Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP 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…
3 years, 8 months ago
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 fre…
3 years, 8 months ago
EP 25: The Work of Living
The pandemic, as we know, has been a different experience for different people. Some of us, the laptop class, isolated and worked from home. But othe…
3 years, 8 months ago
EP 24: What Do Men Want?
“Men and women exist. Occasionally, we even like each other. We exist because of these two simple truths.” These are the opening lines of a powerful …
3 years, 8 months ago
EP 23: Freedom of Thought
Some months ago, Tara discovered a podcast that gripped her from its very first episode. That podcast is Banished, from Substack’s Booksmart Studios,…
3 years, 8 months ago
EP 22: The Problem With Everything
Episode 22
Many of us have had the feeling over the last few years that things were just not adding up, that the narratives in the mainstream media simply were …
3 years, 9 months ago
EP 21: Nothing Left to Lose
How free is Canada as a country? It’s a question that Tara's guest on the podcast today tackled in a book, back in 2020. He concluded that our freedo…
3 years, 9 months ago
EP 20: Rethinking Sex
Season 1 Episode 20
“We’re liberated, and we’re miserable.” That’s a title of a chapter in Chrisine Emba’s new book, Rethinking Sex: A Provocation – and one a lot of peo…
3 years, 9 months ago
EP 19: Saga Boy
Season 1 Episode 19
When Antonio Michael Downing set out to write his memoir, he gave himself some written instructions: “Tell it plainly, let the sweet be sweet, let th…
3 years, 9 months ago
EP 18: Luxury Beliefs
Season 1 Episode 18
In the fall of 2015, Tara's guest on the podcast today had just arrived at Yale. He was an Air Force veteran, working-class, a former foster child. S…
3 years, 9 months ago