Voices of The Walrus
Let us take you into the pages of the Walrus as a chorus of vibrant voices bring to life essays, fiction, poetry, illustrations and photography from some of Canada’s best writers and artists.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 607
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
" Let her eat cake: The Subversive power of Women Feasting "
Women are told to tame their desires, stifle their appetites, and not take up space. But, as women directors have shown, there's power in indulgence.
00:17:22 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
The Wave - fiction
Ridiculed for claiming to know when and where the next tsunami will strike, a misanthropic ex-professor increasingly looks forward to the devastation of his home.
00:23:50 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
The Fight for B.C. Forests
British Columbia's wood- pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?
00:25:19 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
How to boost Organ Donations without more donors
New technology offers a breath of life to a transplantation system plagued by logistical issues.
00:17:51 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
Giant Mine's Toxic Legacy
How should Canada apologize for the poisoning of an entire community?
00:30:51 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
Students of Death
Life lessons from a unique university program on loss, grief, and death.
00:11:34 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
Child Care for all
What Canada can learn from Germany's daycare revolution.
00:37:21 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
All Booked Up: The frustrations of finding a Black Therapist
Racism's mental health fallout is staggering. But Black Canadians aren't finding the care they need
00:10:49 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
It's a Drag: Many gay bars are closing, but we can still save them
For over a century gay bars have been hubs for LGBTQ2+ communities. How can they prepare for new realities?
00:22:06 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Underwire under fire: How the Pandemic changed the bra
The pandemic changed how we dress. Old forms of bras are going bust. Is it a fashion blip or a sign of somethingn larger?
00:13:56 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
TikTok has become a recipe box for traditional Chinese cooking
The gap between cooks of colour and the mainstream is stubbornly large, but social media is ushering in a new era for Asian creators.
00:10:44 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Diary of a black high-school student
A black teen chronicles the subtle and not-so-subtle forms of racism in the classroom and beyond.
00:17:24 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Feeling the Burn: The workout video from Jane Fonda to Peloton
Home fitness videos have been a godsend during the pandemic, but, what's with those perfect bodies?
00:20:26 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
Jennifer Robertson's husband started a cryptocurrency empire that made them unimaginably wealthy. When he died, she learned it was just a facade.
00:40:12 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Why the sudden interest in Black Authors doesn't feel like a victory
Sarah Raughley askes: "what does it mean to navigate the fact that it took a Black person's death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?"
00:14:36 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Athletes are getting burned by Weed Rules. Is the Sports World out of touch?
Cannabis attitudes have changed since Ross Rebagliati's Olympic mishap in 1998, but pro sports remain stuck in the past.
00:16:49 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Lost in Translation
How Canada's parliamentary records helped IBM win the computational linguistics arms race.
00:20:14 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
The Procedure
After the death of his mother, a looming medical examination forced a BC landscaper to face his own mortality.
00:33:53 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Inside Hamilton's Sewergate Scandal
A sewage leak in southern Ontario exposes the toxic relationship between our cities and our water.
00:14:41 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
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