Podcasts by Semi-Intellectual Musings

Surviving Arrest& The Criminal Justice System from 2018-10-28T16:15:35

In the United States 1 out 3 young people are arrested at least once by age 23 - this could be as...

Soviet Sports Pt. 2 - Dominance and Disintegration from 2018-08-20T11:53:39

On this episode Matt continues a chat with Kristaps Andrejsons from the Eastern Border Podcast about the Soviet Union’s mass athletics program. We also hear...

Soviet Sports Part 1: Manufacturing Homo Sovieticus from 2018-06-27T20:14:09

This week Matt chats with Kristaps Andrejsons, from the Eastern Border Podcast, about the Soviet Union’s mass athletics program. Sport is always political, ...

Sharing a Slice of Cultures from 2018-06-04T21:37:05

On this episode, Phil sits down with Sean McGuire, the creator and host of the Share A Slice Podcast. In the first part, Sean tell us about his podcast,...

Jahmeelah Gamble just Slay’d the Mic from 2018-05-21T01:24:05

Matt sat down with disability advocate, educator, public speaker and podcaster Jahmeelah Gamble. If you like going down rabbit holes, this is the episode for you. We chatted about balancing conflic...

For The Love Of All Species from 2018-04-23T01:19:46

At times, our furry friends bring us joy, pleasure and happiness. Their company is valued, and they too are valued members of our homes. Other times, they bring us closer to understanding why not s...

Chronicity - Episode 1 - The Unraveling from 2018-04-18T04:31

There comes a moment in time when the things that we could once do, the things that we did easily and without much effort, become more difficult. Maybe even impossible. It is in those moments that ...

Chronicity - Episode 0 - Welcome to Chronicity from 2018-04-02T01:08:43

This is a podcast mini-series on chronic pain and Illness. Over the course of this mini-series, you will hear the real stories of folks living with chronic pain and chronic illness. We have over 20...

Placing Bets from 2018-03-25T12:52:04

Games of chance have long been a part of societies. From dice, spinning tops, or playing cards, we have always wanted to win big on luck. The modern casino, however, offers an interesting perspecti...

Social Media in the Classroom from 2018-03-11T20:30

On this episode we talk about teaching practices and the idea that social media has a place in the classroom. We discuss our views of pedagogy (the art, science, and even craft of teaching), classr...

Turntables& Microphones: Art in a Digital Age from 2018-03-03T11:37:28

Guest co-host Anthony Von Dessauer, creator of the popular podcast The Curse of Silverlake, joins Phil to discuss music preservation, art, the pote...

Resilience: Rebounds& Blocks from 2018-02-19T23:06:09

This week we deep dive into the world of resilience. From Francis Bacon’s musings of how sound bounces off walls, to the proposal that colouring can help block the nasty world around us: we explore...

Who Is: Rob Kristoffersen? from 2018-02-16T11:42:12

Who is Rob Kristoffersen? Do we really know? Can we say with any certainty? Is he a Canadia-phile (someone who loves Canada)? Does he actually live in the woods (probably, but maybe not)? Many, man...

Cynicism in the Art Gallery from 2018-01-30T01:00

We get all up in the art on this episode. Matt visited the National Art Gallery in beautiful Ottawa, ON. We get a walkthrough, you get one of our most cynical ...

Resolutions, Confessions& Predictions from 2018-01-11T20:33:40

In this episode we offer up our resolutions and predictions for 2018. Matt is determined to make this year his most focused ever and Phil doesn’t think the world will end, yet. With a heartfelt ...

Year in Review from 2018-01-03T17:37:34

On this episode we review 2017, a year punctuated with the bad, the ugly & the awkward. From Trump and #MeToo to the Phoenix pay system catastrophe and no more Sears holiday catalogues, we talk ...

Holiday Traditions from 2017-12-23T11:08:11

We all celebrate the holiday season differently. That’s a good thing. On this episode Matt & Phil share their holiday traditions. From savory meat pies, to sugary cookies, to cups filled with ru...

Adventures in Space& Time from 2017-12-19T17:55:23

Matt & Phil chat on a cross-country check-up this week. Phil opens up about his life as an aspiring PhD, Matt tells us how to travel with a young one, and we debate the merits and demerits of co...

Absurdities of Lit Class from 2017-12-10T13:31:03

Matt & Phil have been physically disconnected lately. That means their neural nets are out of alignment. Rough times. Luckily they had the chance to talk with Megan, co-host of Oh No! L...

This is Life with Hello Life WTF from 2017-11-19T20:00

While Matt & Phil yearn for longer summers their special guests would like some of the soft, fluffy, sticky, cold, frozen, lifeless substance we sometimes call snow. To be honest, most of the ti...

