Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy are women still outsiders in the trades?
You can’t pay rent with experimental poetry, so Hilary Peach trained as a welder. Twenty-plus years on, she’s now a boiler inspector, poet, and autho…
9 months ago
Why doesn't our healthcare include the well-being of doctors?
In 2023, about 1 in 10 Canadian doctors considered attempting suicide in 2023. That's why Winnipeg doctor Jillian Horton is advocating for the emotio…
9 months ago
How poetry offers insight into the meaning of life
Canadian scholar and philosopher Charles Taylor insists poetry persuades us through the experience of connection. His book, Cosmic Connections: Poetr…
9 months ago
How a novel saved the Inuktitut language from disappearing
When Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk wrote Sanaaq in 1984, it was the first novel written in Inuktitut in Canada. She wanted to prevent the language from no long…
9 months ago
Decades on, David Suzuki sees the same problem: human-first mindset (via Front Burner)
After more than four decades of activism and advocacy, David Suzuki is one of the most renowned and respected voices in the environmental movement. S…
9 months, 1 week ago
We have a moral responsibility to this planet: David Suzuki
“The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a futur…
9 months, 1 week ago
Championing the quiet power of listening
For nearly 70 years, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin's storytelling and documentary work have served as a mirror for Canada, reflecting Indigenous experie…
9 months, 1 week ago
Will the real Martin Luther please stand up?
Who exactly was Martin Luther? Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther translated the New Testament so that ordinary Germans could understand it. This …
9 months, 1 week ago
Meet the original 'Father of Economics' — it's not Adam Smith
Adam Smith may be known as 'The Father of Economics,' but 400 years before him, Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun was putting forward economic theories that…
9 months, 1 week ago
Is human intelligence overrated?
Our brains tell us that our intellects make us superior to animals. But after years of studying dolphins and other marine creatures, Justin Gregg has…
9 months, 2 weeks ago