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EP 253: In Memoriam: David Cayley
Jun 24, 2026
53m 40s
EP 252: Tyler Dawson: Why Alberta Separatism is Back
Jun 17, 2026
40m 43s
EP 251: Full Press on How 'Mass Graves' Became Canada's Biggest Journalism Failure
Jun 3, 2026
38m 17s
EP 250: Is Phoebe Maltz Bovy the Last Straight Woman?
May 27, 2026
51m 59s
EP 249: Jacob Siegel on Big Tech and the Information State
May 20, 2026
1h 03m 08s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  EP 253: In Memoriam: David Cayley | On June 10, the Canadian broadcaster David Cayley passed away, surrounded by loved ones, playing bluegrass music. He died in the Toronto home that he had shared with his wife for the past 42 years. It was a home that I had just begun visiting him at in recent months, drinking coffee and talking about books and ideas. David was a brilliant mind, a generous person, a fearless soul. As his friend and former executive producer Bernie Lucht told me this week, “David simply did not accept standing ... | 53m 40s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | EP 252: Tyler Dawson: Why Alberta Separatism is Back | On October 19, citizens in the province of Alberta will vote on whether they want to proceed with a referendum on separating from the rest of Canada. Our guest on the program this week has written a new book about the history of these tensions — and why they have now come to a head. Tyler Dawson is an opinion editor at The Globe and Mail. His new book is The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away. You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.subs... | 40m 43s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | EP 251: Full Press on How 'Mass Graves' Became Canada's Biggest Journalism Failure✨ | journalism failuremedia criticism+4 | — | The Globe and MailThe Hub | CanadaSenate | Canadajournalism+5 | — | 38m 17s | |
| 5/27/26 | EP 250: Is Phoebe Maltz Bovy the Last Straight Woman?✨ | female heterosexualityfeminism+3 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy | The Canadian Jewish News | Toronto | heterosexualityfeminism+3 | — | 51m 59s | |
| 5/20/26 | EP 249: Jacob Siegel on Big Tech and the Information State✨ | digital agepolitical censorship+3 | Jacob Siegel | Big Technew book | — | digital transformationpolitical censorship+3 | — | 1h 03m 08s | |
| 5/13/26 | Ep 248: Tony Keller on How Canada Lost the Plot on Immigration✨ | immigrationCanada+3 | Tony Keller | The Globe and MailBorderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong | Canada | Canadaimmigration+5 | — | 47m 46s | |
| 5/6/26 | EP 247: Why Are Gen Z Girls Miserable? Freya India Explains✨ | Gen Zmental health+4 | Freya India | After BabelGIRLS: Generation Z and the Commodification of Girlhood | — | Gen Z girlsmental health+5 | — | 33m 06s | |
| 4/29/26 | EP 246: Tom Junod: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?✨ | masculinityfatherhood+3 | Tom Junod | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | — | masculinityTom Junod+5 | — | 34m 12s | |
| 4/22/26 | EP 245: John Tomasi on the Diversity We Don't Discuss✨ | viewpoint diversitydialogue+5 | John Tomasi | Heterodoxynew book | — | viewpoint diversitydialogue+5 | — | 37m 23s | |
| 4/16/26 | EP 244: Ric Esther Bienstock on the Campus Culture Wars✨ | campus culturepolitical discourse+3 | Ric Esther Bienstock | North American universitiesdocumentary | — | campus culture warspolitically charged times+3 | — | 44m 44s | |
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| 4/8/26 | EP 243: John Fraser on Canada's Most Misunderstood Job✨ | CanadaGovernor General+4 | John Fraser | Massey Collegeentertaining new book about the office of Governor General | Canada | CanadaGovernor General+5 | — | 39m 40s | |
| 4/1/26 | EP 242: Leah Libresco Sargeant: Rethinking Feminism✨ | feminismradical autonomy+3 | Leah Libresco Sargeant | Other FeminismsThe Digni... | — | feminismradical autonomy+3 | — | 27m 14s | |
| 3/25/26 | EP 241: Laurie Woolever on Addiction, Recovery - and Anthony Bourdain✨ | addictionrecovery+3 | Laurie Woolever | Care and Feeding: A Memoir | — | addictionrecovery+3 | — | 37m 42s | |
| 3/18/26 | EP 240: Jason Mangone: Inside Trump's America✨ | Trump voterscultural attitudes+3 | Jason Mangone | More in Common U.S.Beyond MAGA: A Profile of the Trump Coalition | United StatesCanada | Trumpdepolarization+5 | — | 30m 18s | |
| 3/11/26 | EP 239: Mark Oppenheimer on the Life and Times of Judy Blume✨ | Judy Blumeliterature+4 | Mark Oppenheimer | ARCAre You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret+1 | — | Judy BlumeMark Oppenheimer+5 | — | 36m 06s | |
| 3/4/26 | EP 238: Eddie Sheppard on Canada's Precarity Mindset✨ | precarity mindsetCanadian uncertainty+3 | Eddie Sheppard | Abacus Data | — | Canadaprecarity+5 | — | 25m 50s | |