Skip& Josh Special Part 1-Tribute to Gord Downie from 2017-11-13T00:37:03

We have yet to fully understand or realize the breadth and depth of Gord Downie’s influence. Musically, poetically, socially, personally, Gord Downie was always more than the frontman for The Tr...

Patio Session #6 - SIMply A Chat with Anthony von Dessauer from 2017-11-09T23:00:49

A few things have happened since our last patio session: daylight savings time kicked in, the trees got naked, some snow fell, and it started to get too cold to actually podcast outdoors. So wit...

Do Androids Dream of Blade Runner? from 2017-11-05T23:00

Recorded outside on October 25th before the weather gets too cold. Matt & Phil decided they wanted to be current. In with the cool kids. Men of their time. In the know... So that meant, obviousl...

October Bonus - Is Anyone There? from 2017-10-30T21:10:13

This bonus episode features us, Matt & Phil, escaping a zombie apocalypse. Luckily, we end up connecting over the airwaves with Alex & Zach from the Is Anyone There podcast. After having travell...

Patio Session #5 from 2017-10-28T02:10:54

On this patio session Phil talks about home renovations with Matt. He's no expert, but wanted to share a thing or two about the basics. Who knew he was also good with his hands? Key tak...

Governing Censorship from 2017-10-22T04:00

This episode started out as solely Banned Books week themed. As it happens, it got out of hand. So instead, here’s a social science take on the censorship, banning, restriction and outright proh...

Patio Session #4 from 2017-10-11T18:34:32

Already our fourth patio session of the season. Whoop! Whoop! Matt tells us about his recent visit to the MOSAÏCANADA 150 exhibit (www.mosaicanada.ca)....

September Bonus - A Week in the Life of Podcasters from 2017-10-01T00:30

This September bonus episode is our way of celebrating International Podcasting Day. We spent the week audio journalling our adventures and mishaps, recording on handheld devices on the fly - of...

Patio Session #3 from 2017-09-30T15:00

It's a hat trick: our third Patio Session. We sat down in the woods to chat about Banned Books week. Matt tells the story of a few challenged books from British Columbia, Canada while Phil provi...

Patio Session #2 from 2017-09-29T17:48:33

We took our second Patio Session to the forest. No really, we like literally went and sat in the forest next to Phil's property. It was fitting as we talked about one of Matt's recent golf games...

Patio Session #1 from 2017-09-28T01:00

Semi-Intellectual Musings's first recorded Patio Session. We sit outside with a maple whiskey from Quebec. Somehow the discussion went from a lovely view of the Gatineau hills to a ghost story. ...

The Art of Satire from 2017-09-25T12:52:40

It’s the start of Banned Books week, which means we begin to pontificate over works that have been challenged, mostly wondering why someone would...

Networks of Conspiracies - Part 2 from 2017-09-16T20:12:10

This is the conclusion to Networks of Conspiracies Part 1. We kick it off with a discussion of the 1980’s political, economic  and cultural context to help understand the war on drugs. We then d...

Networks of Conspiracies - Part 1 from 2017-09-11T00:45

Matt & Phil put on tinfoil hats, shut the curtains and prepare to free their minds. But first, they settle a debate about peameal bacon: friend or foe? Phil recounts a Facebook occurrence involv...

Hockey Night at the Museum from 2017-09-03T22:00

As the leaves turn to bright reds and golden yellows in our fast approaching fall season, nightmares of long snowy winters begin to occupy our minds. After all, it is September. For some, Septem...

Revolutionary Forces of Change from 2017-08-28T01:40:02

While we continue to podcast in the sleepy woods, the world continues to spin - perhaps out of control. Good thing Matt brought a special guest along to this episode, because Phil seems mad abou...

Public Scholarship& Engaged Research from 2017-08-20T20:12:02

We’re slowly recovering from the last few weeks. It must have something to do with the eclipse. Matt’s family is travelling so that means he can eat, sleep and podcast. Phil is back from a short...

August Bonus - Matt& Phil's Top 5 from 2017-08-14T00:19:58

Top 5 lists serve a precise purpose: they tell us what’s cool. David Letterman put out his top 10 lists night after night, and everyone fell in love. So, with a feeling of nostalgia, we decided ...

Friend or Foe? from 2017-08-06T12:30

It’s mid-summer and that means another form of nuisance has arrived to the rural way of life. To continue our fly-suite discussions, Phil talks about how deer flies made him miserable for a few ...

July Bonus - Journey Through History from 2017-07-30T04:00

Join us on a journey as we recount the funny, the strange, the whimsical and the just plain odd newspapers stories of the past. It’s a very different episode than the regular show, and that’s a ...

Generations& Kinship Ties from 2017-07-29T04:00

On the things that Matt & Phil enjoy: the long lunch during a round of golf, classic SNES games, poutine and late night walks that include other podcasts talking about the show. Matt’s baby can ...

