CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas
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Ideas is all about ideas â' programs that explore everything from culture and the arts to science and technology to social issues.
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CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Enright Files - Arguments About Israel
Download Now · | Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:56
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with with Ruth Wisse and David Shulman about the past, present and future of Israel.
CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: Are We Losing the Arctic?
Download Now · | Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:32
The threats posed by climate change, the resource potential of the Arctic, and new challenges to Canadian sovereignty have re-invigorated debate about the future of the north. In a talk recorded at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ken Coates discusses the contradictory influences at work in this important but little understood part of Canada.
CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Godfather of Canlit - Part Two
Download Now · | Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12
From the start of his career at the CBC in 1948, Robert Weaver
CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Godfather of Canlit - Part One
Download Now · | Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:40
From the start of his career at the CBC in 1948, Robert Weaver
Download Now · | Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:12
Eleanor Wachtel returns from a trip to Beijing, where she witnessed the biggest contemporary building boom in the world. In the lead up to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing is awash in construction cranes, as Chinese and foreign architects prepare the city for the influx of athletes and tourists. Architect Yung Ho Chang tells us what he thinks of foreign "starchitects" creating flashy buildings in China in the run-up to the Olympics.
Download Now · | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:41
From his humble origins on a small family farm in western Canada, to his appointment as the Dean of Medicine at Harvard University, Dr. Joseph Martin has shown consistent commitment to service. The winner of the 2006 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research talks with Paul Kennedy.
Download Now · | Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04
The guidebooks say that "time stands still" among the dreaming spires of Oxford - and modern physics seems to agree. Journalist Dan Falk meets with three brilliant Oxford scientists - Roger Penrose, David Deutsch, and Julian Barbour - and searches for insight into a most peculiar dimension.
Download Now · | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:20
Since its adoption in 1971, multiculturalism policy in Canada has encouraged the self-organization and representation of ethno-cultural minorities. But this has changed over time, as issues of race and religion have emerged. In the 2008 UBC-Laurier Institution Multicultural Lecture, Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy at Queen’s University, explores how multiculturalism has evolved.
Download Now · | Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:52
In 1838, the Cherokee of the American southeast were forced out of their farms and towns and relocated eight hundred miles to the west, in Indian Territory. A caravan of about 16,000 people set off across the rough roads and forests of the Midwest. In the snows of winter, many died. The journey became known as The Trail of Tears. Broadcaster Philip Coulter retraces the trail, asking questions about how the past shapes our present, and what it means to be a nation.
Download Now · | Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:20
In 1838, the Cherokee of the American southeast were forced out of their farms and towns and relocated eight hundred miles to the west, in Indian Territory. A caravan of about 16,000 people set off across the rough roads and forests of the Midwest. In the snows of winter, many died. The journey became known as The Trail of Tears. Broadcaster Philip Coulter retraces the trail, asking questions about how the past shapes our present, and what it means to be a nation.
Download Now · | Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:52
Eleanor Wachtel, arts journalist and host of Writers & Company, talks to Alanis Obomsawin, one of Canada’s most accomplished documentary filmmakers. As an Abenaki woman, Alanis Obomsawin has dedicated her life to educating all Canadians about First Nations cultures, traditions and histories.
Download Now · | Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:04
Innovation is the theme of the career of Dr. John Evans. Winner of the 2007 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, Dr. Evans talks with IDEAS host Paul Kennedy about creating the controversial McMaster University Medical School, and building the revolutionary Medical and Related Sciences (MaRS) discovery district in downtown Toronto.
Download Now · | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:48
Innovation is the theme of the career of Dr. John Evans. Winner of the 2007 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, Dr. Evans talks with IDEAS host Paul Kennedy about creating the controversial McMaster University Medical School, and building the revolutionary Medical and Related Sciences (MaRS) discovery district in downtown Toronto.
Download Now · | Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:20
First seen as a medical oddity, autism has a fascinating and troubling story. Bernice Landry takes us from the heyday of psychoanalysis, to the blame-the-mother era, the rise of the activist parent, and the decoding of the dark secrets of our genes. For Rain Man it was numbers; for Darius McCollum, it was the New York City subway. Meet the man whose compulsion to steal trains had cost him years in jail long before he ever heard about autism. Conclusion.
Download Now · | Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:40
First seen as a medical oddity, autism has a fascinating and troubling story. Bernice Landry takes us from the heyday of psychoanalysis, to the blame-the-mother era, the rise of the activist parent, and the decoding of the dark secrets of our genes. For Rain Man it was numbers; for Darius McCollum, it was the New York City subway. Meet the man whose compulsion to steal trains had cost him years in jail long before he ever heard about autism.
Download Now · | Tue, 27 May 2008 19:12
IDEAS host Paul Kennedy reports from the 2008 Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal. He talks to Israeli writer and film-maker Etgar Keret, who writes in Hebrew but has been translated around the world, and recently won two major awards at Cannes.
Download Now · | Wed, 21 May 2008 02:48
Energy is not just a fuel. It’s an entire system that links our civilization together, says David Sanborn Scott, a hydrogen energy expert. Energy is like a currency: it can be used like money for different purposes. Throughout history, new energy sources and systems have replaced old ones. Understanding how this works is essential to combating catastrophic climate change. A debate between David Scott and Norm Rubin of Energy Probe.
Download Now · | Wed, 14 May 2008 10:20
Having a home defines normality. But what does that mean when you have no home? A Calgary community seminar explores what homelessness says about whom we think belongs in society. Co-sponsored by IDEAS and the Calgary Institute of the Humanities at the University of Calgary.
Download Now · | Mon, 05 May 2008 17:28
The prolific inventor, futurist and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil, anticipates an “Age of Singularity,” when we'll be able to achieve a kind of immortality by downloading all of our essentially human qualities into a computer hard-drive. A feature interview by IDEAS host Paul Kennedy.
Download Now · | Wed, 07 May 2008 01:40
The prolific inventor, futurist and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil, anticipates an “Age of Singularity,” when we'll be able to achieve a kind of immortality by downloading all of our essentially human qualities into a computer hard-drive. A feature interview by IDEAS host Paul Kennedy.
Download Now · | Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:04
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why can’t political figures own up to their blunders? What’s behind so many domestic fights? The distinguished social psychologist Elliot Aronson tells us about the power of cognitive dissonance.
CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas: The Dog Ate My Homework
Download Now · | Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:40
We all use excuses
Download Now · | Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:04
Do we need a common identity to be a modern nation? Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell, both staff writers at The New Yorker, battle it out with wit and humour in a debate moderated by Maclean’s national editor, Andrew Coyne.
Download Now · | Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:32
A journey into the subtle and provocative ideas of historian Jocelyn LĂ©tourneau. As a leader of a new wave of Quebec intellectuals, he rejects melancholic myths that portray Quebeckers as victims of their past, trapped by unfulfilled political dreams. His ideas on the resilience of Quebeckers and the complexity of their history breathe new life into old debates about Quebec's identity, distinctiveness and destiny.
Download Now · | Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:04
A journey into the subtle and provocative ideas of historian Jocelyn LĂ©tourneau. As a leader of a new wave of Quebec intellectuals, he rejects melancholic myths that portray Quebeckers as victims of their past, trapped by unfulfilled political dreams. His ideas on the resilience of Quebeckers and the complexity of their history breathe new life into old debates about Quebec's identity, distinctiveness and destiny.
