EP 93: A Heretic's Manifesto

EP 93: A Heretic's Manifesto

What does it mean to be a heretic? Why is dissent from the dominant orthodoxies of our age so important? It’s a topic Tara's guest today has thought a lot about, as a progressive who frequently questions the thinking on his side of the aisle. And he says that, in fact, we owe much of human progress to the heretics throughout history who have dared to dissent. Brendan O’Neill is the chief political writer for Spiked, and the host of The Brendan O’Neill Show. His new book is A Heretic’s Manifes...

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EP 205: Jeni Gunn: I Am the Working Poor

EP 205: Jeni Gunn: I Am the Working Poor

The working poor in Canada are often largely invisible. The struggle to make ends meet in an explosively expensive era tends to be a private matter. But our guest on the show today has taken the step ...

23 Heinä 202528min

EP 204: Full Press: Why is the Trans Debate the Third Rail of Canadian Journalism?

EP 204: Full Press: Why is the Trans Debate the Third Rail of Canadian Journalism?

In recent weeks and months, a number of you have reached out to Tara about the debate on gender medicine for minors — and a lack of media coverage about it, particularly in this country. This is a to...

16 Heinä 202522min

EP 203: Beth Kaplan on Getting Stuck - and Breaking Loose

EP 203: Beth Kaplan on Getting Stuck - and Breaking Loose

In recent years, we’ve read a lot of memoirs from women who feel stuck in specific ways: single, childless, consumed by work, and disillusioned with hook-up culture. Our guest on today’s program is th...

9 Heinä 202543min

EP 202: Daniel Oppenheimer on How the Left Loses People

EP 202: Daniel Oppenheimer on How the Left Loses People

With the excesses of 2020 now being examined in mainstream outlets like The New York Times, we are witnessing a moment of introspection on the American left. To unpack this development, we're joined b...

2 Heinä 202552min

EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

It’s common knowledge these days that the left has lost the working class. But there is little curiosity about how, and why, and what that means for our politics. Our guest on this week's program has ...

25 Kesä 202542min

EP 200: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on How Our Politics Failed Us in the Pandemic

EP 200: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on How Our Politics Failed Us in the Pandemic

Three and a half years ago, during the pandemic era, we launched Lean Out to explore some basic questions about illiberalism in our response to the crisis — and in our culture, our politics, and our n...

18 Kesä 202550min

EP 199: Jenara Nerenberg on Resisting Groupthink in Polarized Times

EP 199: Jenara Nerenberg on Resisting Groupthink in Polarized Times

In polarized times, our tolerance for different perspectives decreases. Groupthink becomes common, and we can often find ourselves either censored, or self-censoring. Our guest on the program today ha...

11 Kesä 202529min

EP 198: Eric Kaufmann: Is Woke Dead?

EP 198: Eric Kaufmann: Is Woke Dead?

Tonight, in London, England, a group of writers and thinkers will gather to debate a key cultural question: “Is woke dead?” And tomorrow, the inaugural conference of a new centre for social science ki...

4 Kesä 202531min

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