Self-reflection is important. But like all things it requires balance. Also the bad take brigade is back. So... yeah. 

Writer/Director Weston Razooli talks about the process for creating his first feature length film Riddle of Fire. 

Breaking down attachment theories and attachment styles with someone who literally wrote a book on the subject. 

Doing some optimistic projections of what a post-capitalist utopia could look like with Lia. Follow her @socialistsloots on IG and @ptite_lia on TikTok

This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.

Sometimes finding the desire to forgive and to enter the process of reconciliation is one of the hardest things imaginable. But it is precisely that difficulty that makes it one of the most transformative and healing things in the human experience. 

When I was 9 years old my big sister was hospitalized as the result of a manic episode. This was how I first learned about mental illness and the ways an untreated brain can turn on a person and distort their reality. Today my sister is a beautiful success story and she shares her journey with us!

A subjective year-end recap, People Pleaser style.

It's about to be an election year. We need to have a tough chat about that. 

Trying to move beyond our first, often defensive and instinctive thoughts, so that we can find the humanity in our discourse and hear each other better.

Anybody else watch that mother god doc? We're gonna talk about it. And more specifically we're gonna talk about why humans have such a hard time understanding what god is and how to use the concept of god for good. 

We're back!! And my mustache is gone! And we're getting back into a philosophical chat like the good ole days. This time we'll be talking about rituals. Welcome back to the show!

I'm at TIFF to watch a movie that I'm in. How cool is that??

In memory of Joseph Muchlinsky aka VonViddy. Examining the cost of passion and an obsessively relentless creative output. 

I mean... what else is there to say? The guest is my favorite woman in the world. One of the best people alive. A massive 'get'. You're welcome. 

Some lies are bigger than others and have more dire consequences. But no matter the severity or size, every lie comes with a definite cost. 

Is it harder or easier to be a good person the smarter you get? Let's discuss. 

The Screen Actors Guild is officially on strike. Joining the Writers Guild of America who has been striking for the last 11 weeks. SAG actor Ali Kinkade is here to discuss. 

What is toxic conservatism? Well... what even is conservatism? What was it, and what is it now? And how did it become... this?

At the tail end of Pride Month author and content creator Don Martin pops in to discuss why he has resolved to be wildly unreasonable when dealing with people who are still struggling to back the cause of queer liberation.

Tiffany Topol pops in to discuss our mutual love of music videos from the golden era (1980-2010) and to chat about the making of her new music video for her song "Teenage Feeling", available now on YouTube, iTunes, and Tidal!

A very surface-level, generalized analysis of what the extreme left actually believes in and fights for, and why that's objectively different and better than what the extreme right believes in and fights for. 

I'm really tired, and I'm telling you why. Also a healthy dose of the bad take brigade. 

Many transphobes insist that trans activists refuse to debate their ideas. Is that true? Spoiler: it's not.