History in the Now Conversations

In this podcast series, Paul Zanazanian, author and Associate Professor at McGill University, explores what history is, what it can do, and how people use it in their everyday lives. What is unique about this series is that Zanazanian engages in conversations with scholars and other professionals who do not work in any field directly related to history but — as shall be discovered — hold valuable insights about history’s worth and relevance. The podcast is inspired by Zanazanian’s book, Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology, which examines history’s life uses.

History in the Now Conversations is a history podcast hosted by Paul Zanazanian, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Paul Zanazanian hosts History in the Now Conversations, a history show with 26 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  INVITED GUEST: Joshua Dorsey, Founder and CEO, Hivelighter

  Sep 15, 20261h 15mS2

  Joshua Dorsey is the founder and CEO of the Montreal-based tech startup Hivelighter — specialized in non-generic enterprise research, knowledge leadership, and client-intelligence. They work with some of the most demanding companies in the world, including Cossette, Scale AI, dBI. Their research team recently made a breakthrough in Agentic AI that has opened up new horizons for Hivelighter in the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) marketplace. Dorsey’s previous success was in the entertainment industry as a film & television director, showrunner and producer - creating hit shows for History Channel, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Showtime, and Discovery... and was the first ever creator to have a project successfully leap from web to network television. Dorsey also started an arts organization for disadvantaged teens. He studied moral philosophy at Harvard, got his MFA from Columbia University, and fought the World Tournament twice in Full-Contact Karate.REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Dorsey, J. (Guest). (2026, September) How history lives within us: Founder and CEO Joshua Dorsey of Hivelighter talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/ *This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/ .

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  Episode #11

  INVITED GUEST: Jerome Garot, Senior Product Manager, Silicon

  Jul 13, 20261h 12mS2

  Jerome Garot is a Senior Product Manager at SILICON, where he has focused on metallic product innovations and field services for nearly two decades. Throughout his career, his professional contributions have been resulted in unique inventions and patents. Jerome is passionate about his professional career and spends most of his time pursuing the next challenge. REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Garot, J. (Guest). (2026, July) How history lives within us: Senior Product Manager Jerome Garot SILICON talks history. History in the Now Conversations ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/⁠ *This podcast, History in the Now Conversations , emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology . University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠⁠ .

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  Episode #10

  INVITED GUEST: Richard Bourhis, Professor Emeritus, Université du Québec à Montréal

  Jun 11, 20261h 31mS2

  Richard Y. Bourhis obtained a BSc in Psychology at McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Bristol, England (1977). He was Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at McMaster University and was full professor in the Psychology Department of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) where he was elected Emeritus professor in 2017. Richard published several books and 200 journal articles and chapters on bilingual communication, immigrant/host community acculturation, discrimination and intergroup relations, language policies in multilingual settings. Richard was elected Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association , Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues , and Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). In 2008, he received an award for outstanding research on Bilingualism from the International Association of Language and Social Psychology , and an award of distinction from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation . He received a doctorate ‘Honoris causa’ from Université de Lorraine, France, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Quebec and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012. He received the Gold Medal Award of the Canadian Psychological Association in 2019 for his lifetime contribution to Canadian Psychology. REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES : Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Bourhis, R. (Guest). (2026, June) How history lives within us: Professor Emeritus Richard Bourhis from the Université du Québec à Montréal talks history. History in the Now Conversations ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/⁠ *This podcast, History in the Now Conversations , emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology . University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠⁠ .

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  Episode #9

  INVITED GUEST: Daniel Weinstock, Full Professor, McGill University

  May 18, 20261h 19mS2

  <p>Daniel Weinstock is the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He also held a James McGill Professorship at McGill from 2013 to 2019. He was the Director of McGill’s Institute for Health and Social Policy from 2013 to 2020. Before moving to McGill in 2012, he was a Professor in the Department of Philosophy of the Université de Montréal, where from 2000 to 2012 he held both Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs. He was the Founding Director of the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal.</p><p>His work...

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  Episode #8

  INVITED GUEST: Mark Silverberg, Emeritus Professor, Cape Breton University

  Apr 13, 202653 minS2

  <p>Mark Silverberg is a poet, an Emeritus Professor of English, and a teacher of mindfulness meditation and Buddhist spirituality. After retiring as a full professor from Cape Breton University, he spent time travelling in Asia (Burma, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam) and settled in Montreal where he continues to pursue academic, literary and spiritual interests. He is the author of The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde: Between Radical Art and Radical Chic (Ashgate) and editor of New York School Collaborations: The Color of Vowels (Palgrave/ MacMillan). He is also the author of a prize-winning collection of ekphrastic poems, Believi...

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