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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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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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Feb 25, 2013 | 53:58Ideas Opening the Book AudioIdeas Opening the Book Feb 25, 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.
Feb 27, 2013 | 54:00Ideas A Word to the Wise, Part 1 AudioIdeas A Word to the Wise, Part 1 Feb 27, 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.
Feb 28, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The Faces of Eve AudioIdeas The Faces of Eve Feb 28, 2013 | 54:00She represents the first woman on earth in Christian and Judaic traditions. In Islam she's known as Hawwa. To many, she's the thoughtless vixen who tempted man away from God. But a closer look shows a daring champion of human ingenuity and equality. Nicola Luksic explores the mystique of the woman so many claim to understand.
Mar 1, 2013 | 54:00Ideas A Bow to the Bow AudioIdeas A Bow to the Bow Mar 1, 2013 | 54:00Lapsed cellist Eitan Cornfield enters a world of exotic materials, pirates, forgers and geniuses. Master bowmakers, dealers, collectors and musicians reveal a passion for the bow that rivals their passion for Strads and Guarneris.
Feb 20, 2013 | 54:00Ideas When Families Start Talking, Part 1 (Encore Nov 28, 2012) AudioIdeas When Families Start Talking, Part 1 (Encore Nov 28, 2012) Feb 20, 2013 | 54:00Even the best of families can run into trouble when grappling with the needs of aging parents, the demands of care-giving and the shifting dynamics between siblings over money and inheritance. Estates mediator Genevieve Chornenki looks at these hot button issues and explores if families can talk about them without wanting to kill each other.
Feb 18, 2013 | 54:00Ideas The Imaginary Albino AudioIdeas The Imaginary Albino Feb 18, 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.
Feb 26, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Things We Lost In The War, Part 1 (Encore Dec 10, 2012) AudioIdeas Things We Lost In The War, Part 1 (Encore Dec 10, 2012) Feb 26, 2013 | 54:00The East African nation of Somalia is the definition of a failed state. It has been without a central government since 1991, when the country's dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown. What followed were two decades of civil war, anarchy, failed Western intervention, Islamic fundamentalism and famine. Somali-born IDEAS contributor Hassan Ghedi Santur returns to his home-land to explore, "Things We Lost in the War."
Feb 22, 2013 | 53:59Ideas The Munk Debates - Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Encore Dec 4, 2012) AudioIdeas The Munk Debates - Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Encore Dec 4, 2012) Feb 22, 2013 | 53:59Be it resolved the world cannot tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons capability. That's the resolution for the latest Munk Debate. On the pro side: Amos Yadlin, a retired major general who spent more than 40 years in the Israeli Defence Forces. And Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer prize winning columnist for the Washington Post. On the con side is Fareed Zakaria, author, CNN host and columnist for Time Magazine and Washington Post. And Vali Nasr, foreign affairs analyst, Johns Hopkins University and The Brookings Institution and an advisor to the U.S. State Department.
Feb 21, 2013 | 54:00Ideas When Families Start Talking, Part 2 (Encore Dec 5, 2012) AudioIdeas When Families Start Talking, Part 2 (Encore Dec 5, 2012) Feb 21, 2013 | 54:00Even the best of families can run into trouble when grappling with the needs of aging parents, the demands of care-giving and the shifting dynamics between siblings over money and inheritance. Estates mediator Genevieve Chornenki looks at these hot button issues and explores if families can talk about them without wanting to kill each other.
Feb 19, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Wachtel On The Arts - Taryn Simon AudioIdeas Wachtel On The Arts - Taryn Simon Feb 19, 2013 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtelspeaks with Taryn Simon whose art mixes camera-work, writing and graphic design to raise questions about truth and certainty.
Feb 15, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Legends of the Old Massett Haida (Encore November 24, 2006) AudioIdeas Legends of the Old Massett Haida (Encore November 24, 2006) Feb 15, 2013 | 53:59The Haida are an ancient and powerful nation, internationally renowned for their artwork. Despite modern day assimilation, the Haida of Haida Gwaii are fiercely proud of their culture and history. Their stories of creation and transformation illustrate the richness of that culture. CBC Radio's Legends Project compiles traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations, gathered in communities across the country.
Jan 9, 2013 | 53:59Ideas Genius Born of Anguish, Part 1 AudioIdeas Genius Born of Anguish, Part 1 Jan 9, 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. A profile by Michael Higgins based on Nouwen's writings, interviews with those who knew him, and archival recordings of Nouwen himself.
Feb 14, 2013 | 54:00Ideas Paperback Love AudioIdeas Paperback Love Feb 14, 2013 | 54:00What happens when a skeptical young man sets out to become the author of a modern romance? To write as a woman in a woman's genre... without the seams of his gender showing? Toronto writer Erika Blair (a.k.a Greg Kelly) explores the myths and realities of romance fiction in 1992.
Jan 1, 2012 | 53:58Ideas Feeding Ten Billion (Encore Jan 1, 2012) AudioIdeas Feeding Ten Billion (Encore Jan 1, 2012) Jan 1, 2012 | 53:58The world just got its seven billionth citizen, and the population explosion shows no signs of stopping. In a Saskatoon lecture, writer and activist Raj Patel argues that the only way to feed everyone is to completely rethink agriculture.
Jan 28, 2013 | 53:57Ideas Paying for Parking AudioIdeas Paying for Parking Jan 28, 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. Dave Redel searches for a good spot to survey the situation.
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