This podcast is about testing the limits of fairness. It's about taking to heart the meaning behind "Beyond the Pale" — a phrase referring to ideas that are so outrageous it's impossible to deal with them in reasonable terms. Follow IDEAS producer Tom Howell as he covers uncomfortable terrain. When the time for ‘open-mindedness’ stops and prejudices become — possibly — a good thing. *This is the final episode in a series tackling the implications of bias. It originally aired on on June 8, 2022.

Guests in this episode:

Eduardo Mendieta is a philosophy professor at Pennsylvania State University. He edited the final book by Richard Rorty, Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.

Barbara Kay is a columnist at The National Post and The Epoch Times.

Misha Glouberman is co-author (with Sheila Heti) of The Chairs Are Where the People Go. He runs a negotiation course called How to Talk to People About Things.

Rahim Mohamed is a freelance writer and college instructor at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. His opinion columns are published in the online newsletter, The Line.

Anne-Marie Pham is an executive director of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.

Michael Bacon is a political theorist at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Pragmatism: An Introduction.

Martin Zibauer is from the Cosburn Park Lawn Bowling Club in Toronto, Ontario.

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