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 too do the reflections and the insights. Our guest on today’s program has called this interlude “the catastrophe hour,” and she’s just published a book of essays that beautifully captures it. Meghan Daum is an American essayist and the host of the Unspeakable Podcast. Her latest book is The Catas...

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EP 33: Who Really Benefits From the First Amendment?

EP 33: Who Really Benefits From the First Amendment?

Those on the political left have long seen free speech as a core tenet — so it’s been bizarre for many of us to watch the left abandon it, and, in many cases now even campaign against it. Tara's ...

15 Juli 202219min

EP 32: The Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call

EP 32: The Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call

How do you regulate the Internet? It’s a question that the federal government in Canada is in the process of trying to answer. But its approach is generating controversy, with several bills raising co...

13 Juli 202230min

EP 31: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

EP 31: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

If you’re a fiction reader and you’ve noticed that novels are getting more political — and more overtly aligned with the progressive political project in particular — there’s a reason for this. Big pu...

7 Juli 202216min

EP 30: The Right

EP 30: The Right

For all of the mainstream media’s coverage of Donald Trump, there’s not a very deep understanding of the Republican Party under that president, or, indeed, the forces that led up to his election. In t...

6 Juli 202235min

EP 29: Overdose

EP 29: Overdose

As the pandemic winds down, another public health emergency rages — and it is not getting as much attention. We're speaking, of course, about the opioid crisis. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief medical off...

29 Juni 202240min

EP 28: What the Right Doesn't Get About the Labor Left

EP 28: What the Right Doesn't Get About the Labor Left

The realignment of left and right is something we talk about a lot on this podcast, as we try to make sense of the current moment. This political shakeup is producing new politics, new alliances, and ...

28 Juni 202217min

EP 27: The Consequences of Vaccine Mandates

EP 27: The Consequences of Vaccine Mandates

Last week, amid growing pressure, the Canadian government suspended vaccine mandates for domestic and outbound international air and rail travel — as well as for the federal civil service and the fede...

22 Juni 202234min

EP 26: The Cancelling of the American Mind

EP 26: The Cancelling of the American Mind

There was big news out of the United States last week for those who follow the ongoing debate over the state of free speech. FIRE, the preeminent free speech organization for higher education, is expa...

17 Juni 202233min

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