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Past Episodes

Podcast • Episode 06 • Thu Feb 16 2023
6. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Jenalee Kluttz
Podcast • Episode 05 • Thu Feb 16 2023
5. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Michelle Lam
Podcast • Episode 04 • Thu Feb 9 2023
4. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Candy Jones
Podcast • Episode 03 • Thu Feb 9 2023
3. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Maria Vamvalis
Podcast • Episode 02 • Thu Feb 2 2023
2. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Alysha Farrell
Podcast • Episode 01 • Thu Feb 2 2023
1. Teaching in the Anthropocene
with Stan Wilson
Podcast • Episode 14 • Thu Dec 15 2022
The Pursuit of Urban Utopias
with John Lorinc
Podcast • Episode 12 • Fri Dec 9 2022
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers
with Tim Cook
Podcast • Episode 9 • Thu Dec 1 2022
The Petroleum Papers
with Geoff Dembicki
Podcast • Episode 03 • Thu Nov 3 2022
The Myth of Normal
with Dr. Gabor Maté
Podcast • Episode 20 • Tue Jul 5 2022
And a Dog Called Fig
with Helen Humphreys
Podcast • Episode 18 • Tue Jun 28 2022
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi
with Keith Seifert
Podcast • Episode 11 • Tue Jun 7 2022
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
with Stuart Ross
Podcast • Episode 04 • Tue May 10 2022
Easy Beauty
with Chloe Cooper Jones
Podcast • Episode 03 • Tue May 10 2022
The Nutmeg's Curse
with Amitav Ghosh
Podcast • Episode 02 • Tue May 3 2022
This Is Assisted Dying
with Dr. Stefanie Green
Podcast • Episode 19 • Fri Oct 22 2021
Nice White Ladies
with Jessie Daniels
Podcast • Episode 18 • Fri Oct 15 2021
On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years
with Elaine Dewar
Podcast • Episode 5 • Fri Sep 3 2021
How to Be Animal
with Melanie Challenger
Podcast • Episode 2 • Fri Aug 20 2021
Better Not Bitter
with Yusef Salaam
Podcast • Episode 28 • Fri Jun 18 2021
The Bright Side
with Cathrin Bradbury
Podcast • Episode 27 • Fri Jun 18 2021
Likeness
with David Macfarlane
Podcast • Episode 25 • Fri Jun 11 2021
Change: How to Make Big Things Happen
with Damon Centola
Podcast • Episode 17 • Fri May 7 2021
Elizabeth & Margaret
with Andrew Morton
Podcast • Episode 16 • Fri Apr 30 2021
On Time and Water
with Andri Snaer Magnason 
Podcast • Episode 10 • Fri Mar 26 2021
Four Lost Cities
with Annalee Newitz
Podcast • Episode 8 • Fri Mar 19 2021
The Deficit Myth
with Stephanie Kelton
Podcast • Episode 29 • Fri Dec 4 2020
Breathing Life into Art and Art into Life, The Art of Is
with Stephen Nachmanovitch
Podcast • Episode 28 • Tue Dec 1 2020
The Challenges Facing Canada in Protecting the Well Being of Children
Featuring Kim Hellemans and Jane Bertrand
Podcast • Episode 27 • Fri Nov 27 2020
Student Activism and the Climate Crisis
Featuring Vidya Shah and Alexis Benns
Podcast • Episode 15 • Tue Nov 24 2020
Education and Social Mobility
with Andy Hargreaves
Podcast • Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17 2020
Yes, It's Systemic
Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt
Podcast • Episode 21 • Wed Nov 11 2020
Fighting for Peace
Featuring Tim Cook and Scott Anderson
Podcast • Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6 2020
A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:
Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings
Podcast • Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20 2020
Letting Go of Anxiety
with Tara Henley
Podcast • Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25 2020
Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain
Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman
Podcast • Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18 2020
Marathon of Hope
with Darrell Fox