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Sep 6, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Moses Znaimer's ideacity, Part 1 AudioIdeas Moses Znaimer's ideacity, Part 1 Sep 6, 2013 | 54:00Highlights from ideacity: a three-day gathering of minds held each June in Toronto, produced and presented by Moses Znaimer. This episode deals with the deluge of digital data in our lives with: Don Tapscott, Rick Smolan, and Bruce Duncan.
Sep 5, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Moishe"Two-Gun" Cohen AudioIdeas Moishe"Two-Gun" Cohen Sep 5, 2013 | 53:59Artful dodger. Edmonton real estate tycoon. Chinese revolutionary. Edmonton writer Paula Simonsunravels the unlikely tale of a not-so-nice Jewish boy who went from East End London pickpocket to Prairie con-man to Sun Yat-Sen's gun-running general.
Sep 4, 2013 | 53:59Ideas First Nations and the Future of Canadian Citizenship AudioIdeas First Nations and the Future of Canadian Citizenship Sep 4, 2013 | 53:59Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, delivers the keynote lecture of The 2013 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium.
Sep 3, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Alone Inside AudioIdeas Alone Inside Sep 3, 2013 | 53:59Brett Story explores the roots of solitary confinement in North American prisons, and the profound and often devastating impact it has on people who are severed from social contact.
Sep 2, 2013 | 53:58Ideas A Labour Day Levée AudioIdeas A Labour Day Levée Sep 2, 2013 | 53:58Paul Kennedy convenes an 'open house' at the beginning of a brand new broadcasting season. He chats with some of the people who are preparing shows that will be heard on IDEAS in the weeks and months to come.
Jul 31, 2013 | 53:57Ideas Paying for Parking (Apr. 24, 2013 Encore) AudioIdeas Paying for Parking (Apr. 24, 2013 Encore) Jul 31, 2013 | 53:57We engineer our roads to accommodate traffic, but cars and other vehicles spend almost all their time parked. All those parking spaces - and finding them - cause huge economic, environmental, and even social problems.
Jul 29, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Genius Born of Anguish - Part 3 (Encore Jan 23, 2013) AudioIdeas Genius Born of Anguish - Part 3 (Encore Jan 23, 2013) Jul 29, 2013 | 53:59"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection," said Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, teacher and gay celibate. He has been called a psychologist of the soul. Born in Holland in 1932, Nouwen wrote thirty-nine books about spirituality. A profile by Michael Higgins based on Nouwen's writings, interviews with those who knew him, and archival recordings of Nouwen himself.
Jul 26, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Legends of the Ahtahkakoop (Mar. 8, 2011 Encore) AudioIdeas Legends of the Ahtahkakoop (Mar. 8, 2011 Encore) Jul 26, 2013 | 53:58These evocative stories from the Ahtahkakoop, a Plains Cree nation in central Saskatchewan, create a world where the buffalo once reigned supreme, animals protected each other, and the creator gave the world colour and life.
Jul 25, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The Imaginary Albino (Encore February 18, 2013) AudioIdeas The Imaginary Albino (Encore February 18, 2013) Jul 25, 2013 | 54:00From the 19th century freak show to the East African black market in body parts to the modern cinema, the image of the albino has seized the popular imagination. Garth Mullins is a person with albinism and at six feet, four inches tall, he stands out in a crowd. But recently Garth didn't stand out...instead, he blended in at an Albinism conference with a pale majority who looked a lot like him.
Jul 23, 2013 | 53:59Ideas The Visionary, Controversial Albert Schweitzer AudioIdeas The Visionary, Controversial Albert Schweitzer Jul 23, 2013 | 53:59Albert Schweitzer was one of the great visionaries and humanitarians of the 20th century. Writer and broadcaster Megan Williams looks back on his life and legacy.
Jul 22, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Genius Born of Anguish - Part 2 (Encore Jan 16, 2013) AudioIdeas Genius Born of Anguish - Part 2 (Encore Jan 16, 2013) Jul 22, 2013 | 53:59"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection," said Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, teacher and gay celibate. He has been called a psychologist of the soul. Born in Holland in 1932, Nouwen wrote thirty-nine books about spirituality. A profile by Michael Higgins based on Nouwen's writings, interviews with those who knew him, and archival recordings of Nouwen himself.
Jul 19, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Opening the Book (Encore February 25, 2013) AudioIdeas Opening the Book (Encore February 25, 2013) Jul 19, 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.
Jul 18, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Worthy Parasites: A Villain's Silver Lining (Encore Jan 18, 2013) AudioIdeas Worthy Parasites: A Villain's Silver Lining (Encore Jan 18, 2013) Jul 18, 2013 | 53:58People hate parasites. They're slimy and repulsive - worms emerging from blisters on the body, mites breeding in skin folds. They hold wild parties in our guts. They bring pestilence, misery...even death. But wait: parasites can also be good - really, really good! Author Rosemary Drisdelle explores these much maligned creatures and their importance in nature, and she unveils exciting new medical research into the good they can do for us.
Jul 17, 2013 | 53:58Ideas The Sword Brothers - Part 3 (Jun. 6, 2012 Encore) AudioIdeas The Sword Brothers - Part 3 (Jun. 6, 2012 Encore) Jul 17, 2013 | 53:58The Crusades that began in the 11th century were wars for control of the Holy Land. The Crusaders themselves were a hybrid of warrior and priest, defending the pilgrim, attacking the Infidel. These Military Orders were also the first multinational corporations, and until their eventual destruction and diminishment, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers and the Teutonic Knights held unparalleled power, enough to threaten whole kingdoms and the Papacy itself. Philip Coulter tells the story. Part 3: The Story of the Teutonic Knights - The Iron Fist.
Jul 16, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The End of Growth (Encore March 13, 2013) AudioIdeas The End of Growth (Encore March 13, 2013) Jul 16, 2013 | 54:00Economist Jeff Rubin and environmentalist David Suzuki might seem an unlikely pairing. But they've been touring Canada together, talking about the natural limits to growth from their very different perspectives. We listen in as they try to convince a Calgary audience that we've already exceeded the capacity of the planet.