Philosopher and professor John Faithful Hamer interviews a wide range of subjects. Nothing is off limits.
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A conversation with philosopher Edward Slingerland about his last book: Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way Into Civilization (2021).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with columnist Toula Drimonis about her new book: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada (2022).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about her new book: Gender in Society Reader (2022).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with the president of ACTRA, Eleanor Noble.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Matthew Mather about aliens, artificial intelligence, and his new novel: Aeon Rising: The Apocalypse Begins (2022).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with fellow Montrealer Jason McDonald about Montréal’s past, present, and future.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Alexander Boldizar about the trucker convoy protests.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Stephen Marche about his new book: The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future (2022).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with philosopher Patrick Lee Miller about Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2020).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with fellow Montrealer Paul Bode about why we’re voting for Valérie Plante in the upcoming municipal election.By John Faithful Hamer
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LOVE AND SEX IN A HYPER-NOVEL WORLD (E118)
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A conversation with Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein about their new book: A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the Twenty-First Century (2021).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with filmmaker Jonathan Kołodziej Durand about memory, identity, and his powerful documentary: Memory Is Our Homeland (2021).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Michael Bilica about Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist (2019).By John Faithful Hamer
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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.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with veteran organizer Joel Asa Miller about the labor movement’s past, present, and future.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Montréal artist Nadim Zaidi about pushing pixels and pandemic painting.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with college prof Jason McDonald about Thomas Sowell.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with climatologist Alex Metveev about the future of the oceans, the carbon cycle, and climate change.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with filmmaker Matt Bissonnette about his new movie: Death of a Ladies’ Man (2020).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with philosopher Eric Winsberg about the hidden costs of the lockdown.By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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PANDEMIC-INDUCED TIME DISORDER (E106)
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A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about how pandemic time makes us irritable, impatient, and angry.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with writer Tracy Chabala about transcending addiction and finding joy.By John Faithful Hamer
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THE CODDLING OF THE TRUMPIAN MIND (E104)
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A conversation with composer Richard Feren about liberalism’s problematic relationship to the Trump movement.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Alice Adams, a banker turned writer, about her debut novel: Invincible Summer (2016).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Montreal’s Mayor, Valérie Plante, about her new book: Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics (2020).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with philosopher Daniel Weinstock about the controversy surrounding the classroom use of the n-word.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with First Amendment lawyer Greg Lukianoff—President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and author of The Coddling of the American Mind (2019)—about his new blog: The Eternally Radical Idea.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with novelist Matthew Mather about deep fakes, artificial intelligence, and his eerily prophetic novel, Darknet (2015).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with philosopher Chris Nguyen about data-harvesting, pandemic-era privacy concerns, and a viable alternative to Zoom and Microsoft Teams: Brave Together.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with Aaron Haspel about the ethics and aesthetics of Dirty Harry (1971).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with movie critic and film studies professor Matthew Hays about Dirty Harry (1971). Please note that this is the first of two episodes devoted to this newly relevant Clint Eastwood classic.By John Faithful Hamer
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REVOLUTIONARY CONSPIRACY THEORIES (E93)
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A conversation with historian Fred Bode about Bernard Bailyn’s The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with horticulturist Alex Vinetti about David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs (2019).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with herpetologist Ryan Wolfe about snake ecology, herp porn, and beautiful freaks of nature.By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with writer Stephen Marche about his new Audible series: How Not to F*ck Up Your Marriage Too Bad (2020).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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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.By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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MANIFESTO FOR A MORAL REVOLUTION (E86)
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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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.By John Faithful Hamer
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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.By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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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).By John Faithful Hamer
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A conversation with herpetologist Jessica Ferguson (aka Queensnake) about wandering turtles, invasive species, and a salamander named Jesus.By John Faithful Hamer
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