Listen to Bourgeois DignityListen to The Munk Debate
Be It Resolved North America Faces a Japan-style Era of High Unemployment and Slow Growth. Arguing for the resolution are Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and one of the pre-eminent economists of our time, and David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates. Arguing against the resolution are Lawrence Summers,
one of America's most influential economists, and until recently
President Obama's director of the White House National Economic Council,
and Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, a
global political risk analysis firm. The Munk Debates are an initiative
of the Aurea Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 2006 by
Peter and Melanie Munk to "improve the quality and vitality of public
debate in Canada." For more information, visit the Munk Debates website.Listen to The Nation of Hockey, Part 2
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 hockey is far more than simple nostalgia or big business.
It's a clear window into the complexity of modern Canada: from shifting
political power and economics, to multiculturalism and what we think it
means to be a Canadian in the 21st century.Listen to Cyber/Master Class
Listen to The Enright Files - The Power of The Ultra Orthodox in Israel
Tuesday, February 7
CYBER/MASTER CLASS
Pinchas Zukerman is one of the world's greatest violinists.
Conductor of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, he regularly goes
down to a broom closet in the basement of the NAC to conduct master
classes - over the internet - with aspiring soloists from all over the
world: New York, Tokyo, London and Tel Aviv.
Wednesday, February 8
THE NATION OF HOCKEY, Part 2
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 hockey is far more than simple nostalgia or big business.
It's a clear window into the complexity of modern Canada: from shifting
political power and economics, to multiculturalism and what we think it
means to be a Canadian in the 21st century. Conclusion.
Thursday, February 9
THE MUNK DEBATE
Be It Resolved North America Faces a Japan-style Era of High Unemployment and Slow Growth. Arguing for the resolution are Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and one of the pre-eminent economists of our time, and David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates. Arguing against the resolution are Lawrence Summers,
one of America's most influential economists, and until recently
President Obama's director of the White House National Economic Council,
and Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, a
global political risk analysis firm. The Munk Debates are an initiative
of the Aurea Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 2006 by
Peter and Melanie Munk to "improve the quality and vitality of public
debate in Canada." For more information, visit the Munk Debates website.
Friday, February 10
BOURGEOIS DIGNITY
Deirdre McCloskey is a contrarian among economists. She believes
that ideas really matter, not just money and material reality. Wealth
doesn't grow from economic factors alone. People's values and opinions,
especially those of the industrious middle class, are more important.
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The Ideas Guy: Ideas producer Richard Handler writes The Ideas Guy column for CBC.ca news. He writes about the world of books, current affairs, culture, philosophy and religion. Read his latest column - Steal This Spear: Our Long History With Creative Theft >>Listen to Talking Philosophy: Freedom of Expression, Part 2Listen to Talking Philosophy: Freedom of Expression, Part 1Listen to The Nation of Hockey, Part 1The back of our five dollar bill shows kids playing shinny on a timeless pond somewhere in Canada. But Calgary writer Bruce Dowbiggin
argues that hockey is far more than simple nostalgia or big business.
It's a clear window into the complexity of modern Canada: from shifting
political power and economics, to multiculturalism and what we think it
means to be a Canadian in the 21st century. Part 2 airs on Wednesday,
February 8.Listen to Reflections On The Norwegian Massacre
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Wednesday, February 1
THE NATION OF HOCKEY, Part 1
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 hockey is far more than simple nostalgia or big business.
It's a clear window into the complexity of modern Canada: from shifting
political power and economics, to multiculturalism and what we think it
means to be a Canadian in the 21st century. Part 2 airs on Wednesday,
February 8.
Listen to Never In Anger, Part 2
Anthropologist Jean Briggs
lived with an Inuit family during the early 1960s, when she was doing
research and writing about them for her doctoral thesis. When she got
"angry", they treated her as a child, because they thought that "anger"
was an infantile emotion, something never expressed by Inuit adults.
This experience led to many more years of research on the emotions and
ideas by which Inuit lived, and how they learned and taught them.Listen to Never In Anger, Part 1Anthropologist Jean Briggs
lived with an Inuit family during the early 1960s, when she was doing
research and writing about them for her doctoral thesis. When she got
"angry", they treated her as a child, because they thought that "anger"
was an infantile emotion, something never expressed by Inuit adults.
This experience led to many more years of research on the emotions and
ideas by which Inuit lived, and how they learned and taught them.