Ideas Past Episodes

• February 2011
  • Wed, 23 – Shamper's Bluff
     
  • Tue, 22 – On Being A Muslim In The West
     
  • Mon, 21 – The Idea of Genius, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 21 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 18 – For The Birds
     
  • Thu, 17 – Have Your Meat and Eat It Too! Part 2
     
  • Wed, 16 – 104 Pall Mall
     
  • Tue, 15 – Wachtel on the Arts - Johannes Debus
     
  • Mon, 14 – The Idea of Genius, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Mon, 14 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Thu, 10 – Have Your Meat and Eat it Too! Part 1
     
  • Wed, 9 – Being Canadian, Part 2
     
  • Tue, 8 – Being Canadian, Part 1
     
  • Mon, 7 – The Enright Files - The Paradox of Fact vs Fiction
     
  • Sun, 6 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 4 – It's A Teen's World, Part 2
     
  • Thu, 3 – The Tao of Science
     
  • Wed, 2 – Green Growth or No Growth
     
  • Tue, 1 – Bloodlands
     
• January 2011
  • Mon, 31 – Closing The Book
     
  • Mon, 31 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 28 – It's A Teen's World, Part 1
     
  • Thu, 27 – Embracing the Maple Leaf
     
  • Wed, 26 – Of Mice and Men
     
  • Tue, 25 – Why the Mona Lisa?
     
  • Mon, 24 – Playing Through Changes
     
  • Mon, 24 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 21 – It's A Girl's World, Part 3
     
  • Thu, 20 – How The West Can Help
     
  • Wed, 19 – To Be Or Not To Be, Part 2
     
  • Tue, 18 – Wachtel On The Arts - Christopher Plummer
     
  • Mon, 17 – Microchips
     
  • Mon, 17 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 14 – It's A Girl's World, Part 2
     
  • Thu, 13 – The Lafontaine-Baldwin Lecture
     
  • Wed, 12 – To Be Or Not To Be, Part 1
     
  • Tue, 11 – The Mystery of the Stratemeyer Legacy
     
  • Mon, 10 – Saving Salmon
     
  • Mon, 10 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 7 – It's A Girl's World
     
  • Thu, 6 – Game, Set and Match
     
  • Wed, 5 – The Age of American Decline
     
  • Tue, 4 – Pasta: The Long and Short of It
     
  • Mon, 3 – The Enright Files - The Paradox of Fact vs Fiction
     
  • Mon, 3 – This Week On Ideas
     
• December 2010
  • Fri, 31 – Changes
     
  • Thu, 30 – A Guide to the Good Life
     
  • Wed, 29 – Stalking the Cat, Part 2
     
  • Tue, 28 – Stalking the Cat, Part 1
     
  • Mon, 27 – Dogs Themselves, Part 3
     
  • Mon, 27 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 24 – A Stephen Leacock Christmas
     
  • Thu, 23 – A Bucket With Your Name On It
     
  • Wed, 22 – Sanctuary
     
  • Tue, 21 – Wachtel On The Arts - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
     
  • Mon, 20 – Dogs Themselves, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 20 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 17 – Origins of the Modern Public, Part 14
     
  • Thu, 16 – Dalhousie's Dream
     
  • Wed, 15 – The Munk Debates
     
  • Tue, 14 – The Hurried Child
     
  • Mon, 13 – Dogs Themselves, Part 1 - 3
     
  • Mon, 13 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 10 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 13
     
  • Thu, 9 – King Solomon's Ring, Part 2
     
  • Wed, 8 – King Solomon's Ring, Part 1
     
  • Tue, 7 – Wihtigo
     
  • Mon, 6 – The Enright Files - The Links Between Science & Music
     
  • Mon, 6 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 3 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 12
     
  • Thu, 2 – Original Spare Strange
     
  • Wed, 1 – "Sex and the Dead..."
     
