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 Walrus & Philper Show is a bit hard to explain, but please don't ask Philper to explain it, unless you have all day. Classic Rock & More says it best. Enjoy some rare cuts, good old fashioned fun (usually at Philper's expense) and light hearted banter, balanced with Classic Rock stories, music, interviews and information. Pull up an ear and enjoy!
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Winner, "Outstanding Music Series", 2022 Canadian Podcast Awards. In this passion project of a podcast, longtime Hockey Night In Canada and TSN broadcaster (and Beatles expert!) Paul Romanuk chats with great Canadian music people about the greatest band in the history of pop music - The Beatles. Each episode will feature a different guest, who will dive into their favourite Beatles or Beatles solo album, track by track. Some of the biggest names in Canadian music tell their stories about dis ...
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This is "I Am The Walrus" that explores and shares the stories of a young boy growing up during the 1960s in the South. What could be call the most prolific decade in history has so many twist and turns that developed a young boy into a man...but not the one his Father thought he should be.
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Walrus takes on the intricate and wildly fascinating city that is Berlin. An exquisite adventure through one of the most exciting cities of the 21st century. “So, does that mean this is a serious podcast?” Oh yes, very serious. Walrus is no jester. He has round glasses and wears matching socks. Luckily, the show also has giggly guests, edgy editing and telling tales. All topped off with a down to earth, self-deprecating voice-over. “Now Walrus (is your name really Walrus?), another question ...
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The Art Fraud that shook the world
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Norval Morrisseau is one of the most famous Indigenous artists anywhere. Then the fakes of his works surfaced - and kept comingAf Accessible Media Inc
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Antibiotics may become useless in our lifetime. Doctors are looking to the past for helpAf Accessible Media Inc
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Can vegan cheese pass the taste test?Af Accessible Media Inc
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I can do good work if I don't get killed
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Activists and dissidents come to Canada to escape inprisonment or assassination. But the government doesn't take their safety seriously.Af Accessible Media Inc
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In an exclusive interview, a confident Prime Minister addresses his doubtersAf Accessible Media Inc
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Bullying. Harassment. Horrible bosses. Are work places inherently toxic?Af Accessible Media Inc
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The impossible promise of the first planned Palestinian community in the occupied West BankAf Accessible Media Inc
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Why Conservatives turned against the environment
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Conservatives are busy making accusations of 'eco radicalism' while the world burns. It wasn't always that wayAf Accessible Media Inc
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The fragmenting of shared reality is fueling extremism and dysfunction. The era of the deepfake campaign has already begun.Af Accessible Media Inc
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There's a path to peace in Israel and Palestine
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Territory is a fixed commodity, but compassion, freedom and dignity should have no boundaries.Af Accessible Media Inc
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A foiled assassination points to India's increasing recklessness
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Criminal cases in Canada and the US raise troubling questions about the motives of India's Modi governmentAf Accessible Media Inc
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Those on the line between Gen X and millennial are watching their identities shift and age in a way no previous generation hasAf Accessible Media Inc
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What being pro-Palestine means to me
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I want Palestinians to be afforded basic humanity, I know saying so might affect my career or friendshipsAf Accessible Media Inc
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Family doctors' burnout is about more than their workload
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Many physicians believe there needs to be a reset in how they treat patients - and their own well-being.Af Accessible Media Inc
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What happens when a government decides to prioritize language laws over nurses and doctors?Af Accessible Media Inc
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Why do I constantly have to prove my disability?
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Having to negotiate what it means to be disabled, and then fight for limited benefits and services if you are, is exhausting.Af Accessible Media Inc
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A program that was meant to rescue temporary, foreign workers from abusive employers may be retraumatizing them instead.Af Accessible Media Inc
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Was the Winnipeg Art Gallery led by a Nazi?
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Research suggests trail-blazing art gallery director Ferdinand Eckhardt may have been a supporter of The Third ReichAf Accessible Media Inc
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Will Canada ever have high-speed rail?
