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BC Landslide Homes, For the Record: Confinement - Mother, Body Fungus, Script: Lickspittle
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the future of TV and video entertainment. Conrad Black on his career as a polarizing figure and on his new book, "Flight of the Eagle." Rising Scottish dance pop band Chvrches on their debut EP, "Recover."
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The second of two programs about the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Today, some of the actors who have appeared at Stratford- Hume Cronyn, Maggie Smith, Colm Feore and Paul Gross.
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May 15, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Rethinking Depression, Part 1 (Encore March 7, 2013) AudioIdeas Rethinking Depression, Part 1 (Encore March 7, 2013) May 15, 2013 | 54:00Depression. It has been called the mean reds. The blue devils. The black dog. And through history, treatments for depression have varied wildly. In the Middle Ages, depressives were caged in asylums. In Victorian England, wealthier patients were sent to seaside resorts for a change of air. In the 1930’s, procedures like lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy were used. Psychiatry’s tools were crude and limited. No wonder then, when the Age of the Antidepressant arrived, it was considered psychiatry’s triumph. Prozac came onto the market in 1988, followed quickly by many similar drugs. But, since then, the number of people afflicted with depression has soared. Mary O'Connell explores the short and troubling history of the antidepressant.
May 16, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Rethinking Depression, Part 2 (Encore March 14, 2013) AudioIdeas Rethinking Depression, Part 2 (Encore March 14, 2013) May 16, 2013 | 54:00IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell explores the short and troubling history of the antidepressant.
May 13, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Tinctor's Foul Manual AudioIdeas Tinctor's Foul Manual May 13, 2013 | 53:58Our ideas about witches may come from an extraordinary manuscript found in the University of Alberta Library. It's one of only 4 known copies. Written in the 1400s and now being re-translated from medieval French, it created the framework for witch hunts.
May 23, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Dancing In the Dark: The Intelligence of Bees (Encore June 12, 2012) AudioIdeas Dancing In the Dark: The Intelligence of Bees (Encore June 12, 2012) May 23, 2013 | 54:00Bees are remarkable among insects. They can count, remember human faces, and communicate through dance routines performed entirely in the dark. But are they intelligent? Even creative? Bee aficionado Stephen Humphrey, along with a hive of leading bee researchers and scientists, investigates the mental lives of bees.
May 17, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Rethinking Depression, Part 3 (Encore March 21, 2013) AudioIdeas Rethinking Depression, Part 3 (Encore March 21, 2013) May 17, 2013 | 53:59Mary O'Connell brings us the stories of the depressed on the path to wellness and the methods that can be used to get them there.
May 22, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The Author as Fiction AudioIdeas The Author as Fiction May 22, 2013 | 54:00In 1994, Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg won the prize for best first novel in Holland. Six years later, using a different name, he won the same prize once again. He talks about various literary shenanigans with IDEAS host Paul Kennedy.
May 9, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Idolatry For Beginners (Encore June 20, 2012) AudioIdeas Idolatry For Beginners (Encore June 20, 2012) May 9, 2013 | 54:00At a time of widespread obsession with everything from money to celebrity to the latest in techno gadgetry, does the idea of idolatry have more than religious significance? IDEAS producer Frank Faulk explores the meaning of idolatry in a secular age.
May 20, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Beauty and the Freak AudioIdeas Beauty and the Freak May 20, 2013 | 54:00For centuries human beings have been modifying their bodies - tribal scarification, tattoos and cosmetic surgery are just a few. But when we change our bodies, do we change who we are? Sheetal Lodhia explores how changes to the body can effect changes to
May 21, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Wachtel On The Arts - Robert Carsen AudioIdeas Wachtel On The Arts - Robert Carsen May 21, 2013 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel talks to Canadian opera director Robert Carsen. He talks about his early life and about his philosophy of directing, bringing fresh and surprising interpretations to classic operas.
May 24, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Opening the Book (Encore February 25, 2013) AudioIdeas Opening the Book (Encore February 25, 2013) May 24, 2013 | 53:58The book has stayed pretty much the same for over 500 years: a bunch of paper pages between covers. It's been both finite and easily grasped. But our digitally-connected world is forcing us to re-imagine what books could be.
Mar 4, 2009 | 54:00Ideas The Brains Of Babes, Part 1 AudioIdeas The Brains Of Babes, Part 1 Mar 4, 2009 | 54:00New 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.
May 14, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Return to Tripoli AudioIdeas Return to Tripoli May 14, 2013 | 54:00Libyan novelist Hisham Matar was still a boy when his family fled to Cairo in order to escape the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. He talks to IDEAS host Paul Kennedy about his recent return to a country that his imagination never left.
May 1, 2013 | 54:00Ideas My Brother's - And My Sister's - Keeper, Part 1 AudioIdeas My Brother's - And My Sister's - Keeper, Part 1 May 1, 2013 | 54:00Anything you can do to make someone's life better, you must do. Right? But how much do you owe to other people, and who should you help? In this series, we consider the limits and the extent of our obligations to others, as individuals and as a society.
Apr 29, 2013 | 54:00Ideas A Word to the Wise, Part 1 (Encore Feb 27, 2013) AudioIdeas A Word to the Wise, Part 1 (Encore Feb 27, 2013) Apr 29, 2013 | 54:00Times have changed. So has the study of wisdom. Philosophers, make room for the scientists! In this two-part series, Marilyn Powell talks to psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists - and the wise that dwell among us - about a very old topic. What they have discovered about the nature of wisdom and being wise will enlighten and surprise you.
Apr 22, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The Heart of the Beat AudioIdeas The Heart of the Beat Apr 22, 2013 | 54:00What is it about rhythm, pattern, and synchronization that fascinate us? How do pacemaker cells in a heart synchronize? How can thousands of people unconsciously walk in step? Filmmaker Tess Girard explores the idea of rhythm and what it means to us.
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