Podcast appearances and mentions of shawn micallef

My guest on this very Toronto-centric episode is Shawn Micallef. Shawn is an author whose books include Full Frontal TO, The Trouble With Brunch, and Frontier City. He's a weekly columnist at the Toronto Star, and a senior editor and co-founder of Spacing magazine. His most recent book is a fully updated version of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, originally published by Coach House Books in 2010. The updated version was published in 2024, also by Coach House. Author Douglas Coupland called Stroll "a smart and intimate guide to the city that makes you feel like an insider from start to finish."Shawn and I talk about his decision to finally abandon his Twitter account, which had been a big part of how he explored cities, about how updating Stroll turned out to be a more onerous task than he'd originally thought, and about how writing a weekly newspaper column and becoming a parent has a funny way of delaying big new book projects.This podcast is produced and hosted by Nathan Whitlock, in partnership with The Walrus.Music: "simple-hearted thing" by Alex Lukashevsky. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author/Journalist Shawn Micallef talks about moving from Windsor to Toronto in 2000, co-founding Spacing Magazine, morphing from writing for Eye Weekly to the Toronto Star, using psychogeography as the backbone of his first book STROLL, the immense ongoing changes in Toronto that led to his recently revising that book, his thoughts on Toronto Star colleague Edward Keenan/urbanist Richard Florida/Mayor Olivia Chow, and why he believes Toronto is like an infinite onion whose layers simply need to be peeled back!   Shawn's newly revised version of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto is published by Coach House Books and available at https://chbooks.com/Books/S/Stroll-updated-edition Shawn will be appearing live as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors [TIFA] on September 26 at ‘The Heart of the City: Celebrating Toronto'...full details are at https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/the-heart-of-the-city/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How has Toronto changed in 15 years? Shawn Micallef, urban affairs columnist for the Toronto Star and co-founder of Spacing magazine brings readers along on 31 walks around the city to highlight how the landscape, landmarks, and neighbourhoods have changed since the original 2010 publication of the book. Host Jeyan Jeganathan joins him on a brief tour of the Toronto Islands; learns about psychogeography - how location affects the emotions and behaviour of people, what can be learned by walking a city, and how Toronto has changed, for better or worse, over the years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Bike Month! It's a time we celebrate cycle culture in Toronto and surrounding cities and towns. At least officially. Despite some significant gains in cycling infrastructure, there are still a lot of people and (more troubling) politicians who'd like to run riders off the road. To put this all into perspective, we spoke to Lanrick Bennett Jr., a cycling advocate who, for the last few years, has represented Toronto as the Bicycle Mayor. And, Spacing co-founder Shawn Micallef tells us about the new edition of his book Stroll: psychogeographic walking tours of Toronto. In 2010, Shawn wrote the book as a series of guided walks, with historic background and personal reflections, through different parts of the city. Now, 14 years later, he's retread those steps for a brand new version of the book.

Guest: Shawn Micallef, contributing columnist and author of “Stroll: Pyschogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto” In 2010, journalist Shawn Micallef first published his book of observations, suggestions and civic history gleaned from years of wandering around the city and paying close attention to what he saw. In the 14-years since, as Micallef became a freelance columnist for The Star, the book has been a perennial local favourite, running through several press runs. This week, a new, updated edition launches, for which he re-walked all of the terrain and revised to note how the city has changed in small and large ways. From the ravines to and entirely new neighbourhood, he talks about what one can learn about a city, and how you can grow to both love it and demand change from it, just by strolling around. What would you like to hear on Toronto Star podcasts? Let us know in this survey and you can enter to win a $100 gift card.

