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Free public talk: Thinking out loud together with novelist and professor Randy Boyagoda and CBC's Adam Walsh

Join Randy Boyagoda in conversation with CBC’s Adam Walsh for an exploration of dialogue, disagreement, and discourse in the 21st century.

March 19: Conversation about overcoming division at Halifax Central Library

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CBC’s Adam Walsh (left) will be in conversation with Randy Boyagoda at a free public talk at Halifax Central Library on Wednesday, March 19. (CBC)
Join novelist and professor Randy Boyagoda in a conversation with CBC's Adam Walsh about overcoming division at Halifax Central Library on Wednesday, March 19. The conversation will:
  • Explore dialogue, disagreement, and discourse in the 21st century 
  • Offer perspectives on why dialogue and discourse matter 
  • Explain how civil discourse can help increase shared understandings of important issues and ideas

"Civil discourse provides a way for people to recognize and reckon with difference and disagreement, and because it contributes to the common good, advances knowledge, and supports the pursuit of truth," says Boyagoda.

Singer, trumpeter and composer Paul St. Amand along with Holly Arsenault (piano), Jamie Gatti (upright bass), and Geoff Arsenault (drums) will provide musical entertainment throughout the evening.

This free event is open to the public as part of the Hear Me Out conversation series, a partnership between CBC and Halifax Public Libraries that explores challenging and timely topics with an open mind.

​​​​​​There will be an audience Q&A. The conversation will be recorded and featured on CBC's Atlantic Voice.

Join us at this free event

Wednesday, March 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Doors open 30 minutes before the program starts.
No registration required.

Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall
5440 Spring Garden Road

More about the speakers

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Randy Boyagoda is the author of four novels, and the University of Toronto's advisor on civil discourse for an exploration of dialogue, disagreement, and discourse in the 21st century.

Adam Walsh is the host and producer of Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial lunch hour radio program, The Signal.
Adam Walsh is the host and producer of Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial lunch hour radio program, The Signal. In this world of chaos and information overload, Adam and The Signal team tackle a new topic each day and find people who help us make sense of it all. Adam is an award-winning, multi-platform journalist who has spent over a decade with the CBC, helping people tell stories that have resonated locally, regionally and nationally.

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With a rare combination of soulful vocals and a soaring trumpet sound, Paul St-Amand charts a unique course through Halifax, Nova Scotia's vibrant music scene. He was a 2017 Music Nova Scotia Award nominee for Jazz Recording of the Year as leader of a quintet called Blue Spirits, for the album Liquid Courage. He's also a former member of the popular dance band Son Latino, and the ECMA-nominated funk group Unidentified Funk Object.

More about the Hear Me Out series

A partnership between CBC and Halifax Public Libraries, this free conversation series invites big thinkers and creators to host meaningful conversations, encouraging us to broaden our perspectives, listen, and build understanding.

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Hear Me Out talk #2 featuring acclaimed authors Rhaina Cohen, francesca ekwuyasi and Elamin Abdelmahmoud in February, 2025. (CBC)
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Hear Me Out talk #1 featuring bestselling author and global scholar Irshad Manji in February, 2024. (All rights reserved, Evanston Photographic Studios Inc.)
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