• November 2010
  • Tue, 30 – Blue Metropolis Bleu - The Future of the Book
     
  • Mon, 29 – Shanghai Ladies
     
  • Mon, 29 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 26 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 11
     
  • Thu, 25 – The 2010 Dalton Camp Lecture
     
  • Wed, 24 – Ducks On The Moon
     
  • Tue, 23 – The Book of Exodus, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 22 – The Book of Exodus, Part 1
     
  • Mon, 22 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 19 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 10
     
  • Thu, 18 – Great Expectations
     
  • Wed, 17 – The Empathic Civilization
     
  • Tue, 16 – Wachtel On The Arts - Julian Schnabel
     
  • Mon, 15 – A Glorious Racket
     
  • Mon, 15 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 12 – The 2010 CBC Massey Lectures - "Player One: What Is To Become of Us", Part 5
     
  • Thu, 11 – The 2010 CBC Massey Lectures - "Player One: What Is To Become of Us", Part 4
     
  • Wed, 10 – The 2010 CBC Massey Lectures, "Player One: What Is To Become of Us", Part 3
     
  • Tue, 9 – The 2010 CBC Massey Lectures, "Player One: What Is To Become of Us", Part 2
     
  • Mon, 8 – The 2010 CBC Massey Lectures, "Player One: What is to Become of Us"
     
  • Mon, 8 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 5 – The Origins of The Modern Public, Part 9
     
  • Thu, 4 – From Here To Maternity, Part 2
     
  • Wed, 3 – Time Kaleidoscope
     
  • Tue, 2 – Lethal Obsession
     
  • Mon, 1 – The Enright Files - Fiction from the Extremes of Personality
     
  • Mon, 1 – This Week On Ideas
     
• October 2010
  • Fri, 29 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 8
     
  • Thu, 28 – From Here to Maternity, Part 1
     
  • Wed, 27 – Microchips
     
  • Tue, 26 – Being Canadian, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 25 – Being Canadian, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Mon, 25 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 22 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 7
     
  • Thu, 21 – Walking At The Edge of Reason & Awe
     
  • Wed, 20 – Mr. Justice Berger
     
  • Tue, 19 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 18 – Why the Mona Lisa?
     
  • Mon, 18 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 15 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 6
     
  • Thu, 14 – Navigating Multicultural Realities
     
  • Wed, 13 – Shamper's Bluff
     
  • Tue, 12 – Inventing Dinosaurs, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 11 – Inventing Dinosaurs, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 11 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 8 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 5
     
  • Thu, 7 – Making Sense of Sociability
     
  • Wed, 6 – To Be Or Not To Be, Part 2
     
  • Tue, 5 – The Next Big Question, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 4 – The Enright Files - Aboriginal Canadians and What Society Owes
     
  • Mon, 4 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 1 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 4
     
• September 2010
  • Thu, 30 – Seeing Red, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 29 – To Be Or Not To Be, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 28 – The Next Big Question, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 27 – Game Set and Match (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 27 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 24 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 23 – Seeing Red, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 22 – The Mystery of the Stratemeyer Legacy (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 21 – Wachtel On The Arts
     
  • Mon, 20 – Wise Guys (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 20 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 17 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 16 – Nomad (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 15 – Ten Thousand Spirits (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 14 – The Tale Of Genji (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 13 – Pasta: The Long and Short of It (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 13 – This Week on Ideas
     
  • Fri, 10 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 9 – Speaking Truth to Power, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 8 – Speaking Truth to Power, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 7 – Sculpting Sound (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 6 – And the Moral of the Story Is... (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 6 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 3 – Minding Memory (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 2 – Footprints (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 1 – Have Your Meat And Eat It Too! Part 3, (Listen)
     
• August 2010
  • Tue, 31 – The Munk Debates (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 30 – Beauty Will Save The World (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 30 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 27 – The Biology of Mind (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 26 – Legends of the Kwak'wala (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 25 – Have Your Meat And Eat It Too! Part 2, (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 24 – The Morbid Age (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 23 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 23 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 20 – Looking Up, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 19 – Great Expectations (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 18 – Have Your Meat And Eat It Too! Part 1, (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 17 – For The Birds
     
