• I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix - Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted by Kate Gies

1. Can Rayne Fisher-Quann Shift from Internet Princess to Bestselling Author? by Ariella Garmaise
2. Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live by Katrya Bolger
3. Trump’s Trade War Turned Me into a Flag-Waving Nationalist by David Moscrop
4. The Politics of “Common Sense” Is Making Us Meaner by Alex Himelfarb
5. “Guaranteed Jobs” That Don’t Exist: The Dark World of Immigration Consultants by Adnan R. Khan

• Weekly Quiz: Ear Candy, Innovative Education, and Expensive Lawsuits - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday. by The Walrus

• First Nations Are Rethinking Education in the Yukon. And It’s Working - The radical new approach includes year-round classes—with breaks for hunting and fishing by Rhiannon Russell

• My Guilty Pleasure: Wasting Time with Lists - They are little anarchic reminders to love what is incomplete by Karen Solie

• The “Inhuman” Court Case That Helped Sink a Major Law Firm - The twenty-year legal saga involved 18,000 exhibits, 100,000 pages of expert reports, and a judge who needed an emergency bypass surgery by Adam Dodek

• Can Rayne Fisher-Quann Shift from Internet Princess to Bestselling Author? - The publishing industry is hinging its hopes on a twenty-three-year-old with a Substack and a devout following. Can she deliver? by Ariella Garmaise

• Poem - you catch the circling snow in your / sleepy lashes by Bridget Huh

• Inclusion and Adaptability in Times of Change - How four leaders from George Brown College create inclusive environments and remove barriers to post-secondary education by Madeleine Somerville

• Part 6: Why Do We Travel?
  Because Nature is Everywhere - From Mexico to Miami to Montreal, wild flora and fauna break through concrete and reach for the sun, writes Caitlin Stall-Paquet. For humanity, it’s a reminder of how life persists without us by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

• Advancing Canada’s digital future - Interac is leading Canada into a world of possibilities by Glynis Ratcliffe

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks at Home: Polarization - Seeking solutions for the increasing political, social, and cultural divide

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks Menopause - Demystifying menopause, from peri to post, and the impacts on women’s health and well-being

• [WATCH] The Walrus Talks at Home: Indigenous Perspectives on Belonging - How can Indigenous knowledge, traditions, and practices help us understand the essential human experience of belonging?

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Sheung-King is the author of the novel You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked, which was a finalist for the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. His most recent book is the novel Batshit Seven, published by Penguin Canada in 2024. In this episode, Sheung-King and Nathan talk about Sheung-King’s state of mind the morning after winning the Atwood Gibson prize, about the best advice he got on how to solve an issue he was having with his first novel, and about living in both Canada and China and always feeling like a returnee no matter which country he is in.

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In episode two, Timothy Taylor uncovers his mother’s struggle to hide her Jewish heritage after his grandfather fled Nazi Germany in 1940. Through her childhood writings and expert insights, he learns how she concealed her identity during the war—and the devastating fallout when her secret was exposed.

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Building and maintaining sexual and body confidence as we age is essential for living healthier, happier lives. The intensity of the changes brought on by menopausal symptoms can make this especially challenging, but reconnecting to pleasure offers one path to empowerment. Luna Matatas is a sex and pleasure educator. This special episode of The Conversation Piece features content from her presentation at The Walrus Talks Menopause, supported by Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health.

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• My Guilty Pleasure: Wasting Time with Lists - They are little anarchic reminders to love what is incomplete by Karen Solie

• Polar Vortex and Firenado: Hard-Core Jargon Has Taken Over Forecasts - As climate gets weird, so does language by Arno Kopecky