The Walrus Podcast
#38: Mothers and Daughters
Lisa Moore talks about trust and female desire. From The Walrus Talks: The Art of Conversation, recorded in Sackville on October 16, 2014
By Chris Berube
Published on January 23, 2015
#37: Balk, Balk
“I definitely have reservations when I look at a chicken in a package . . . there is some fear.” Senior editor Sasha Chapman talks about the troubling role of antibiotics in modern farming
By Chris Berube
Published on January 16, 2015
Credits
- Production: Tori Allen
- Music: “The Professor’s Lab” by Christian Bjoerklund; “Readers Do You Read? ” by Chris Zabriskie; “Night Owl” by Broke for Free; “Hallon” by Christian Bjoerklund; “Cell Cycle” by Satori; “Know Your Chicken” by Cibo Matto
#36: John Macfarlane
“The great thing about my career is I’ve been able to collaborate with such talented writers and photographers and art directors—people who were way smarter, way more talented than I am.” Our esteemed editor and co-publisher reflects on his life in Canadian journalism, and prepares for his impending retirement
By Chris Berube
Published on December 19, 2014
#35: Letters from Ferguson
“You keep fighting. You keep believing that justice is going to come soon, and you try to create the conditions in which people can understand these stories, to bring about a more just world.” Desmond Cole reflects on his time in Ferguson, Missouri
By Chris Berube
Published on December 4, 2014
#34: Joseph Boyden’s Short List
The author in conversation with Eliza Robertson, whose debut collection Wallflowers is his favourite book of the year
By Chris Berube
Published on November 24, 2014
#33: “Light It Up and Boom”
“Smoking for fifty years is extreme. For me, [quitting] required an extreme response.” Author Lynn Cunningham relives her personal experience of intensive rehab for smokers
By Chris Berube
Published on October 22, 2014
#32: The Expos Are Dead; Long Live the Expos
“I hate to be pessimistic about the chances of the Expos coming back to Montreal, because nothing would make me happier. I would walk up barefoot to get to the stadium for opening day.” Adam Gopnik recalls his young love of baseball’s Montreal Expos—and contemplates the team’s rumoured return
By Chris Berube
Published on September 29, 2014
#31: The Secret Life of Max Stern
“He orchestrated his own demise....There was no choice [for] him but to do that.” Sara Angel discusses the Jewish art dealer who became one of Canada’s foremost gallery owners after he escaped Nazi Germany—and whose life has made a lasting impact on the rules of restitution
By Chris Berube
Published on September 17, 2014
Courtesy of the National Gallery of CanadaYousuf Karsh, Portrait of Max Stern#30: John Hartman, Map-Maker
“My sense of scale...my sense of colour, my sense of light: I can experience other landscapes, but this is what I compare them all to, unconsciously.” The artist describes his personal take on Georgian Bay
By Chris Berube
Published on September 5, 2014
#29: Just Do It
“Maybe [this research] will help one person get it on a little bit more often, in their marriage bed. That would be a success.” Micah Toub discusses his feature story about the Canadian sex researchers who are finding new ways to keep the spark alive
By Chris Berube
Published on August 18, 2014
Guillaume SimoneauCredits
- Sound editing: J. P. Davidson
- Chorus: Katii Capern, Tynan Grierson, Lisa Liskovoi, Andrew Norton, Laura-Louise Tobin