Wrongspeak

Wrongspeak episodes:

• 12.30.2019

  #17 - The Family Business with Barbara Kay

  As the Wrongspeak podcast hits pause and we say goodbye to Debra, Jon interviews his mother Barbara Kay for the first time. Barbara is a columnist with Canada's National Post and a wrongspeaker extraordinaire. They discuss their visions of classical...

  
• 05.14.2019

  #16 - Our Lines are Open: Confessions of a Talk Radio Host with Matt Gurney

  Jon has a frank conversation with his friend and former colleague at Canada's National Post, Matt Gurney, a Toronto-based political commentator, about the inner workings of AM talk radio, the use of outrage as currency and the limitations of the...

  
• 05.14.2019

  #15 - Khalistan in Canada with Balraj Deol and Niru Kumar of Desiland

  In a crossover episode with the new Desiland podcast, Jon speaks with host Niru Kumar and veteran journalist Balraj Deol, editor of Canada's Khabarnama Punjabi Weekly, on the Khalistan movement promoting a separate Sikh state in India and how its...

  
• 03.29.2019

  #14 - Such a Shanda with Naftuli Moster

  Jon speaks with renegade Jewish activist Naftuli Moster. During his childhood, Moster was just another nice Jewish boy at a New York City yeshiva. But he isn't happy about the education he got—and now he's speaking out about it. 

  
• 03.28.2019

  #13 - Comedy Without Hashtags with Craig Lauzon

  We often hear about how political correctness is killing comedy. But for Craig Lauzon and other First Nations performers, that's just part of the challenge. Don't forget to subscribe, rate us and follow on Facebook and Twitter @Wrongspeak! 

  
• 02.27.2019

  #12 - Transparency Evangelism with Minds CEO Bill Ottman

  Founded in 2015, Minds is a niche social platform that uses an open-source software model, allowing community members to express themselves with little fear of censorship and reward each other for popular content. Jon recently spoke with co-founder Bill Ottman...

  
• 02.26.2019

  #11 - 35 Years of Wasted Time with Edward Hertrich

  Jon speaks with Edward Hertrich, recently released from prison after a 35-year sentence for crimes, including murder, committed in his youth. The Toronto resident now strives to spread a clearer understanding of life and redemption. His memoir, Wasted Time,...

  
• 12.28.2018

  #10 - That's Not Funny with Mike Ward and Jamie Kilstein

  To end 2018 on a lighter note, Jon speaks with Canadian comic Mike Ward, fined by a Human Rights Tribunal in Quebec for a controversial joke; and Debra chats with American comedian Jamie Kilstein on political correctness and censorship among...

  
• 12.20.2018

  #9 - "TERF" v. Trans with Meghan Murphy and Julie Rei Goldstein

  Jon and Debra examine both sides of a tense debate on the left between radical feminists and transgender activists. Meghan Murphy, the Feminist Current founder recently banned from Twitter for misgendering, and Julie Rei Goldstein, actress and trans activist, make their cases...

  
• 12.20.2018

  #8 - Gender Dysphoria 101 with Dr. Susan Bradley

  Debra speaks with Dr. Susan Bradley, a world-renowned expert on gender dysphoria. She is a professor emeritus in psychiatry at the University of Toronto, the former psychiatrist-in-chief at Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital and the founder of the former Gender...

  
• 11.09.2018

  #7 - Short Cut: Assaulting pro-lifers with Marie-Claire Bissonnette

  Debra may not agree with Marie-Claire Bissonnette's views on abortion but the manner in which the Canadian pro-life activist was treated by a counter-protester in Toronto last month should be universally condemned.

  
• 11.09.2018

  #6 - Academic Mobbing with Jonathan Haidt, Bret Weinstein & Rebecca Tuvel

  Debra speaks with three North American academics at the centre of debates about academic freedom and online mob behaviour: Jonathan Haidt is a moral psychologist, the co-founder of Heterodox Academy and the author, with Greg Lukianoff, of The Coddling of the American Mind;...

  
• 09.30.2018

  #5 - David Frum on Discourse in Trump's America

  In their first two-on-one interview, Debra and Jon speak with David Frum, a political commentator who contributes to The Atlantic and once served as a speechwriter for US President George W. Bush. His latest book is "Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American...

  
• 09.05.2018

  #4 - Wrongspeak Review Vol. 1 with Ed the Sock and Adrienne Batra

  Canadian TV icon Ed the Sock (Steve Kerzner) and Toronto Sun editor-in-chief Adrienne Batra join Jon and Debra to discuss and debate the first three episodes of Wrongspeak on free speech on campus, women in STEM and rapid onset gender...

  
• 05.30.2018

  #3 - Too Young To Transition?

  Debra asks whether some children who identify as trans may be receiving definitive gender diagnoses too soon for their own good.

  
• 05.30.2018

  #2 - The Shepherd Effect

  The saga of Canadian graduate student and activist Lindsay Shepherd, featuring surprising interviews from the Laurier University campus that cast fresh light on how she became a free-speech icon.

  
• 05.30.2018

  #1 - James Damore's Inconvenient Brain

  For Wrongspeak's introductory episode, Debra speaks with ex-Google engineer James Damore and takes a close look at the science behind his infamous “Google Memo” on gender in the tech field. Was Damore punished for his inconvenient brain?

  
• 05.30.2018

  Wrongspeak preview with Jonathan Kay and Dr. Debra Soh

  In this preview clip, hosts Jonathan Kay and Dr. Debra Soh chat about their trip to Laurier University following the Lindsay Shepherd affair, and whether or not the climate for free speech on university campuses will improve.

  
• 05.28.2018

  Wrongspeak preview with Dr. Debra Soh

  In this preview of Wrongspeak's introductory episode, Dr. Debra Soh speaks with Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai of the University of Toronto about neurodiversity and embracing autism in the workplace. The full episode, "James Damore's Inconvenient...