"The idea was born out of simple conversations."

“I was becoming increasingly aware of how many wise, inspiring, passionate people I engaged with on a day-to-day basis. In our interactions a consistent theme arose: a strong desire to make the world a more equitable place. It continued with simply engaging these people in subject matter related to advocacy, activism, and a critical analysis of our power structures and systems of oppression. Through these conversations, I identified that the throughline in all of them was this concept of unlearning. There’s magic in the spoken word, passion, reflection, and conversation. And so the podcast format was selected, to hear together.”

-LB

Getting Reflective delves into a wide range of topics, like colonization, capitalism, sexism, racism, and xenophobia, and seeks to intertwine the understanding of these concepts. Ideally, the listener will no longer see these subjects as separate disjointed concepts, but as intersectional structures and ideologies that feed off of each other. In order to begin to understand the insidious ways in which they permeate all corners of our society, we aim to critically analyze where we get our information from and who shapes our perspectives. This podcast represents a “calling in” as opposed to a calling out; endeavouring to support people wherever they are in their journeys of learning and unlearning. With love, humor, and openness, we invite you to join our community of like-minded, compassionate, and activated folks to listen three times a month and to always be unlearning.

With your host...

Lindsay Bindman

Lindsay (she/her) is your host. She is an advocate, ally, teacher, talker, traveller; listener, laugher, lover; student, and sailor.

Born and raised west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lindsay grew up relishing the seasons. Ice-hockey in the winters, sailing in the summers, and exploring the diversity of the city — with Kensington Market cementing a forever-place in her heart.

She graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a major in Communication Studies and minors in both Film and English. Her career was developed in downtown Toronto where she held two roles in Stakeholder Engagement at an academic support center and an adult-focused communication clinic.

Many seasons in her early twenties were additionally spent circumnavigating the globe via sailboat. Joining perpetual adventurer “Captain-Dan” (her father); the pair sailed extensively. Much of this time was dedicated to the creation of a documentary about the experience of dropping anchor and rowing ashore to learn about the local community; their values, language, culture, and cuisine.

And for the last six years, Lindsay called Aotearoa New Zealand home; living and working in Wellington, the coolest little capital. She joined the public service where she advocated for genuine Treaty partnership and co-design of policies and legislation. Now back in Toronto, Canada, the getting reflective podcast comes to you from her home with guests joining Lindsay, from Canada, the US, New Zealand, and the farthest corners of the world.

“Every year I have the privilege of living on this beautiful planet, I will continue to learn from those who have lived longer than I have, center the perspectives of people who look and identify differently than I do,

and always speak up for what is right."

Making an appearance

Ideal guests are knowledgeable about power structures and systems of oppression - either through their own lived experience or through research they've undertaken to understand - and are compelling and persuasive about why people should join us on the journey of unlearning. While topics are serious; our conversations can at times be filled with humor. A beautiful balance is always welcome.

Become a guest

FAQs

  • Throughout the course of Season 1, it has been about 3 episodes per month. Or every 10 days!

  • Simply put, unlearning is to make an effort to “forget” or change your usual way of doing something so that you can learn a new and often better way.

    To me, “unlearning” refers to the process of intentionally and critically analysing the ideologies we’re taught, whether by our parents, in classrooms, in the media, or simply through wider societal narratives, with the purpose of asking: who is this serving and who is it harming, so that we might replace these harmful ideologies with better knowledge and frameworks. Examples of harmful ideologies we’re taught explicitly and implicitly are: heteronormativity, white supremacy, fatphobia, and so much more.

  • "Kindness matters. But kindness does not equal justice. Civility counts. But civility is not the humane response to injustice. Justice is. Love is essential. But love is not a passive, weeping bystander. Love puts in work." - Dr. Bernice King

  • I have three main methods. The first is simply through my friends, colleagues, and people in my community. Many of my guests I’ve met through working in the public sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. The second is through an online platform called PodMatch. It’s basically like Tinder but for podcast hosts to meet podcast guests. I met Kristal DeSantis, Julie Rose, Miguel Landestoy, and Avni Panchal through PodMatch. The third way is simply shooting my shot by emailing people I admire! That’s how I booked Heidi Celements, as well as Olivia Hall and Carrie Rudzinski.

  • 100%! Submit a form - it would make my day.

  • Anywhere you get your podcasts, folks.