The Invisible Labour of Music Making
The labour theory of value says the value of a product should be determined by the amount of labour expended on it. If that was true, music would be v...
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Combining scholarly research with the work of writers and artists. Through interviews, creative narrative, and original music, we get to the heart of big ideas. Produced and hosted by Canadian writer and musician Carmel Mikol.
The Music: Margaritas and Magical Unicorns
In the first episode of a new Hyacinth Podcast sub-series "The Music," I interview two of my best friends and longtime collaborators - Kim Wempe and N...
The Farewell
In this episode, I wrap up Season 1 with the most beautiful words I could find to leave you with: a story from the prodigy poet, Ocean Vuong, and a go...
The Art of Accessibility
Instead of "getting back to normal," why don't we use this extraordinary time in the world to reimagine how we make things and who we make them for? W...
A Love Letter for Difficult Times
Explore the way small and private intimacies of human life persist and even thrive in times of major upheaval. Meet me in the one place we can still t...
Into the Archive
There’s a box under my basement stairs that I haven’t opened for ten years. I thought I knew what was inside. But when I finally get the courage to op...
Imagining Democracy
Democracy is under threat across the globe. Humanities studies are in decline in universities around the world. Is there a connection? This episode is...
Dhiru Thadani - The Interviews
Bonus episode: Hear my extended interview with architect and planner Dhiru Thadani. We discuss the history of urbanism as a design theory and the endu...
Looking for Beauty
What is beauty? Where can we find it? In this crazy world that is burning up (quite literally) and seems to be falling apart, does beauty even matter?...
Memory Work
Do you hide memories away in boxes under beds, at the top corners of closets? Or do you keep them all around you, cluttered up on your mantel and stuc...