The Approach Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

On episode ten of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Peter Thompson (Professor, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) about his book on Nova Scotia's coal mining industry, his experiences as a Carleton-student-turned-Carleton-Associate-Dean, and the cult classic Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys.

On episode nine of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Stuart Murray (Professor, Department of English Language and Literature) about how society talks—or doesn't talk enough—about taboo subjects like mortality and sex, the ethical questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and being a “bad” English professor.

On episode eight of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Shawn Graham (Professor, Department of History) about his research project on the illicit buying and selling of human remains over social media.

On episode seven of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Manjeet Birk (Assistant Professor, Feminist Institute of Social Transformation) about how to distinguish truth from bias, and the radical power of being able to author your own experience through social media.

On episode six of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Kirk Luther (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology) about his work training police officers to be better communicators, the pop culture phenomenon of true crime documentaries, and how false confessions happen more often than you’d think.

On episode five of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Gabriele Contessa (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy) about what it means to be a philosopher in the 21st century and how social media can challenge our relationships to trust and critical thinking.