It's the official Whiskey & Cream audio podcast with Ari Shapiro - a digital news-magazine style offering featuring endless interviews with compelling luminaries on sports, music, politics, cinema and philosophy which aspires to keep you intellectually engaged and reasonably challenged with every listen. Subscribe today and be sure to visit arishapiro.ca for the latest episode available.
Whiskey & Cream Podcast with Ari Shapiro
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It's the official Whiskey & Cream audio podcast with Ari Shapiro - a digital news-magazine style offering featuring endless interviews with compelling luminaries on sports, music, politics, cinema and philosophy which aspires to keep you intellectually engaged and reasonably challenged with every listen. Subscribe today and be sure to visit arishapiro.ca for the latest episode available.
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August 9, 2021
Whiskey & Cream: Episode XXIII
Whiskey & Cream for August 9th, 2021<br /><br /><br />Host: Ari Shapiro<br /><br /><br /><br />0:40-16:48: "An ounce of perception is worth a pound of obscure"<br /><br /> <br /><br />To the average human being living under the relentless scourge of a variant-multiplying pandemic, understanding and absorbing what mRNA, spike proteins and lipid nanoparticles are can be a most daunting and bewildering experience. From the outset, this modern day global health emergency that's affected every country on the planet has been handled dubiously by politicians acting as soothsayers, poseurs and hypocrites who want to assure us that they know what's best for us, even while abandoning the most fundamental principles and medical facts provided by established science and health authorities. Naturally, this has created a harrowing disconnect and some would say an existential schism that's significantly undermined humanity's collective efforts to move into a bold and brave new future.<br /><br /><br />Rob Swanda (@ScientistSwanda) is an mRNA Biochemist and doctoral candidate who's completing his PhD at Cornell University. Back in December of 2020, he decided to post a YouTube video that provided a brief but succinct overview of how vaccines work and why taking them is a personal choice based on a decision that - ideally under normal circumstances - should be rooted in a profound understanding of science. In doing so, he's unlocked a powerful covenant with those of us interested in knowing truth before ideology, facts ahead fiction, and real coronavirus science in place of anti-vaccination superstition.<br /><br /><br />Music: "Into The Woods" by Tycho (Christopher Willits Remix)<br /><br /><br /><br />17:01-32:11: "Baseball is ruled by 12 billionaires and plenty of nostalgia"<br /><br /><br /><br />120 years ago, the Cleveland Indians baseball club was born and along with it a procession of legendary players who remain synonymous with the team to this day. Cy Young, Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau, Al Rosen, and Frank Robinson are just some of the legendary and towering baseball figures that have come to define the memories for generations of fans of both the team and the sport. Throughout their entire fabled history (one that's almost completely bereft of any winning flavour considering their last championship victory came in 1948), the Indians were instantly recognizable with their branding that always seemed to define how they were remembered; namely, the Chief Wahoo logo that was used from 1950 up until 2018. A potent and controversial symbol that also alienated and disrespected indigenous people all over the country. <br /><br /><br />Nick Francona (@NickFrancona) is a baseball journalist and Marine veteran who fought in Afghanistan. His intrepid skills of research and investigation has produced a commitment to finding the truth in a game that's become filled with chronic deceptions and daily lies when it comes to confronting the racism, sexism and domestic abuse realities that are nonchalantly swept under the rug and quickly rationalized by unscrupulous owners worried more about profit than any measure of social justice. Amidst all the hypocrisy and failure of moral leadership, Nick remains optimistic that the more fans and admirers of MLB appreciate the state of the game today, the more likely they are to understand why rebranding is absolutely necessary in order to set a true example for future generations, and that much more work needs to be done after simply painting over a legacy that should have been confronted a long time ago.<br /><br /><br />Music: "Journal" by Polar Inc.<br /><br /><br /><br />32:22-41:45: "General Zod would have enjoyed ruling Canada"<br /><br /><br /><br />Although Canada managed to get a grip on the most recent pandemic wave, it's left many in the province wondering what kind of political crucible is likely to remain when the dust settles. Most recently, a triumvirate of conservative-led provinces from Doug...