  • Mon, 16 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 16 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 13 – Looking Up, Part 1
     
  • Thu, 12 – The Generalissimo (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 11 – Stalking the Cat, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 10 – Stalking the Cat, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 9 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 9 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 6 – The Empathic Civilization (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 5 – Blue Metropolis Bleu - The Future of the Book (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 4 – Talking Philosophy, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 3 – Talking Philosophy: Secularism, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 2 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 2 – This Week On Ideas
     
• July 2010
  • Fri, 30 – Ducks On the Moon (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 29 – A Guide to the Good Life (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 28 – It's A Teen's World, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 27 – King Solomon's Ring, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 26 – King Solomon's Ring, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 26 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 23 – The 2009 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 22 – A Champion of Reason (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 21 – It's A Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies & Powertrips, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 20 – Abraham's Diary, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 19 – Abraham's Diary, Part 1
     
  • Sun, 18 – This Week On Ideas
     
  • Fri, 16 – Stories From the Ancestors: The Legends of the Gwich'in (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 15 – Neuron Therapy (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 14 – It's A Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies & Powertrips, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 13 – Time Kaleidoscope (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 12 – The Winding Stair (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 12 – This Week On Ideas:
     
  • Fri, 9 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Thu, 8 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Wed, 7 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Tue, 6 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Mon, 5 – This week on Ideas:
     
  • Mon, 5 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Fri, 2 – The Charming Mr. Luttwak
     
  • Thu, 1 – Dalhousie's Dream (Listen)
     
• June 2010
  • Wed, 30 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 14 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 29 – Wise Guys (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 28 – Navigating Multicultural Realities (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 24 – Speaking Truth To Power, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 23 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 13 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 22 – Ice Cream
     
  • Mon, 21 – Seeing Red, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 18 – In Praise of Plagiarism
     
  • Thu, 17 – The Munk Debates (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 16 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 12 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 15 – Wachtel On The Arts (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 14 – Seeing Red, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 11 – Ocean Mind, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 10 – Beauty Will Save the World (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 9 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 11 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 8 – Sculpting Sound
     
  • Mon, 7 – The Enright Files - Aboriginal Rights in Canada
     
  • Fri, 4 – Ocean Mind, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 3 – White Paper/Red Paper, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 2 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 10 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 1 – Footprints (Listen)
     
• May 2010
  • Mon, 31 – Have Your Meat and Eat It Too! Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 28 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 27 – White Paper/Red Paper, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 26 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 9 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 25 – Great Expectations (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 24 – Have Your Meat and Eat It Too! Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 21 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 20 – The Morbid Age
     
  • Wed, 19 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 8 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 18 – Legends of the Kwak'wala
     
  • Mon, 17 – Have Your Meat and Eat It Too! Part 1 - 3
     
  • Fri, 14 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 13 – And The Moral of The Story Is...
     
  • Wed, 12 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 7 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 11 – Wachtel on the Arts - Bill T. Jones
     
  • Mon, 10 – Blue Metropolis Bleu - The Future of the Book
     
  • Fri, 7 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 6 – A Champion of Reason
     
  • Wed, 5 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Part 6 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 4 – The Generalissimo
     
  • Mon, 3 – The Enright Files - Robin Hood
     
• April 2010
  • Fri, 30 – The Origins of The Modern Public, Part 5 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 29 – The Origins of The Modern Public, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 28 – The Origins of The Modern Public, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 27 – The Origins of The Modern Public, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 26 – The Origins of the Modern Public, Parts 1-14 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 22 – The Hurried Infant, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 21 – It's A Teen's World, Part 3/3
     
  • Mon, 19 – Talking Philosophy: Secularism, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Fri, 16 – Ducks On The Moon
     
