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S5E1 Leslie's Diatribes #5: The Arc of the Moral Universe
Leslie spoke about CFIC for a few minutes at the 2026 WeCanReason conference in early May. The brief talk wasn't recorded but seemed to resonate with many attendees, so today's bonus episode is…
S5E11 Everyone - including you! - is intensely creative. Dr. Caroline Brookfield explains.
Dr. Caroline Brookfield is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Caroline helps "non-creatives" connect with a creative mindset to build confidence in change, buffer against burnout, and leverage…
S5E10 Rooting out biases in medical studies and health advice with Dr. Christopher Labos
Dr. Christopher Labos is a cardiologist and an affiliate member of the Department of Global and Public Health of McGill University. He is a columnist with the Montreal Gazette and Medscape, featured…
S5E9 Religion, theism, and race: The Black Practice of Disbelief with Dr. Anthony Pinn
Dr. Anthony Pinn is a professor, prolific author and much sought-after lecturer committed to academic rigor. Known internationally as a leading expert in the field of African American religion, Dr.…
S5E8 Richard Carrier believes Secular Humanism is the best political philosophy
Richard Carrier is the author of Sense and Goodness without God, On the Historicity of Jesus, The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire, and many other books, chapters, and articles. With a Ph.D. in…
S5E7 Persistence, not patience, is required for progress: Feminism in 2026 with Linda Silver Dranoff
Linda Silver Dranoff is a precedent-setting lawyer, an empowering author about law, public policy and women's rights, and a successful feminist activist for equality and family law reform. She is the…
S5E6 Two Solitudes of Secularism: Is Quebec religious symbols law secular or anti-theist legislation?
No issue has split the secular community in Canada like Quebec's Bill 21. Several secular organizations have come out strongly in favour of the legislation, with some saying its only flaw being that…
S5E5 Sahrawis Fight for Western Sahara Rights in an Overwhelmed World, with Najla Mohamed-Lamin
In 1975, Najla Mohamed-Lamin's grandmother fled Moroccan troops entering Western Sahara. For 50 years, Najla's family, and 200,000 of the Saharawi people, have lived in refugee camps in western…
S5E4 Assistance in dying: Not what it's MAiD out to be, with Jackie Nemni
Dr. Jackie Nemni is a physician specializing in respiratory medicine and spent decades looking after patients in the ICU. She retired from active practice in 2023 and has since been working part time…
S5E3 Jesse Brown asks: Why are Canadian Jews targeted for hate crimes?
Jesse Brown is the founder and editor of Canadaland, Canada's largest independent podcast network. We start our conversation talking about the state of journalism in Canada, four years after Podcast…
S5E2 Could we communicate with aliens if we found them? Daniel Whiteson wants to know.
Daniel is a professor of physics at UC Irvine, researching particle physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. He is the co-host of the podcast 'Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe' and the…
S5E1 Dr. Rodney Schmaltz says Scientific Skepticism can Save Society
Dr. Rodney Schmaltz is a professor in the Department of Psychology at MacEwan University. His research focuses on the psychology of belief, with a particular interest in how people evaluate…
S4E25 Living life as a Humanist, with Steve Ghikadis
Steve Ghikadis is a Humanist Officiant, who conducts secular marriages, memorials, and other life affirming celebrations. Raised as a freethinker, Steve has been married to a Christian for over a…
S4E24 Can We Have a Conversation? Exploring Polarization to Find Common Ground, with Jasmin Faulk
Leslie's conversation with Jasmin Faulk begins with what Saudi Arabia was like when she was growing up, and what has and hasn't changed since then. Jasmin talks about the fire of youth, the wisdom…
S4E23 The building blocks of corporate scandals: Guido Palazzo reveals the Dark Pattern
Corporate scandals are depressingly common, and it's all too easy to chalk them up to individual bad apples. Unfortunately, this simple explanation is not accurate. Guido's research led him to write…
S4E22 Andrew Coyne on the Crisis of Canadian Democracy
Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) is a columnist for The Globe and Mail and author of The Crisis of Canadian Democracy. In today's episode, Andrew makes the case that Canadian democracy is headed for a crisis.…
S4E21 Once Upon a Prime with Sarah Hart
Leslie's conversation with Sarah starts with the connections between mathematics and literature, including references to Shakespeare, Herman Melville, George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Douglas Adams, and…
S4E20 Modern Stoicism for modern life, with modern Stoic Donald Robertson
Donald Robertson (Substack) is a writer, cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist, and trainer. He is one of the founding members of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit, and the founder and president of the…
S4E19 Justin Ling on the right wing media ecosystem
Justin Ling (@justinling.ca) is an investigative journalist who writes the Bug-eyed and Shameless newsletter and recently published the book The 51st State Votes. The conversation begins with the…
S4E18 The Examined Run with Sabrina Little
Sabrina Little is a philosopher, ultra-runner, and the author of The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners. She is a five-time U.S. National Champion in trail and ultrarunning, a former…
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