Likeville
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPhilosopher and professor John Faithful Hamer interviews a wide range of subjects. Nothing is off limits.
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Episodes
Political Evolution (E60)
July 12, 2019 14:57 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBA conversation with writer Alex Knepper about embracing liberalism and religion, and leaving the Republican Party, Ayn Rand, libertarianism, and market fundamentalism.
Prehistoric-Level Old School (E59)
June 22, 2019 20:55 - 2 hours - 100 MBA conversation with lawyer turned Brazilian jujitsu expert Alexander Boldizar about Harvard Law School, fatherhood, and his debut novel: The Ugly (2016).
High Time (E58)
June 12, 2019 13:06 - 2 hours - 120 MBA conversation with philosopher Daniel Weinstock about marijuana legalization and much else.
Mind the Gap (E57)
June 05, 2019 15:03 - 2 hours - 80.8 MBA conversation with novelist George Tombs
Favored Son of Israel (E56)
May 31, 2019 03:50 - 2 hours - 96.2 MBA conversation with classicist Joseph Miller
Explaining Brazil (E55)
May 24, 2019 14:15 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBBernard Asagai talks to us about living in Brazil, entrepreneurship, and much else.
Information Security (E54)
May 13, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBA conversation with information security expert Ceri James Charlton about the mess we're in.
Post-Apocalyptic Hellscape (E53)
April 25, 2019 02:35 - 2 hours - 96.4 MBA conversation with political theorist Jacob T. Levy about rationalism, pluralism, and freedom.
The Post Millennial (E52)
April 09, 2019 22:30 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBA conversation with Ali Taghva, editor-in-chief of The Post Millennial, about the future of journalism.
Hypnotize Me (E51)
April 01, 2019 12:43 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBA conversation with hypnotist Dominique LaRoche about the importance of focus and attention, and the nature of consciousness.
The Hallelujah Effect (E50)
March 25, 2019 16:17 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBA conversation with philosopher Babette Babich about Leonard Cohen, Jordan Peterson, popular culture and much else.
Our Messy and Beautiful Democracy (E49)
March 17, 2019 23:52 - 2 hours - 89.5 MBA conversation with writer Genevieve Weynerowski about managing a political campaign, the New Zealand mosque massacre, and much else.
The Safecracker (E48)
March 11, 2019 15:09 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBA conversation with Rodney Rourke, one of the best safecrackers in the world, about being your own boss, working with your hands, and staying free.
Gaia’s Problem Children (E47)
February 23, 2019 21:56 - 3 hours - 93 MBA conversation with anthropologist Helga Ingeborg Vierich about toxic masculinity, the domestication of dogs, keystone species, and humanistic environmentalism.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (E46)
February 23, 2019 01:42 - 2 hours - 139 MBA conversation with Patrick Lee Miller about Francis Fukuyama's "Identity", Plato, Parenting, and much more.
Who Speaks for Women (E45)
November 12, 2018 20:36 - 1 hour - 118 MBA conversation with columnist Barbara Kay about the institution of marriage, the resurgence of Victorian ideas about men and women, and much else. — This program is made available thanks to our Patreon supporters and our sponsors: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s Bar: The Pl...
Mundia and Modia (E44)
November 06, 2018 17:30 - 3 hours - 93.2 MBA conversation with polymath David Boxenhorn about the two worlds we simultaneously live in: Mundia, the natural world of immutable laws, and Modia, the ever-changing social world. — This program is made available thanks to our Patreon supporters and our sponsors: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on ...
Murder in Canada (E43)
October 29, 2018 13:31 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBA conversation with criminologist Tanya Trussler about violent crime in Canada. Professor Trussler teaches in Mount Royal University's sociology department. — This program is made available thanks to our Patreon supporters and our sponsors: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s Ba...
Fathers and Sons (E42)
October 22, 2018 10:00 - 2 hours - 99.1 MBA conversation with Christopher "Wally" Wallace, a former gangster and ex-con with a history of violence. After getting shot by a crack dealer, Wally decided to turn his life around for his infant son and become the father he never had. He's spent the last few decades helping messed up guys turn their lives around. Wally has a unique, if decidedly rough-at-the-edges, perspective on what's wrong with men and boys in the 21st-century West. —- · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photog...
Complex Systems (E41)
October 15, 2018 16:11 - 1 hour - 93 MBA conversation with Yaneer Bar-Yam, president of the New England Complex Systems Institute, about markets, pandemics, ecosystems, climate change, uncertainty, invasive species, and much else. — This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s B...
A Man In Full (E40)
October 08, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBA conversation with Andrew Mcclymont, a larger than life character who grew up in a farm in rural Australia, and went on to harvest crocodile eggs, fly helicopters, put out forest fires, work on oil rigs and lead mines, and much else. If you consult a list of the twenty most dangerous jobs, you'll find that Andrew has probably done at least half of them. — · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our natur...
