Lean Out with Tara Henley

Conversations with heterodox authors and journalists from around the world, asking the questions that are not being asked. tarahenley.substack.com

Lean Out with Tara Henley is a society podcast hosted by Tara Henley, with 257 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tara Henley hosts Lean Out with Tara Henley, a society show with 257 episodes published.

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  Is Phoebe Maltz Bovy the Last Straight Woman?

  May 27, 202652 minS0

  <p>You wouldn’t think that a woman declaring that she is into men would a subversive act — but at some point during recent years, this became the case in certain circles. Particularly online feminist circles. My guest on the program today has written a new book on female heterosexuality and she says it’s time we acknowledge that the vast majority of women are, in fact, straight.</p><p>Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a Toronto cultural critic. She is the opinion editor for The Canadian Jewish News and co-host of the Feminine Chaos podcast. Her new book is The Last S...

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  Jacob Siegel on Big Tech and the Information State

  May 20, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>Most of us are aware that the digital age we are living through is a time of incredible transformation. But we may not have contemplated what we’d like to see preserved — things like free speech. Some years ago, my guest on today’s program began investigating political censorship. What he found was bigger, more all-encompassing, and in fact more interesting. In his new book, he argues that we have entered an entirely new political epoch, that of the information state.</p><p>Jacob Siegel is an American journalist. He is the special features editor for Tablet Magazine and co-hos...

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  Tony Keller on How Canada Lost the Plot on Immigration

  May 13, 202648 minS0

  <p>Canada’s immigration system was once the envy of the world. And for decades, the country enjoyed a bipartisan pro-immigration consensus. But during the Trudeau years, that consensus fell apart. My guest on the program today delivered the 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures on this topic. His new book explores where we went wrong.</p><p>Tony Keller is a columnist at The Globe and Mail. His book is Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong. It has been shortlisted for the Donner Prize, which will be awarded tomorrow night in Toronto.</p><p>Tony Keller is my...

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  Why Are Gen Z Girls Miserable? Freya India Explains

  May 6, 202633 minS0

  <p>We know that young women are increasingly unhappy — with high rates of depression and anxiety — and my guest on the program today says there’s good reason for that. In her new book, she argues that girlhood has dramatically changed in the Internet era and that young women have been transformed from people into products.</p><p>Freya India is a British writer and commentator, and a staff writer at Jonathan Haidt’s newsletter After Babel. Her new book is GIRLS: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything. </p><p>Freya India is my guest, today on Lean Out. Transcri...

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  Tom Junod: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?

  Apr 29, 202634 minS0

  <p>What does it mean to be a man? My guest on the program today has published a book that examines that very question. It is part memoir, part meditation on masculinity, and part detective story — as he unearths the secret life of his charismatic alpha male father and forges a new version of manhood, putting himself and his family back together on the page.</p><p>Tom Junod is an award-winning American journalist and a senior writer for ESPN. The film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based on an article that he wrote for Esquire. Tom’s new...

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