britney, O.J. and Sam Sullivan Do It Again

The Tyee's fast rewind of September.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Oct 2007

opinion

A Tyee Series

Why Rocket Science Is Easier than Forestry

A 'Trees and Us' Tyee podcast with Jean-Pierre Kiekens.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 28 Sep 2007

opinion

Why Humans and Nature Collide

A 'Trees and Us' Tyee podcast with John Vaillant.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 7 Sep 2007

opinion

A Tyee Series

Trees and Us

Our new podcast series asks: what does the forest mean to you? First up, Severn Cullis-Suzuki.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 17 Aug 2007

mediacheck

Black Clams up, Beetles Spruce Up, Paris Rises Up

The Tyee's Fast Rewind of June.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Jul 2007

mediacheck

TV 2.0

TV is dying. What will replace it?

By Mark Leiren-Young, 22 Jun 2007

mediacheck

Loonies Shot Up, Paris Locked Up, BC Lotteries' Fix Up

The Tyee's fast rewind of May

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Jun 2007

mediacheck

Imus Kissed Off, Sanjaya Idoled Off, Harper Buzzed Off

Our fast rewind of April.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 May 2007

books

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

What he told me about writing, lying and science. An interview and memoir.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 16 Apr 2007

mediacheck

Harper Budget Hatched, Ahnold and Gordon Matched, Britney Scratched

Our fast rewind of March.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 30 Mar 2007

mediacheck

Britney Shorn! Gay Rev Reborn! No Telus Porn?

And more in our fast rewind of February.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Mar 2007

mediacheck

Searching for Intelligent Life Beyond the Steves, Hillary and Press Corpse

Our fast rewind of January.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Feb 2007

mediacheck

Fast Rewind of 2006

Dion, truthiness, and 'you,' win.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 29 Dec 2006

mediacheck

Britney Warred, Dion Scored, Lions Roared, and More...

Our fast rewind of November.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 4 Dec 2006

mediacheck

Hot Air Harper, Dogged MacKay, Mum Madonna, and More...

Our fast rewind of October.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Nov 2006

mediacheck

Gordo Bored, Domi Scored, Paris Burns, Bye Bye Fry...

Our fast rewind of September.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Oct 2006

mediacheck

Harry's Naked Wand, Baby Luv's Bite, Harper's Icy Heart and More...

Our fast rewind of August.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 31 Aug 2006

mediacheck

Green Aliens, Smoking Bouquets and the Undead Mick

Those are just the B.C. highlights of The Tyee's Fast Rewind for July.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 31 Jul 2006

mediacheck

Canada’s Next Top Anchor Launched, Aniston Out-Riced, Campbell Souped

The Tyee’s fast rewind of June.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 3 Jul 2006

mediacheck

Wind Broken, Apologies Made, Shiloh Born, Monkeys Fingered...

The Tyee's fast rewind of May.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Jun 2006

mediacheck

April Fools, Alberta Rules, Snoop Dogg Drools…

Time for another Fast Rewind of the month that was.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 May 2006

artsculture

Death and Renewal for America on Prime Time

'The West Wing' ends as it began.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 14 Apr 2006

mediacheck

Fast Rewind of March

Harper is ‘steely’, Bardot went sealy and Emerson stays squirrely.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 3 Apr 2006

opinion

Fast Rewind of February

Deadeye Dick Cheney, Kleanup Klassen, 'Brokeback Bond' and more.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 28 Feb 2006

mediacheck

Fast Rewind of a Weird Month

Libs Fry, Frey burns, Trump primps, Harper coughs up a cold war and more.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 31 Jan 2006

opinion

The Tyee's Fast Rewind of 2005

Belinda's gay marriage intelligent design Republican shootout.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 30 Dec 2005

artsculture

Tyee's Fast Rewind of November

CSIS non-profit brothel returns Madonna's chihuahua in election.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 30 Nov 2005

artsculture

'Best City in the World' for Strikes and Barbies

And more headlines in this month's 'Fast Rewind' of BC news.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 31 Oct 2005

opinion

Man in Wheelchair Runs over Christy Clark!

And more news updates from 'Fast Rewind', a new Tyee feature.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 26 Sep 2005

opinion

Canada's Stupid Party

New reasons I fret about the ReformaTories.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 10 Jun 2005

opinion

The Year in Revue

Taking stock of a world gone mad.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 30 Dec 2004

life

Lock-Out? Life is Good!

With the hockey monkey finally off my back, today is the first day of the rest of my life.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 21 Oct 2004

opinion

The Case for Voting Liberal

You don't need to trust Paul Martin to re-elect his party. You just have to trust less Stephen Harper's Reform 2.0.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 14 Jul 2004

opinion

No Tory Defence for Artistic Merit

Culture barely registers on the Conservative election platform, except as a shocking excuse for porn.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 24 Jun 2004

life

I'll Hate Calgary Next Year

I've fallen in love with the Flames. Does that make me a traitor to the Canucks?

By Mark Leiren-Young, 7 Jun 2004

opinion

This Is a Svend We Never Knew

I've seen Robinson in leg irons, and relied on him for political drama, but I never expected this.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 13 Apr 2004