  • Thu, 15 – The Empathic Civilization
     
  • Wed, 14 – It's A Teen's World, Part 2/3
     
  • Tue, 13 – Wachtel On The Arts
     
  • Mon, 12 – Time Kaleidoscope
     
  • Thu, 8 – The Great Hunger, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Wed, 7 – It's A Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies and Power Trips, Part 1-3
     
  • Tue, 6 – For the Birds
     
  • Mon, 5 – The Enright Files - East Meets West
     
• March 2010
  • Mon, 29 – The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
     
  • Fri, 26 – Looking Up, Part 2/2
     
  • Thu, 25 – Moral Clarity (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 23 – Abraham's Diary, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Mon, 22 – Wise Guys (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 19 – Looking Up, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 18 – The 2009 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism
     
  • Wed, 17 – A Guide to the Good Life (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 15 – Stalking the Cat, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 12 – Neuron Therapy (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 11 – Dalhousie's Dream (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 10 – In Praise of Plagiarism (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 9 – Wachtel On The Arts - John Adams
     
  • Mon, 8 – The Book of Absolutes (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 5 – The Munk Debates (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 4 – Edmonton to Oxford (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 2 – Salt, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 1 – The Enright Files
     
• February 2010
  • Thu, 25 – The Trail of Tears, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 24 – Stories From the Ancestors: The Legends of the Gwich'in
     
  • Mon, 22 – White Paper / Red Paper, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 19 – Message In A Bottle (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 18 – The Charming Mr. Luttwak
     
  • Wed, 17 – And the Moral Of the Story Is... (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 15 – King Solomon's Ring (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 12 – Hold Me Tight (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 11 – A Novel Approach (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 10 – The Tale of Genji (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 9 – Wachtel On the Arts - Atom Egoyan
     
  • Mon, 8 – The Art Instinct
     
  • Fri, 5 – Sanctuary
     
  • Thu, 4 – The Holden Caulfield Fan Club (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 2 – Pleasures of the Flesh, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 1 – The Enright Files - God, Coincidence, Media and Morality
     
• January 2010
  • Thu, 28 – Phallus in Wonderland, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Wed, 27 – Living On Oxford Time (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 26 – The Philosopher and the Wolf (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 25 – Ducks on the Moon
     
  • Fri, 22 – The God Who May Be, Part 3 of 3 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 20 – The Love Song of Ovid, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 19 – A Champion of Reason (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 18 – The Winding Stair (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 15 – The God Who May Be, Part 2 of 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 14 – The New Commandments
     
  • Wed, 13 – You Are "Pre-Diseased", Part 2
     
  • Tue, 12 – Wachtel On the Arts: Daniel Barenboim
     
  • Mon, 11 – Time Kaleidoscope
     
  • Fri, 8 – The God Who May Be, Part 1 of 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 7 – Science at the Summit
     
  • Wed, 6 – You Are "Pre-Diseased", Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 5 – Walking at the Edge of Reason and Awe
     
  • Mon, 4 – The Enright Files - In Search of Moderate Muslims
     
  • Fri, 1 – Ideas Levee 2010
     
• December 2009
  • Thu, 31 – Endings
     
  • Wed, 30 – The Dog Ate My Homework, Part 2/2
     
  • Mon, 28 – In Praise of Ice, Parts 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 24 – A Christmas Carol in Labrador
     
  • Wed, 23 – The Dog Ate My Homework, Part 1/2
     
  • Mon, 21 – Visions of Fire, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Fri, 18 – Shadows on Sparks Street (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 16 – My Father's Story, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Tue, 15 – Wachtel On the Arts
     
  • Mon, 14 – Hark!
     
