EP 57: Shopomania

EP 57: Shopomania

On the Lean Out podcast, we spend a lot of time delving into the big problems of our age. But one thing we haven’t paid enough attention to is the forces that distract us all from solving these problems. What are the bread and circuses of our time? Tara's guest on the podcast today argues that we are in thrall to shopping — and that this shapes our culture in profound ways. Paul Berton is an award-winning Canadian journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Hamilton Spectator. His new book is S...

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

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EP 199: Jenara Nerenberg on Resisting Groupthink in Polarized Times

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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...

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EP 197: ENCORE: Larissa Phillips on Bridging Our Divides

EP 197: ENCORE: Larissa Phillips on Bridging Our Divides

As Tara puts the finishing touches on her next book, on declining trust in the media, we wanted to bring you a few encore interviews that have helped shaped her thinking on the media — including today...

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EP 196: ENCORE: Musa al-Gharbi on the Cultural Contradictions of the Elites

EP 196: ENCORE: Musa al-Gharbi on the Cultural Contradictions of the Elites

As Tara puts the finishing touches on her next book, on declining trust in the media, we wanted to bring you a few encore interviews that have helped shaped her thinking on the media — including today...

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EP 195: Meghan Daum on Life's Catastrophe Hours

EP 195: Meghan Daum on Life's Catastrophe Hours

In this turbulent era, for many of us there is a moment in every day when anxiety steals over us. We pause, and in that rare period of stillness, the fears surface — but sometimes, if we’re lucky, so ...

14 Mai 202536min

EP 194: Darrell Bricker on Our Divided Nation

EP 194: Darrell Bricker on Our Divided Nation

Now that the dust has settled on the Canadian federal election, we can pause for a moment and assess where we are at as a country. What lessons can we take from the election results? Our guest on toda...

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