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EP75: The Hippie High-Rise
From 1968 to 1975, one eighteen story high-rise was the heart of Canada's counterculture. Rochdale College in Toronto was jammed full with leftist organizers, hippies, draft dodgers, students, artists, and others just looking for a good time. Rochdale wasn't really a "college." It was something much bigger: it was a radical experiment. However, was this an experiment worth doing? We investigate.Listen now -
EP74: PlasticPills on AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education
The Darts team is working on another big episode! In the meantime, we're sharing this one from our friends at PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast. They do a great discussion of OpenAI and its implications in academia.Listen now -
EP73: Drafts & Letters — Vietnam War Resisters Come to Canada
The idea of moving to Canada figures prominently in the imagination of many disaffected Americans. Between the mid-60s and early-70s they really did come--and in the 10s of thousands. Yet, when these Americans made their way, they did not always find the Canada they expected.Listen now -
EP72.1 BONUS: Kino Lefter & Darts on Discordia (2004) and Student Activism
Our host Gordon and producer Marc join Evan MacDonald of Kino Lefter to discuss our latest episode - a retrospective on the 2004 documentary "Discordia".Listen now -
EP72: Discordia Revisited — The Meaning of the Concordia Netanyahu Riot (ft. Yves Engler, Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal & more)
We revisit the extraordinary National Film Board documentary Discordia, directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal. The film covered the 2002/03 school year at Concordia University in Montreal, QC. Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police, and this event came to be know as "the Concordia Riot."Listen now
EP75: The Hippie High-Rise
From 1968 to 1975, one eighteen story high-rise was the heart of Canada's counterculture. Rochdale College in Toronto was jammed full with leftist organizers, hippies, draft dodgers, students, artists, and others just looking for a good time. Rochdale wasn't really a "college." It was something much bigger: it was a radical experiment. However, was this an experiment worth doing? We investigate.