  • Fri, 11 – The Hurried Infant, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 10 – Flesh and Stone: The Sociology of Richard Sennett, Part 2/2
     
  • Wed, 9 – The Munk Debates (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 8 – Stories of the Southesk Collection
     
  • Mon, 7 – The Enright Files - Chronicle of a War Foretold
     
  • Fri, 4 – The Hurried Infant, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 3 – Flesh and Stone: The Sociology of Richard Sennett, Part 1/2
     
  • Wed, 2 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 1 – Abraham's Diary, Part 2
     
• November 2009
  • Mon, 30 – Abraham's Diary
     
  • Fri, 27 – The Brains of Babes, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 26 – The 2009 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism
     
  • Wed, 25 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 23 – The Story of Steam
     
  • Fri, 20 – The Brains of Babes, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 19 – The Future of Liberalism
     
  • Wed, 18 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 17 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 16 – Facing the Future
     
  • Fri, 13 – The Brains of Babes, Part 1 - 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 12 – Hold Me Tight (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 11 – The Evolution of Charles Darwin, Part 1 - 4 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 10 – In Praise of Plagiarism
     
  • Mon, 9 – The Enright Files - The Language and Practice of Politics
     
  • Fri, 6 – Massey Lectures 2009, "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World", Part 5
     
  • Thu, 5 – Massey Lectures 2009, "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World", Part 4
     
  • Wed, 4 – Massey Lectures 2009, "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World", Part 3
     
  • Tue, 3 – Massey Lectures 2009, "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World", Part 2
     
  • Mon, 2 – The 2009 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World"
     
• October 2009
  • Tue, 27 – Unfolding Visions
     
  • Mon, 26 – Stories from the Ancestors: the legends of the Gwich'in
     
  • Fri, 23 – The 2009 LaFontaine Baldwin Lecture
     
  • Thu, 22 – Lands of Crystal
     
  • Wed, 21 – The Philosopher and the Wolf
     
  • Tue, 20 – The Music of Matter
     
  • Mon, 19 – Looking Up, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 16 – Aboriginals and New Canadians: The Missing Conversation
     
  • Thu, 15 – The New Commandments
     
  • Wed, 14 – It's a Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies and Power Trips, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 13 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 12 – Looking Up, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 9 – Gilbert Reid's France, Part 5 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 8 – Extraordinary Montrealers
     
  • Wed, 7 – It's a Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies and Power Trips, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 6 – Neuron Therapy
     
  • Mon, 5 – The Enright Files - The Thinking Catholic
     
  • Fri, 2 – Gilbert Reid's France, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 1 – The Art Instinct
     
• September 2009
  • Wed, 30 – It's A Teen's World: Wired for Sex, Lies and Powertrips, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 29 – Talking Philosophy: Democracy, Part 2
     
  • Mon, 28 – From Here to Maternity, Part 2
     
  • Fri, 25 – Gilbert Reid's France, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 24 – Personalized Genomics: Hope or Hype
     
  • Wed, 23 – Minding Memory
     
  • Tue, 22 – Talking philosphy: democracy, Part 1
     
  • Mon, 21 – From Here to Maternity, Part 1
     
  • Fri, 18 – Gilbert Reid's France, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 17 – The Art and Politics of Science
     
  • Tue, 15 – The Biology of Mind
     
  • Tue, 15 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 14 – Walking at the Edge of Reason and Awe
     
  • Fri, 11 – Gilbert Reid's France, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 10 – Science at the Summit
     
  • Wed, 9 – Trust
     
  • Tue, 8 – Public Apology: Good PR or Powerful Healing?
     
  • Mon, 7 – Ten Thousand Spirits
     
  • Fri, 4 – Laughter: The Second Best Medicine
     
  • Thu, 3 – The Brains of Babes, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 2 – The Cure Within
     
  • Tue, 1 – A Novel Approach
     
• August 2009
  • Mon, 31 – The Tale of Genji (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 28 – The Dalton Camp Lecture
     
  • Thu, 27 – The Brains of Babes, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 26 – Sanctuary
     
  • Mon, 24 – Talking Philosophy: Democracy, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Fri, 21 – Entitled Opinions
     