July 26, 2021
Whiskey & Cream: Episode XXII
Whiskey & Cream for July 25th, 2021<br /><br /><br />Host: Ari Shapiro<br /><br /><br /><br />0:38-16:20: "No one loves Marineland"<br /><br /> <br /><br />It's very possible that at some point during the long history of a profoundly greedy private company whose sole purpose was to showcase extremely rare mammals to the masses for sheer profit, some Canadians actually thought fondly of Marineland. But when a deeper dive of modern technology mixed with whistleblowing tenacity reveals nothing more than an anachronistically ridiculous aquatic zoo that's shamefully taken advantage of every level of government to deflect the lingering array of cruelty, neglect and abuse taking place insider their hallowed halls- well, at someone you have to ask yourself: "How is Marineland still a thing?"<br /><br /><br />Phil Demers is a crusader for animal rights and a champion of Walruses. His tireless and indefatigable advocacy for all the suffering animals at Marineland who are nothing more than a means to a profiteering end, is a testament to a man who's fed up with the hypocrisy used to silence him in the media; primarily by a cabal of lawyers deployed to strategically minimize the public from knowing the truth. Between the presence of dirty, unsanitary water filtration and increasingly poor life support systems, all of Marineland's inhabitants - the beluga whales, the bottlenose dolphins, the sea lions and penguins, Kiska the last Orca and Smooshi the lovable Walrus; well, they simply won't stand a chance if something isn't done and soon.<br /><br />Music: "Ocean" by John Butler <br /><br /><br /><br />16:20-26:41: "Ignoring Gandalf is bad for The Shire"<br /><br /><br /><br />As you probably know by now, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician and scientist who is also an immunologist that serves as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is also the chief medical advisor to the president. Why then is a man with over five decades of established and renowned medical experience in serving his country and fellow man so often vilified and pummelled in the mainstream American media? Why are there so many anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers and anti-science troglodytes strewn across social media all clamoring to remind us why their conspiratorial nonsense is badly damaging the collective efforts of an entire country to emerge from a crippling pandemic?<br /><br /><br />Aaron Parnas is lawyer, writer and social influencer based out of Florida. Although he identifies strongly with being a Miami-Dade Democrat in a country that's splintered ideologically, his understanding of the community forces at play when it comes to pursuing a progressive agenda based on empirical learning and historical facts is what bolsters his daily resolve. That, and mobilizing the public to be mindful of the frail and precious reality that is their quickly diminishing participatory democracy, and also to always herald science and logic to help better society one election at a time.<br /><br />Music: "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles<br /><br /><br /><br />26:41-42:11: "Engineering loyalty, dignity and gratitude"<br /><br /><br /><br />It's hard enough to find gainful employment in a field that you may have spent decades trying to perfect. It's especially difficult when considering the obscene nature of the country's overpriced real estate market. For most people, the prospect of owning a home has become too daunting to even begin contemplating. It's hard enough to find security during dark times, now we're supposed to also find a way to handle a mortgage during a pandemic? What if a business existed that one day realized how genuine employee loyalty and endless gratitude could be leveraged by simply trying to help a family find real dignity in affording a home by helping them purchase it?<br /><br /><br />Nick Mocan is the President of Cozier: Consulting Engineers and is an unabashedly proud altruist. For him, the...
July 14, 2021
Whiskey & Cream: Episode XXI
Whiskey & Cream for July 14th, 2021<br /><br /><br />Host: Ari Shapiro<br /><br /><br /><br />0:40-10:05: "We have to remember to stop because we have to stop to remember"<br /><br /> <br /><br />There was a time before the days of pandemic entropy and woe where the celebration of a traditional monotheistic reason to gather at the end of the week and drink wine while surrounded by loving friends and family was considered to be as symbolically celestial as it was psychologically necessary. The Sabbath has always stood the test of Judeo-Christian time in that its very existence is a testament to the need for human socialization and cathartic release. But in an increasingly volatile and beleaguered world where eight-second attention spans mixed with crushing rates of anxiety and despair tend to prioritize the work week, it has become more vital than ever for us to consider why the holy day of rest might be the last bastion in taking a precious moment and remembering why our history, values and identity deserve to be honored with a reason to gather and celebrate life - even when the candles have long dimmed and the future remains uncertain.<br /><br /><br />Judith Shulevitz is an American journalist, editor and culture critic who has written for The New Republic, New York Times Book Review and The New York Times. When she wrote "The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time" over a decade ago and considered the question of what a holy day of rest represents to human culture and our sense of tradition, she unwittingly stumbled upon a powerful narrative that looks at the importance of gathering around the hearth and relishing in the flickering flames of family unity and interpersonal growth that allows us to find solace in a brutally unforgiving world filled with historical revisionism and lonely hearts.<br /><br />Music: "Paranoid" performed by 4Tune Quarter<br /><br /><br /><br />10:07-21:41: "Vulgo superiorum suffugit"<br /><br /><br /><br />It's hard enough to chart a path towards a successful post-secondary educational journey that ends with the promise of a financially sustainable career let alone identifying which area of life one wishes to become a proverbial subject matter expert capable of garnering respect and self-worth. Gone are the halcyon days of considering a college or university that is as affordable as it is established in its tenured professors, course flexibility and prestigious value. Instead, the United States has led the western world in revealing an inherent crisis in the very nature of how we learn, what we're taught and where we use our acquired skills and tuition experiences to create a prosperous life amidst all this societal disarray. Until we start unpacking the twin beasts of insurmountably crushing debt caused by over-zealous for-profit public institutions and the increasingly diminished scholastic freedom of speech and critical-thinking on campus, the prospect of a bona fide higher learning education that's worth pursuing will continue to remain precisely what it's become: a mug's game in a fool's paradise. <br /><br /><br />Dr. Mike Nietzel is president emeritus at Missouri State University and holds a Ph.D. In clinical psychology. He's authored and published books on higher education and contributes regularly to Forbes magazine while remaining a champion against the perils of an academic system that's floundering mightily and absolutely trending in the wrong direction. For him, it's all about looking at the scales of systemic unfairness and balancing them against a generational reckoning that's changed the way students and parents look at how higher learning is considered from both a political and existential reality.<br /><br />Music: "School's Out" performed by Alice Cooper<br /><br /><br /><br />21:45-29:18: "A Russian, a Canadian, and an American walk into a hockey rink..."<br /><br /><br /><br />True to form - and really, this is how it should have ended - the NHL's best team,...
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