| 2/25/26 | EP 237: Ryan Zickgraf on the Politicization of Charity✨ | charitypoliticization+3 | Ryan Zickgraf | UnHerdThe Thi | — | charitypoliticization+3 | — | 24m 20s | |
| 2/20/26 | EP 236: Amanda Ripley on the Media's Trump Fixation✨ | media fixationpolitics+4 | Amanda Ripley | — | CanadaUnited States | mediaTrump+5 | — | 42m 02s | |
| 2/11/26 | EP 235: Richard Stursberg: Who Killed CanLit? | Canadians who write books, or cover books, or read books will know that something is wrong with our literary industry. But a new book documents just how far off the rails publishing has gone. Our guest on the program this week is the author of that book, and he says our fundamental problem is an erosion of national identity. Richard Stursberg is a Canadian author and media executive, and the former head of English services for the CBC. His new book is Lament for a Literature: The Collapse of ... | 36m 20s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | EP 234: Harrison Lowman on James Bennet, The New York Times and the Era of Activist Journalism | This week on the Lean Out podcast we are taking a look at the chaotic summer of 2020, and the impact of that unrest on mainstream journalism. Our guest on the program this week has a new interview with the former opinion editor at The New York Times, James Bennet, who was famously ousted by a staff revolt. My guest says that now is a good time to think through how that historical moment — and its activists — has shaped our journalism. Harrison Lowman is a Canadian journalist. He’s the managin... | 28m 17s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | EP 233: Steven Scherer: The Road From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver | We live in an age of economic precarity and journalists are not exempt from this. Our guest on the program this week has written a powerful Substack essay about his path from foreign correspondent to Uber driver, and how his troubles have helped him to forge a sense of solidarity with the people he drives to work. Steven Scherer is an American journalist and a former Canadian bureau chief for Reuters. You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.subs... | 35m 13s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | EP 232: Larissa Phillips on the Rift Between Men and Women | Men and women don’t seem very happy these days. They are dissatisfied with dating, polarized politically, trash talking each other online, and both marriage and fertility are on the decline. What is responsible for this rift between men and women? Our guest on the program this week has been mulling this question over, and she says we might want to reconsider some of the assumptions of feminism — starting with the idea that marriage and family are “a trap.” Larissa Phillips is an American essa... | 31m 56s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | EP 231: 'Enough White Guys Already': Jacob Savage on a Lost Generation | The popularity of identity politics, and the subsequent fallout from this ideology, is something that we’ve tried to unpack and understand on the Lean Out podcast. Our guest on the program this week has published a viral essay on the impacts of this moment on Millennial white men. He argues that an entire generation was shut out of certain professions and found themselves in a society that was “deliberately rooting against” them. Jacob Savage is an American writer. His latest essay, for Compa... | 25m 21s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | EP 230: Elizabeth Grace Matthew: We Need to Move On From Girl Bosses and Trad Wives | With the new year now upon us, we are going to continue our conversation about the state of feminism, and how we might begin to think and talk about women’s lives in ways that are more productive. Our guest on the program this week is a frequent commentator on modern feminism, and she says the central archetypes of our current moment — the girl boss on the left and the trad wife on the right — are both reductive and untenable in today’s world. Elizabeth Grace Matthew is an American writer, an... | 40m 04s | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | EP 229: Valerie Stivers on the Joys of Home Cooking | It’s New Year’s Day and many of us will be at home, contemplating the year ahead. For New Year’s every year, Lean Out brings you an episode that is lighter and more hopeful. This year, we set our sights on food and its ability to bring us together. Our guest on the program today has published a wonderful book about famous writers and their recipes, exploring the restorative power of home cooking. Valerie Stivers is an American writer and a senior editor at UnHerd. Her new book is The Writer’s... | 25m 31s | ||||||
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