Voices of The Walrus

Mar 01 2025 554 ep. 20 mins 124
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Let us take you into the pages of the Walrus as a chorus of vibrant voices bring to life essays, fiction, poetry, illustrations and photography from some of Canada’s best writers and artists.

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The Most Toxic Substance on Earth – and the Tiny Town Volunteering to Host It

Mar 01 2025 18 mins  
The fraught quest for a safe site to bury nuclear waste. Lori Wilson reads The Most Toxic Substance on Earth – and the Tiny Town Volunteering to Host It

I List Therefore I Am: Letting Go of Reading Goal Anxiety

Mar 01 2025 8 mins  
What if tallying up books at the end of the year was less about numbers? Lori Wilson reads I List Therefore I Am: Letting Go of Reading Goal Anxiety

Circuit Breakers

Mar 01 2025 26 mins  
Inside the Canadian company betting millions on human-like robots. Marjorie Nicolaou reads Circuit Breakers

Yukoners Are Pissed: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

Feb 18 2025 7 mins  
Starlink’s popularity surges as Northern residents search for reliable internet Lori Wilson reads Yukoners Are Pissed: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

The Pope’s Feminism: Progress for Women, Just Not Too Much

Feb 18 2025 17 mins  
As calls for female ordination grow, the Vatican grapples with its limits. Lori Wilson reads The Pope’s Feminism: Progress for Women, Just Not Too Much

In Afghanistan, Women Haven’t Given Up

Feb 18 2025 29 mins  
Despite jail, torture, and death threats, activists are resisting the Taliban in the country and abroad. Paul Berry reads In Afghanistan, Women Haven’t Given Up

Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners

Feb 08 2025 26 mins  
Without systemic reform of our justice system, more women and children will die from intimate partner abuse. Matt Speirs reads Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners

How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class

Feb 08 2025 23 mins  
The ‘80s haven’t gone away. Forty years later, policies to prop up the super-rich are still going strong. Lori Wilson reads How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class

The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

Feb 08 2025 8 mins  
Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster. Lori Wilson reads The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell

Feb 01 2025 11 mins  
Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopped caring about each other’s lives? Lori Wilson reads Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell