Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP 223: Susan Swan on Modern Feminism
In the wake of the #MeToo firing of the University of British Columbia creative writing professor Steven Galloway — which is once again in the news this week — our guest on the program today sat down…
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EP 222: Molly Jong-Fast on Gen X Overwhelm
Many women in Generation X are now finding themselves overwhelmed. The world is increasingly stressful. But our private lives are not much calmer, as we care for children and aging parents and spouse…
Published on 1 week ago
EP 221: Daniel Debow: It's Time for 'Bold Adventurism'
It’s budget day here in Canada. As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tables its first federal budget, we will get reaction and hear a lot of different visions for the country. On today’s episod…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
EP 220: Darrell Bricker on Canada's Breaking Point
One of the themes of the Lean Out podcast is the many crises that Canada is facing —and where we go from here. Our guest on the program today warns that we are at a breaking point, and in desperate n…
Published on 3 weeks ago
EP 219: Jason Guriel on Fandom
Before the Internet, before the literary world was overrun by online politics, before everything you read — and wrote — had to advance an agenda, there was the solitary person, in a room, losing them…
Published on 4 weeks ago
EP 218: Adam Szetela on the Publishing Industry's 'Circular Firing Squad'
Many of us that are big readers have been scratching our heads for years, trying to figure out why so many books are now so tedious and moralistic. What’s happened to North American literary culture …
Published on 1 month ago
EP 217: Marc Dunkelman on Why Nothing Works
If you live in North America, chances are good that you spend a lot of time wondering why things feel so dysfunctional. Why can’t we make any progress on the big issues of our age, like housing? Our …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
EP 216: David Cayley on the CBC's Populist Era
In recent years, we have seen heated debate in this country around the CBC and its future. With the question of defunding no longer looming, it is a good time to pause, to look back at where our nati…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 215: Brian Stewart on the 'Spinning Vortex' of News
Today, as we go to air, our guest on the program takes the stage at Toronto Metropolitan University to address the next generation. He is a legendary Canadian journalist and he’ll be reflecting on th…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 214: Justin Ling on Canada's 'Existential' Election
Earlier this year at Lean Out, we covered Canada’s federal election. It was a contest not just between candidates and parties but between dominant narratives about the challenges facing this country.…
Published on 2 months ago