- Weekly Quiz: Alternative Medicine, Doctor Shortages, and Changing Tides in Atlantic Canada - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.
- Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again - Why family medicine is dying
- We’re in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing - Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. What happened to good garments?
- The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada - If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again
- Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up? - NDAs are silencing whistleblowers and sexual assault victims
Dan Werb is an author, epidemiologist, and policy analyst whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and elsewhere. In this episode, Dan discusses how his musical career does, and doesn’t, connect with his scientific one, about the challenge of misinformation that COVID-19 exposed and accelerated, and about why the joy of winning a major non-fiction book award lasted about a day and a half.
Accessing robust and reliable healthcare is increasingly becoming a challenge. Where should you turn when the system falls short—and can you trust online health advice to fill the gap? Family physician and former Canadian Medical Association president Kathleen Ross explores the widespread impacts of Canada’s physician shortage, while emergency physician and health literacy advocate Shazma Mithani offers guidance on navigating the increasingly popular online wellness spaces.
487 trails, part of the Trans Canada Trail, can tell an important story about Canada, its history and its people. Dianne Whelan is a filmmaker, photographer, author, and public speaker. This special episode of The Conversation Piece features content from her presentation at Manulife presents The Walrus Talks Nature, supported by Trans Canada Trail.
- The $20 Sandwich That Could Topple Trudeau - Consumer rage is real—and it’s shaping the next election
- When Your Lover Is a Bot - Artificial intimacy is taking over the dating world—and leaving us lonelier
- Meet the Evangelicals Who Actually Care about the Environment - “If we really take the Bible seriously, we would be at the front of the line demanding climate action”
- Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again - Why family medicine is dying
- Smokehouse - It was as if I’d swallowed the forest fire itself, all of it burning and alive inside of me