At Home and Abroad with Harris and Walker

Come along with us as we take a little detour from our normal format and take the scenic route!

Our destination? The Cheltenham Badlands, a geological wonder on the epic Bruce Trail, a 890km hiking ha…

Change is the external mechanism that forces us to adapt and transition to a new normal. It is inevitable, but that does not mean that it is at all easy.  

Our guest, Harlan Cohen, New York Times Best…

Real estate agents are vilified, glamourized and sometimes ridiculed in popular media but seldom are the real day to day stresses, and even dangers, facing realtors examined or understood.  

Our guest…

Let’s get spicy, folks! 

Today we take on the steamy and the superheated with our fiery guest, Greg Foster, six time Guiness World Record winner and founder of Inferno Farms Hot Sauce Company. Find o…

Music is powerful, evocative and truly healing. It can change mindsets, spark revolutions, spread knowledge, or just be in the background, serving as a soundtrack to our lives as they unfold in all t…

There is a movement to repurpose, re-use, and transform the old and once forgotten. What we discard can be reimagined into new and beautiful forms.  

There is a fondness, a nostalgia for eras gone by …

The words ghost town commonly conjure images of empty narrow streets of wooden buildings with dusty verandahs support blackened, gaping windows, and if you wander far enough, you might come across a …

Content Warning: This episode discusses loneliness, sadness, depression, anxiety and suicide. This may be triggering to some listeners.

Loneliness is an epidemic in today’s society. Though it’s preval…

Gardens, whether large or small, grand and humble offer a horticultural respite from our busy lives and fulfill our passion for nurturing the natural world.

John Lenz of the innovative Baker Creek Hei…

Do you love your fur baby? Of course you do! Pets bring us joy, companionship, and are even good for our health.

Most people seek to bring into their homes dogs, cats, rabbits, or even the odd hedgeho…

Diversity, inclusion, equity and anti-racism are some of the terms that are bandied about boardrooms and many public arenas, but what do these hefty words really mean in our daily lives, especially w…

Just like a postcard, tune in tomorrow for this bite-sized correspondence between Harris and Walker as they chat about Harris’ recent adventures in the Galapagos Islands. Recorded live on location in…

It is believed that Charlemagne once said that to have another language is to possess a second soul.

Language connects us, binds us, but is also a vehicle for social and cultural norms. Language can d…

Feeling the pinch in your pocketbook? It’s nifty to be thrifty! 

Our hard-earned dollars are doing double duty these days to make ends meet. And as we all know, money doesn’t grow on trees.

Find your f…

We have had the absolute joy of bringing our listeners weekly episode of At Home and Abroad for six months! We can hardly believe it.

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Welcome to At Home and Abroad with Harris and Walker! 

Join us each week as we explore the far reaches of the globe in search of unique characters and stories to share.  Reach beyond your front door …

Secret societies have been the objects of human fascination for centuries. They are mysterious, they are insular and too often, they are dangerous.

Secret societies, and their more nefarious cousin, c…

It is said that laughter is the best medicine. It turns out, it just might be!

We can barely keep a lid on it during this episode as we examine the benefits of laughter with Celeste Greene, laughter y…

Leprauchauns, fairies, black cats and Big Foot.

The magical and mystical, the mysterious and the mythical; these beliefs have allowed our species to make sense of this sometimes confusing and difficul…

Dirty, dangerous and sometimes morally troubling jobs are held by innumerable people around the world, but as the saying goes, someone has to do it.

Society often stigmatizes these jobs, and though th…