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
To Catch a Turtle Thief
How Canadian and US officials blew the lid off an international turtle smuggling operation.
00:26:23 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
The Ruthless Math of Political Campaigns: Is Big Data bad for Democracy?
As the fate of elections is increasingly tied to analytics, we could end up with voters nobody will bother trying to persuade.
00:18:59 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Three Stories to make your Head Feel Different
Douglas Coupland's newest fiction on pandemic isolation, bored border guards and , getting grandkids.
00:18:52 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
For the Love of Peat
Preserving Canada's Wetlands may be our best defence against floods, wildfires, and a changing climate.
00:12:06 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
My Day in Zoom Court
Tradition dictates that perpetrators and victims of sexual assault must meet in court. Covid-19 showed there may be a better way.
00:17:33 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
The Mission
Two residential school survivors set out to confront one of the men responsible for their nightmarish childhoods
00:29:35 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Freedom Verse
Once relegated to the literary fringes, dub poet Lillian Allen has inspired countless CAnadian writers. A new book shows why.
00:14:01 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Ask a DNA Expert
Can we bring extinct species like dinosaurs back to life?
00:05:30 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Pigeon Power
The sport of pigeon racing depends on the birds finding their way home - but nobody knows how they do it.
00:11:01 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Long Story Short
Brief, provocative nonfiction once expanded the political imagination. One publisher is betting that pamphleteering can rise again.
00:16:58 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Doctors on Call
Thousands of Canadians have consulted physicians via phone and video conferencing during the pandemic. Is it adequate health care?
00:24:13 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
New Brunswick's Medical Mystery
Experts are accusing the provincial government of blocking the investigation into what appears to be a severe brain disease.
00:29:19 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Neighbourhood Watch
How porch cameras and Facebook Groups are turning residential streets into surveillance states.
00:15:14 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
The RCMP Revisited
Over a century and a half, the Mounties have become part of Canada's national identity. They've also been embroiled in scandal after scandal.
00:56:08 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
The Art of the Poster
For 16 years, the album illustrations commissioned for the Polaris Prize have equalled the beauty of the music itself.
00:08:24 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Is it Time for Unions to Seize the Moment?
The last year has seen workers' rights and safety continue to erode. Collective action may be the answer.
00:14:18 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Citizen of Nowhere
Deepan Budlakoti was Canadian one day, stateless the next. Who is responsible for someone no country wants to claim?
00:30:30 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
The Campus Mental Health Crisis
Canada's colleages and universities are offering more wellness programming than ever before, yet rates of student mental illness continue to rise.
00:46:54 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
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