Guests: Matt Elliott and Shawn Micallef, contributing columnists So much has been happening in Toronto this week. As encampments are cleared, the mayor and the federal government are fighting over shelter and housing dollars and the city is cancelling plans for public washrooms even as it opens all of its ice rinks. Joined by Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott issues his first look at how Mayor Olivia Chow's council support has lined up in her first months (and the dynamic duo of consistent oppositions to her). Plus, a little sliver of good news for GTA transit riders. This episode was produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Edward Keenan and Paolo Marques. Audio Sources: CP24

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel featuring Matt Elliott, Shawn Micallef and host Edward Keenan On Saturday, Olivia Chow marks one month in the job as mayor, and this week, she appointed her team by selecting the comitee appointments of various city councillors. Some would-be rivals seemed to get plum jobs, and at least one committee will have an odd couple at the helm. Plus: why a fire alarm during the meeting may be an appropriate sound effect for the occassion. This episode was produced by Ed Keendan, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Paulo Marques.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan Now that the election is done, our panel of columnists gathers one last time to assess what the heck happened and discuss Olivia Chow's mandate, what her winning Scarborough means, what Ontario Premier Doug Ford (and others) lost by going against her and the hard work that lies ahead. This episode was produced by Paolo Marques and Edward Keenan.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan With less than two weeks to go before the election, candidates are making their closing pitches to voters and in this campaign, a surprising number of those involve claims to be the only candidate to beat Olivia Chow. Our Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel talks about some of claims and assesses their credibility, including a comical trip into Mark Saunders' website FAQ. The panel also discusses the potential for surprises, which losing candidate might still come out ahead in the long run and a range of other ballot-box issues. This episode was produced by Ed Keenan and Sean Pattendon.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan Signs are blooming on lawns across the city. The advanced polls are open, which can only mean that the election is nearing. With just over two and a half weeks left before the city goes to the polls, it's time to reconvene our Toronto Star All Star Opinionator panel. This episode was produced by Ed Keenan and Crawford Blair.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan Our political panel talks about the election race as Toronto enters the feverish debate season, and asks what to make of the polls, how a big lead can disappear, whether voters want hope or anger and which candidates are bringing real talk on taxes. This episode was produced by Ed Keenan and Paulo Marques.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan More than 70 candidates have registered to run for mayor. As the opening phase of the campaign finishes, our panel talks about housing policy, why many candidates might misunderstand the task they've taken on, why attacks aren't landing and whether one candidate should brag about his current lack of pay cheques. This episode was produced by Ed Keenan and Paulo Marques.

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and host Edward Keenan After a snooze of an election in October, Toronto thought it was in for four more years of John Tory's bland inevitability. One career-ending political scandal later, the city has been thrust back into a wide-open campaign for the top job at city hall, one that's drawn more than 50 contenders with no clear front-runner. With a handful of names that jump to the top of the list and a few key issues that appear likely to dominate people's attention, it is conceivable that the weakest election mandate in Toronto history could give us the most powerful mayor we've ever had. This episode was produced by Edward Keenan, Crawford Blair and JP Fozo.

Every few years the calls go out: candidates wanted, of all types and stripes, to run for elected office federally, provincially, and municipally. It's actually pretty remarkable when you think about it. Anyone who wants to put their name forward can, just like that, even though probably 90% of the people that do are going to lose. To take the plunge, and try to get the job requires a ton of effort, sacrifice, and more. With us now on what's actually involved in running for office: Todd McCarthy, the PC MPP for Durham; Amber Morley, Toronto city councillor for Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore; Chloe Brown, who ran for mayor of Toronto in the last municipal election; And on the line, Shawn Micallef, contributing columnist at the Toronto Star and co-founder of Spacing magazine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've had some time to make sense of the Toronto election, and what it might mean for the next four years in this city. Is there a silver lining to be found? Is Toronto due for another urbanist renaissance? We talk to Spacing co-founder and Star columnist Shawn Micallef. And we talk to the co-editor of the new book "The Signs that Define Toronto" Kurt Kraler about how the project came together, and what signs mean to the look, feel, and culture of a city.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we'll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms, and issues that will shape our city for the next four years. In this episode, we talk to Spacing senior editor Shawn Micallef and Spacing contributor and West End Phoenix associate editor Kunal Chaudhary about how it's too quiet out there, public space, and the divided city.

