EP 157: Rachel Cohen: Why I Changed My Mind About Volunteering

EP 157: Rachel Cohen: Why I Changed My Mind About Volunteering

There has been a story on the progressive left for some time now that individual actions are largely futile. That for society to change, we must instead focus on systems. Our guest on the program today belongs to a generation that was raised on this message. But now she’s written a powerful piece about the costs that come with such a worldview — and how volunteering in her community helped her to rethink it.Rachel Cohen is a reporter for vox.com, covering American social policy. Her essay is ...

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EP 254: Eric Merkley on Why We're Polarized in Canada

EP 254: Eric Merkley on Why We're Polarized in Canada

It’s Canada Day and many of us are reflecting on our nation and where we are at. We know that we are more divided than ever, but how did we get here? Our guest on the program this week has just writte...

1 Jul 45min

EP 253: In Memoriam: David Cayley

EP 253: In Memoriam: David Cayley

On June 10, the Canadian broadcaster David Cayley passed away, surrounded by loved ones, playing bluegrass music. He died in the Toronto home that he had shared with his wife for the past 42 years. It...

24 Jun 53min

EP 252: Tyler Dawson: Why Alberta Separatism is Back

EP 252: Tyler Dawson: Why Alberta Separatism is Back

On October 19, citizens in the province of Alberta will vote on whether they want to proceed with a referendum on separating from the rest of Canada. Our guest on the program this week has written a n...

17 Jun 40min

EP 251: Full Press on How 'Mass Graves' Became Canada's Biggest Journalism Failure

EP 251: Full Press on How 'Mass Graves' Became Canada's Biggest Journalism Failure

The big news in Canada this week has been The Globe and Mail editorial board’s admission that the industry and the paper bungled the unmarked graves story from 2021 — that this in fact constituted a j...

3 Jun 38min

EP 250: Is Phoebe Maltz Bovy the Last Straight Woman?

EP 250: Is Phoebe Maltz Bovy the Last Straight Woman?

You wouldn’t think that a woman declaring that she is into men would a subversive act — but at some point during recent years, this became the case in certain circles. Particularly online feminist cir...

27 Mai 51min

EP 249: Jacob Siegel on Big Tech and the Information State

EP 249: Jacob Siegel on Big Tech and the Information State

Most of us are aware that the digital age we are living through is a time of incredible transformation. But we may not have contemplated what we’d like to see preserved — things like free speech. Some...

20 Mai 1h 3min

Ep 248: Tony Keller on How Canada Lost the Plot on Immigration

Ep 248: Tony Keller on How Canada Lost the Plot on Immigration

Canada’s immigration system was once the envy of the world. And for decades, the country enjoyed a bipartisan pro-immigration consensus. But during the Trudeau years, that consensus fell apart. Our gu...

13 Mai 47min

EP 247: Why Are Gen Z Girls Miserable? Freya India Explains

EP 247: Why Are Gen Z Girls Miserable? Freya India Explains

We know that young women are increasingly unhappy — with high rates of depression and anxiety — and our guest on the program this week says there’s good reason for that. In her new book, she argues th...

6 Mai 33min

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