November 2009

Steven Levitt, superfreak, on The Hour (video)

Steven Levitt, the co-author of Freakonomics comes to The Hour to discuss his new book, and shares social theories on drunk walking, car seat safety......

Cory Doctorow on The Hour (video)

Canadian author, BoingBoing blogger and "copyfighter" Cory Doctorow talks about the future of copyright and filesharing in Canada and internationally and makes a few holiday......

Sarah Palin versus the liberal loons

Well, all-righty then. I've now read Sarah Palin's book. Tore through it, more truthfully, highlighter in one hand, flipping with the other, looking for the......

As it Happens - Giller Prize Winner Linden MacIntyre (audio)

First aired on As it Happens 11/11/09runs [8:13]In one way or another, we're all storytellers. But for some people, it's an art. Linden MacIntyre......

Film review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Jon Ronson's 2004 book The Men Who Stare at Goats is a fascinating piece of investigative journalism, covering a story so absurd that it hardly......

AUDIO CLIP: The Sunday Edition - Annabel Lyon

First aired on The Sunday Edition 11/08/09 runs [25:36] Annabel Lyon is a student of philosophy but she's also a writer of fiction, and......

THE 2000s: THE DECADE IN POP CULTURE

Reading the signs As the decade draws to a close, and a beleaguered publishing industry tries to survive economic downturn, there is much debate about......

Reading the signs

As the decade draws to a close, and a beleaguered publishing industry tries to survive economic downturn, there is much debate about the impending demise......