DRUNK (E129)
DRUNK (E129) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with philosopher Edward Slingerland about his last book: Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way Into Civilization (2021).
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 129
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WE, THE OTHERS (E128)
WE, THE OTHERS (E128) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with columnist Toula Drimonis about her new book: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada (2022).
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 128
GENDER IN SOCIETY (E127)
GENDER IN SOCIETY (E127) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about her new book: Gender in Society Reader (2022).
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 127
ACTING CANADIAN (E126)
ACTING CANADIAN (E126) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with the president of ACTRA, Eleanor Noble.
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 126
AEON RISING (E125)
AEON RISING (E125) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Matthew Mather about aliens, artificial intelligence, and his new novel: Aeon Rising: The Apocalypse Begins (2022).
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 125
HOW TO SURVIVE A SUMMER (E124)
HOW TO SURVIVE A SUMMER (E124) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Nick White about his collection of short stories, Sweet and Low (2018), and his debut novel: How to Survive a Summer (2017).
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 124
MONTREAL’S FUTURE (E123)
MONTREAL’S FUTURE (E123) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with fellow Montrealer Jason McDonald about Montréal’s past, present, and future.
Mar 03, 2022•3 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 123
THE TRUCKER CONVOY PROTESTS (E122)
THE TRUCKER CONVOY PROTESTS (E122) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Alexander Boldizar about the trucker convoy protests.
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 122
THE NEXT CIVIL WAR (E121)
THE NEXT CIVIL WAR (E121) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Stephen Marche about his new book: The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future (2022).
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 121
TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY (E120)
TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY (E120) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with philosopher Patrick Lee Miller about Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2020).
Nov 26, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 120
VOTING VALÉRIE (E119)
VOTING VALÉRIE (E119) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with fellow Montrealer Paul Bode about why we’re voting for Valérie Plante in the upcoming municipal election.
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 119
LOVE AND SEX IN A HYPER-NOVEL WORLD (E118)
LOVE AND SEX IN A HYPER-NOVEL WORLD (E118) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein about their new book: A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the Twenty-First Century (2021).
Nov 02, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 118
MEMORY IS OUR HOMELAND (E117)
MEMORY IS OUR HOMELAND (E117) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with filmmaker Jonathan Kołodziej Durand about memory, identity, and his powerful documentary: Memory Is Our Homeland (2021).
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 117
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST (E116)
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST (E116) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Michael Bilica about Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist (2019).
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 116
TAX FAIRNESS (E115)
TAX FAIRNESS (E115) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Darren Shore, Communications Coordinator for the advocacy group “Canadians for Tax Fairness,” about how the wealthy avoid paying their fair share, and what we can do to close the loopholes that make this possible.
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 115
THE LABOR MOVEMENT (E114)
THE LABOR MOVEMENT (E114) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with veteran organizer Joel Asa Miller about the labor movement’s past, present, and future.
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 2Ep. 114
MONTREAL ART (E113)
MONTRÉAL ART (E113) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Montréal artist Nadim Zaidi about pushing pixels and pandemic painting.
May 20, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 113
THOMAS SOWELL (E112)
Episode 112 - Jason McDonald John Faithful Hamer Download A conversation with college prof Jason McDonald about Thomas Sowell.
May 10, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 112
CLIMATE CHANGE (E111)
CLIMATE CHANGE (E111) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with climatologist Alex Metveev about the future of the oceans, the carbon cycle, and climate change.
May 04, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 111
DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN (E110)
DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN (E110) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with filmmaker Matt Bissonnette about his new movie: Death of a Ladies’ Man (2020).
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 110
WEIRD PEOPLE (E109)
WEIRD PEOPLE (E109) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with evolutionary biologist Joseph Henrich about his new book: The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous (2020).
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 109
LOCKDOWN FATIGUE (E108)
LOCKDOWN FATIGUE (E108) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with philosopher Eric Winsberg about the hidden costs of the lockdown.
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 108
THE FATE OF FOOD (E107)
THE FATE OF FOOD (E107) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with horticulturalist Alex Vinetti about Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World (2019).
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 107
PANDEMIC-INDUCED TIME DISORDER (E106)
PANDEMIC-INDUCED TIME DISORDER (E106) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about how pandemic time makes us irritable, impatient, and angry.
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 106
FINDING JOY (E105)
FINDING JOY (E105) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with writer Tracy Chabala about transcending addiction and finding joy.
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 105
THE CODDLING OF THE TRUMPIAN MIND (E104)
THE CODDLING OF THE TRUMPIAN MIND (E104) John Faithful Hamer Download A conversation with composer Richard Feren about liberalism’s problematic relationship to the Trump movement.
Jan 12, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 104
INVINCIBLE SUMMER (E103)
INVINCIBLE SUMMER (E103) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Alice Adams, a banker turned writer, about her debut novel: Invincible Summer (2016).
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 103
EVIL IN MODERN THOUGHT (E102)
EVIL IN MODERN THOUGHT (E102) John Faithful Hamer Download A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about her landmark study of the problem of evil: Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (2015)....
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 102
OKAY, UNIVERSE (E101)
OKAY, UNIVERSE (E101) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Montreal’s Mayor, Valérie Plante, about her new book: Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics (2020).
Dec 01, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 101
APOLLO’S ARROW (E100)
APOLLO’S ARROW (E100) John Faithful Hamer A conversation with Nicholas A. Christakis about his new book: Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of the Coronavirus on the Way We Live (2020).
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 100
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