You can build your resilience muscle: Terry Healey
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Release Date: 08/19/2025
Do our pets really love us?: Jay Ingram
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
How well do we really know our pets? Science broadcaster and author Jay Ingram explores what’s going on in the minds and bodies of the animals who share our homes. Jay explains why humans have been drawn to animals for tens of thousands of years, how that instinct shapes modern pet-keeping and what research can tell us about our pets.
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What if menopause could be your health reset?: Dr. Kelly Casperson
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
What if menopause was a chance to reset your health? Dr. Kelly Casperson believes understanding your hormones is the key to feeling better and living longer. Tamara and Kelly break down significant myths about menopause and share how to approach midlife with confidence. If you’ve ever needed guidance for discussing menopause symptoms with your doctor, Kelly has great advice for you.
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How to talk to your parents about money and aging: Beth Pinsker
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
When financial planner and journalist Beth Pinsker became her mother’s caregiver, she quickly realized she was unprepared for the maze that came with financial caregiving. Beth shares what she learned about managing a parent’s finances with compassion and grace. We talk about what you can do before a crisis hits, how to organize caregiving duties and why the hardest conversations can actually be acts of love.
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How to break the hunger habit: Judson Brewer
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
We often eat to escape instead of nourishing our bodies. Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer says overcoming cravings is not about willpower, it’s about habit. He explains how our brains learn to crave comfort and how awareness can break that loop. We discuss the difference between hunger and emotion, why diets fail and how mindfulness can rewire your relationship with food.
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Hard work isn’t enough anymore: Paul Kershaw
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Young Canadians are being squeezed like never before, facing rising costs, unaffordable housing and a changing climate. Dr. Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze, believes it’s time to “squeeze back.” He joins us to explain what generational fairness really means and how smart policy can create a future where every generation thrives. We discuss what it means to build intergenerational solidarity and why being a good ancestor starts with rethinking how we spend, save and care for one another.
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The art of cultural survival: Julian Brave NoiseCat
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
What does it mean to survive the night and look toward dawn? Writer and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat joins us to talk about his new book We Survived the Night and his Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane. Julian shares how storytelling and art become acts of survival amid colonial violence and displacement. He reflects on his family’s history, the legacy of residential schools and how Indigenous Nations continue to resist and heal together. Through myth, memory, and truth-telling, Julian shows that survival is the only way forward.
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It’s time rethink how we measure intelligence: Pepper Stetler
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Pepper Stetler’s daughter Louisa, who has Down syndrome, was required to take IQ tests to access an education. Pepper began to question what these numbers really measure. Her search uncovered the complex history of the IQ test and how it shaped who was seen as capable. We discuss Pepper’s deeply personal relationship to IQ testing and the systems that often miss the full humanity of the people they claim to assess.
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How AI learned to talk: Christopher Summerfield
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Artificial intelligence is reshaping work, creativity and healthcare. But how does AI actually work? Oxford neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield joins us to explore how it’s impacting our daily lives. He explains what it takes for a machine to think and what we need to consider as this technology becomes part of our future. We also dive into his new book These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means.
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Rewire your brain to heal your body: Nicole J. Sachs
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Millions live with back pain, migraines, digestive issues or anxiety and are often told there’s no cure. But psychotherapist and author Nicole J. Sachs says chronic pain relief lies in the mind-body connection. Nicole introduces JournalSpeak, her practical method to release repressed emotions, retrain the nervous system and unlock true healing.
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Getting a later-in-life autism diagnosis: Julie M. Green
TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart
Julie M. Green was diagnosed with autism at 44, nearly a decade after her son’s diagnosis. In her new book Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parenthood, and Radical Acceptance, Julie shares her story about raising an autistic child while coming to terms with her own neurodivergence. She opens up about the challenges of motherhood, myths surrounding autism and the dangers of chasing perfection.
info_outlineLife can change in an instant. At just 20 years old, Terry Healey’s life was turned upside down by a rare cancer diagnosis and an 11-hour surgery that changed his appearance forever. Terry shares how he created a framework to help others tackle challenges, rebuild confidence and find purpose after setbacks. Terry’s new book, The Resilience Mindset: How Adversity Can Strengthen Individuals, Teams, and Leaders, is available everywhere on September 9.