• Ear Candy: How Hearing Protection Became Cool - Club goers, screaming Swifties, and city dwellers are all embracing a life with less noise by Angus MacCaull

1. Trump’s Trade War Turned Me into a Flag-Waving Nationalist by David Moscrop
2. Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live by Katrya Bolger
3. Canada Has Spent Over a Century Avoiding Collapse. Can It Keep Going? by Alasdair Roberts
4. “Made a Difference to My Whole Existence”: Why Childhood Reading Matters by Sam Leith
5. Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time by Connor Garel

• Trump’s Trade War Turned Me into a Flag-Waving Nationalist - Canada remains deeply flawed, but I will stand up for it and for our right to decide our own future by David Moscrop

• Did Canada Really Just Build a $7.5 Million Monument That Honours Nazis? - Because it sure looks that way by Taylor C. Noakes

• “Made a Difference to My Whole Existence”: Why Childhood Reading Matters - Books are the platform on which everything else is built by Sam Leith

• Allegations of Abuse at Robert Land Academy Go Right to the Top - A new lawsuit claims that the top brass at the military-style boarding school for “troubled teens” covered up sexual assault by Rachel Browne

• Canada Has Spent Over a Century Avoiding Collapse. Can It Keep Going? - Our stability is more fragile than it looks by Alasdair Roberts

• Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live - Students are being forced to choose between brutal commutes and luxury condos they can’t afford by Katrya Bolger

• 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.

• Trump’s Trade War Turned Me into a Flag-Waving Nationalist - Canada remains deeply flawed, but I will stand up for it and for our right to decide our own future by David Moscrop

• 2024: The Year in Arts & Culture - Thoughtful essays and fascinating deep dives into everything from art forgeries to Joni Mitchell’s best work by Various Contributors

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