EP 38: The End of Solitude

EP 38: The End of Solitude

In 2008, at the age of 44, Tara's guest on today’s program left Yale University, where he taught English, and became a full-time writer. In the years since leaving academia, he’s amassed an impressive body of work — much of it challenging the status quo. Tara knew she had to talk to him when she read his excellent essay in UnHerd, “Escaping American tribalism,” about his defection from the progressive left. William Deresiewicz is an essayist and cultural critic, and the author of Excellent Sh...

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EP 33: Who Really Benefits From the First Amendment?

EP 33: Who Really Benefits From the First Amendment?

Those on the political left have long seen free speech as a core tenet — so it’s been bizarre for many of us to watch the left abandon it, and, in many cases now even campaign against it. Tara's ...

15 Heinä 202219min

EP 32: The Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call

EP 32: The Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call

How do you regulate the Internet? It’s a question that the federal government in Canada is in the process of trying to answer. But its approach is generating controversy, with several bills raising co...

13 Heinä 202230min

EP 31: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

EP 31: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

If you’re a fiction reader and you’ve noticed that novels are getting more political — and more overtly aligned with the progressive political project in particular — there’s a reason for this. Big pu...

7 Heinä 202216min

EP 30: The Right

EP 30: The Right

For all of the mainstream media’s coverage of Donald Trump, there’s not a very deep understanding of the Republican Party under that president, or, indeed, the forces that led up to his election. In t...

6 Heinä 202235min

EP 29: Overdose

EP 29: Overdose

As the pandemic winds down, another public health emergency rages — and it is not getting as much attention. We're speaking, of course, about the opioid crisis. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief medical off...

29 Kesä 202240min

EP 28: What the Right Doesn't Get About the Labor Left

EP 28: What the Right Doesn't Get About the Labor Left

The realignment of left and right is something we talk about a lot on this podcast, as we try to make sense of the current moment. This political shakeup is producing new politics, new alliances, and ...

28 Kesä 202217min

EP 27: The Consequences of Vaccine Mandates

EP 27: The Consequences of Vaccine Mandates

Last week, amid growing pressure, the Canadian government suspended vaccine mandates for domestic and outbound international air and rail travel — as well as for the federal civil service and the fede...

22 Kesä 202234min

EP 26: The Cancelling of the American Mind

EP 26: The Cancelling of the American Mind

There was big news out of the United States last week for those who follow the ongoing debate over the state of free speech. FIRE, the preeminent free speech organization for higher education, is expa...

17 Kesä 202233min

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