  • Thu, 20 – The Brains of Babes, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 19 – The Hurried Infant, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 17 – The Trail of Tears, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 14 – A Choice of Enemies
     
  • Thu, 13 – Homo (sapiens) Neanderthalensis, Part 2
     
  • Wed, 12 – The Hurried Infant, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 11 – The Velocity of Stories
     
  • Mon, 10 – The Great Library 2.0
     
  • Fri, 7 – Muslims in Contemporary Society
     
  • Thu, 6 – Homo (sapiens) Neanderthalensis, Part 1
     
  • Wed, 5 – You are "Pre-diseased", Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 3 – In Praise of Ice, Parts 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
• July 2009
  • Fri, 31 – The Dark End of the Spectrum, Part 2
     
  • Thu, 30 – The Music of Matter
     
  • Wed, 29 – You are "Pre-Diseased", Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 27 – Visions of Fire, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Fri, 24 – The Dark End of the Spectrum, Part 1
     
  • Thu, 23 – Shadows on Sparks Street
     
  • Wed, 22 – Hark!
     
  • Tue, 21 – The Deniers
     
  • Mon, 20 – Climate Wars, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 17 – Moral Clarity (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 16 – Living on Oxford Time (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 15 – Stories of the Southesk Collection
     
  • Tue, 14 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 13 – Climate Wars, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 10 – The Capture of Mary March
     
  • Thu, 9 – Climate Wars, Part 1 - 3 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 8 – The Love Song of Ovid
     
  • Tue, 7 – Lands of Crystal
     
  • Thu, 2 – The 2008 Massey Lectures: Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
     
• June 2009
  • Fri, 26 – How to Think About Science, Part 24 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 25 – Aboriginals and new Canadians: The Missing Conversation
     
  • Tue, 23 – The Great Hunger, Part 1 & 2 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 22 – From Here to Maternity, Part 2
     
  • Fri, 19 – How to Think about Science, Part 23 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 18 – The 2009 LaFontaine Baldwin Lecture
     
  • Wed, 17 – The Future of Liberalism
     
  • Tue, 16 – Golf
     
  • Mon, 15 – From Here to Maternity, Part 1
     
  • Fri, 12 – How to Think about Science, Part 22 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 11 – The Swatting Season
     
  • Wed, 10 – Trust
     
  • Tue, 9 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 8 – The Munk Debates
     
  • Fri, 5 – How to Think About Science, Part 21 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 4 – One Small Garden
     
  • Wed, 3 – Minding Memory
     
  • Tue, 2 – Legends of the Mashteuiatsh
     
  • Mon, 1 – The Enright Files
     
• May 2009
  • Mon, 25 – Gilbert Reid's France, Parts 1 - 5 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 22 – How to Think About Science, Part 20 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 21 – Ocean Mind, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 21 – Ten Thousand Spirits
     
  • Tue, 19 – Message in a Bottle (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 18 – Talking Philosophy: Democracy, Part 2
     
  • Fri, 15 – How to Think About Science, Part 19 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 14 – Ocean Mind, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 13 – Extraordinary Montrealers
     
  • Tue, 12 – Wachtel on the Arts - Atom Egoyan
     
  • Mon, 11 – Talking Philosophy: Democracy, Part 1
     
  • Fri, 8 – How to Think About Science, Part 18 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 7 – Public Apology: Good PR or Powerful Healing?
     
  • Wed, 6 – A Novel Approach
     
  • Tue, 5 – The Tale of Genji
     
  • Mon, 4 – The Enright Files
     
  • Fri, 1 – How to Think About Science, Part 17 (Listen)
     
• April 2009
  • Thu, 30 – Homo (sapiens) Neanderthalensis, Part 2
     
  • Tue, 28 – In Praise of Ice (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 27 – A Choice of Enemies
     
  • Fri, 24 – How to Think About Science, Part 16 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 23 – Homo (sapiens) Neanderthalensis, Part 1
     
