All Episodes

#238: MAiD in Canada: Are We Protecting the Vulnerable, Or Failing Them? | Dr. Ramona Coelho

#237: Unpacking MAiD in Ontario with Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer

#236: Dr. Salim Mansur: Multiculturalism or Identity Crisis?

#235: Peter Copeland, Canada’s Border Blindspots - Fentanyl and the Myth of Security

#234: Professor Paul Robinson (pt 2) - Proxy, Peace, or Prolonged Pain?

#233: Mark Carney Is Not Justin Trudeau – And That Might Be a Good Thing

#232: The War in Ukraine - What We're Not Saying, Paul Robinson

#231:The Truth Behind Ukraine’s War: Dr. Ivan Katchanovski, Media and Myths

#230: Canadians are in Favour of Capital Punishment - Mario Canseco, Research Co.

#229: Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Fix or Problem? With Jason Foster

#228: Former Police Chief Peter Sloly - Understanding the Freedom Convoy

#227: The Ethical Dilemmas of C0vid Pandemic Policies - Dr. Kerry Bowman

#226: Medicine Men and Doctors: Common Challenges with Dr. Robert Klitzman

#225: Surveillance State: It's Here, Professor Rey Koslowski

#224: Men, Mental Health and the Silent Crisis - Chloe Smellink

#223: Examining MAiD in Canada with Dr. Ramona Coelho

#222: The Real Impact of Mass Immigration and Guest Worker Visas: Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies

#221: 1 Moderate vs. 25 Kamala Harris Voters

#220: Multi-Decadal Hurricane Patterns: Part 2 with Tom Knutson

#219 Decoding Climate Change: A Pragmatic Approach with Tom Knutson

#218: Chloe Smellinck: Mental Health for Men and Social Pressures

#217: Curious Mondays: Can True Free Speech Exist?

#216: Unpacking Historical Narratives with Professor Matthew Alan Sears

#215: Ethan Duggan, Take Back Canada - Examining Immigration and Corporate Interests

#214: Curious Mondays - What’s the Matter with Australia?

#213: The Abraham Accords and Middle Eastern Geopolitics: US Ambassador Gerald Feierstein

#212: The Global Food Crisis: Sylvain Charlebois on Supply Chains and Geopolitics

#212: The Canadian Dream through Representation: Lionel Loganathan

#211: The Spiral of Silence and How it's Terrible for Us, Christopher Balkaran

#210: Understanding Breast Implant Illness, Dr. Amanda Savage Brown

#209: Joe Biden and Divisions Within the Democratic Party, Dr. Alison Dagnes

#208:The Impact of Chlorine on Water Quality, Dr. Angus Chu

#207: The Outrage Industry - Understanding Political Media with Dr. Jeffrey Berry

#206: Instagram Debates with Open Minds: Christopher and Isidora on Respectful Disagreement

#205: Echo Chambers and Media Consumption, Dr. Alison Dagnes

#204: A Mother's Battle - Navigating the Opioid Crisis with Correne Antrobus

#203: Why Safe Injection Sites Matter: An Interview with Professor Mark Tyndall

#202: Dr. Julian Somers - Harm Reduction as a Public Policy Response?

#201: Dr. Ramona Coelho: The Dangers Of Medical Assistance in Dying

#200: Dr. Karen Neufeld and Dr. Jack Haggerty, Beyond the Verdict: Navigating MAID and Mental Health

#199: Susan Desjardins, Dying with Dignity Canada and the Misinformation on MAiD

#198: Jane Katkova, Navigating Canada's Immigration Maze

#197: The "Leave Our Kids Alone Movement," Mahmoud Mourra

#196: Anti-LGBTQ Hate? Dean Lobo, Reenita V, The 519

#195: Glenn Blackett, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms - Wokeism

#194: Why Young Men and Remixed Racism with Jamil Jivani

#193: Canada's Increasing Role in Your Digital Life, with Professor Michael Geist

#192: Exploring Climate Uncertainty and Risk with Professor Judith A. Curry

#191: The Dinner Table Conversation - Diversity in Hiring and on College Campuses

#190: The Dinner Table Conversation - A Man's World?

