Best Tom Massey Podcasts (2025)

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How the fear of fire is taking control of us 54:08

2h ago54:08

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Humans used fire as a tool. Now we fear its destruction. But we're responsible for changing the climate, argues John Vailliant, "in a way that favours fire way more than it favours us." The Vancouver author unpacks how fire made humans who we are — and how humans are changing fire in his award-winning book, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.*This…

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The unforgivable crime of being queer in Africa 54:34

22h ago54:34

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Homosexuality is a crime in more than half of African countries — a crime punishable by prison sentences. Or in some cases: death. New laws in some states make it illegal for anyone to even advocate for LGBTQ rights. These laws bring up questions of foreign influence, neo-colonialism, and the role the international community could and should play i…

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Meekness and Tolerance: Fr. Ferrer, SSPX 27:47

4d ago27:47

27:47

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"The Dangers of Television" by a Dominican Teaching Sister 11:00

4d ago11:00

11:00

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'The Glories of St. Joseph' by Edward Healy Thompson, M.A. 48:50

4d ago48:50

48:50

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The Principle of Non-Contradiction: Fr. Duncan, SSPX 15:55

4d ago15:55

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Bringing child sex abusers out of the shadows 54:38

4d ago54:38

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No one likes talking about child sex abuse. But prevention experts say we need to bring pedophilia out of the shadows if we ever want to end abuse. They insist, it is not inevitable. CBC producer John Chipman explores an innovative new program in Kitchener, Ontario, that has sex offenders and abuse survivors working together to prevent future harm …

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Why our long term relationship with the U.S. is done 54:38

5d ago54:38

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America is just not that into you anymore, says historian Marci Shore. It's not us — it's them. The Yale professor blames the U.S. for the failed relationship and warns the world that her own country can no longer be counted on to defend democracy, not even within its own borders. Shore has been studying the history of totalitarianism for nearly 30…

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RELOAD: Are You Asking the Right Questions with Hal Gregersen 36:03

5d ago36:03

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week, I’m eager to replay a conversation with Hal Gregersen. Hal is Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His book, Questions Are the Answer, builds on 200+ interviews with renowned business, technology, education, govern…

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Where did modern news culture come from? Think Shakespeare 54:38

6d ago54:38

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It might seem like the vast, turbulent ocean of information we call news has always existed, but that's not the case. Theatrical plays in Elizabethan England set the stage for our modern news culture, argues Stephen Wittek in his post-doctoral work. He says the cross-pollination between theatre and news developed the norms for our contemporary publ…

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Champions of cormorants argue the water bird is unfairly vilified 54:38

7d ago54:38

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It's not them, it's you. That's what fans of the cormorant argue, pointing out how people see the gangly aquatic bird all wrong. This common bird has gained a bad reputation by irritating communities with its large colonies, extreme fishing habits and tree-killing excrement. But defenders suggest maybe it's humans and their cultural assumptions tha…

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Why music — even sad music — is 'inherently joyful' 54:38

9d ago54:38

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Music is joy declares Daniel Chua. The renowned musicologist says music and joy have an ancient correlation, from Confucius to Saint Augustine and Beethoven to The Blues. Of course there is sad music, but Chua says, it's tragic because of joy. Chua delivered the 2025 Wiegand Lecture called Music, Joy and the Good Life.…

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Engage With The Society Or Escape From It: Fr. Y. Fillebeen, SSPX 16:11

11d ago16:11

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Mary - The Glory of the Church, by Fr. Abram Ryan 12:07

12d ago12:07

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The Challenges Of Our New Pope: Fr. J-M. Gomis, SSPX 23:36

12d ago23:36

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Mary - Our Mother, by St. Alphonsus Liguori 7:01

12d ago7:01

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The three ingredients in an autocrat's recipe for power 54:34

12d ago54:34

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There are three components that could end constitutional democracy as we know it, says scholar Peter L. Biro — fear and its weaponization, habituation which involves the consequence of not noticing, and the 'stupidification' of our minds and of our discourse. He argues that we, as law-abiding average citizens, have the power to save our democracy a…

