EP 112: Have Progressives Stopped Supporting Interracial Marriage?

EP 112: Have Progressives Stopped Supporting Interracial Marriage?

On Thanksgiving weekend, an essay started circulating — and it was an essay that I felt like I’d been waiting a long time to read. The essay explores a troubling trend: a renewed skepticism of interracial relationships, and, indeed, of interracial families. Its author is a white man, married to a Black woman. And while progressives had applauded their wedding back in 2007, he writes that it now felt as if he no longer had the right to parent his own children. Paul Kix is an American journalis...

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EP 161: Larissa Phillips on Loving Your Neighbour

EP 161: Larissa Phillips on Loving Your Neighbour

Since last week’s election win for Donald Trump, we are seeing a renewed sense of scorn for Republican voters in parts of the mainstream media. The Guardian’s Rebecca Solnit, for example, writes in he...

13 Nov 202430min

EP 160: The Big Fix in the Canadian Economy

EP 160: The Big Fix in the Canadian Economy

If you’re living in Canada and you have a cell phone plan, or a bank account, or have taken a flight recently, or struggle to afford groceries, you already know how expensive and dysfunctional the cou...

6 Nov 202436min

EP 159: Gary Taubes on Why We Get Fat

EP 159: Gary Taubes on Why We Get Fat

What makes us fat? It’s a contentious debate in the world of health science. Is obesity caused by energy imbalance — consuming too many calories — as has long been conventional thought? Or is obesity ...

30 Okt 202439min

EP 158: Harrison Scott Key on How to Stay Married

EP 158: Harrison Scott Key on How to Stay Married

This past summer was the summer of the divorce memoir. Books glamorizing marital breakdown were everywhere, depicting the act of walking away from a marriage as radical self-empowerment. But I could n...

23 Okt 202442min

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 toda...

16 Okt 202423min

EP 156: Musa al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke

EP 156: Musa al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke

The period often referred to as The Great Awokening is winding down now, and we’re starting to get a better understanding of what happened. Our guest on today’s program argues that we have seen these ...

9 Okt 202451min

EP 155: Anastasia Berg on Childbearing Ambivalence

EP 155: Anastasia Berg on Childbearing Ambivalence

Statistics Canada released new data last week, showing that in 2023, the fertility rate in Canada reached a record low — just 1.26 births per woman — making us one of the “lowest low” fertility countr...

2 Okt 202438min

EP 154: Ross Barkan on the Leaderless Left

EP 154: Ross Barkan on the Leaderless Left

The activist left in America has been very visible in recent years, often dominating the public conversation online and in prominent institutions. But our guest on today’s program says that the modern...

25 Sep 202446min

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