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A better, faster train network in Canada has long been a dream for many. It doesn't seems to be happening any time soon.Af Accessible Media Inc
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The United Nations prohibits the use of force except in the case of self-defense but that can too easily be molded into a euphemism for retaliation, revenge and punishmentAf Accessible Media Inc
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Former staffers reveal what made the channel so special - and why MuchMusic has failed to reclaim its former glory despite a relaunchAf Accessible Media Inc
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How Connie Walker got us listening
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The Pulitzer prize-winning podcaster is changing journalism as we know itAf Accessible Media Inc
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The Quebec government's plan to kill English universities
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The Quebec provincial party's most radical base will be satisfied only if English-speaking institutions disappear from Montreal's landscape.Af Accessible Media Inc
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How a giant of Caribbean literature would up among hay bales and cowboysAf Accessible Media Inc
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The diminishng romance of train travelAf Accessible Media Inc
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Doomscrolling is Casey Plett's guilty pleasure, scanning curated feeds, checking news sites, opening links, high-calorie information on tap for immenent consumptionAf Accessible Media Inc
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The activist who made the TTC accessible
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Beryl Potter was a gadfly on a quest to make the TTC easier to use for people with disabilities. The fruits of her labour can be seen to this day.Af Accessible Media Inc
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The lobby group that owns Assisted Death
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Dying with Dignity Canada played a huge part in the legalization of MAID. Few have the resources to oppose themAf Miranda Schreiber, Dying with Dignity Canada, MAID, The Walrus, Roger Ashby
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Pediatrician David Wong has learned that medicine alone doesn't do all the work that people with ADHD needAf Accessible Media Inc
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How did we end up with a guy like Doug Ford and how do we get rid of him?Af Accessible Media Inc
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The inescapable rise of moral superiority
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Why does every online discussion terminate in ethical grandstanding?Af Accessible Media Inc
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Nauru fits the wider pattern of many remote resource hinterlands in the global south, where frontiers are invented exploited and abandoned.Af Accessible Media Inc
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S3 E27 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. II – Jim Cuddy & Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo
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Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part II of a two-part episode.This is the last episode of Series 3 of The Walrus Was Paul. EPISODE NOTES: Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances: SIDE A Love M…
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Why are plundered African artifacts still in Western museums?Af Accessible Media Inc
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One day, chat GPT will move you to tears
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Even if ChatGPT wrote better poems than we ever could, we would still write poetry. Because there is more to writing than generating text.Af Accessible Media Inc
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The new owners of one of the world's largest adult sites are determined to make the company - and the rest of the porn industry - safer.Af Accessible Media Inc
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S3 E26 – Favourite Beatles Vocal Performances Pt. I – Jim Cuddy & Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo
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Jim Cuddy and Colin Cripps of Blue Rodeo join host Paul Romanuk to talk about some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances. This is Part I of a two-part episode. EPISODE NOTES: Here is Jim and Colin's virtual album of some of their favourite Beatles vocal performances: SIDE A Love Me Do This Boy Baby's In Black If I Needed Someone Happiness I…
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It's time for a birth control revolution
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What the pill teaches us about the failure and future of women's health care.Af Accessible Media Inc
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The philosopher helping countries protect minority rights
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From Nepal to Bolivia, Will Kymlicka is reshaping global policy.Af Accessible Media Inc
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The acclaimed enviromental scientist Vaclav Smil is criticizing climate activists shunning media, and stepping back just when we need him mostAf Accessible Media Inc
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Canada's National Parks are colonial crime scenes
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Many see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched nature is unrecognizable to Indigenous peopleAf Accessible Media Inc
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Without immigration status, Canada's undocumented youth stay in the shadowsAf Accessible Media Inc
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S3 E25 – Special Christmas Episode – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
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In this annual Christmas Episode, host Paul Romanuk digs into a song that is well on the way (if it isn't already) to being a traditional Christmas season standard: the 1971 John Lennon/Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band song Happy Xmas (War Is Over). EPISODE NOTES: -The song was inspired by and grew out of John & Yoko's 1969 global billboard peace campaign…
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The next target on the war on affirmative action
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The move to weed out equitable hiring is part of a much longer history of exclusion in both the US and CanadaAf Accessible Media Inc
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Why does eating garbage food in the middle of the night feel so good?Af Accessible Media Inc
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When a fraudster scams Delta and Dizzy's grandfather, they turn the tables on him. Can they get his money back?Af Accessible Media Inc
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Chris Hadfield has had a storied career as a test pilot, astronaut and writer. However his latest novel fails to blast off.Af Accessible Media Inc
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It's high time we brought home Indigenous remains
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Millions of items were removed from Indigenous communities and are now held by Canadian museums and institutions. It's time they were returnedAf Accessible Media Inc
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When a tribute band transcends the originalAf Accessible Media Inc
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One record chain has bet big on a new appetite for physical mediaAf Accessible Media Inc
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