Thinking Out Loud

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Thinking Out Loud

Big ideas, smart conversations: the Thinking Out Loud (TOL) podcast connects emerging research with topics of public interest. Recorded live and in studio, TOL episodes feature Concordia researchers in conversation with thought leaders. Unscripted, provocative: This is TOL.

  1. 2019-05-07

    Episode 18: Leonard Cohen Stern Symposium

    Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything is a touring exhibition featuring a collection of new work commissioned from and created by local and international artists inspired by Leonard Cohen’s style and recurring themes. The exhibition was first shown at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) and is the first to be devoted to Cohen’s imagination and legacy. Join host Richard Burnett in conversation about Leonard Cohen. pop music, contemporary art and literature with journalist Norman Ravvin, writer Alexandra Pleshoyano, curator Dominic Molon and academic and writer Chantal Ringuet. Each of the guests on the podcast participated in the twelfth Max and Iris Stern International Symposium, a gathering of cultural historians and museum professionals who presented the latest research on the life and work of this seminal artist at Concordia, in partnership with the MAC. For Cohen fans, old and new.

    39 min

  2. 2019-02-20

    Episode 15: Maker Culture & Learning

    Maker culture is a form of DIY culture that encourages individuals to create their — mostly technology-based — inventions. Tinkering, 3D printing, community-building and more - are you a maker? This episode features a talk by Ann-Louise Davidson (Concordia University Research Chair in Maker Culture), followed by a conversation with journalist Aphrodite Salas. Recorded at in Montreal in collaboration with TOL.

    21 min

  3. 2019-02-20

    Episode 16: Digital Life, Digital Identity

    Digital disruption, new and old tech, and the things that hold our attention - excerpts from a conversation between William Gibson (author) and Fenwick McKelvey (Professor, Communications & internet researcher), moderated by journalist Erin Anderssen (). Freshly cut from the TOL 2015 TOL live events series in Montreal.

    18 min

  4. 2019-02-20

    Episode 17: Leonard Cohen, Darth Vader & Food Trucks

    Leonard Cohen’s art washing, Darth Vader and the Iraq war, eBay collecting as a form of artistic research and the deep intercultural understandings that people reach when they cook and eat together. We can only be talking about the multisensory art practice of Jewish Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz. Recorded at Studio C as part of the Faculty of Fine Arts Wild Talks series, featuring Michael Rakowitz, Tammer El-Sheikh (Professor, Studio Arts), Sanaz Sohrabi (PhD student), and David Howes, (Professor of anthropology and Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies). Their conversation refers to Rakowitz’s work as part of the Leonard Cohen exhibition at the Musee d’Art Contemporain (MAC) in Montreal.

    42 min

  5. 2019-01-29

    Episode 10: Digital Futures – Part I

    What is our digital future? AI, gaming, storytelling, a changed workforce and learning environment? In this episode, we explore how the digital revolution is transforming our lives. This is the first of two best of episodes featuring excerpts from the President’s Conference Series on Digital Futures held at Concordia University – the series featured thought leaders on the digital revolution touching on workforce, learning and much more. What is your digital future? Featuring: Marie Josée Lamothe (Managing Director, Google Canada – Quebec); Michelle d’Auray (Ambassador and Canadian Representative to the OECD); Félix Lajeunesse, (Co-founder, Félix & Paul Studios); Francis Baillet (Vice-President Corporate Affairs Ubisoft).

    24 min

  6. 2019-01-29

    Episode 11: Digital Futures – Part II

    In this second episode devoted to talks on our digital futures, we explore how to make technology work for us. We ask about our roles and responsibilities when we engage with it and how to leverage artificial intelligence to serve our needs, and not the other way around. Three renowned experts help us unpack these questions and also help us break down what is actually meant by AI. Featuring: Shannon Vallor (Professor of Philisophy, Santa Clara University in California); Yoshua Bengio (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms and Professor of Computer Science at l' Université de Montreal); Safiya Noble (Assistant Professor, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California).

    18 min

  7. 2019-01-29

    Episode 12: A Conversation with Sheldon Kennedy & Sandi Curtis

    The film Swift Current tells the story of former NHL hockey player Sheldon Kennedy who was sexually abused by his junior hockey coach. This conversation between Sheldon Kennedy and Sandi Curtis (professor of Music Therapy) took place following a screening of Swift Current in Montreal. Child abuse, prevention, advocacy and the public health implications - this conversation is moderated by journalist Elysia Bryan-Baynes.

    35 min

  8. 2019-01-29

    Episode 13: Are you sure? Confidence, Anxiety & Doubt

    Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is much more than checking behaviours - anxiety, doubt, and the confidence you have in your own memory all play a role. OCD is often called the doubting disease but it really isn't about doubt - new research suggests memory is key to understanding OCD. This episode is about anxiety, doubt, memory and the latest on OCD. Featuring excerpts from a talk by Adam Radomsky (Professor, Psychology and Research Chair in Anxiety and Related Disorders) and a conversation with journalist Aphrodite Salas. Recorded at in collaboration with TOL.

    20 min
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Big ideas, smart conversations: the Thinking Out Loud (TOL) podcast connects emerging research with topics of public interest. Recorded live and in studio, TOL episodes feature Concordia researchers in conversation with thought leaders. Unscripted, provocative: This is TOL.

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  • Creator
    Concordia University
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2019
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © ℗ Concordia University
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    Thinking Out Loud

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