A conversation with novelist Matthew Mather about deep fakes, disaster stories, cautionary tales, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and his new book: Meet Your Maker (2020).
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A conversation with environmentalist Ryan Young—a filmmaker, teacher, activist, and elected official who remains very much in love with the natural world.
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A conversation with writer John McFetridge about his splendid trilogy of novels set in the crime-ridden Montreal of the 1970s: Black Rock (2014), A Little More Free (2015), & One or the Other (2016).
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A conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, about her new book: Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World (2020).
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A conversation with Jason Brennan, Chris Surprenant, and Eric Winsberg about the coronavirus pandemic, epidemiological expertise, and the side-effects of the quarantine.
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A conversation with author and entrepreneur Alistair Croll about the startup scene, the future of high tech, and the post-pandemic world.
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A conversation with writer Taras Grescoe about fascism, the coronavirus pandemic, and his new book: Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome (2020).
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A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about the #MeToo movement, idealism-induced depression, and her new book: Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (2020).
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A conversation with herpetologist Jessica Ferguson (aka Queensnake) about wandering turtles, invasive species, and a salamander named Jesus.
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A conversation with Mohawk social worker Taylor Goodleaf about The Indian Act (1876), the recent resurgence of Indigenous activism, and the nationwide pipeline protests that have succeeded in crippling Canadian infrastructure.
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A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about collective guilt, reparations payments, and her new book: Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (2019).
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A conversation with writer Adam Gopnik about ambition, married love, New York City in the 1980s, and his delightful memoir: At the Strangers’ Gate: Arrivals in New York (2018).
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A conversation with actress Erika Rosenbaum about moving to L.A. at 19, making it in Hollywood, and surviving Harvey Weinstein.
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A conversation with Mike Spencer Bown about his backpacking memoir, The World’s Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet (2018).
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A conversation with Montreal writer Leila Marshy about her debut novel, The Philistine (2018).
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A conversation with writer Adam Gopnik about his new book, A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism (2019).
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A conversation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his 13-year-old bestseller, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006).
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A conversation with criminologist Lee Mellor (aka Dr. Murder) about Jim Jones, virtual reality, and the future of education.
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A conversation with acclaimed artist Shelley Miller about sugar, her upcoming show, and the 21st-century art world.
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A conversation with sociologist and physician Nicholas A. Christakis about his new book, Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society (2019).
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