Guests: Shawn Micallef, columnist, and Gilbert Ngabo, reporter Toronto is one of the major Canadian cities where collisions with pedestrians are at a dangerous high. More than a hundred pedestrians were killed on Toronto roads between 2018 and 2020. Among those, 69 per cent were age 55 years or older, according to the Toronto Police Service. It's been nearly five years since the launch of Toronto's $123-million Vision Zero plan with aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. The city hasn't come close to that target even with an unprecedented decline in car use last year. There have been 46 casualties in 2021, and the year hasn't ended yet. October has been particularly deadly with a string of traffic deaths that included a 17-year-old girl and a much-loved couple. Today on “This Matters,” columnist Shawn Micallef and reporter Gilbert Ngabo talk about why Torontonians are dying on the streets of their city, and what needs to happen for the roads to be safe, accessible and equitable for everyone.

Toronto's streets have seen fewer cars during the pandemic as the city closed some major roads and expanded the cycling network. Now, there more walkers, cyclists and people sitting at café tables. Is this what a more livable, equitable city looks like? “Like many cities, Toronto has figured out ways to give people space to move in the outdoors while respecting physical distancing, which involve quieting down the streets to reduce traffic volume and expanding the cycling network,” says Professor Maydianne Andrade in episode nine of her podcast, The New Normal. “ActiveTO encourages people to move in ways that used to feel vulnerable when the city streets were dense with traffic.” In “Quiet Streets,” Andrade, a Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and the University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity, talks with Shawn Micallef, a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts & Science and the co-owner and senior editor of Spacing magazine, and alumna Léa Ravensbergen. Ravensbergen, who graduated with a PhD in geography and planning in 2019, says that, for some time, “we've been thinking about using our streets differently and imagining our streets differently and having more livable, people-centered approaches to designing our cities.” Will the pandemic help bring about that kind of change more permanently? “Maybe our movements, our desires to move, need to be more of a central piece in how we design our city and make it a humane place to live,” Andrade says. The New Normal is created in collaboration with a U of T Communications team led by producer Lisa Lightbourn. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify or listen on SoundCloud. You can also find it on Apple or listen on Google.

A bunch of bike lanes, a plethora of pop up patios and new landlocked beaches? What Toronto is this? Star columnist Shawn Micallef joins This Matters to talk about public spaces and the Toronto’s changing cityscape.

In a time of snitch lines, and shuttered park space, we dive into what we're prioritizing in this pandemic, and what, and especially who, is ignored. We talk to Spacing co-founder and Toronto Star columnist Shawn Micallef about what happens to the public realm, now we're in lockdown. Former Toronto Police Services Board Chair Alok Mukherjee, co-author of "Excessive Force: Toronto's fight to reform city policing," critiques the new, extraordinary policing measures we're seeing. And harm-reduction worker and Toronto Overdose Prevention Society co-organizer Zoë Dodd talks about what the City has done (or failed to) for people in the shelter system, substance users, and other vulnerable communities. Plus, Glyn goes on a brief rant about all the cities making space for pedestrians to social distance that aren't Toronto.

Mike chats with Toronto Star columnist and Spacing co-founder Shawn Micallef about Toronto.

*"The more I have walked, the more I have discovered that there's more to walk and understand."*-Shawn Micallef, Toronto Star columnist and noted flâneurChristina and Mike talk about what it takes to be a flâneur and why they love exploring the city. Then Christina talks to Toronto Star columnist Shawn Micallef about what he learns during his six-hour strolls throughout the city. Then discover some new walks that start at library branches.Books, articles, resources and websites mentioned in this episode:Toronto Guerrilla GardenersToronto Public Space CommitteeSpacing MagazineStroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto by Shawn MicallefWanderlust: a History of Walking by Rebecca SolnitAccidental Parkland directed by Dan BermanAccidental City: the Transformation of Toronto by Robert FulfordToronto Food Policy CouncilThorncliffe Park Women's CommitteeThe Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel by Rachael AntonyHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiTenements, Towers & Trash : an Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia WertzRead episode transcriptYour hosts: Christina, Mike, Jason, and WendyContact us at shelveunder@torontopubliclibrary.ca 

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe the most confusing race in the city’s history. In this, our final panel, we talk to Spacing publisher and editor-in-chief Matthew Blackett, and Spacing senior editor and weekly Toronto Star columnist Shawn Micallef.

