EP 34: The Constitution of Knowledge

EP 34: The Constitution of Knowledge

How do we arrive at truth? Tara's guest on the podcast today argues that it is through reality-based communities — in government, media, the law, and science and academia — which collectively determine truth through trial and error, rules and norms, and discussion and debate. All together, he calls this system “the constitution of knowledge.”But this system is under threat, he says, from both the right and the left. On the right, through the flooding of the public sphere with what's called a ...

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EP 132: Massey Essay series - Peter Menzies

EP 132: Massey Essay series - Peter Menzies

As regular readers of Tara's Substack will know, this spring she has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and the...

12 Apr 202437min

EP 133: Massey Essay series - Freddie deBoer

EP 133: Massey Essay series - Freddie deBoer

As regular readers of Tara's Substack will know, this spring she has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and the...

12 Apr 202431min

EP 131: Massey Essay series - Steve Krakauer

EP 131: Massey Essay series - Steve Krakauer

As regular readers of Tara's Substack will know, this spring she has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and the...

11 Apr 202431min

EP 130: Massey Essay series - David Greenberg

EP 130: Massey Essay series - David Greenberg

As regular readers of Tara's Substack will know, this spring she has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and the...

10 Apr 202434min

EP 129: Massey Essay series - Jen Gerson

EP 129: Massey Essay series - Jen Gerson

As regular readers of Tara's Substack will know, this spring Tara has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and th...

10 Apr 20241h

EP 128: How Having A Family Got So Hard

EP 128: How Having A Family Got So Hard

Canada recently reached a grim milestone — the lowest fertility rate in recorded history. We are now well below population replacement, at 1.33 births per woman. Our guest on the show today has studie...

3 Apr 202435min

EP 127: Will The Media Change Course?

EP 127: Will The Media Change Course?

On the Lean Out podcast, we’ve spent much of the past year investigating the collapse of the news media and the decline in public trust. Tara's guest this week argues that the industry is at a crossro...

27 Mar 202425min

EP 126: Canada's Pandemic Response - More Harm Than Good?

EP 126: Canada's Pandemic Response - More Harm Than Good?

In March of 2020, much of the world was in lockdown. The unprecedented pandemic response closed schools, shuttered businesses, and paused public events. My guest on today’s program says it is time to ...

20 Mar 202429min

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