Schedule

November 2009

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Monday, November 2 - Friday, November 6
THE WAYFINDERS: WHY ANCIENT WISDOM MATTERS IN THE MODERN WORLD: THE 2009 MASSEY LECTURES
Anthropologist Wade Davis argues that the myriad of cultures that make up our world are “humanity’s greatest legacy…the product of our dreams, the embodiment of our hopes, the symbol of all we are and all that we have created as a wildly inquisitive and astonishingly adaptive species.” In the 2009 Massey Lectures, Wade Davis takes us on an astonishing journey through some of the great cultures and civilizations on earth, fragile and endangered, yet essential to our survival as a species.

Monday, November 9
THE ENRIGHT FILES - The Language and Practice of Politics CD
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with Janice Stein, Lawrence Wright and Paul Rogers about the phrase The War on Terror. Michael tackles misleading words. Also:Susan Jacoby and David Greenberg talk with Michael Enright about The Paranoid Style in American Politics.

Tuesday, November 10
IN PRAISE OF PLAGIARISM CD
Plagiarsm is a dirty word. Cut and paste someone's work, and you're a thief. But charges of plagiarism get murky when it comes to artistic creation. Is “appropriation” — borrowing or higher cribbing — really stealing? Either we need a new word to talk about literary and artistic creativity, or we need more
plagiarism. Kim Kierans explores the issue.

Wednesday, November 11
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARLES DARWIN, Part 1 CD
IIDEAS celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s transformational and contentious book, On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory of evolution through Natural Selection forever changed how we think about the living world. In this 4-part series, Seth Feldman guides us through the life and ideas of Charles Darwin, a creative genius. Part 1, The Prepared Mind: From Darwin’s early years to his voyage of discovery on the H.M.S. Beagle. Part 2 airs Wednesday, November 18.

Thursday, November 12
HOLD ME TIGHT CD
The independent, autonomous self is lionized in our culture. But recognizing the hold that attachment has on us, is the secret of lasting relationships. So says Sue Johnson, a leading couples’ therapist and a Canadian with an international following.

Friday, November 13
THE BRAINS OF BABES, Part 1 CD
The centuries-old Jesuit saying, “give me a child until he’s 7 and I will show you the man”, may be true in more ways than the Jesuits could have imagined. New research into brain development, human biology and behaviour is showing how early experience can affect our health and well-being for the rest of our lives. As Jill Eisen reports, even so-called “life-style” illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes, may have their roots in early childhood. Part 2 airs Friday, November 20.

Monday, November 16
FACING THE FUTURE
"How we have landed ourselves and the rest of the world in the mess that it now struggles to overcome?" HRH The Prince of Wales addresses this question in a special broadcast of the 2009 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, courtesy of the BBC.

Tuesday, November 17
WACHTEL ON THE ARTS CD
William Kentridge is South Africa’s most renowned living artist, famous for his charcoal drawings and animated films that address the social and political realities of South Africa, both during and after apartheid. Eleanor Wachtel, arts journalist and host of Writers & Company, talks to William Kentridge about growing up as the child of anti-apartheid lawyers, his struggle to find his way as an artist, and how South Africa has changed since the end of apartheid.

Wednesday, November 18
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARLES DARWIN, Part 2 CD
IDEAS celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s transformational and contentious book, On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory of evolution through Natural Selection forever changed how we think about the living world. In this 4-part series, Seth Feldman guides us through the life and ideas of Charles Darwin, a creative genius. Part 2, From The Beagle to the Book: Darwin thinks his way to On The Origin of Species. Part 3 will be broadcast on Wednesday, November 25.

Thursday, November 19
THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM CD
As a political philosophy, liberalism has been on the defensive for a long time, especially in the United States. Now it is in the ascendance. Political scientist Alan Wolfe explains what is at the heart of this tolerant and open-minded vision.

Friday, November 20
THE BRAINS OF BABES, Part 2 CD
The centuries-old Jesuit saying, “give me a child until he’s 7 and I will show you the man”, may be true in more ways than the Jesuits could have imagined. New research into brain development, human biology and behaviour is showing how early experience can affect our health and well-being for the rest of our lives. As Jill Eisen reports, even so-called “life-style” illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes, may have their roots in early childhood. Part 3 airs Friday, November 27.

Monday, November 23 - Tuesday, November 24
THE STORY OF STEAM CD
Two centuries ago, all industry ran on just two sources of power: muscle and water. The speed of travel was limited to the pace of a horse. Then came a sweeping and dramatic technological revolution. Chris McGowan tells the story of steam, a tale of fantastic machines, maverick inventors and canny entrepreneurs who changed the way we live forever.

Wednesday, November 25
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARLES DARWIN, Part 3 CD
IDEAS celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s transformational and contentious book, On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory of evolution through Natural Selection forever changed how we think about the living world. In this 4-part series, Seth Feldman guides us through the life and ideas of Charles Darwin, a creative genius. Part 3, Primates v Primates: What On the Origin of Species said, and what was said about it. Part 4 will be broadcast on Wednesday, December 2.

Thursday, November 26
THE 2009 DALTON CAMP LECTURE IN JOURNALISM CD
Journalism is facing new challenges as it evolves in the context of online environments. Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation delivers the Dalton Camp Lecture at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.

Friday, November 27
THE BRAINS OF BABES, Part 3 CD
The centuries-old Jesuit saying, “give me a child until he’s 7 and I will show you the man”, may be true in more ways than the Jesuits could have imagined. New research into brain development, human biology and behaviour is showing how early experience can affect our health and well-being for the rest of our lives. As Jill Eisen reports, even so-called “life-style” illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes, may have their roots in early childhood.

Monday, November 30 - Tuesday, December 1
ABRAHAM’S DIARY
In 2007 Canadian Inuit representatives travelled to Europe to explain the seal hunt. They were not well understood. Another group of Labrador Inuit had gone to Europe more than a century earlier, in 1880. They were not well understood either. Displayed in the Berlin zoo, these eight “little eskimos” attracted viewers by the thousands. Chris Brookes tells the story of one of them - Abraham Ulrikab - who watched the watchers and kept a diary.

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