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Episode 37English

The Notwithstanding Clause with Julius Grey

The Goldwaters are back with a very special episode. Anne-France Goldwater and Marie-Hélène Dubé are joined this week by constitutional lawyer—and Anne-France’s former law professor!—Julius Grey. Grey is on the pod to talk that dreaded…

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Episode 36Français

Dalila Awada, un an après sa victoire

Dans ce plus récent épisode de The Goldwaters, Me Anne-France Goldwater, Me Marie-Hélène Dubé et leur invitée, la jeune militante Dalila Awada, mènent une réflexion profonde sur les effets d’un Québec qui se scinde au nom de la…

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Episode 34English

Antisocial media with Jen Gerson

Social networking is an integral part of the way we live today, but are these networks hindering conversations that should be resolving some of our most important societal challenges? On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Samantha…

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Episode 33English

The City-State of Montréal with Beryl Wajsman and Brent Tyler

Montréal is a special city. It’s a unique mix of English and French, and the home to migrants from all over the globe. And on this episode of The Goldwaters, Anne-France Goldwater wonders, should Montréal be its own city-state? To help…

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Episode 32English

Defend Yourself with Ryan Parsons

Two people standing in a ring punching each other in the head may seem like a mindless, brutish dance. But it’s much more. In this episode of the podcast, Daniel Goldwater explores the intellectual side of combat sports with coach and…

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Episode 31English

Slaves off Dope with Jason Rockman

Is there such a thing as it being too early to quit drinking? For Jason Rockman , the age of 21 was just right. On this episode of The Goldwaters, Dr. Samantha Goldwater-Adler is joined by Rockman to talk about his addiction and…

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Episode 30English

Polls, Damned Polls, and Aggregators with Philippe J. Fournier

It’s tough out there for a news consumer. If you consume any political news, you’re going to be inundated with news about polls — who’s up, who’s down, who’s going to win, and who’s going to lose. But how do you know what can you trust?…

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Episode 29English

Millennials aren’t so bad with Karl Moore

Millennials are the most entitled generation of young people the world has ever seen. They spend all their money of avocado toast and hand-crafted lattes. They live in their parents basements taking selfies and tweeting dank memes.…

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Episode 28Français

Le hijab ostentatoire avec Sondos Lamrhari

This week, The Goldwaters present a special episode in French. English text follows. Pour beaucoup de Québécois, le débat sur le port de symboles religieux est un débat abstrait. Pour Sondos Lamrhari, c'est très réel. Lamrhari est une…

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Episode 27English

White Power and the JQ

One of the more distressing things to emerge in our current political moment is the rise of white nationalism. Look around the United States, in particular, and you’ll find people no longer frightened or ashamed to say they want their…

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Episode 26English

The Case for Marriage

Is marriage still worth it? That’s the question that’s on the minds of The Goldwaters this episode. Anne-France and Daniel Goldwater are both family lawyers, and Samantha Goldwater-Adler is a family therapist, so their experience…

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Episode 25FR / EN

Valérie Plante, Mairesse de Montréal (FR/EN)

Cette semaine, The Goldwaters sera à l'Hôtel de ville de Montréal pour une séance bilingue avec la mairesse de Montréal, Valérie Plante, la première femme à occuper ce poste depuis les 375 ans d'histoire de la ville. This week brings…

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Episode 24English

How to learn good

March is here, and in many places that means kids have just finished their break and are heading back to the classroom. Now that the last stretch of the school year is upon us, The Goldwaters thought they would take this opportunity to…

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Episode 23English

How to not hate your siblings

Ah, siblings. There’s no relationship that is likely to last as long, or be as strongly rooted as the one between a brother and a sister. Of course, there’s no relationship more associated with bickering and rivalry as that between…

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Episode 22English

SEX PANIC

It wasn’t long after the #MeToo moment began that people started to wonder if North American society was in the midst of a sex panic. Values are shifting rapidly as we all deal with the reckoning that men can sometimes be horrible, even…

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Episode 21English

Comedy on Trial with David Heti

Is comedy funny anymore? This might seem like a silly question. But, at the moment, everything seems political. And as politics has seeped into every part of culture, so has political correctness. So, Samantha Goldwater-Adler and Daniel…

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Episode 20English

Dr. Samantha breaks down Daniel’s neoconservative past

In the early 2000s, neoconservatism was the dominant strain of political thought on the right. Bush the younger was president in the U.S. and The West was under attack by Osama Bin Laden. And it was in this time that a young Daniel…

