Episodes
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
The Infectious Myth - End Game – Assisted Suicide - 12.19.17
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
In Episode 167, David talks with the makers of the documentary, End Game, about assisted suicide in the United Kingdom, where it is currently illegal. Some people with devastating health conditions are fighting in the courts for the right to end their life with assistance. Others, more able to travel, go to Switzerland where lack of laws allow people to end their lives by drinking or injecting a fatal dose of drugs, in a way that it designed to be painless. Andi Reiss and Ollie Richards discuss both sides of the issue, from a man who changed his mind when he was able to get more state assistance, to a woman who is filmed ending her life at a Swiss clinic. The film is not currently available, but we will notify you when it is.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
The Infectious Myth - Scrambling and Schizophrenia with Bob Spirko - 12.12.17
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
The Infectious Myth - Justin Trottier, Do Men Need More Support? - 12.05.17
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
David interviews Justin Trottier of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families (CAFE), about support for men, most controversially for men who are victims of domestic violence, either at the hands of a woman, or a gay male partner. There are many shelters for abused women but, in Toronto, there is not yet a shelter for men (let alone their children), but that is about to change if Justin’s organization is successful in their fundraising. Although some women’s organizations have been very negative about this work, others are quietly working with his organization, recognizing that sometimes men need support for what have traditionally been seen as women’s problems.
The Canadian Centre for Men and Families webiste is: http://www.menandfamilies.org
An article referenced on the French fight over gender in grammar can be found at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/opinion/french-sexism-grammar-everybody.html