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    Q | Feb 28, 2013

    Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.

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    The Current | Feb 28, 2013

    Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?

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    The Debaters | Mar 2, 2013

    Alan Park and Ali Hassan debate whether Canada needs jet fighters.

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    Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013

    A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.

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    And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013

    As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.

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    Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013

    We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.

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Fresh Air - Non-Fiction Don't Get No RespectFeb 24, 2013 | 13:57Fresh Air Non-Fiction Don't Get No Respect Audio
Fresh Air Non-Fiction Don't Get No Respect Feb 24, 2013 | 13:57Fresh Air's Mary Ito talked with Erin Balser from CBC Books, Diane Turbide, editorial director at Penguin Canada and the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction Award-winner Andrew Westoll about the level of regard that non-fiction authors receive at awards time.
Laugh Out Loud - Laugh Out Loud Spotlight: Darryl Lenox February 23, 2013Feb 23, 2013 | 27:30Laugh Out Loud Laugh Out Loud Spotlight: Darryl Lenox February 23, 2013 Audio
Laugh Out Loud Laugh Out Loud Spotlight: Darryl Lenox February 23, 2013 Feb 23, 2013 | 27:30The shotlight shines on honourary Canadian comedian Darryl Lenox, recorded at Yuk Yuk's in Vancouver earlier this month. Darryl talks about his love for all things Canada in this exclusive recording.
Fresh Air - Terry's TrailersFeb 23, 2013 | 12:37Fresh Air Terry's Trailers Audio
Fresh Air Terry's Trailers Feb 23, 2013 | 12:37Fresh Air's Mary Ito and Terry O'Reilly from CBC Radio's Under The Influence discussed The Art Of The Movie Trailer.
The Current - Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking QuebecersFeb 21, 2013 | 21:46The Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers Audio
The Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers Feb 21, 2013 | 21:46From snowy Montreal, we begin with a Parti Quebecois government minister who is a French Quebec nationalist and a self-professed anglophile. A man who is standing up for Anglophone Quebecers... even after the former premier and PQ stalwart Jacques Parizeau told him to sit back down. Jean-François Lisée is Quebec's Minister of International Relations and he has now been tasked with building bridges between his government and Anglophone Quebecers.
Living Out Loud - "Different trains, different tunnels" Part 1Feb 15, 2013 | 24:58Living Out Loud "Different trains, different tunnels" Part 1 Audio
Living Out Loud "Different trains, different tunnels" Part 1 Feb 15, 2013 | 24:58"End of the line". For decades "The Northlander" has snaked 700 kilometers from Toronto to Cochrane, through farmland and the hard rock of the Canadian shield - a train with a long and proud history. Last year the Ontario government cancelled it. Some people on its last run were travelling on routine business, others to savour a sad moment and to remember. "Noises off". What is it about train sounds that stimulate our imagination and our memories? We asked people to put on headphones, listen to the sounds of trains and talk.
And the Winner Is - Rozhinkes mit Mandlin (Raisins with Almonds) Part Two - And The Winner Is StreamingFeb 19, 2013 | 55:27And the Winner Is Rozhinkes mit Mandlin (Raisins with Almonds) Part Two - And The Winner Is Streaming Audio
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As It Happens - Maple MethFeb 21, 2013 | 7:03As It Happens Maple Meth Audio
As It Happens Maple Meth Feb 21, 2013 | 7:03Here in Canada, spotting a tree tapped with a hose dripping its succulent sap into a bucket, is definitely not a cause for concern. That wasn't the case down in Anna, Illinois. When neighbours noticed large buckets, hoses, and metal taps on Laura Benson's property, they called the cops. Drug enforcement agents appeared at her house looking for a suspected meth lab. Turns out she was making maple syrup and her neighbours had reported her, thinking she was a meth cook.
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St John's Morning Show The War of 1812 Feb 22, 2013 | 8:40The last 12 months have been a year of commemorations and festivities related to the war of 1812. Most of it Ontario, including a re-enactment, fireworks, and dinner planned for this weekend the eastern part of the province. But what many people may not know, is that Newfoundlanders made an important contribution to the war, including the man featured in this radio ad produced by the federal government.
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