  • Tue, 21 – Visions of Fire, Part 1 & 2
     
  • Mon, 20 – The Biology of Mind
     
  • Fri, 17 – How to Think About Science, Part 15 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 16 – Muslims in Contemporary Society
     
  • Wed, 15 – Chasing a Mirage
     
  • Tue, 14 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 13 – Jesus of Hollywood
     
  • Fri, 10 – How to Think About Science, Part 14 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 9 – Sanctuary
     
  • Tue, 7 – Pastures Unsung
     
  • Mon, 6 – The Enright Files - Charles Darwin Celebration
     
  • Fri, 3 – How to Think About Science, Part 13 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 2 – Laughter: The Second Best Medicine
     
  • Wed, 1 – We All Fall Down
     
• March 2009
  • Mon, 30 – The Love Song of Ovid
     
  • Mon, 23 – Massey Lectures 2008, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth"
     
  • Fri, 20 – How to Think About Science, Part 12 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 19 – Brave New Family, Part 2
     
  • Wed, 18 – The Brains of Babes, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 17 – The Gift of Love
     
  • Fri, 13 – How to Think about Science, Part 11 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 12 – Brave New Family, Part 1
     
  • Wed, 11 – The Brains of Babes, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 10 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 9 – Lands of Crystal
     
  • Fri, 6 – How to Think about Science, Part 10 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 5 – Entitled Opinions
     
  • Wed, 4 – The Brains of Babes, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 3 – Shadows on Sparks Street
     
  • Mon, 2 – The Enright Files - The Armenian Genocide
     
• February 2009
  • Fri, 27 – How to Think about Science, Part 9 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 26 – The Dalton Camp Lecture
     
  • Wed, 25 – The Stillborn God
     
  • Tue, 24 – Glass Knowledge
     
  • Mon, 23 – The Hurried Infant, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 20 – How to Think about Science, Part 8 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 19 – You are "Pre-Diseased", Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 18 – The Book of Absolutes
     
  • Tue, 17 – Legends of the Kanai
     
  • Mon, 16 – The Hurried Infant, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Fri, 13 – How to Think about Science, Part 7 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 12 – You are "Pre-Diseased", Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Wed, 11 – The Story of Iron
     
  • Tue, 10 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 9 – The Great Library 2.0
     
  • Fri, 6 – How to Think About Science, Part 6 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 5 – Fighting for Peace
     
  • Tue, 3 – The Dog Ate My Homework
     
  • Mon, 2 – The Enright Files - Voices from the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
     
• January 2009
  • Fri, 30 – How to Think about Science, Part 5 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 29 – The Capture of Mary March
     
  • Wed, 28 – Climate Wars, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Mon, 26 – The Godfather of CanLit
     
  • Fri, 23 – How to Think About Science, Part 4 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 22 – Utopian Dreams
     
  • Wed, 21 – Climate Wars, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 20 – The Music of Matter
     
  • Mon, 19 – Salt, Part 2
     
  • Fri, 16 – How to Think about Science, Part 3 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 15 – Getting to MaRS
     
  • Wed, 14 – Climate Wars, Part 1 (Listen)
     
  • Tue, 13 – Wachtel on the Arts
     
  • Mon, 12 – Salt, Part 1
     
  • Fri, 9 – How to Think about Science, Part 2 (Listen)
     
  • Thu, 8 – Hark!
     
  • Wed, 7 – The Cure Within
     
  • Fri, 2 – How To Think About Science, Part 1 - 24 (Listen)
     
• November 2008
  • Thu, 6 – The 2008 CBC Massey Lectures, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth"
     
• June 2008
  • Tue, 17 – The CBC Massey Lectures
     
• November 2007
  • Wed, 7 – The 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, "The City of Words"
     
• November 2006
  • Tue, 7 – The 2006 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination"
     
• November 2005
  • Mon, 7 – The 2005 CBC Massey Lectures, "Race Against Time"
     
