The Public Podcast
1) Ben Lerner - 10:04, A Novel on the Very Edge of Fiction
An interview with poet and award-winning novelist Ben Lerner about his gripping new book 10:04. On anxiety for the future, the importance of imagination, and why the line between fiction and reality i...Show More
2) Noam Chomsky talks Climate Change & His Message to the Future
A new interview with world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky. In this conversation Chomsky reflects on the challenge to humanity posed by climate change, what ordinary citizens can do to combat it, a...Show More
3) Michael Crummey, Exploring A Changing Way of Life in Newfoundland
Award-winning Canadian author Michael Crummey has just come out with his latest novel 'Sweetland' which tells the story of one man's response to the resettlement of his small struggling Newfoundland c...Show More
4) David Carr: on Journalism, Addiction, and the Changing Media Landscape
New York Times columnist David Carr has become one of the most insightful reporters of what is happening within the world of media and journalism today. From Glenn Greenwald and the NSA revelations, t...Show More
5) The Public - Alexander Maksik, 'A Marker to Measure Drift'
Author Alexander Maksik has recently released his second novel called A Marker to Measure Drift. It tells the story of Jacqueline, a young liberian woman who has fled the civil war engulfing her count...Show More
6) The Public - David Suzuki, A Life Spent Communicating Science
David Suzuki is not only one of Canada's best known environmentalists and scientists, he is also one of this country's most distinguished broadcasters. The longtime host of The Nature Of Things speaks...Show More
7) The Public - Ralph Nader, Life as an Outspoken Citizen
This week a conversation with renowned progressive political icon Ralph Nader. In the interview Nader reflects on the four decades he's spent working as a consumer advocate and outspoken public figure...Show More
8) The Public - Filmmaker Alan Zweig reflects on the art of living in '15 Reasons To Live'
This week, a conversation with Toronto Filmmaker Alan Zweig about his new documentary 15 Reasons To Live, in which through fifteen separate chapters and personal portraits he reflects on the various f...Show More
9) The Public - Finding brotherly love on tour with The National in "Mistaken For Strangers"
In 2010, indie rockers The National are about to embark on their biggest international tour yet when lead singer Matt Berninger invites his younger at times floundering brother Tom along to be part of...Show More
The Public - Finding brotherly love on tour with The National in "Mistaken For Strangers"
1:00:41 | Jul 12th, 2013
10) The Public - Filmmaker Cullen Hoback, With Online Privacy 'Terms And Conditions May Apply'
We have all clicked agree to lengthy "Terms and Conditions" documents in order to use of everything from iTunes to Facebook and Gmail. But exacty what does it say in these documents? And what does it ...Show More