Episodes
A conversation with philosopher Edward Slingerland about his last book: Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way Into Civilization (2021).
Published 02/03/23
Published 02/03/23
A conversation with columnist Toula Drimonis about her new book: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada (2022).
Published 12/01/22
A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about her new book: Gender in Society Reader (2022).
Published 10/18/22
A conversation with the president of ACTRA, Eleanor Noble.
Published 09/08/22
A conversation with Matthew Mather about aliens, artificial intelligence, and his new novel: Aeon Rising: The Apocalypse Begins (2022).
Published 06/07/22
A conversation with Nick White about his collection of short stories, Sweet and Low (2018), and his debut novel: How to Survive a Summer (2017).
Published 04/29/22
A conversation with fellow Montrealer Jason McDonald about Montréal’s past, present, and future.
Published 03/03/22
A conversation with Alexander Boldizar about the trucker convoy protests.
Published 02/21/22
A conversation with Stephen Marche about his new book: The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future (2022).
Published 01/06/22
A conversation with philosopher Patrick Lee Miller about Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2020).
Published 11/26/21
A conversation with fellow Montrealer Paul Bode about why we’re voting for Valérie Plante in the upcoming municipal election.
Published 11/04/21
A conversation with Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein about their new book: A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the Twenty-First Century (2021)
Published 11/02/21
A conversation with filmmaker Jonathan Kołodziej Durand about memory, identity, and his powerful documentary: Memory Is Our Homeland (2021)
Published 09/07/21
A conversation with Michael Bilica about Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist (2019).
Published 08/17/21
A conversation with Darren Shore, Communications Coordinator for the advocacy group “Canadians for Tax Fairness,” about how the wealthy avoid paying their fair share, and what we can do to close the loopholes that make this possible.
Published 07/19/21
A conversation with veteran organizer Joel Asa Miller about the labor movement’s past, present, and future.
Published 06/13/21
A conversation with Montréal artist Nadim Zaidi about pushing pixels and painting pandemics.
Published 05/20/21
A conversation with college prof Jason McDonald about Thomas Sowell.
Published 05/10/21
A conversation with climatologist Alex Metveev about the future of the oceans, the carbon cycle, and climate change.
Published 05/04/21
A conversation with filmmaker Matt Bissonnette about his new movie: Death of a Ladies’ Man (2020)
Published 04/22/21
A conversation with evolutionary biologist Joseph Henrich about his new book: The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous (2020).
Published 03/30/21
A conversation with philosopher Eric Winsberg about the hidden costs of the lockdown.
Published 03/15/21
A conversation with horticulturalist Alex Vinetti about Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World (2019).
Published 02/22/21
A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about how pandemic time makes us irritable, impatient, and angry.
Published 02/09/21