EP 136: Michael Lista's Literary Battle Raps

EP 136: Michael Lista's Literary Battle Raps

The Lean Out podcast has covered lots of books in recent years. We have never covered a poetry book. But all it took was one read of a striking new collection of poems for us to know that we had to have its author on the show. The Canadian writer Stephen Marche said it best when he described this collection: “Like supremely eloquent graffiti written on the wall of a magnificent palace, except the palace is the world, and the world is on fire.” Michael Lista is a Canadian essayist, investiga...

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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...

28 Mai 202530min

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...

21 Mai 202552min

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...

7 Mai 202525min

EP 193: David Zweig on Pandemic School Closures

EP 193: David Zweig on Pandemic School Closures

One of the most polarizing policies of the pandemic era was the extended school closures. Critics have now been validated, with The New York Times reporting that “a growing body of research shows that...

30 Apr 202534min

EP 192: Election 2025 - Victor Febres on Political Polarization

EP 192: Election 2025 - Victor Febres on Political Polarization

Last week, at the English-language election debate, the leaders’ press scrums were cancelled after tensions between media outlets erupted into shouting in the press room, and other confrontations. Thi...

26 Apr 202531min

EP 191: Election 2025 - Ramona Coelho on Assisted Dying

EP 191: Election 2025 - Ramona Coelho on Assisted Dying

As election day nears, Lean Out continues to highlight the issues that we feel have not received enough attention in this news cycle. My guest on the program today is a physician who serves on death r...

23 Apr 202535min

EP 190: Election 2025 - Mike Moffatt Answers Every Question You've Ever Had About the Housing Crisis

EP 190: Election 2025 - Mike Moffatt Answers Every Question You've Ever Had About the Housing Crisis

We are in the final week of the Canadian federal election. And while Trump’s trade policy has received much coverage this election season, our housing crisis has been less of a priority for the legacy...

22 Apr 202542min

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