Ideas in the Afternoon - Schedule
Ideas in the Afternoon airs Mondays at 2:00 pm on CBC Radio One
February
February 7
PLAYING THROUGH CHANGES
Music changes most powerfully when radically different points of view are brought face-to-face. Jeff Reilly explores how musicians are responding in new and powerful ways, as the world gets smaller and these collisions of culture are increasing.
Listen to Playing Through ChangesFebruary 14
CLOSING THE BOOK
Ever since Gutenberg invented his press, books have been essential to western society. But with the explosion in electronic books and e-readers, are books, as we know them, going the way of 8-track tapes? CBC producer Sean Prpick goes between the covers of the question.
February 21
104 PALL MALL
Ever since it was founded in 1836, London's exclusive Reform Club has been a place where progressive people meet to discuss radical politics. There's also a considerable Canadian connection. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy takes a guided tour.
Listen to 104 Pall MallFebruary 28
ON BEING A MUSLIM IN THE WEST
Amid continuing tension between Muslim
and non-Muslim populations in many western countries, the question keeps coming
back: Is Islam compatible with western values? Hassan Ghedi Santur asks
if someone can embrace the secular, pluralist democratic values of the West and
still be a "good" Muslim?
March
THE IDEA OF GENIUS
We live in awe of genius, of those few individuals capable of producing Hamlet, the Fifth Symphony, or the Theory of Relativity. Genius is more than talent, but what exactly is it? A gift? The result of extreme perseverance? Can anyone become a genius just by putting in enough hours? And why does genius so often border on madness? Science journalist Dan Falk explores our obsession with those who achieve greatness.
March 21
INCIDENT AT SEVEN OAKS
On June 19, 1816, near the Red River settlement, twenty-eight armed settlers marched out from Fort Douglas and exchanged fire with seventy armed and mounted Métis traders and hunters. Myrna Kostash exhumes historical memory to reveal multiple meanings of the incident at Seven Oaks.
March 28
WHY THE MONA LISA?
The question is a simple: How did Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa become the most famous artwork in the world. How did this small Renaissance artwork become the one painting that even Homer Simpson would have heard of? The answer, however, is not simple at all. Painted in 1503, it's a 400 year old tale full of missing pieces, contradictions, competing theories, tall tales, coincidences and puzzles. Barbara Nichol traces its path to a unique global celebrity.