How social class has dictated when we eat. From Ancient Greece to New York hipsters, what has determined our mealtimes in the past and who wants them to change now? For thousands of years when we eat signified where we were in society. It seems this idea may not have been consigned to history - is the resurgence of brunch marking out a new 'creative' social class? And have you heard of the ‘fourth meal’? Snacking is on the rise - and the food industry might be helping you abandon the three meal model. Is more choice breaking apart the structured meal? Plus, what exactly is the scientific evidence that any of this matters? With contributions from: Paul Freedman, Yale University, Shawn Micallef, Author, Tamara Barnett, Vice President of Strategic Insights at The Hartman Group and Satchidananda Panda of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, at Harvard University. Presenter: Emily Thomas (Photo: Clock and cutlery. Credit: Getty Images)

This week I speak with owner of Spacing and author of Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness For links and notes on everything we talk about on This Week in Bunz join the Bunz Podcast Zone on facebook Music Credit: Silver Lining If you want your music on the show email podcast@bunz.com and if you want to be heard call 647 ZEN TROL and as always signup at BUNZ.COM

Allison and Vass celebrate Detangled’s one-year anniversary! We call cycling consultant Mikael Colville-Andersen in Copenhagen to discuss biking, helmets and Hygge. Then we chat with author Shawn Micallef about his new book “Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness.” And we host our first call-in segment! Toronto Life digital editor David Topping takes listener questions about the state of Canadian journalism. TUNES: 99 Cents by Santigold Before the World was Big by Girlpool Happy Birthday, dear friend Lisa by Jens Leckman

What to spend of repairs after you have sold your home, would you call the cops on a secret admirer and Micallef loves the six which is why he keeps writing about it. So we test his knowledge.

This week Allison and guest host Vicky Mochoma discuss Canada’s long road to legal weed with Globe and Mail politics reporter Adrian Morrow. Then we talk to urbanist and author Shawn Micallef and WestBank’s Jonah Letovsky about the end of Honest Ed’s and the future of Mirvish Village. We cap off the show with a Fun Quiz about 2016 in The News with Buzzfeed Canada’s Jane Lytvynenko. Allison is reading H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald. Vicky is reading Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. TUNES: Coconut Kiss by Niki & the Dove The Future is Female by Madame Ghandi The Happiest Man Alive by Macho Montano

This October, some of the foremost authorities in Canadian architecture criticism convened in Ottawa for PopCanCrit, to discuss the future of popular criticism in architecture. In this, Part One of a two-part series, we bring you the highlights of that conference. We examine the role of the architecture critic, with the voices of Trevor Boddy, David Theodore, Sophie Gironnay, Marco Polo, and Shawn Micallef. Next, we present a case study, where architecture critics Lisa Rochon, and Alex Bozikovic discuss the Mirvish+Gehry tower proposal, and their coverage of it.

We finally break the number one rule of BUNZ and talk about BUNZ. Bloomberg business reporter Gerrit De Vynck joins us to talk about the growth of Toronto’s biggest trading community and where it’s going next.  Then, we talk to CBC’s Pat Kelly about his new book This Is That’s Travel Guide to Canada - a satirical guidebook for the country that loves poutine, hockey and geo-blocking. Lastly, we talk to political gurus Chris Copperwaithe and Karim Bardeesy about open-source democracy building and the brooding U.S. election.  Vass is reading an advance copy of Shawn Micallef’s Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness. Allison is reading The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen. TUNES: Don’t Dream It’s Over by Flock of Dimes feat. Sylvan Esso No Matter Where We Go by Whitney This is Love by Weyes Blood

Live from 12 Ossington in downtown Toronto, Hogtown Talks presents its first live debate. The subject of discussion: Is Toronto a playground for the rich? Barry moderates a formidable planel including Andray Domise, Shawn Micallef, Mackenzie Keast, and Jacquelyn West. Unwieldy topic be damned, the panel talked about the poisonous effects of gentrification, how the City has abandoned the suburbs, and Toronto's ongoing problems with racism. They also touched on the impossiblity of owning land, culture's ostensibly invisible impact on the poor, and what we can do to fix this place we call home—with or without City Council.

