In Bed with the Elephant
In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify…
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Ali, Kaepernick & The Unapologetic Political Athlete w/ Morgan Campbell (opens the original)
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A decade after Muhammad Ali’s death and Colin Kaepernick taking a stand by taking a knee - we reflect on the legacies of two iconic freedom fighters and their impact on the modern athlete. Morgan Campbell joins us on this journey. Morgan is an award-winning journalist and contributor to CBC & The New York Times. He was an acclaimed sports writer at the Toronto Star for 20 years. Morgan’s compelling memoir My Fighting Family; Borders and Bloodlines and the Battles that Made Us was recently releas
Climate Revolution for Beginners w/ Todd Dufresne (opens the original)
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Todd Dufresne is a professor of Philosophy at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay Ontario. He’s the author of thirteen books including The Democracy of Suffering: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, Philosophy in the Anthropocene. Dufresne is an expert on Sigmund Freud and the history of psychoanalysis. His latest book is entitled The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners. Todd thinks there must be a reckoning with climate disaster. He says we have to come to terms with
Trans Lives in an Age of Erasure w/ Tre'vell Anderson (opens the original)
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‘Tre'vell Anderson is an American journalist, critic and podcaster. They previously worked for the Los Angeles Times, Xtra, and Out. They’re the recipient of an NAACP Image Award and two GLAAD Media Award nominations for their writing. They co-host SEATED a podcast about Black cinema. They are also the author of We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film and co -author of Historically Black Phrases. They are currently the Executive Director of the Trans Journalists Association
Corruption, Hypocrisy & Joy: The FIFA World Cup w/ Shireen Ahmed (opens the original)
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The Halifax-born Shireen Ahmed is a multi-platform journalist, TEDx speaker, mentor, and an award-winning sports activist. She’s a co-creator and co-host of the feminist podcast “Burn It All Down.” She teaches Journalism and Sports Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, in Toronto, Canada. She covered the World Cup for the CBC as a senior contributor. I spoke with her just before the quarter finals of the tournament began.
Greenland, Trump's Threats & The Implications for Canada w/ Brett Popplewell (opens the original)
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Brett Popplewell travelled to Greenland in February to see how locals were responding to the US President’s threats to annex their country. He wrote a cover story about his experience for the June 2026 edition of the Walrus magazine. It’s called “I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada: How the resource rich Arctic territory braced for invasion.” Popplewell is a multiple National Magazine award winning writer and Associate Professor of Journalism at Carleton University. He’s also the au
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