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The Conversation Piece The Walrus Podcasts

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.0 • 68 Ratings

Need something new to talk about? Subscribe to the podcast that challenges the way you see everything in ten minutes or less. The Walrus Talks is a national event series that sparks conversations on the issues that matter most to Canadians. *The music in this podcast has been licensed and is called Intelligent Molecule by LexPremium.
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    Agapi Gessesse: Building employment opportunities for Black youth

    Agapi Gessesse: Building employment opportunities for Black youth

    Agapi Gessesse is the Executive Director of the Centre for Young Black Professionals. 
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    • 9 min
    International Women's Day | Heather O’Neill: Girls contain multitudes

    International Women's Day | Heather O’Neill: Girls contain multitudes

    Heather O’Neill is a novelist, storyteller, screenwriter, and essayist. She spoke at “Western University Presents The Walrus Talks Belonging” in 2017 and is among over 800 brilliant Canadians who have been featured on The Walrus Talks stage.
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    • 9 min
    The Late Stephen Trumper: Troubleshooting Disability

    The Late Stephen Trumper: Troubleshooting Disability

    Stephen Trumper passed away on January 4, 2023 and left behind a legacy of disability advocacy that will never be forgotten./ He had been an instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Journalism since 1995. Trumper was also an editor at Toronto Life, Harrowsmith, and Financial Post Magazine, a vice-president of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors, a board member of the National Magazine Awards Foundation, and among the over 800 fantastic Canadians who have been featured on The Walrus Talks stage.
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    • 10 min
    André Picard: Were Pandemic Elder Deaths Preventable?

    André Picard: Were Pandemic Elder Deaths Preventable?

    It’s been three years since we launched The Conversation Piece. 90 episodes measured over pandemic years, launched because for a while there, we couldn’t convene the way we love to - at The Walrus Talks. Through three seasons, we’ve done our best to showcase some of the most compelling talkers who have wheeled, walked, and web-cammed onto a stage for The Walrus Talks. Health reporter and author André Picard started us off on this audio journey, with his talk on the epidemic of loneliness, so it only felt appropriate to hand the mic back for the final episode of season 3, because this has been quite a time to be a health reporter, and Picard is one of this country’s best.
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    • 9 min
    Toufah Jallow: How to Humanize and Accept Survivor Stories

    Toufah Jallow: How to Humanize and Accept Survivor Stories

    Trigger Warning: this episode contains subject matter which includes sexual assault and domestic violence. 
    The stories told by sexual assault survivors are best told through their voice when they are ready, but that can mean secondary pain in the form of judgement, disbelief, and shame. It’s why so many survivors don’t speak their truths. Because words like “allegedly” take the power of their words and minimize them to protect their attacker’s rights. And it’s one of the reasons why Toufah Jallow does what she does. Jallow is an anti-rape activist who spoke at Concordia presents, The Walrus Talks: What’s Next? In Ottawa. 

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    • 11 min
    Andrea Gunraj: The 5 C's and the Care Economy

    Andrea Gunraj: The 5 C's and the Care Economy

    Women, Two Spirit, trans and non binary people across the spectrum have been at the forefront of what it means to be a caregiver. Whether society defines it as nurture or instinct, one thing’s for certain, over half of the women in our economy work in the 5 C’s: caring, catering, clerical work, cashiering and cleaning. Andrea Gunraj is the Vice President of Public Engagement at the Canadian Women’s Foundation and she spoke about why we need to value care work in order to protect women and gender diverse people. Gunraj spoke at Concordia University presents “The Walrus Talks: What’s Next” in May 2022.
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    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5
68 Ratings

68 Ratings

Radheeda ,

Really great podcasts

Bite-sized, thought provoking conversations from passionate, persuasive people. Loved listening to Carol Off and Terry O’Reilly in particular, recently :)

jayaechpee ,

Fresh ideas welcome

I think the Walrus is one of those journalism sources you can count on for a new angle.

PhillyCheesesteak1874 ,

Brilliant and Easy to get into

This podcast is great so far. The episode on loneliness is a great start. I could listen to a hundred more just like it.

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