Social Science Fiction& Twin Peaks from 2017-07-23T13:30

Guess who’s back? Back to podcast....it’s Matt! Matt is back from newborn lalaland and ready to talk with us about the journey so far. He reveals the name of his newborn and sheds a few tears. H...

Totally Recommended from 2017-07-16T20:50:25

This is the episode overflowing with gratitude and recognition to our amazing listeners and contributors.

Matt and his wife welcomed a very special someone into the world. A baby girl, b...

Volunteering& Boots on the Ground from 2017-07-06T12:00

Mel & Phil had an adventure in Lanark County, Ontario and felt they had to talk about it. Although it rained their whole stay, the B&B they stayed at comes highly recommended. It starte...

Fatherland - Mini-Series Part 3 from 2017-06-29T00:16:36

Aaron is back with Phil to tell us all about The Fatherland. Recorded at Carleton University, where Aaron completed his Master’s and Doctoral work, Phil wonders if he’ll escape these solemn hall...

June Bonus - Endless Intros from 2017-06-25T00:30

In our neck of the woods, the month of June brings the start of warm weather, the end of the school term and the start of BBQ and patio season. It also brings blackflies, heatwaves, a perpetual ...

Anthropology 101 with Matt from 2017-06-20T23:33:49

Phil provides commentary on a bird fight he witnessed between crows, blue jays and little sparrows. Matt admits that he is a sinker who is afraid of zombies. Who knew?

Matt’s Anthropolog...

The Wolf - Mini-Series Part 2 from 2017-06-13T21:00

Aaron is back for the second installment of his mini-series. From patio furniture gone amiss to cross country delivery shenanigans, before getting into the show Phil & Aaron share a few stories ...

Protest& Political Music - Part 1 from 2017-06-09T12:00

Matt is back for this episode. The black flies are gone. The clover is growing slowly. Matt offers us an update on the little Sanderson. Phil is working from home full-time now and admits he may...

Survival& The Millennial Condition from 2017-06-06T02:58:49

Our first in a series of special guest hosted episodes with Aaron Henry. Phil and Aaron introduce the series by trying to make sense of survivalism. Following from a previous episode on Ray Brad...

Academics& The Changing Nature of Work from 2017-06-01T21:00

Bad drivers beware: Phil & Matt say to stay home on rainy or snowy days. Phil starts his work-at-home life and gets Matt to provide some guidance on what not to do. Even though Matt was sick, we...

Conferences& Making SSH Matter from 2017-05-28T21:30

Phil & Matt start this episode by talking about their favorite writing implement: pens. Phil is reminded of the West Wing, again. While retelling the story of how we got our first unsolicited po...

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 from 2017-05-26T02:30

Phil & Matt talk about how the little Sanderson will soon be coming into the world. Matt recounts his most recent parenting class and shares his birthing plans. From that, Phil is reminded of hi...

Hockey Cards-Part 1 from 2017-05-26T02:29

Phil & Matt talk about their recent landscaping adventure, sharing their annoyance of black flies. Phil talks about lawn grass and an easier option: a clover lawn. They show that two social scie...

Logical Fallacies& Fantasy Politics from 2017-05-21T11:11:50

Phil & Matt talk about cooking. Matt tells us his secret ingredient to making a killer bechamel sauce and Phil gives us his take on sweet n’spicy BBQ chicken and homemade turkey stock. Warning: ...

Smallpox& Montreal from 2017-05-15T13:00

Matt and Phil start talking about Cal Ripken Jr. Matt finally looked after his cousin’s kid and it went well after a short time of scream-crying. We then start talking about the flooding our reg...

Anarchism& Anthropology from 2017-05-11T13:33:37

We have on our first guest, the disillusioned Leninist Evan who talks about anarchist anthropology! Evan’s had his name dropped on the show before so we figured it was time we had him on to defe...

Technology& Teaching Toolbox from 2017-05-08T12:53:49

Matt went for a baby care crash course by looking after his cousin’s son. This conversation regressed or progressed, depends on how you look at it, into a vague discussion on kinship and the sig...

Marx& Metabolism from 2017-05-04T23:25:07

Metabolizing Marx’s metabolic processes while watching kabaddi shirtless: talk about ruptures! Phil watches his meadow grow while digging into the nesting habits of bats. Matt enthusiastically d...

Concussions& Sports from 2017-05-01T18:28:21

Phil proctored an exam, the most exciting aspect of grad school, and passes on a few tips that he feels will help everyone in the room. Matt fueled up on some spring rolls before attending the m...

Mental Health& Resilience from 2017-04-30T19:01:07

Matt gets ready to be a father by painting a room; Phil picked up Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb but...