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Darts and Letters

This is about ‘arts and letters,’ but for the kind of people who might hack a dart. We cover public intellectualism and the politics of academia from a left perspective. Each week, we interview thinke... Read more

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EP83: The WEF is Actually Bad, But Not Like That (ft. Raj Patel, Joel Bakan, and more)

EP83: The WEF is Actually Bad, But Not Like That (ft. Raj Patel, Joel Bakan, and more)

The World Economic Forum has become the bugbear of the right-wing in Canada, and beyond. Conspiracies swirl about how th... Read more

24 Jul 2023

1hr 16mins

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EP82: The Texas Two-Step and Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder

EP82: The Texas Two-Step and Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder

What’s safer than baby powder? Parents have been using it for over 100 years to powder their baby’s bottoms, and they’ve... Read more

10 Jul 2023

55mins

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EP81: Introducing Academic Edgelords & Reading the Unabomber

EP81: Introducing Academic Edgelords & Reading the Unabomber

We’re excited to announce Academic Edgelords, a new podcast that Cited will be producing in alternating weeks with Darts... Read more

28 Jun 2023

1hr 12mins

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EP80: Dr. Ex Machina (ft. Casey Ross & Ben Chin-Yee)

EP80: Dr. Ex Machina (ft. Casey Ross & Ben Chin-Yee)

Could an artificial intelligence diagnosis what ails you? Medical futurists offer a techno-utopian vision of perfect per... Read more

12 Jun 2023

1hr 9mins

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EP78: Misinformed: The Lab Leak & the Politics of Misinformation (ft. Branko Marcetic & Nicole M. Krause)

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EP76: Do You Want to Live Forever?

EP76: Do You Want to Live Forever?

The story of the Fountain of Youth is as old as history itself. Herodatus, the father of ancient Greek history, wrote of... Read more

27 Mar 2023

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EP75: The Hippie High-Rise

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EP74: PlasticPills on AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education

EP74: PlasticPills on AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education

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