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RELOAD: Creating a Culture of Healthy Expression and Belonging with Liz Fosslien 37:03

13d ago37:03

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I’d like to share a conversation I had a while back with Liz Fosslien. Liz is the co-author and illustrator of the Wall Street Journal best-seller No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work. She’s also the Head of Content at Humu. Humu is a company that makes wor…

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A pig was shot dead in 1859. It sparked a British-U.S. war 54:34

13d ago54:34

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The trailblazing all-Black baseball team that made history 54:34

14d ago54:34

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More than ninety years ago, led by “Boomer” Harding, “Flat” Chase, and King Terrell, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars became the first all-Black team to win the Ontario baseball championship. Now the story of their historic 1934 season, including the racist treatment they endured and their exploits on the field has resurfaced in an online project, an…

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Russia’s constant craving for U.S. recognition 54:35

15d ago54:35

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Historian Sergei Radchenko revisits the Cold War, focusing on what the idea of global power meant to the Soviet Kremlin. He argues that Soviet leaders, from Joseph Stalin to Mikhail Gorbachev, have always had a strong desire to be recognized as a superpower on the world stage, especially from the U.S. For decades, this desire could never be satisfi…

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Her job is to find buried children at residential schools 54:34

16d ago54:34

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Métis archeologist Kisha Supernant was sometimes called a 'grave robber' when she started her line of work. With an eye to restorative justice, she tries to help Indigenous communities locate the graves of children who died at residential schools. Now, she's called on to find children's graves. In this public lecture, Supernant explains how the use…

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Why Catholics Pray to The Blessed Virgin: by the Right Reverend Monsignor Canon Moyes, D.D. 36:01

19d ago36:01

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The power of white evangelical Christians in MAGA politics 54:25

19d ago54:25

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In the past decade, there has been one stable voting bloc: white evangelical Christians. Their support has been at a constant 80 per cent for Donald Trump, according to historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez. In her book, Jesus and John Wayne, she describes the Trump era as the latest chapter in a long story of exclusion, patriarchy, and Christian national…

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From Sustainability to Regeneration: A New Paradigm in Sourcing - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future 24:58

19d ago24:58

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In Season 2, Episode 2 of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, hosts Sheri Hinish and James George delve into the concept of regenerative sourcing as a transformative approach to supply chains. They discuss the shift from traditional sustainability practices to a regenerative mindset that aims to leave ecosystems better than they found them. The co…

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How to Know the One True Church: by Fr. W. Frean, C.SS.R 1:00:12

19d ago1:00:12

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How Should A Catholic Consider His Work: Fr. Y. Fillebeen, SSPX 6:47

19d ago6:47

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Importance Of Purity Before God: Fr. B. Wailliez, SSPX 9:37

19d ago9:37

9:37

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There's no potential danger of AI discrimination — 'it's here' 54:35

20d ago54:35

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The grave consequences artificial intelligence poses aren't 'potential' — they are happening now, warns MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini. She argues that encoded discrimination embedded in AI systems — racial bias, sex and gender bias, and ableism — pose unprecedented threats to humankind. Buolamwini has been at the forefront of artificial intelligenc…

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Wild Courage at Work with Jenny Wood 25:01

20d ago25:01

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I’m thrilled to welcome Jenny Wood to the show this week. She had an 18-year career at Google, where she grew from entry-level to executive, and she most recently led a large operations team that helped drive tens of billions of dollars in revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion projec…

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The one exception that makes killing civilians legal in war 54:35

21d ago54:35

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International law is clear: warring parties cannot kill civilians. It's a war crime. But there is one exception. An attacker can justify killing them if they’re being used as a shield for military objectives. This means a belligerent could kill a civilian and claim, after the fact, they were being used as shields by the enemy. Increasingly, that ju…

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The 2,000-year-old travel list to complete before you die 54:35

22d ago54:35

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More than 2,000 years ago, someone sat down and wrote a travel bucket list for the ancient world — suggesting must-see places that we now call The Seven Wonders of the World. It was kind of a Lonely Planet guide of its time, and included the Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Temple of Artemis, am…

