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In January of 2022, during one of Toronto’s never-ending pandemic lockdowns, I launched Lean Out from the tiny kitchen of my 485-square-foot apartmen…
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Lean Out is On Hiatus
In the maelstrom that is modern life, we’ve lost any sense of seasonality. These days, the summer is as non-stop as any other time of the year and th…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
EP 256: Why the Media Needs Objectivity
One of the themes of the Lean Out podcast is a crisis in confidence in the mainstream media. In a few weeks, Tara's new book on this topic will be re…
2 months ago
EP 255: Terry Glavin on the Aftermath of the Year of the Graves
It has now five years since the Kamloops band made an announcement of the discovery of the "remains of 215 children” at the former Kamloops Indian Re…
2 months, 1 week ago
EP 254: Eric Merkley on Why We're Polarized in Canada
It’s Canada Day and many of us are reflecting on our nation and where we are at. We know that we are more divided than ever, but how did we get here?…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
EP 253: In Memoriam: David Cayley
On June 10, the Canadian broadcaster David Cayley passed away, surrounded by loved ones, playing bluegrass music. He died in the Toronto home that he…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
EP 252: Tyler Dawson: Why Alberta Separatism is Back
On October 19, citizens in the province of Alberta will vote on whether they want to proceed with a referendum on separating from the rest of Canada.…
3 months ago
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 …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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 i…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
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 li…
4 months ago