• November 2004
  • Sun, 7 – The 2004 CBC Massey Lectures, "A Short History of Progress"
     
• November 2003
  • Fri, 7 – The 2003 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative"
     
• November 2002
  • Thu, 7 – The 2002 CBC Massey Lectures, "Beyond Fate"
     
• November 2001
  • Wed, 7 – The 2001 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Cult of Efficiency"
     
• November 2000
  • Tue, 7 – The 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Rights Revolution"
     
• November 1999
  • Mon, 8 – The 1999 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Triumph of Narrative - Storytelling in an Age of Mass Culture"
     
• November 1998
  • Mon, 9 – The 1998 CBC Massey Lectures, "Becoming Human"
     
• November 1997
  • Mon, 10 – The 1997 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Elsewhere Community"
     
• November 1995
  • Mon, 6 – The 1995 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Unconscious Civilization"
     
• November 1994
  • Mon, 7 – The 1994 CBC Massey Lectures, "On The Eve of the Millennium"
     
• November 1993
  • Mon, 8 – The 1993 CBC Massey Lectures, "Democracy on Trial"
     
• November 1992
  • Mon, 9 – The 1992 CBC Massey Lectures, "Twenty-First Century Capitalism"
     
• November 1991
  • Mon, 11 – The 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Malaise of Modernity"
     
• November 1990
  • Wed, 7 – The 1990 CBC Massey Lectures, "Biology As Ideology"
     
• November 1989
  • Tue, 7 – The 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Real World of Technology"
     
• November 1988
  • Mon, 7 – The 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, "Necessary Illlusions"
     
• November 1987
  • Sat, 7 – The 1987 CBC Massey Lectures, "Compassion and Solidarity"
     
• November 1985
  • Thu, 7 – The 1985 CBC Massey Lectures, "Prisons We Choose to Live Inside"
     
• November 1984
  • Wed, 7 – The 1984 CBC Massey Lectures, "Latin America: At War With The Past"
     
• November 1983
  • Mon, 7 – The 1983 CBC Massey Lectures, "Globalism and The Nation State"
     
• November 1982
  • Sun, 7 – The 1982 CBC Massey Lectures, "Indefensible Weapons"
     
• November 1981
  • Sat, 7 – The 1981 CBC Massey Lectures, "Dangers & Options: The Matter of World Survival"
     
• November 1979
  • Wed, 7 – The 1979 CBC Massey Lectures, "Canadian Cities and Sovereignty Association"
     
• November 1978
  • Tue, 7 – The 1978 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Inadvertent Epic: From Uncle Tom to Roots
     
• November 1977
  • Mon, 7 – The 1977 CBC Massey Lectures, "Myth and Meaning"
     
• November 1974
  • Thu, 7 – The 1974 CBC Massey Lectures, "Nostalgia for the Absolute"
     
• November 1973
  • Wed, 7 – The 1973 CBC Massey Lectures, "Designing Freedom"
     
• November 1972
  • Tue, 7 – The 1972 CBC Massey Lectures, "Inscape and Landscape"
     
• November 1971
  • Sun, 7 – The 1971 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Power of Law"
     
• November 1969
  • Fri, 7 – The 1969 CBC Massey Lectures, "Time As History"
     
• July 1968
  • Sun, 7 – The 1968 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Politics of Family"
     
• November 1967
  • Thu, 9 – The 1967 CBC Massey Lectures, "Conscience for Change"
     
• November 1966
  • Wed, 9 – Massey Lecture 1966, "The Moral Ambiguity of America"
     
• November 1965
  • Tue, 9 – The 1965 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Underdeveloped Country"
     
• November 1964
  • Mon, 9 – The 1964 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Real World of Democracy"
     
• November 1963
  • Sat, 9 – The 1963 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Image of Confederation"
     
• November 1962
  • Fri, 9 – The 1962 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Educated Imagination"
     
• November 1961
  • Thu, 9 – The 1961 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Rich Nations and The Poor Nations"