EP 208: Thomas Chatterton Williams on 2020 and its Aftermath

EP 208: Thomas Chatterton Williams on 2020 and its Aftermath

The summer of 2020 was one of the most explosive periods of recent memory — with pandemic lockdowns, the death of George Floyd, nationwide protests and riots, and workplace purges and online mobbings. And yet, so much of what went on has now been forgotten. In his new book, our guest on the program today encourages us to take a good, hard look at the insanity of those months, and how they shaped the era we’re now living through. Thomas Chatterton Williams is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Hi...

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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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 33min

EP 246: Tom Junod: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?

EP 246: Tom Junod: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?

What does it mean to be a man? Our guest on the program this week has published a book that examines that very question. It is part memoir, part meditation on masculinity, and part detective story — a...

29 Apr 34min

EP 245: John Tomasi on the Diversity We Don't Discuss

EP 245: John Tomasi on the Diversity We Don't Discuss

In recent years, viewpoint diversity has become a loaded term. But our guest on the program this week says it is vital that we renew our commitment to dialogue, especially across lines of difference. ...

22 Apr 37min

EP 244: Ric Esther Bienstock on the Campus Culture Wars

EP 244: Ric Esther Bienstock on the Campus Culture Wars

There can be no doubt that we are living through politically charged times — and this is especially true at North American universities. My guest on the program this week has spent the past decade mak...

16 Apr 44min

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