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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
Feb 13, 2013 | 53:59Ideas War, Peace and Health AudioIdeas War, Peace and Health Feb 13, 2013 | 53:59Canadians of all ages are delivering health care to people in war ravaged regions. Meet three Canadians who are rolling their sleeves up to make a difference. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy joins them along with peace advocate and mentor, Ursula Franklin, to talk about global health, conflict and the people they've met in far flung regions.
Feb 12, 2013 | 53:59Ideas The Grand Dame of Green Design (Encore Nov 8, 2012) AudioIdeas The Grand Dame of Green Design (Encore Nov 8, 2012) Feb 12, 2013 | 53:59Cornelia Hahn Oberlander is this country's pre-eminent landscape architect. Her love of nature and respect for the environment has guided and inspired her work from the grounds of the National Gallery in Ottawa to the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. IDEAS producer Yvonne Gall profiles the 91-year-old icon, whose career spans six decades and is still going strong.
Feb 11, 2013 | 54:00Ideas A Remarkable Encounter AudioIdeas A Remarkable Encounter Feb 11, 2013 | 54:00Three young women are working, from opposite sides of the world, to make it possible for girls to grow up, educated and safe, in Afghanistan. Two of them live in Kabul. The other lives in Kelowna, Canada. Journalist and author Sally Armstrong accompanies 15-year-old Alaina Podmorow on her first trip to Afghanistan and introduces her to Noorjahan Akbar and Anita Haidary. This is the story of the amazing encounter of three women.
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