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Episode 19English

Male aggression and the #MeToo movement

Across the US and Canada, women are coming forward and speaking out about the sexual violence they have faced over the years from men in positions of authority. In this episode, the family talks through #MeToo and tries to find out…

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Episode 18Français

(FR) Bravo Valérie & mise à jour pitbulls

Dans cet épisode spécial — en Français — de la ballado les Goldwaters, Daniel demande à Anne-France pourquoi elle a renoué avec la politique municipale. Elle discute des rumeurs de course à la mairie à son sujet, et explique pourquoi…

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Episode 17English

The Dirtbag Left with Ethan Cox

The Goldwaters are back for a second season, and they’re here to talk dirtbags. The dirtbag left, that is. The self-styled dirtbags are a subset of leftists known for their vulgarity and irreverence. It’s a movement on the left that is…

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Episode 16English

Masculinity

Looking at the world today, it’s not hard to find examples of angry, adrift men shaping public discourse. On this episode of the podcast, the brother-sister duo of Daniel Goldwater and Samantha Goldwater-Adler look at what place…

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Episode 15English

Free Speech in the Modern Age

Free speech seems to be at a crossroads today. On campus speakers are frequently prevented from plying their trade as protests on the streets turn toward violence. So where is free speech today? Anne-France Goldwater, Samantha…

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Episode 14English

Kids Today and the Challenges of Modern Parenting

Parenting can be tough these days given how far technology has come, but is it really so different than it was a generation ago? To see if they can answer this question, the mother-daughter pair of Anne-France Goldwater and Samantha…

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Episode 13English

Are we living in a simulation?

Bear with us for a second here: What if everything around us, everything we’ve ever known—our families, our homes, the weather—is all part of an elaborate simulation? In this episode of the podcast, the Goldwaters discuss whether…

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Episode 12English

Spirituality v. Religion

The family looks inward on this episode of The Goldwaters, discussing (and clashing on) the differences between spirituality and religion, morality, rationality, cults and their own attachment to Judaism.

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Episode 10English

Happiness

Happiness is a state of mind that's as sought after as it is elusive. It's something we find so fundamental that the “ pursuit of happiness ” is even written into the U.S. constitution. But what really is happiness, and where do we find…

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Episode 09English

Monogamy with Dr. Laurie Betito

Psychologist, TED speaker and " Passion " radio host Dr. Laurie Betito stops by the Goldwater home to discuss monogamy and related issues like polyamory, marriage and divorce. Is monogamy sustainable? Is love? Are we stuck in a…

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Episode 08English

Multiculturalism with Marie-Hélène Dubé

The Goldwaters welcome their very first special guest to the podcast for this episode on multiculturalism. Marie-Hélène Dubé is a Montreal family and civil law attorney and, as co-founder of Goldwater, Dubé, Anne-France's longtime legal…

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Episode 07English

Empathy

The Goldwaters take a bit of a break from the news this fortnight to chat about issues related broadly to empathy. Is it effective, or are policies based more in compassion better at advancing us all? President Trump may have been…

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Episode 06English

Fake News and the State of Media

The Goldwaters respond to the hubbub over fake news, the rogue presidential campaign that's made the most noise about it and peer into Quebec's Spy-gate scandal. Sad!

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Episode 05English

Tech Ethics

The Goldwaters discuss the ethics of gene therapy, algorithmic data, the AI revolution and whether the bots are going to take all our jobs.

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Episode 04English

The Monarchy

In this episode, the Goldwaters discuss the contributions of the British monarchy to Canada and the world, Daniel's admiration for the Queen and the institution she represents, as well as the future of the institution.

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Episode 03English

Bullying

In this episode, the Goldwaters talk about Melania Trump taking a stand against cyberbullying, anti-bullying legislation and whether or not the media aids in glorifying bullies in the public sphere.

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Episode 02English

Racism in America

The Goldwaters discuss the legacy of president Barack Obama, the Black Lives Matter movement, the racially-charged presidential campaign of Donald Trump, and Canada's racism problem with indigenous communities.

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Episode 01English

Animal Rights

In the inaugural episode, the Goldwaters talk about pit bulls, breed-specific legislation (BSL), eating less meat, and the potential need for a Charter of Animal Rights and Freedoms.

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