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Semi-Intellectual Musings
by Diskurs Productions
Podcast focusing on the social sciences, humanities and arts.
Episodes
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Surviving Arrest & The Criminal Justice System
In the United States 1 out 3 young people are arrested at least once by age 23 - this could be as high as 41% research reveals. “Getting arrested is much more complicated than just showing up” Julio Briones tell us in Surviving Arrest: The Complete Guide. Julio hosts An Ounce of Prevention…
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Soviet Sports Pt. 2 - Dominance and Disintegration
On this episode Matt continues a chat with Kristaps Andrejsons from the Eastern Border Podcast about the Soviet Union’s mass athletics program. We also hear from Chris Osborne, our fearless comrade over at Play Comics Podcast. History, politics, performance enhancing drugs for curlers. This…
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Soviet Sports Part 1: Manufacturing Homo Sovieticus
This week Matt chats with Kristaps Andrejsons, from the Eastern Border Podcast, about the Soviet Union’s mass athletics program. Sport is always political, by examining the intentions behind the program we learn about the socio-political and moralistic ideologies of the Soviet Union. Or, Matt…
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Sharing a Slice of Cultures
On this episode, Phil sits down with Sean McGuire, the creator and host of the Share A Slice Podcast. In the first part, Sean tell us about his podcast, atheism and what it’s like talking with people from all walks of life. We get to hear a few of Sean’s stories about talking with the head of an...
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Jahmeelah Gamble just Slay’d the Mic
Matt sat down with disability advocate, educator, public speaker and podcaster Jahmeelah Gamble. If you like going down rabbit holes, this is the episode for you. We chatted about balancing conflicting cultural expectations in an educational context, accidently landing a TV show for 6 seasons and...
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For The Love Of All Species
At times, our furry friends bring us joy, pleasure and happiness. Their company is valued, and they too are valued members of our homes. Other times, they bring us closer to understanding why not sweating the small stuff is an important life lesson. As humans we think we have the benefit of being...
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Chronicity - Episode 1 - The Unraveling
There comes a moment in time when the things that we could once do, the things that we did easily and without much effort, become more difficult. Maybe even impossible. It is in those moments that the reality of what chronic pain and illness can do to the body and mind becomes apparent. The...
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Chronicity - Episode 0 - Welcome to Chronicity
This is a podcast mini-series on chronic pain and Illness. Over the course of this mini-series, you will hear the real stories of folks living with chronic pain and chronic illness. We have over 20 hours of audio for this series, and our goal is to bring you a conversation that spans the…
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Placing Bets
Games of chance have long been a part of societies. From dice, spinning tops, or playing cards, we have always wanted to win big on luck. The modern casino, however, offers an interesting perspective to take seriously what happens when we place bets. Matt read some quotes from The Gambler by…
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Social Media in the Classroom
On this episode we talk about teaching practices and the idea that social media has a place in the classroom. We discuss our views of pedagogy (the art, science, and even craft of teaching), classroom power and dynamics between educators and students, and the politics of education. Why aren’t...
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Turntables & Microphones: Art in a Digital Age
Guest co-host Anthony Von Dessauer, creator of the popular podcast The Curse of Silverlake, joins Phil to discuss music preservation, art, the potential impacts of technology, and the stratified character of our society. How art gets commercially made and distributed is a contested domain.…
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Resilience: Rebounds & Blocks
This week we deep dive into the world of resilience. From Francis Bacon’s musings of how sound bounces off walls, to the proposal that colouring can help block the nasty world around us: we explore the etymology, the history, and some implications of the resilience turn. Even our game of ‘What Do...
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Who Is: Rob Kristoffersen?
Who is Rob Kristoffersen? Do we really know? Can we say with any certainty? Is he a Canadia-phile (someone who loves Canada)? Does he actually live in the woods (probably, but maybe not)? Many, many questions. We do know some things, so lets connect the dots. Make sure to check out Rob's podcast...
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Cynicism in the Art Gallery
We get all up in the art on this episode. Matt visited the National Art Gallery in beautiful Ottawa, ON. We get a walkthrough, you get one of our most cynical takes yet. From First Nations, Métis & Cree artwork, to the paintings of the iconic group of seven, we just can’t wrap our heads around…
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Resolutions, Confessions & Predictions
In this episode we offer up our resolutions and predictions for 2018. Matt is determined to make this year his most focused ever and Phil doesn’t think the world will end, yet. With a heartfelt round of confessions, we agree that being warm is worse than cold. Typical. We decided to end things…
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Year in Review
On this episode we review 2017, a year punctuated with the bad, the ugly & the awkward. From Trump and #MeToo to the Phoenix pay system catastrophe and no more Sears holiday catalogues, we talk about key moments in politics and science, showing how 2017 was another year with far reaching impacts...
