Philosopher and professor John Faithful Hamer interviews a wide range of subjects. Nothing is off limits.
A conversation with Matthew Mather about aliens, artificial intelligence, and his new novel: Aeon Rising: The Apocalypse Begins (2022).
A conversation with Nick White about his collection of short stories, Sweet and Low (2018), and his debut novel: How to Survive a Summer (2017).
A conversation with fellow Montrealer Jason McDonald about Montréal's past, present, and future.
A conversation with Alexander Boldizar about the trucker convoy protests.
A conversation with Stephen Marche about his new book: The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future (2022).
A conversation with philosopher Patrick Lee Miller about Anne Applebaum's Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2020).
A conversation with fellow Montrealer Paul Bode about why we're voting for Valérie Plante in the upcoming municipal election.
A conversation with Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein about their new book: A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the Twenty-First Century (2021)
A conversation with filmmaker Jonathan Kołodziej Durand about memory, identity, and his powerful documentary: Memory Is Our Homeland (2021)
A conversation with Michael Bilica about Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist (2019).
A conversation with Darren Shore, Communications Coordinator for the advocacy group “Canadians for Tax Fairness,” about how the wealthy avoid paying their fair share, and what we can do to close the loopholes that make this possible.
A conversation with veteran organizer Joel Asa Miller about the labor movement's past, present, and future.
A conversation with Montréal artist Nadim Zaidi about pushing pixels and painting pandemics.
A conversation with college prof Jason McDonald about Thomas Sowell.
A conversation with climatologist Alex Metveev about the future of the oceans, the carbon cycle, and climate change.
A conversation with filmmaker Matt Bissonnette about his new movie: Death of a Ladies’ Man (2020)
A conversation with evolutionary biologist Joseph Henrich about his new book: The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous (2020).
A conversation with philosopher Eric Winsberg about the hidden costs of the lockdown.
A conversation with horticulturalist Alex Vinetti about Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World (2019).
A conversation with sociologist Amy Kaler about how pandemic time makes us irritable, impatient, and angry.
A conversation with writer Tracy Chabala about transcending addiction and finding joy.
A conversation with composer Richard Feren about liberalism’s problematic relationship to the Trump movement
A conversation with Alice Adams, a banker turned writer, about her debut novel: Invincible Summer (2016).
A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about her landmark study of the problem of evil: Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (2015).
A conversation with Montreal’s Mayor, Valérie Plante, about her new book: Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics (2020)
A conversation with Nicholas A. Christakis about his new book: Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of the Coronavirus on the Way We Live (2020)
A conversation with philosopher Daniel Weinstock about the controversy surrounding the classroom use of the n-word.
A conversation with First Amendment lawyer Greg Lukianoff—President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and author of The Coddling of the American Mind (2019)—about his fabulous new blog: The Eternally Radical Idea.
A conversation with novelist Matthew Mather about deep fakes, artificial intelligence, and his eerily prophetic novel, Darknet (2015).
A conversation with philosopher Chris Nguyen about data-harvesting, pandemic-era privacy concerns, and a viable alternative to Zoom and Microsoft Teams: Brave Together.
A conversation with Aaron Haspel about the ethics and aesthetics of Dirty Harry (1971)
A conversation with movie critic and film studies professor Matthew Hays about Dirty Harry (1971). Please note that this is the first of two episodes devoted to this newly relevant Clint Eastwood classic.
A conversation with historian Fred Bode about Bernard Bailyn’s The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967)
A conversation with horticulturist Alex Vinetti about David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs (2019).
A conversation with herpetologist Ryan Wolfe about snake ecology, herp porn, and beautiful freaks of nature.
A conversation with writer Stephen Marche about his new Audible series: How Not to F*ck Up Your Marriage Too Bad (2020).
A conversation with novelist Matthew Mather about deep fakes, disaster stories, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and his new book: Meet Your Maker (2020)
A conversation with environmentalist Ryan Young—a filmmaker, teacher, activist, and elected official who remains very much in love with the natural world.
A conversation with writer John McFetridge about his splendid trilogy of novels set in the crime-ridden Montréal of the 1970s: Black Rock (2014), A Little More Free (2015), & One or the Other (2016).
A conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, about her new book: Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World (2020)
A conversation with Jason Brennan, Chris Surprenant, and Eric Winsberg about the coronavirus pandemic, epidemiological expertise, and the side-effects of the quarantine.
A conversation with author and entrepreneur Alistair Croll about the startup scene, the future of high tech, and the post-pandemic world.
A conversation with writer Taras Grescoe about fascism, the coronavirus pandemic, and his new book: Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome (2020)
A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about the #MeToo movement, idealism-induced depression, and her new book: Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (2020).
A conversation with herpetologist Jessica Ferguson (aka Queensnake) about wandering turtles, invasive species, and a salamander named Jesus.
A conversation with Mohawk social worker Taylor Goodleaf about The Indian Act (1876), the recent resurgence of Indigenous activism, and the nationwide pipeline protests that have succeeded in crippling Canadian infrastructure.
A conversation with philosopher Susan Neiman about collective guilt, reparations payments, and her new book: Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (2019)
A conversation with writer Adam Gopnik about ambition, married love, New York City in the 1980s, and his delightful memoir: At the Strangers’ Gate: Arrivals in New York (2018).
A conversation with actress Erika Rosenbaum about moving to L.A. at 19, making it in Hollywood, and surviving Harvey Weinstein.
A conversation with travel writer Mike Spencer Bown about his backpacking memoir, The World's Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet (2018)
A conversation with Montreal writer Leila Marshy about her debut novel, The Philistine (2018).
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