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January 2009
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Thursday, January 1
IDEAS LEVEE 2009 CD
Our almost traditional look ahead to what's coming up on IDEAS in the new year. Paul Kennedy goes behind the scenes and speaks to some of our writers and producers about what they've got up their sleeves for 2009.
Friday, January 2
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE, Part 1 CD/Transcript 
Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering and controlling the world. Everything was subject to science, but science itself largely escaped scrutiny. This situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Historians, sociologists, philosophers and sometimes scientists themselves have begun to ask fundamental questions about how the institution of science is structured and how it knows what it knows. David Cayley talks to some of the leading lights of this new field of study. Tonight's guests: Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer.
Series continues Friday, January 9.
Monday, January 5
THE ENRIGHT FILES - Stories Like These Are At The Heart of Journalism CD
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, looks back at the types of stories that touched audiences and got his own pulse racing: blackberry bans, learning to pronounce hard words, learning about small countries and a new look at an old game.
Tuesday, January 6
WHO OWNS IDEAS? CD
When you download music or text from the web, you may be innocently breaking the law. Jim Lebans, a producer with CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, looks at the tangled world of intellectual property and how the digital age is challenging ideas about who owns our culture.
Wednesday, January 7
THE CURE WITHIN CD
Alternative medicine and therapies are a huge business. They appeal to people who believe their emotions and their health are intertwined. Such beliefs have a long history. Harvard professor Anne Harrington walks us through the terrain of mind- body medicine.
Thursday, January 8
HARK!
Close your eyes. Listen. What do you hear? Did people listen the same way four centuries ago? And what did they hear? Radio producer Chris Brookes takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through the acoustic world of Elizabethan England. For more details visit Chris Brookes website.
Friday, January 9
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE, Part 2 CD/Transcript
Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering and controlling the world. Everything was subject to science, but science itself largely escaped scrutiny. This situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Historians, sociologists, philosophers and sometimes scientists themselves have begun to ask fundamental questions about how the institution of science is structured and how it knows what it knows. David Cayley talks to some of the leading lights of this new field of study.
Tonight's guest: Lorraine Daston. Series continues Friday, January 16.
Monday, January 12
SALT, Part 1
Something insignificant is sometimes said to be worth “a pinch of salt.” On the other hand, people of impeccable integrity are often called, “the salt of the earth.” Salt is now among the most common substances on earth, although once it was rarer and more valuable than gold. Paul Kennedy considers the incredible history, science and mythology of salt. Part 2 airs Monday, January 19.
Tuesday, January 13
WACHTEL ON THE ARTS CD
Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, talks to to architect Moshe Safdie about his buildings – from the National Gallery in Ottawa, to the Coliseum-like Vancouver Public Library, to massive projects in Jerusalem and Singapore.
Wednesday, January 14
CLIMATE WARS, Part 1 CD
Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters - the United States, China and India - were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and deal with the consequences, without social and political breakdown. Gwynne Dyer examines several radical short- and medium-term measures now being considered—all of them controversial. Part 2 airs Wednesday, January 21.
Thursday, January 15
GETTING TO MaRS CD
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.
Friday, January 16
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE, Part 3 CD/Transcript
Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering and controlling the world. Everything was subject to science, but science itself largely escaped scrutiny. This situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Historians, sociologists, philosophers and sometimes scientists themselves have begun to ask fundamental questions about how the institution of science is structured and how it knows what it knows. David Cayley talks to some of the leading lights of this new field of study.
Tonight's guest: Margaret Lock. Series continues Friday, January 23.
Monday, January 19
SALT, Part 2
Something insignificant is sometimes said to be worth “a pinch of salt.” On the other hand, people of impeccable integrity are often called, “the salt of the earth.” Salt is now among the most common substances on earth, although once it was rarer and more valuable than gold. Paul Kennedy considers the incredible history, science and mythology of salt. Conclusion.
Tuesday, January 20
THE MUSIC OF MATTER CD
The world is a mess of molecules and muck. Within the chaos, a cosmic harmony plays: the secret song of nature and the mystery of the music of matter. Ian Wilkinson unravels the universal chords.
Wednesday, January 21
CLIMATE WARS, Part 2 CD
Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters - the United States, China and India - were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and deal with the consequences, without social and political breakdown. Gwynne Dyer examines several radical short- and medium-term measures now being considered—all of them controversial. Part 3 airs Wednesday, January 28.
Thursday, January 22
UTOPIAN DREAMS CD
The world is strewn with the wreckage of utopian projects. Millions of people have been killed by social engineers who wanted to reshape humanity. The British historian of ideas, John Gray, believes politics is saturated with disguised religious longings. He calls for a new, humane realism.
Friday, January 23
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE, Part 4 CD/Transcript
Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering and controlling the world. Everything was subject to science, but science itself largely escaped scrutiny. This situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Historians, sociologists, philosophers and sometimes scientists themselves have begun to ask fundamental questions about how the institution of science is structured and how it knows what it knows. David Cayley talks to some of the leading lights of this new field of study.
Tonight's guests: Ian Hacking and Andrew Pickering.
Series continues Friday, January 30.
Monday, January 28 - Tuesday, January 27
THE GODFATHER OF CANLIT CD
 Alice Munro, Austin Clarke and Mordecai Richler have acknowledged their debt to him. From the start of his career at the CBC in 1948, Robert Weaver – radio producer, editor and anthologist – committed himself to discovering and broadcasting the work of new Canadian writers, in programs such as Anthology and CBC Wednesday Night. Montreal writer Elaine Kalman Naves presents an intimate portrait of this shy man, who wore oversized glasses, smoked a pipe and influenced the course of Canadian literature for half a century.
Wednesday, January 28
CLIMATE WARS, CD Part 3
Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters - the United States, China and India -were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and deal with the consequences, without social and political breakdown. Gwynne Dyer examines several radical short- and medium-term measures now being considered—all of them controversial. Conclusion.
Thursday, January 29
THE CAPTURE OF MARY MARCH CD
 In March 1819, a Beothuk woman named Demasduit was kidnapped and taken from her tribe on frozen Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland. She watched as the white men shot her husband, Chief Nonosabasut. They called her "Mary March," out of deference to the date of her capture. Less than two years later, she was dead. Within a decade, the entire tribe was extinct. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy examines what actually happened.
Friday, January 30
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE, Part 5 CD/Transcript
Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering and controlling the world. Everything was subject to science, but science itself largely escaped scrutiny. This situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Historians, sociologists, philosophers and sometimes scientists themselves have begun to ask fundamental questions about how the institution of science is structured and how it knows what it knows. David Cayley talks to some of the leading lights of this new field of study.
Tonight's guests: Ulrich Beck and Bruno Latour..
Series continues Friday, February 6.
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