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Holiday Traditions
We all celebrate the holiday season differently. That’s a good thing. On this episode Matt & Phil share their holiday traditions. From savory meat pies, to sugary cookies, to cups filled with rum and eggnog, they show how good food and good people make the holidays a special time of the year....
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Adventures in Space & Time
Matt & Phil chat on a cross-country check-up this week. Phil opens up about his life as an aspiring PhD, Matt tells us how to travel with a young one, and we debate the merits and demerits of compression socks and tourists. Yup, it got a little silly. Go figure. We do settle down and put on our...
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Absurdities of Lit Class
Matt & Phil have been physically disconnected lately. That means their neural nets are out of alignment. Rough times. Luckily they had the chance to talk with Megan, co-host of Oh No! Lit Class. The discussion meandered around podcasting, life, politics, teaching, paper clips, literature and,...
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This is Life with Hello Life WTF
While Matt & Phil yearn for longer summers their special guests would like some of the soft, fluffy, sticky, cold, frozen, lifeless substance we sometimes call snow. To be honest, most of the time we call it (insert expletive of choice). Enough about weather. Lindsay & Perry Johnson, co-hosts of...
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Skip & Josh Special Part 1-Tribute to Gord Downie
We have yet to fully understand or realize the breadth and depth of Gord Downie’s influence. Musically, poetically, socially, personally, Gord Downie was always more than the frontman for The Tragically Hip: he was a Canadian icon. We connected with the guys over at the Skip & Josh Podcast to…
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Patio Session #6 - SIMply A Chat with Anthony von Dessauer
A few things have happened since our last patio session: daylight savings time kicked in, the trees got naked, some snow fell, and it started to get too cold to actually podcast outdoors. So with a slight sigh, we grabbed our gear and went inside for the winter. The good news about having to…
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Do Androids Dream of Blade Runner?
Recorded outside on October 25th before the weather gets too cold. Matt & Phil decided they wanted to be current. In with the cool kids. Men of their time. In the know... So that meant, obviously, talking about one of the most anticipated movie releases this year: Blade Runner 2049 (Dir. Denis...
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October Bonus - Is Anyone There?
This bonus episode features us, Matt & Phil, escaping a zombie apocalypse. Luckily, we end up connecting over the airwaves with Alex & Zach from the Is Anyone There podcast. After having travelled through the infested terrain of Ottawa, Ontario and made our way to a safe bunker, Alex & Zach gave…
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Patio Session #5
On this patio session Phil talks about home renovations with Matt. He's no expert, but wanted to share a thing or two about the basics. Who knew he was also good with his hands? Key takeaway: do it right the first time. Second takeaway: contract out when you have to. Third takeaway: the details…
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Governing Censorship
This episode started out as solely Banned Books week themed. As it happens, it got out of hand. So instead, here’s a social science take on the censorship, banning, restriction and outright prohibition of works of art and speech. From Stan Cohen to Michel Foucault, we offer a few frameworks and...
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Patio Session #4
Already our fourth patio session of the season. Whoop! Whoop! Matt tells us about his recent visit to the MOSAÏCANADA 150 exhibit (www.mosaicanada.ca). What better way is there to properlu end the summer season than walking around giant horticultural scuptures? Yah, what we thought too. We then...
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September Bonus - A Week in the Life of Podcasters
This September bonus episode is our way of celebrating International Podcasting Day. We spent the week audio journalling our adventures and mishaps, recording on handheld devices on the fly - often while driving it seemed. We ended up talking a lot about other great podcasts too, so make sure to...
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Patio Session #3
It's a hat trick: our third Patio Session. We sat down in the woods to chat about Banned Books week. Matt tells the story of a few challenged books from British Columbia, Canada while Phil provides a brief overview of what Banned Books week is all about.…
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Patio Session #2
We took our second Patio Session to the forest. No really, we like literally went and sat in the forest next to Phil's property. It was fitting as we talked about one of Matt's recent golf games, then got bantering about etiquette in sports and life in general....
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Patio Session #1
Semi-Intellectual Musings's first recorded Patio Session. We sit outside with a maple whiskey from Quebec. Somehow the discussion went from a lovely view of the Gatineau hills to a ghost story. -------------------------------------- Patio Sessions are where we sit down to chat with little to no...
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The Art of Satire
It’s the start of Banned Books week, which means we begin to pontificate over works that have been challenged, mostly wondering why someone would want to ban The Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We figured a look at satire is a good entry way into…
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Networks of Conspiracies - Part 2
This is the conclusion to Networks of Conspiracies Part 1. We kick it off with a discussion of the 1980’s political, economic and cultural context to help understand the war on drugs. We then dive into the conspiratorial plots of the 1990’s: Tupac, Biggie, Princess Diana and Kurt Cobain. We end...
