May 2012
Ernie Swanson and his Haida chums, in artist Christian White's longhouse.The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's...
Thursday, May 31, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
The Munk Debates convenes four influential Europeans to tackle the resolution: Be it resolved the European experiment has failed. Arguing for the resolution are: Niall...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Christians against Muslims, the Crusades that began in the 11th century were wars for control of the Holy Land. The Crusaders themselves were a hybrid...
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Monday, May 28, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of a democratic society. Our liberty depends on free and open debate. How then are we to think about...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
He arrived in Montreal in 1856 as a fugitive from the law. He became Canada's most successful photographer. A rare combination of canny businessman and...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Christians against Muslims, the Crusades that began in the 11th century were wars for control of the Holy Land. The Crusaders themselves were a hybrid...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Digital culture has transformed the way society understands itself. Information comes to us unfiltered, without mediation. Digital memory is forever. All versions of a story...
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Monday, May 21, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
In an IDEAS exclusive, James Cameron talks about his recent expedition to Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench - the deepest place in the world's...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
The back of our five dollar bill shows kids playing shinny on a timeless pond somewhere in Canada. But Calgary writer Bruce Dowbiggin argues that...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Research seems to indicate that we're genetically inclined to optimism. But what if we're too optimistic to deal with social problems? A Calgary forum mulls...
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Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writer's and Company, speaks with the American composer Philip Glass. Perhaps the most prominent composer of his generation, his works helped...
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Monday, May 14, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
An ongoing annual series about the connection between Sport and Society, "Footprints 2012" takes IDEAS host Paul Kennedy to the Great Rift Valley, in Kenya....
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Friday, May 11, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
From 1985, a witty and illuminating examination of the fabled "lost continent", from its beginnings in the works of Plato through the twists and turns...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Human beings have a unique evolutionary history. We are at the mercy of neither biology nor luck. We survive by learning from each other. Evolutionary...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
How a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating, psychopathic hand puppet became a cultural icon, a famous satirical magazine, and a four-century-old folkplay cherished by small children for...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Best-selling Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif (who wrote The Map of Love, which was nominated for the 1999 Booker Prize) talks with IDEAS host Paul Kennedy...
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Monday, May 7, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, and noted jazz critic Gary Giddins celebrate the 100th anniversary of the King of Swing, Benny Goodman. Through...
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Friday, May 4, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Public discussion of religion tends to polarize between two extremes: religious fundamentalism, and the aggressive atheism of such writers as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Public discussion of religion tends to polarize between two extremes: religious fundamentalism, and the aggressive atheism of such writers as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens....
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Public discussion of religion tends to polarize between two extremes: religious fundamentalism, and the aggressive atheism of such writers as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens....
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | Categories: Episodes |
Public discussion of religion tends to polarize between two extremes: religious fundamentalism, and the aggressive atheism of such writers as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens....
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