This is the rebroadcast of our hugely successful telethon. You won't believe how much money we raised for charity, but watch it all the way to the end to see how we're helping people and changing lives. All of this is available in UHD on YouTube by searching "Glossy Podcast" or as an MP3 on iTunes by searching "Glossy News". Here are the topics covered in the the December 7th, 2015 4K/UHD podcast and telethon. * A billion dollar business idea you can have to make huge money running a small, then national, then global empire of child care centers. * An incredibly fun and funny interview with Tim Jones from ViewFromTheBleachers.net. * A true story about the weirdest possible visit to the doctor, loaded to the gills with old jokes and terrible behavior. * Meet the man with the unique super power of being able to measure his pulse without any device or even touching his wrist or neck. * Amazing true facts you won't believe about fundraising and the history of the telethon. * A review of the 2008 SBS Australia fake news show "Newstopia" starring Shawn Micallef. Yahasra and we'll miss you. * And all throughout there are updates on how the fundraising is going, but I'll just tell you now, it went every bit as well as expected. Follow me around the web:iTunes (or search "Glossy News")Facebook.com/4KPodcastTwitter - @4KPodcastReddit.com/r/GlossyPodcastYouTube.com/glossynewsGlossyNews.com/podcast Segment bumpers and background music by Greg the Hero. Royalty Free Music "Your Call," "Perspectives," "Odyssey," "Sovereign Quarter," "The Show Must be Go," "Upbeat Forever," "Disco Medusa," and "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod -- Incompetech.com. 4K/UHD Backgrounds by Amitai Angor AA VFX www.youtube.com/dvdangor2011.

How can Torontonians learn to adore their city in the midst of the 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games? Shawn Micallef writes about Toronto and urban issues for Spacing Magazine and the Toronto Star. He's also authored The Trouble With Brunch and Stroll from Coach House Books. Micallef brings his own experiences from exploring […]

In this re-launch of the podcast, we take a spring stroll in unexpected places with author and urban enthusiast, Shawn Micallef. He writes about city explorations for The Toronto Star, Spacing Magazine and in his books, The Trouble With Brunch, and Stroll, from Coach House Books. For more, visit http://news.utoronto.ca     Transcript: Strolling with Shawn […]

In Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village, Colin Marshall talks to Shawn Micallef, editor and co-owner of Spacing magazine, Toronto Star columnist, and author of such books as Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto and The Trouble with Brunch. They discuss his first "long, deliberate" walk in Toronto, which happened by accident; what, exactly, caused this trouble with brunch; his youth in Windsor and his discovery of the middle class in Toronto, which brunches routinely; the death threats his anti-brunch stance has drawn; the difficulty of knowing what class you fit into in the 21st century; choosing flights over children; how Oz-like Toronto looked from back in Windsor; those who stayed behind for the "good money," and what potential they may not have realized as a result; how he began "unpeeling the layers" of Toronto, and how he discovered that infinite peelability defines a great city; the "magical lightness" he discovered upon leaving his car at home; how Toronto doesn't quite know what it has, thinking of itself as a midwestern city more along the lines of Indianapolis; how he developed his obsession with Los Angeles (and how Toronto's 401 freeway surpassed any of Los Angeles' for congestion); why Torontonians insist upon Toronto's and "do not own their Toronto-ness"; Toronto and Los Angeles as cities without stories written in stone, because their people write them even now; the ten-year project behind Stroll; why he finds strip malls the most interesting places in the city, and what drove "actual multiculturalism" out to them; Rob Ford as the "kick in the ass" Toronto may have needed; what you learn when you explore a city at walking speed; and his personal mission to get to know his hometown again, not by car, but on foot.  

Shawn Micallef discusses the art of history at The Walrus Talks, hosted by Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario in October 2012.