Virtue Signaling (E39)
October 02, 2018 17:37 - 1 hour - 111 MBA conversation with journalist and essayist Joshua Ostroff about the meaning of the concept of virtue signaling - Joshua has written for the Globe & Mail, The Walrus, CBC, and Vice. Follow Joshua on Twitter 💻 — Thanks to our sponsors: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s Bar: Th...
Bin Laden's Legacy (E38)
September 24, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBA conversation with counter-terrorism expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross about why we're still losing the War on Terror, the differences between ISIS and al Qaeda, and Osama bin Laden's legacy. — Check out Daveed on Twitter and make sure to follow his latest works. This episode is brought to you by our sponsors: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use di...
Black Lives Matter (E37)
September 18, 2018 18:46 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBA conversation with Dr. Kwame Brown, Professor of Psychology, cofounder of Symbiotic Swag, and #BlackLivesMatter activist. — This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pretty much a hipster paradise, and Else’...
Killing for Slender Man (E36)
September 10, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBA conversation with criminologist and true crime writer Lee Mellor about psychopaths, psychotics, and seemingly normal people who become cold-blooded killers. — This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends. Use discount code LIKEVILLE15 for a 15% discount on your order! · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is prett...
The Coddling of the American Mind (E35)
September 04, 2018 15:53 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBA conversation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his new book, coauthored with Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind (2018), a timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it may pose to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy.
Tom Wolfe (E34)
September 04, 2018 00:31 - 1 hour - 115 MBA conversation with Aaron Haspel about the life and work of recently deceased author Tom Wolfe.
Intersectionality (E33)
August 27, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour - 121 MBAmy Kaler is a sociology professor who has been teaching on intersectionality for years. In this episode of the podcast, she talks with us about what intersectionality is, what it isn't, and what problems it solves. Jonathan Haidt maintains that intersectionality is useful in theory but harmful in practice. Kaler responds to this criticism. — This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all l...
When All Else Fails (E32)
August 20, 2018 19:29 - 1 hour - 120 MBJason Brennan is a Georgetown philosophy professor who has written extensively on democracy, capitalism, and libertarianism. In this episode of the podcast, he talks with us about his forthcoming book, When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice. — Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Pho...
In Transition (E31)
August 14, 2018 13:17 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBDr. Shuvo Ghosh is a pediatrician who has been working with trans kids and their parents for 16 years. He separates fact from fiction on this overly political issue.
Gardeners of Eden (E30)
August 06, 2018 09:00 - 2 hours - 143 MBHelga Ingeborg Vierich, an anthropologist who's done extensive field research in Africa, talks with us about sustainable hunter-gatherer ecosystem management practices such as seed-spreading, permaculture, selective burning, partial domestication of wild animals, and species-specific hunting bans. —- Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of the Likeville ...
Faces of Death (E29)
July 30, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBClick here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pretty much a hipster paradise, and Else’s is its capital. · Café Lali - Carré des Artistes Galerie d'Art: A family owned fine-art gallery/café in an amazing space, great coff...
Portrait of the Artist (E28)
July 23, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour - 125 MBBevan Ramsay is an accomplished New York City artist who talks with us about being, and pretending to be, an artist; why becoming an artist is a terrible idea; why artists shouldn't talk about their art; and much else. 👉 Check out Bevan Ramsay’s Work Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopat...
Heterodox Quillette (E27)
July 16, 2018 12:21 - 1 hour - 102 MBJonathan Kay talks with us about his recent move to Quillette, the Heterodox Academy's conference in New York City, and the struggle to remain fair and objective in profoundly partisan times. 👉 Follow Jonathan Kay on Twitter 👉 Follow Quillette on Twitter Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our natu...
A Celebration of What Works (E26)
July 08, 2018 22:02 - 1 hour - 108 MBNassim Nicholas Taleb talks with us about why scale matters, why localism is better than globalism, why journalists get on his nerves, and how intellectual-yet-idiots get us into trouble. 👉 Buy Nassim’s new book - “Skin in The Game” Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custo...
Deep Life Intervention (E25)
July 03, 2018 12:59 - 1 hour - 127 MBPatrick Lee Miller, an academic philosopher who views philosophy as a way of life, talks with us about what philosophy has to say about the practice of parenting, learning to love, relationships, death and mortality, honour, money, and the meaning of life. You can support the podcast and receive gifts and benefits for your support by clicking here. If you want to keep updated on our latest recordings, anticipated guests, and just keeping tabs on your favourite podcasters, follow us on Twit...