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Networks of Conspiracies - Part 1
Matt & Phil put on tinfoil hats, shut the curtains and prepare to free their minds. But first, they settle a debate about peameal bacon: friend or foe? Phil recounts a Facebook occurrence involving the Bombs Away podcast. Call it fate, or divine intervention, Disney’s Angels in the Outfield came...
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Hockey Night at the Museum
As the leaves turn to bright reds and golden yellows in our fast approaching fall season, nightmares of long snowy winters begin to occupy our minds. After all, it is September. For some, September means back to school. For us, this month also means leaving the enchanted woods where we record…
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Revolutionary Forces of Change
While we continue to podcast in the sleepy woods, the world continues to spin - perhaps out of control. Good thing Matt brought a special guest along to this episode, because Phil seems mad about recent events and wants some answers. We talk politics and some current events before getting into a...
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Public Scholarship & Engaged Research
We’re slowly recovering from the last few weeks. It must have something to do with the eclipse. Matt’s family is travelling so that means he can eat, sleep and podcast. Phil is back from a short trip to Montreal that involved a grilled cheese. Before getting on with our 25th episode, we send out...
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August Bonus - Matt & Phil's Top 5
Top 5 lists serve a precise purpose: they tell us what’s cool. David Letterman put out his top 10 lists night after night, and everyone fell in love. So, with a feeling of nostalgia, we decided to offer you our Top 5. From procrastination activities (or strategies) to podcasting pet-peeves and…
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Friend or Foe?
It’s mid-summer and that means another form of nuisance has arrived to the rural way of life. To continue our fly-suite discussions, Phil talks about how deer flies made him miserable for a few days. Matt went to physio therapy and reports back on his sensory overload session. It seems that all…
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July Bonus - Journey Through History
Join us on a journey as we recount the funny, the strange, the whimsical and the just plain odd newspapers stories of the past. It’s a very different episode than the regular show, and that’s a bonus. We truly hope you enjoy it! Check out #podernfamily and #podmosphere for the best in indie...
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Generations & Kinship Ties
On the things that Matt & Phil enjoy: the long lunch during a round of golf, classic SNES games, poutine and late night walks that include other podcasts talking about the show. Matt’s baby can recognize faces, so she’ll quickly figure out what the fed-up face from buying diapers from Walmart is....
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Social Science Fiction & Twin Peaks
Guess who’s back? Back to podcast....it’s Matt! Matt is back from newborn lalaland and ready to talk with us about the journey so far. He reveals the name of his newborn and sheds a few tears. He brought along a couple tunes and some kind of journal that gets Phil talking about poop. Social…
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Totally Recommended
This is the episode overflowing with gratitude and recognition to our amazing listeners and contributors. Matt and his wife welcomed a very special someone into the world. A baby girl, born in Ottawa, Ontario at 17:55 on Wednesday July 12, 2017, weighing in at 8 lb. 9 oz. The podcast has a new...
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Volunteering & Boots on the Ground
Mel & Phil had an adventure in Lanark County, Ontario and felt they had to talk about it. Although it rained their whole stay, the B&B they stayed at comes highly recommended. It started to resemble a long advertisment. It wasn’t. Mel & Phil saw some orchids with a visit to the Purdon…
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Fatherland - Mini-Series Part 3
Aaron is back with Phil to tell us all about The Fatherland. Recorded at Carleton University, where Aaron completed his Master’s and Doctoral work, Phil wonders if he’ll escape these solemn halls or is also destined to roam like the poets. Whatever the outcome, delivery of online orders will...
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June Bonus - Endless Intros
In our neck of the woods, the month of June brings the start of warm weather, the end of the school term and the start of BBQ and patio season. It also brings blackflies, heatwaves, a perpetual feeling of regret and sustained anxiety over what to bring or wear to BBQ parties. But most…
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Anthropology 101 with Matt
Phil provides commentary on a bird fight he witnessed between crows, blue jays and little sparrows. Matt admits that he is a sinker who is afraid of zombies. Who knew? Matt’s Anthropology 101 (14:27) This episode is a succinct overview of anthropology, the study of human culture. Every...
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The Wolf - Mini-Series Part 2
Aaron is back for the second installment of his mini-series. From patio furniture gone amiss to cross country delivery shenanigans, before getting into the show Phil & Aaron share a few stories of capitalism’s dark corner: online shopping. Maybe problems with shipping are adding to millennials’...
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Protest & Political Music - Part 1
Matt is back for this episode. The black flies are gone. The clover is growing slowly. Matt offers us an update on the little Sanderson. Phil is working from home full-time now and admits he may be procrastinating. He’ll tell us later about that. The intro gets real when Phil decides to talk...
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Survival & The Millennial Condition
Our first in a series of special guest hosted episodes with Aaron Henry. Phil and Aaron introduce the series by trying to make sense of survivalism. Following from a previous episode on Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the discussion kicks off by way of dystopian worlds then asks: what does it mean...
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