MIRIAM TOEWS Keep asking questions, answers are for douchebags

MIRIAM TOEWS Keep asking questions, answers are for douchebags

Since her breakout novel A Complicated Kindness, internationally acclaimed author Miriam Toews has captured our hearts with unforgettable characters and heartbreaking stories. Most of her 10 books have been works of fiction, shot through with threads of her real life experience. In her latest book, A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam lays it all bare in memoir form: not just the deaths by suicide of both her father and her sister, but the all-but-unbearable struggle it has been for her to make sense of it. As warm and hilarious in person as she is on the page, Miriam Toews is a courageous reminder that uncertainty is literally all we have, and the idea that we’d ever be able to have all the answers is sheer folly.

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TIM CROUCH There are no guarantees, onstage or off

TIM CROUCH There are no guarantees, onstage or off

British actor, director and playwright Tim Crouch has created some of the most unusual and influential stage productions in history. Described as a “theatrical wonder”, the experimental artist believe...

14 Apr 39min

MARIE HENEIN Not knowing what’s next can be a superpower

MARIE HENEIN Not knowing what’s next can be a superpower

One of the most prominent litigators in Canada, Marie Henein has a reputation for fearlessness. She credits that courage, and indeed her rise as a powerful criminal defense attorney, in part to her at...

31 Mar 38min

SUSAN AGLUKARK The joy of curiosity as a tool for healing

SUSAN AGLUKARK The joy of curiosity as a tool for healing

Acclaimed Inuk musician Susan Aglukark has had an extraordinary career, but the personal story behind her Juno Award-winning songs and international accolades hits even harder. Her latest book, Kihian...

17 Mar 36min

GABRIELLE DROLET Facing disability with hope and humour

GABRIELLE DROLET Facing disability with hope and humour

Becoming a New Yorker and Globe and Mail cartoonist in your early 20s is incredible. Getting diagnosed with chronic pain in your early 20s is pretty devastating—and limits your ability to do the very ...

3 Mar 37min

NEIL PASRICHA How to reclaim connection and meaning amidst the uncertainty

NEIL PASRICHA How to reclaim connection and meaning amidst the uncertainty

Having first gained acclaim for finding the awesome in the everyday, Neil Pasricha has grown to become a wildly successful expert on happiness. His many books have sold millions of copies and spent ov...

17 Feb 52min

STEVEN PAGE Adapting to big change and finding joy in the small

STEVEN PAGE Adapting to big change and finding joy in the small

Having mega-hit songs and international fame in your early 20s is a tough act to follow, but Steven Page has done the work to figure it out. He has navigated the ups and downs and wild uncertainties o...

20 Jan 59min

ENCORE EPISODE-CHRIS DUFFY  First rule of navigating uncertainty: laugh a little!

ENCORE EPISODE-CHRIS DUFFY First rule of navigating uncertainty: laugh a little!

The host of the wildly successful TED podcast How To Be A Better Human, comedian Chris Duffy infuses every conversation with thoughtful curiosity, wit and enthusiasm—including this one! Chris and Gill...

6 Jan 45min

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