First Reformed (E24)
June 26, 2018 21:09 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBFred Bode is an expert on American religion, talks with us about the disturbing new Ethan Hawke movie, First Reformed, a thriller about despair, radicalization, terrorism, sin, and redemption. Click here to support the podcast If you want to keep up to date on our latest recordings and musings, follow us on Twitter This should would not be possible without the support of our sponsors: Good Mix Foods Else’s Bar Café Lali - Carré des Artistes Galerie d'Art Online Photography Classes - S...
The End is Nigh (E23)
June 18, 2018 13:16 - 1 hour - 108 MBFred Bode and Matthews Hays talk with us about our culture's love affair with the disaster movie. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photography: Private online photography courses for all levels · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s ...
Wandering the Americas (E22)
June 11, 2018 14:26 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBIngrid Bejerman talks with us about falling in love with Montreal, growing up in Brazil, art, literature, the complicated history of the Jews in the Americas, and much else. Click here to support the podcast If you want to keep up to date on our latest recordings and musings, follow us on Twitter This should would not be possible without the support of our sponsors: Good Mix Foods Else’s Bar Café Lali - Carré des Artistes Galerie d'Art Online Photography Classes - Seb Furtado Photogra...
The Perils of Praise (E21)
June 01, 2018 19:57 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBAndrew Miller talks to us us about the perils of praise, the importance of self-promotion, the nobility of civil service work, transportation ethics, self-driving cars, sustainable development, and the vicissitudes of urban planning in the rapidly changing environment of 21st century Ontario. —— Click here to support the podcast ❤️ This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pre...
The Uberisation of Education (E20)
May 28, 2018 15:49 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBGraeme Blake is an entrepreneur who talks to us about teaching law school applicants how to game the LSAT, the strategies and challenges of starting and running a business, and the future of education. —- Click here to support the podcast ❤️ If you want to keep up to date on our latest recordings and musings, follow us on Twitter This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pret...
In God's Country (E19)
May 24, 2018 18:01 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBFred Bode talks with us about Christian America’s newfound disinterest in personal piety and progressive America’s newfound obsession with it; the future of the Republican Party and American Christianity; the Gold Rush culture of Hollywood; and much else.
If it Bleeds, It Leads (E18)
April 28, 2018 01:19 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBMatthew Hays is a professor of film studies at Concordia University who talks to us about the Golden Age of Television, the demise of professional journalism, the relationship between the idea of fake news and the media studies of the 1990s, VICE magazine, the Montreal Mirror, and much else. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to...
Terrorism and Toronto (E17)
April 28, 2018 01:12 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBStephen Marche is a Toronto-based writer who talks to us about Toronto's heroic response to the recent van-attack; the relationship between celebrity and terrorism in a celebrity-obsessed age; the 9/11 museum, and much else Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfoo...
When the United States Spoke French (E16)
April 27, 2018 23:36 - 1 hour - 110 MBFrançois Furstenberg is a Johns Hopkins University historian and author who talks to us about the relationship between the U.S. and the French Atlantic World in the 18th-century Age of Revolutions, French émigrés who fled the French Revolution and settled in Philadelphia; slavery and nationalism in the post-revolutionary U.S.; the brutality of the efforts to suppress the Haitian Revolution, and much else. Click here to support the podcast ❤️ If you want to keep up to date on our latest rec...
Drinking with the Enemy (E15)
April 23, 2018 15:13 - 1 hour - 105 MBJoseph Rosen talks about Canadian Trumpsters, political polarization, Satan, Jordan Peterson, and Rabbis doing LSD in Jerusalem. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pretty much a hipster paradise, and Else’s is i...
Punditry and Prophecy (E14)
April 19, 2018 12:07 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBBarbara Kay talks with us about the idea of an independent Montreal city-state; the pit bull controversy; the Jordan Peterson phenomenon, and more. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pretty much a hipster paradi...
From Political Science to Political Candidacy (E13)
April 18, 2018 00:15 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBKimberley Manning is the head of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and talks about why she's leaving academia for politics, why she chose the Liberal Party, how China's Great Leap Forward shaped her view of progressivism, and trans rights. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated ...
Why Steven Pinker is Wrong (E12)
April 13, 2018 14:00 - 58 minutes - 66.5 MBDavid Avrom Bell is a Princeton historian who discusses his recent scathing critique of Steven Pinker's latest book, Enlightenment Now Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Good Mix Foods: Our naturopath formulated custom superfood blends · Else’s Bar: The Plateau/Mile End is pretty much a hipster paradise, and Else’...
A Tolerance for Chaos (E11)
April 01, 2018 14:56 - 2 hours - 150 MBStephen Marche talks with us about Rob Ford, Doug Ford, Megan Fox, Jordan Peterson, celebrity politics, Vice magazine, the brutality of the male libido, sex and gender in the age of MeToo, werewolves, residential schools, being a dad, living with contradictions, and much more. Click here to support the podcast, we might send you a gift if you do 🎁 Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with episode releases and quotes from our guests This episode of Likeville is brought to you by: · Goo...