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Back to SearchEP 213: Aaron Pete on the Unmarked Graves Controversy
In 2021, Canada was rocked by a discovery at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops: what appeared to be the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children. The story went viral globally a…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
EP 212: Andrew Coyne on Canada's Dysfunctional Democracy
September is here and Lean Out is back with a new season of conversations with writers and thinkers from around the world. We could not think of a more important topic to kick off our fall season tha…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
EP 211: ENCORE - Tristin Hopper on What Happened to Canada
Lean Out is now on our annual summer hiatus. But we while we’re away, we wanted to bring you some popular encore episodes from our archives, including today’s show — from April of 2025. Enjoy, and we…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
EP 210: ENCORE - Ruy Teixeira on the End of the Progressive Moment in America
Lean Out is now on our annual summer hiatus. But we while we’re away, we wanted to bring you some popular encore episodes from our archives, including today’s show — from November of 2024. Enjoy, and…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
EP 209: ENCORE - Nellie Bowles on America's Berserk Politics
Lean Out is now on our annual summer hiatus. But we while we’re away, we wanted to bring you some popular encore episodes from our archives, including today’s show — from May of 2024. Enjoy, and we’l…
Published on 3 months ago
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…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
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 belief…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
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 T…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
Published on 4 months ago