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
When Positivity turns Toxic
"Good vibes only" has become a rallying cry. But how much positivity is too much?
00:12:21 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
I'm Sick of Reboots and Rewatches and you should be too
We've all spent the pandemic in a popculture feedback loop. Lisa Whittingham-Hill says, for the love of God, make it stop!
00:11:36 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
What do you do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?
Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a license to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit.
00:21:00 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
How Empty Storefronts are Killing our Neighbourhoods
All over North America, speculators are raising rents and pushing out tenants. Will our cities ever be the same?
00:14:55 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
Breathing Trouble
Tens of thousands of Canadians who have received asthma diagnoses don't actually have it.
00:13:04 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn
Discussions around deepfakes have focused on their political danger. But revenge porn and IP theft are the more pressing thefts.
00:11:29 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
The Maximalist House
In a time of fearful self-restraint, sometimes more can be more.
00:16:40 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Seahorse
To build the life of her dreams Skye must first escape her dead-end Maritime town. Years later, she learns that you can reinvent yourself, but you can't leave tradegy behind.
00:22:53 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Taken for the Team
Esmaa Mohamoud's installations capture the way professional sports profit from Black bodies.
00:19:26 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Salmon Sickness
For years, Fisheries and Oceans Canada have minimized the risk of a virus some of its own scientists believe is threatening wild salmon.
00:35:48 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Province of No Choice
Why doctors are still fighting to provide abortion care in New Brunswick
00:48:55 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Students for Sale
International students are lied to, cheated, and exploited on multiple fronts. They are also propping up higher education as we know it.
00:48:09 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Instagram Parent Trap
Influencers modelling an idyllic image of motherhood are highly clickable - but pictures never tell the whole story.
00:22:46 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing
Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits.
00:22:46 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Affected Development: Will Kids Ever Recover from Isolation?
For many children, our panicked pandemic lives are the only lives they've ever know. How will this affect them in later life?
00:11:57 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Anti-Asian Racism is more than a Trending Topic
When it comes to combating racism, marginalized groups shouldn't have to compete for attention.
00:20:13 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women are feeling Worse afer the Jab.
For decades, researchers have conducted flawed clinical trails. The Covid-19 vaccine was no different and women suffered thee consequences
00:13:24 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
The Team, the Fan, and the Severed Toes
What's a person to do when their team loses year after year? For one diehard fan, it meant chopping digits
00:20:46 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
What's Beyond the Surface of our Skin-care Obsession?
Ariella Garmaise thought she was obsessed with skin care. What she really wanted was another chance at a lost year. How skin-care became her coping mechanism during Covid.
00:16:35 |
Wed 21 Jul 2021
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