Voices of The Walrus

Living longer, healthier lives starts with understanding the oldest life forms on Earth  Paul Berry reads What Do Microbes Have to Do with How We Age? Everything, Actually by B. Brett Finlay and Jessica M. Finlay About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audi...

There was all types of proof: satellite imagery, survivor testimony, and mass graves. Still, the world looked away. The war in Sudan has not been forgotten. It has been ignored. Matt Speirs reads The Most Accurately Predicted Genocide in History by Michelle Shephard About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. O...

Democracy cannot survive if it sees the public as a threat, not a partner. Why politics needs the public. Lori Wilson reads Politics Has Grown Too Big for Politicians Alone by Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio...

Childhood today versus the childhood that our parents experienced is night and day. The controversy over free-range parenting wages on.  Marjorie Nicolaou reads Leave the Kids Alone,  by Simon Lewsen. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English...

When an ex-MP used forged documents to accused Ottawa journalist David Pugliese of being a Russian spy things got messy fast! Lori Wilson reads Spy Games by Taylor C. Noakes. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, A...

Bell will become Cohere’s “preferred Canadian AI infrastructure provider. Cohere touts homegrown roots but leans on US hardware and partners.  Lori Wilson reads Cohere Is Canada’s Biggest AI Hope. Why Is It So American? by Julie Sobowale.   About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast s...

AI is pushing Canada’s justice system toward a crisis of trust.  Matt Speirs reads When Evidence Can Be Deepfaked, How Do Courts Decide What’s Real? by Linda Besner. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s visi...

Mark Carney’s commitment to the new NATO target of 5 percent of GDP for defence and defence-related infrastructure by 2035 will require annual expenditures of up to $150 billion.. Lori Wilson reads Canada’s New Submarines Will Be Lethal, Stealthy, and Very UnCanadian by Peter Jones. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or par...

Some university administrators treat accommodations as a favour—and those requesting them as problems. Paul Berry reads How Universities Are Shutting Out Disabled Students and Staff About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in Fr...

Employers are getting their way despite legal protections for pregnant workers and new mothers. Lori Wilson reads Yes, You Can Be Fired While on Maternity Leave About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is...

Mark Migotti says he simply can’t get by without his morning hit of P.G.Wodehouse. Lori Wilson reads I Have a Wodehouse Problem. The Problem Is I Can’t Stop Reading Him About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s v...

What Is Sex? Ask a boomer, a millennial, and a Gen Z and they’ll all say something different. Marjorie Nicolaou reads What Is Sex?  by Cathrin Bradbury. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to esta...

Margaret Atwood’s book promises the “flesh-and-blood person” behind her fiction but delivers something far more cautious. Lori Wilson reads  What’s Missing in Margaret Atwood’s New Memoir by Amarah Hasham-Steele. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audi...

The law makes it hard for victims of criminal harassment to prove they’re at risk. The lack of seriousness many attach to stalking means it’s often hard to recognize, even when it’s clearly wrong. And sometimes deadly. Paul Berry reads  Why don’t we take stalking more seriously by Sheima Benembarek. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who...

How did the bot-assisted fake journalism of “Victoria Goldiee” happen? And why editors should be very worried for journalism’s future.  Lori Wilson reads  The Phantom Writer Who Fooled the Internet About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English an...

To Alexandra Oliver’s idealistic child brain, the department store represented the way the world should be: a technicolour organism made up of co-operative parts.  Lori Wilson reads  My Guilty Pleasure - Department Stores About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and...

Young victims of crime face the trauma of abuse, then the trauma of the courtroom. A new program wants to fix that. Marjorie Nicolaou reads What Happens after Young Victims Testify? For Most Kids, Not Enough About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in...

Russia’s armada is often referred to as the shadow fleet. It earns the name by playing cat and mouse on the open water and in ports where it might face penalties or seizure.  Marjorie Nicolaou reads  A Ghost Fleet of Tankers Is Keeping Russia’s War Machine Afloat. The West Can’t Stop It About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or...

Indigenous mothers have long been evacuated hundreds of kilometers away to give birth. A resurgence of traditional midwifery is bringing deliveries back home. Matt Speirs reads  The First Cry   About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AM...

Forget anti-aging creams. The secret to living a long and rich life is living like you’re not in a hurry.  Lori Wilson reads How to Trick Your Brain into Making Life Feel Longer and Richer About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-tél...

What if tallying up books at the end of the year was less about numbers? Lori Wilson reads I List Therefore I Am: Letting Go of Reading Goal Anxiety About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establis...

Jeet Heer says his friendship with journalist Gerald Owen taught him that community can transcend politics. Marjorie Nicolaou reads  The Last Red Tory. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to estab...

The courtroom isn’t where the AI fight belongs—each lawsuit legitimizes the very system artists oppose  Paul Berry reads My Book Was Stolen by an AI Company. Why Does Suing Them Feel Wrong? About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-té...

With his new puppy by my side, this writer is having meaningful, even difficult, conversations about politics for the first time in years.  Lori Wilson reads Dog parks are the third space I needed.  About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English a...

Tesla’s new pay package would make Elon Musk’s wealth rival the GDP of some European nations  Lori Wilson reads Elon Musk Could Soon Be the World’s First Trillionaire About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vis...