Hosted by Tara Henley · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 253 episodes
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Tara Henley is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author. On the Lean Out podcast, she interviews heterodox writers and thinkers from around the world, in an attempt to widen the Overton window of acceptable thought in society. You can learn more about her work at tarahenley.substack.com
Tara Henley hosts Lean Out with Tara Henley, a society show with 253 episodes published.
On June 10, the Canadian broadcaster David Cayley passed away, surrounded by loved ones, playing bluegrass music. He died in the Toronto home that he had shared with his wife for the past 42 years. It was a home that I h
On October 19, citizens in the province of Alberta will vote on whether they want to proceed with a referendum on separating from the rest of Canada. Our guest on the program this week has written a new book about the hi
The big news in Canada this week has been The Globe and Mail editorial board’s admission that the industry and the paper bungled the unmarked graves story from 2021 — that this in fact constituted a journalistic failure.
You wouldn’t think that a woman declaring that she is into men would a subversive act — but at some point during recent years, this became the case in certain circles. Particularly online feminist circles. Our guest on t
Most of us are aware that the digital age we are living through is a time of incredible transformation. But we may not have contemplated what we’d like to see preserved — things like free speech. Some years ago, our gues
Canada’s immigration system was once the envy of the world. And for decades, the country enjoyed a bipartisan pro-immigration consensus. But during the Trudeau years, that consensus fell apart. Our guest on the program t
We know that young women are increasingly unhappy — with high rates of depression and anxiety — and our guest on the program this week says there’s good reason for that. In her new book, she argues that girlhood has dram
What does it mean to be a man? Our guest on the program this week has published a book that examines that very question. It is part memoir, part meditation on masculinity, and part detective story — as he unearths the se
In recent years, viewpoint diversity has become a loaded term. But our guest on the program this week says it is vital that we renew our commitment to dialogue, especially across lines of difference. He has edited a new
There can be no doubt that we are living through politically charged times — and this is especially true at North American universities. My guest on the program this week has spent the past decade making a documentary ab
We are at a pivotal moment in Canada, as we reflect on our past and try to forge a more unified future in the face of tensions with the United States. Our guest on the program says now is a good time to reexamine our key
In the United States right now, a group of feminists is taking stock of the movement — where it is at and where it’s gone wrong. Our guest on the program this week is one of those feminists. Her new book argues that our
This week on the Lean Out podcast we are shifting our focus from the political to the personal. Our guest on the program has written a remarkable memoir about her time in the food world, her story of addiction and recove
As tensions mount within the United States — and between the United States and Canada — it has never been more important to understand each other. Our guest on the program this week is the head of a depolarization non-pr
Many of us grew up reading classics from the great Judy Blume, from Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Blume, now in her eighties, is famous for writing about childhood and adolesce
In recent years, the world has become an increasingly unstable place. Our guest on the program this week says that Canadians have adopted a “ precarity mindset .” And now, roughly nine out of ten Canadians believe this u
One of the problems with increased polarization is that everything gets politicized, including simple acts of charity. Our guest on the program this week is an American journalist who’s been tracking this trend in libera
If you follow the news in this country, you know that Canada is currently grappling with a number of crises, from housing to mental health. And yet much of our attention is focused on the United States and on Donald Trum
Canadians who write books, or cover books, or read books will know that something is wrong with our literary industry. But a new book documents just how far off the rails publishing has gone. Our guest on the program thi
This week on the Lean Out podcast we are taking a look at the chaotic summer of 2020, and the impact of that unrest on mainstream journalism. Our guest on the program this week has a new interview with the former opinion
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Jacob Siegel
writer and editor at Tablet Magazine · Tablet
1 appearance on this show
Freya India
author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything
1 appearance on this show
Tom Junod
author of the memoir In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to be a Man
1 appearance on this show
John Tomasi
President of HxA · HxA
1 appearance on this show
John Fraser
Michigan team leader of Dykema’s cannabis group · Glasgow Zen Group
1 appearance on this show
Leah Libresco Sargeant
author
1 appearance on this show
Laurie Woolever
Food Writer and Former Assistant to Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali
1 appearance on this show
Anthony Bourdain
Writer
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Ripley
investigative journalist and author · Good Conflict
1 appearance on this show
Mike Pesca
1 appearance on this show
Cory Clark
director of the Adversarial Collaboration Project, visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania · University of Pennsylvania
1 appearance on this show
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