PH Factor Episodes
September 26, 2021
TSP160 - PH Factor: Where Do I End And You Begin? - My body, your health.
Where do my individual rights end, and your public rights begin? The crux of this moral and societal dilemma revolves around agreeing on a satisfactory answer to this question, which may affect the way we understand ‘the common good’ for the...
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September 12, 2021
TSP159 - PH Factor: We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Breaking out.
Reaching escape velocity, or breaking out of self, requires intention, energy and direction. There are a multitude of options that may help get us there, as many options as there are individuals. Executing the breakout may be difficult, though...
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August 29, 2021
TSP158 - PH Factor: Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog - What brings you joy?
Our quest for joy has taken on a whole different dimension during this time of Covid. A conversation exploring the many possible roads leading to euphoric epiphanies, which will hopefully help to rejuvenate our depleted spirits. Duration - 32:34...
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August 15, 2021
TSP157 - PH Factor: Citizen Engaged - Challenging the status quo.
Co-host Harry Posner shares his motivation and experience from a recent World Freedom rally and march held in Toronto on July 24, 2021. Challenged by co-host Peter Noce to elaborate, the conversation spirals outward to include the many varied layers...
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July 18, 2021
TSP155 - PH Factor: Walls of Bias - Blinding Truth
TSP155 - PH Factor: Walls of Bias - Blinding Truth We are all biased in one way or another. The question is, are we aware of how biased we are and do we need to do anything about it? This conversation is an attempt to explore and dismantle the...
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July 04, 2021
TSP154 - PH factor: Year 5 Begins - A Fond Retrospective
July 10, 2017, marks the beginning of The Sill’s 5th year. With 154 episodes in the can, the audio journey continues to surprise and captivate the imagination, through the art of conversation. The hosts reminisce about favourite episodes and the...
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May 23, 2021
TSP151 - PH Factor: Who’s in charge? Who do you trust?
Are we experiencing a fundamental failure in leadership during this time of Covid? Just as leaders have been judging their populations willingness to comply, we the people have been assessing their level of competence and integrity. Realizing that...
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February 28, 2021
TSP145 - PH Factor: What’s The Bottom Line? - Conclusion vs Inclusion.
Our approach to dealing with the complexities of the modern world is profoundly affected by our decision to take a conclusionary or inclusionary attitude. From our dealings with Covid to child rearing to friendships and spousal relationships, the...
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January 17, 2021
TSP142 - PH Factor: Business ‘Not’ as Usual.
TSP142 - PH Factor: Business ‘Not’ as Usual. Two lockdowns within a year have posed near insurmountable challenges to ‘business as usual’, forcing business owners and entrepreneurs to seek out creative ways of remaining commercially viable. Our...
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December 20, 2020
TSP140 - PH Factor: Silver Linings - The bright side of Covid.
In this year of trials and tribulations, of viruses and lockdowns, the resiliency of people across the planet has been nothing short of inspirational. As we navigate forward, maintaining a positive attitude is proving to be an instrumental coping...
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October 25, 2020
TSP136 - PH Factor: Muzzling Dissent - Access denied.
The right to free speech is not a given. In this day of ‘unfriending’, it is easy to muzzle our fellow human beings, in order to control the narrative. From censorship on campuses to discouraging your children from, “Speaking until spoken to”, the...
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September 13, 2020
TSP133 - PH factor: Becoming Other - If not now, when?
This period of Covid-19, has catalyzed the impulse towards personal and societal change. The question is how capable are we, as individuals and members of society, to realize these changes, given the power of traditional thinking and habits?...
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August 02, 2020
TSP130 - PH Factor: Every Breath You Take - The body politic.
Is it even possible anymore, that human beings can communicate with each other, directly and authentically, given the pandemic of politicization? The challenge to defy categorization is paramount in our attempt to resist the ‘isms’ that have engulfed...
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June 21, 2020
TSP127 - PH Factor: It’s A DIY World - Peggy Lee’s Delicious Lips
Do-it-yourself, on the surface a new fad propelled by the COVID crisis, is in fact an age old go to and accepted MO throughout human history. Using the creation of a DIY audiobook - Peggy Lee’s Delicious Lips - as an example, we talk about the process...
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May 24, 2020
TSP125 - PH Factor: Necessity is the mother.
During the mother of all crises, another mother is stepping up to give birth to a plethora of creative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not surprising, in light of other historical upheavals, out of which emerged new and unique technologies and...
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