Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow a feminist flipped the colonial travelogue on its head
In the 19th-century Pandita Ramabai travelled America delivering lectures on how the caste system and patriarchy shaped the trajectory of women’s liv…
18 hours ago
The Billionaire Age Pt 2 | Disney heiress on the dangers of extreme wealth
If you inherited $120 million dollars, could you give away 75 per cent of your wealth? Abigail Disney did. She's an heiress to the Disney fortune. Th…
1 day, 20 hours ago
The line between reasonable and unacceptable bias
This podcast is about testing the limits of fairness. It's about taking to heart the meaning behind "Beyond the Pale" — a phrase referring to ideas t…
2 days, 19 hours ago
What you should do when accused of being biased
All of us are biased. We have individual biases, momentary biases, morning biases and evening biases. Our institutions are biased. Our constitutions …
5 days, 20 hours ago
Defying haunting colonial history with literary imagination
Driftpile Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt's favourite place in the world is his mother's house. It's marked with a horrible, dark past — built for nuns …
6 days, 19 hours ago
Pt 1 | What the river wants to be
Estuaries are a meeting of two worlds: the river and the sea. They’re incredibly fertile ecosystems that sustain 80 per cent of coastal fish and wild…
1 week ago
Will AI save us or damn us?
There are no two letters more disruptive in our time than AI. We’re told it will create employment yet take jobs away; invent life-saving medicines y…
1 week, 1 day ago
Are we 'born obsolete'? How technology makes us feel ashamed
Günther Anders predicted the exact technological crises we’re facing today... but 70 years ago. In his research he pointed to humans as suffering fro…
1 week, 2 days ago
Weekend Listen | Changing Minds: Psilocybin, Medicine, and the Limits of the Law (via White Coat, Black Art)
On White Coat, Black Art, trusted ER doctor Brian Goldman brings you honest and surprising stories that can change your health and your life. Expect …
1 week, 5 days ago
How to harness your own biases
It’s easy to admit to having biases, but much harder to pin down what they are, let alone figure out what to do about them. Nevertheless, IDEAS produ…
1 week, 5 days ago