EP 206: Meghan Daum and Lily Isaacs on 'Heterofatalism'
One of the themes of the Lean Out podcast is the ongoing tensions between men and women. This past week saw a shot fired on that front: a piece published in The New York Times Magazine, titled “The Tr...
30 Heinä 202551min
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?
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 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
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
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
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
