At Home and Abroad with Harris and Walker

Updated: 14 Dec 2024 • 95 episodes
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Welcome to At Home and Abroad with Harris and Walker! Join us each week as we follow our curiosity, diving deep into the familiar and the foreign.   Reach beyond your front door as we uncover new perspectives, explore intriguing ideas and have real conversations with compelling guests. New episodes dropping every other Saturday on your favourite podcast platform! Merch and more at www.harrisandwalker.com. *Please note that reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Harris and Walker. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Music Credit: Caribbean Islands by Gvidon Join the At Home and Abroad After Party! Exclusive content, unheard interviews, Walker's best outtakes and bonus episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/at-home-and-abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our Baba, Tutu, Grandad, Gramps, Nonno, Abuela are finding a new place in our lives. Still the keepers of wisdom and tradition, and the providers of support when the children are small, these vibrant grandparents are discovering and re-discovering their own joie de vivre.   Our conversation with Mike Matthews, the man

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Divorce is a difficult transition that almost half of marriages in North America endure, leaving injury and loss in its wake. It can also be an opportunity for reinvention and a fresh start with the right support.   Kathryne Mejias discusses the challenges and the chance for self discovery that divorce can offer. Kathr

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Babies do it. Animals do it. Even the grumpiest, nastiest adults do it from time to time. We can all use a good laugh now and then, so we thought we would dive into our back catalog for a little something to break the tension. In Season One, we literally laughed our way through an interview with Celeste Greene, Laughte

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What is artificial intelligence? Should we embrace it or fear it? Advances in AI and machine learning have been rapid, and some would say, unchecked.   A 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Geoffrey Hinton, sheds some light on both the beautiful and dangerous aspects of AI. Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneer in the field of

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Adoption is a beautiful, poignant, terrifying, and difficult human experience that millions of people the world over know intimately. The act of adopting a child into one’s own family is one of the greatest gifts one can bestow on another, but the process can be very challenging.     The inspiring and incredibly big-he

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Harris and Walker dish about entrepreneurship in this week’s episode – the successes, the failures and the journey itself.   What does it take to strike out on your own, leaving a regular pay cheque and work schedule behind? With the freedom comes risk, so is it worth it? ******* You can find a full list of our sources

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