#189: The Dinner Table Conversation - Changing Roles of Education

#188: Deepfakes: Believability, Vulnerability, Detection with Todd C. Helmus

#187: Poverty and Crime, A Conversation with Law Enforcement in the United States

#186: Poverty and Health, A Conversation with a Resident Physician in New Jersey

#185: Is a 4 Day Work Week in our Future? Charlotte Lockhart, 4 Day Week Global

#184: Injecting Satire into our News: Blah TO and the Rise of News-Meets-Humour.

#183: Is Student Debt Relief the Best Policy Decision? Professor Willie Elliott, University of Michigan

#182: Should We Teach Race and Gender in the Classroom? Kaylene Stevens, Boston University

#181: The Three Skills I Wish I Learned in School, Christopher Balkaran Gives a Talk at York University

#180: How Does One Navigate Modern Dating?

#179: What is the Impact of Mental Health on Quality of Life? Pat Corrigan

#178: What is Gender Dysphoria? Ken Zucker, Clinical Psychologist

#177: The Dinner Table, Episode 01

#176: The Challenges with Affirmative Action, Professor Peter Arcidiacono

#175: The Benefits of Affirmative Action, Professor Harry Holzer

#174: The Freedom Convoy's Impact on Supporters: Jenna Quenneville

#173: The Freedom Convoy's Impact: Sarah Davis, Cornerstone Housing for Women

#172: Is SafeTO Effective? Scott McKean, Manager, SafeTO

#171: How Canada's Emissions Targets are Affecting Farmers.

#170: Are Emissions Reductions in the Agriculture Space Realistic?

169: Surveying American Public Opinion on Electric Vehicles with Professor Jon Krosnick

#168: Will Consumers Choose EVs?

#167: Student Loans - More Than Just Tuition.

#166: Forget Student Loans - Start Youth with Assets.

#165: Matching Savings - Will Your Financial Behaviour Change?

#164: What Has Inflation Done to the Most Vulnerable?

#163: Rising Cost of Living - What Does This Mean for Womens Shelters?

#162: Developer Fees are Adding to Toronto's Housing Crisis.

#161: The Stress of Rising Interest Rates on Low Income Families

Welcome to Open Minds with Christopher Balkaran!

#160: What will EVs Mean for Low-Income Families? Gordon Bauer, Data Principal.

#159: Professor Mike Pesko - Taxing Tobacco - Does it Work?

#158: Andy West - Climate Change Attitudes are Cultural

#157: Reflections: 2021 and the year ahead!

#156: My Second Conversation with Judith Curry

#155: Reflections: Capital Punishment

#154: Capital Punishment: Joshua Marquis, Former District Attorney Clatsop County, Oregon

#153: Read with Me: The Bhagavad Gita

#152: Capital Punishment: Lindsey Vann, Executive Director Justice360

#151: Basic Income: John Clarke, Anti-Poverty Activist, former lead for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

#150: Basic Income: Geoff Crocker, Editor of the Basic Income Forum, and UBI.org

#149: Reflections: Canadian Election, Basic Income and my Recent Trip to Ikea!

#148: Basic Income: Jessie Golem, Recipient of Ontario's Basic Income Pilot

#147: Basic Income: Matthew Flisfeder, Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg

#146: Basic Income: Hugh Segal, Former Senator, Canadian Political Strategist and Commentator

#145: Reflections: Afghanistan, the Canadian Federal Election and More

#144: Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, Responds to the Alliance for Life Ontario

#143: The Alliance for Life Ontario: Misinformation? Dangerous? My 2nd Conversation with Jakki Jeffs

#142: My Conversation with Edwin Frondozo - @edwin100x

#141: Left Meets Right: Khushbu Dhaliwal