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The Incredible Evolution of Michael Rapaport 1:55:11

23d ago1:55:11

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Michael Rapaport joins the podcast for a raw, unfiltered conversation on rising antisemitism, cancel culture, free speech, and how October 7th changed him. He opens up about Candace Owens, Joe Rogan, Trump, silent celebrities, NYC’s decline, his evolving faith — and why he hated working on Prison Break. This is Michael like you’ve never heard him b…

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Canadian troops who freed the Netherlands from Nazis 54:35

23d ago54:35

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On May 5, 1945, Canadian soldiers played a key role in the liberation of the Netherlands from the German forces. Almost 80 years later, a large group of Canadians travelled to the Netherlands to pay tribute to their relatives who'd helped liberate the country in the Second World War. They walked on a nine-day pilgrimage through villages and towns, …

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Christ's Testimony Is Enough For Us: Fr. L. Novak, SSPX 24:03

26d ago24:03

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Hidden Resurrection: Fr. Robert Brucciani, SSPX 9:30

26d ago9:30

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"The Real Presence." - Eucharistic Meditations by St. Peter Julian Eymard. (Published 1938) 36:36

26d ago36:36

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To Believe The Catholic Church Teaching Is A Rational Decision: Fr. Etienne Dermonex, SSPX 14:29

26d ago14:29

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What it means to call your loved one a ‘corpse’ 54:08

26d ago54:08

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In the hour’s following her mother’s death, Martha Baillie undertook two rituals — preparing a death mask of her mother’s face, and washing her mother’s body. That intimacy shaped her grief. She had learned earlier to witness death and be present, living with regret after she left the room to get a nurse when her father died. For Baillie her mother…

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The limitless mind and body of an 83-year-old super-athlete 54:08

27d ago54:08

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"Never let anyone tell you that you're old," says Dag Aabaye, an 83-year-old super athlete who defies age. He runs two to six hours daily in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley, where he lives alone on a mountain. For him, running is “life itself." Blizzards, heat waves, even running 24 hours straight Until he met Aabaye, Brett Popplewell used to dread growing …

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The ROI of Play with Kristi Herold 25:36

27d ago25:36

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I have the pleasure of welcoming Kristi Herold to the show today. Kristi is the founder and CEO of JAM, a multi-million-dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception in 1996 and has grown to be one of the world’s largest adult recreational sports …

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10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future - Meet the Hosts 7:42

27d ago7:42

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Welcome to the new season of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, where hosts Sheri R. Hinish and James George discuss the launch of '10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future'. As they reflect on their previous conversations and emphasize the need for actionable change in the industry. The episode serves as an introduction …

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How the American cowboy ignited the Republican movement 54:07

28d ago54:07

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The cowboy — a symbol of the true American man who is anti-government, works independently and protects his family. Historian Heather Cox Richardson calls this rhetoric “cowboy individualism”, and says this myth is the basis for 40-year-old Republican ideology. In this public lecture, Cox Richardson argues that the current Trump administration has …

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How horses shaped humankind, from wearing pants to vaccines 54:08

29d ago54:08

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We have a lot to thank horses for in our everyday lives, from the Hollywood motion picture, to life-saving vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus, to a staple in our closets: pants. "Prior to riding horses, no one wore pants," says historian Timothy Winegard. He argues that horses are intertwined in our own history to the point that we overlook their …

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Elections results are in. IDEAS recommends World Report 10:43

29d ago10:43

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IDEAS listeners think deeply about the state of the world and how to improve it. To do that, you need to know what's going on. That's why we're recommending World Report. It's a daily news podcast that brings you the biggest stories happening in Canada and around the world, in just 10 minutes. Today you can get the latest Canadian election results …

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Reality TV might be making you smarter 54:08

30d ago54:08

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When reality TV first exploded in the early 2000s, the media panicked about the effect "unscripted" content would have on viewers. They found it difficult to distinguish between what was real and fake. But these days, people generally know better. Viewers now lean on the assumption that most of it is artfully manufactured. And according to experts,…