
EP 207: Andrew Doyle on the Decline of the Woke Left - and the Rise of the Woke Right
In the United States right now, we are witnessing the decline of what has often been called the woke left — and a backlash from an increasingly woke right that is now seeking to impose its own beliefs...
6 Aug 202543min

EP 206: Meghan Daum and Lily Isaacs on 'Heterofatalism'
One of the themes of the Lean Out podcast is the ongoing tensions between men and women. This past week saw a shot fired on that front: a piece published in The New York Times Magazine, titled “The Tr...
30 Juli 202551min

EP 205: Jeni Gunn: I Am the Working Poor
The working poor in Canada are often largely invisible. The struggle to make ends meet in an explosively expensive era tends to be a private matter. But our guest on the show today has taken the step ...
23 Juli 202528min

EP 204: Full Press: Why is the Trans Debate the Third Rail of Canadian Journalism?
In recent weeks and months, a number of you have reached out to Tara about the debate on gender medicine for minors — and a lack of media coverage about it, particularly in this country. This is a to...
16 Juli 202522min

EP 203: Beth Kaplan on Getting Stuck - and Breaking Loose
In recent years, we’ve read a lot of memoirs from women who feel stuck in specific ways: single, childless, consumed by work, and disillusioned with hook-up culture. Our guest on today’s program is th...
9 Juli 202543min

EP 202: Daniel Oppenheimer on How the Left Loses People
With the excesses of 2020 now being examined in mainstream outlets like The New York Times, we are witnessing a moment of introspection on the American left. To unpack this development, we're joined b...
2 Juli 202552min

EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class
It’s common knowledge these days that the left has lost the working class. But there is little curiosity about how, and why, and what that means for our politics. Our guest on this week's program has ...
25 Juni 202542min

EP 200: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on How Our Politics Failed Us in the Pandemic
Three and a half years ago, during the pandemic era, we launched Lean Out to explore some basic questions about illiberalism in our response to the crisis — and in our culture, our politics, and our n...
18 Juni 202550min





















