TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

Too many women are running on empty and Shannon Watts is here to challenge that. She is the founder of Moms Demand Action and author of Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark into a Flame and Come Alive at Any Age. Shannon joins us to talk about living with purpose and power, how to protect your energy and why reinvention is essential. If you feel your fire flickering, this conversation will help reignite it.

You can work full time, follow all the rules and still be unable to afford a place to live. Brian Goldstone is a journalist and anthropologist who has spent years reporting on the rise of the "working homeless." His new book, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, is an intimate look at five families in Atlanta and how the housing system has failed them. Brian explains why homelessness is often hidden from view, how the cost of living is driving people out of their home cities and what needs to change to fix the housing crisis.

Rivers are vanishing; not just from our landscapes, but from our imaginations. Acclaimed author and Cambridge University professor Robert Macfarlane explores the deeply moving idea at the heart of his new book, Is a River Alive? He shares stories from Ecuador, India and Canada—where rivers have been granted legal personhood and recognized as living beings and asks us to reconnect with nature in a deeper way.

Indigenous women are reshaping the film industry one story at a time. We sit down with filmmaker Jules Koostachin to talk about her new documentary Niimisak: Sisters in Film, a celebration of the women who paved the way and those continuing to break new ground. From cinematic legends to emerging voices, Jules highlights the talent, resilience and creative force of Indigenous women behind the camera. We explore what meaningful representation looks like, the systemic barriers that still exist, and how we can build lasting opportunities for Indigenous women in film.