Where There’s Oil, There’s Fire: Lessons from Canada’s Costliest Disaster - John Vaillant’s Fire Weather proves people are behind ever-worsening wildfires
Are We Seeing a Surge in Labour Unrest? - From Starbucks to the Public Service Alliance of Canada, workers are organizing and rallying
Noise Is All around Us—and It’s Affecting You More than You Think - During the pandemic, our noise levels dropped and the world changed. Should we fight for more quiet?
A Black Neighbourhood Destroyed Half a Century Ago Is on the Brink of a Comeback - Vancouver pushed Hogan’s Alley residents out of their homes. Can a land trust repair what was lost?
In this episode, we look at the 50th anniversary of the Decorations for Bravery. We speak with former Governor General, Madame Adrienne Clarkson, about what she’s learned from the everyday heroes she awarded during her tenure and from Russ Fee, a Medal of Bravery recipient who saved a family from a wolf attack.
What does a future look like where trans people live long enough to become elders, where Black liberation is assured, where there is landback and Indigenous resurgence, and where people with disabilities have everything they need in order to thrive in society? From The Walrus Talks Reconnecting Arts and Culture, where Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware shares what it means to work toward a future that is bigger than what we’ve dreamed of.
In this episode, we’re going underground, undersea and into your water and sewer pipelines with science fiction’s favorite problem-solvers…robots! Jay sits down with Vanessa Speight, a professor of Integrated Water Systems at the University of Sheffield, to learn how new, spider-like robots have the potential to locate and fix leaks in aging water pipes.
Where There’s Oil, There’s Fire: Lessons from Canada’s Costliest Disaster - John Vaillant’s Fire Weather proves people are behind ever-worsening wildfires