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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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Jul 12, 2012 | 45:13Dispatches Aug 6 Dispatches: the next generation AudioDispatches Aug 6 Dispatches: the next generation Jul 12, 2012 | 45:13The Dispatches feature for the August 6 holiday highlights some of the young reporters who contributed to the final season of the show -- and will bring you the world in the future.
Jun 21, 2012 | 52:21Dispatches Dispatches Final Episode - June 21, 2012 AudioDispatches Dispatches Final Episode - June 21, 2012 Jun 21, 2012 | 52:21A look back at some of our favourite stories from our twelve seasons as Dispatches ends its long and memorable run on CBC radio.
Jun 21, 2012 | 2:52Dispatches Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:52The program has always asked its correspondents to bring us into the homes and lives of the people we meet. As you'll hear, we're often there at the very start of the day.
Jun 21, 2012 | 8:08Dispatches Khatune Chapichadze was kidnaped by would be grooms - June 21/12 AudioDispatches Khatune Chapichadze was kidnaped by would be grooms - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 8:08In some parts of the world, a man who wants a wife can still kidnap one with scant regard for the legal consequences. Khatuna Chapichadze is from Georgia, she endured three such abductions. Hear our 2008 interview with her.
Jun 21, 2012 | 4:42Dispatches The Dispatch that raised the most money - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches The Dispatch that raised the most money - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 4:42Veteran CBC reporter Bill Gillespie filed to us from Afghanistan at the start of the war about a family nearly wiped out by errant U.S. bombs. Listeners sent fist-fulls of cheques to help survivors. Bill and Rick tell us now what happened next.
Jun 21, 2012 | 4:53Dispatches A better place: migration on Dispatches - June 21/12 AudioDispatches A better place: migration on Dispatches - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 4:53
Jun 21, 2012 | 1:52Dispatches Late thanks for an incomparable meal - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Late thanks for an incomparable meal - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 1:52While in Japan the CBC's Jennifer Westaway looked up some acquaintances. Years later we hear just what we did for her by asking her to get us a story there.
Jun 21, 2012 | 3:07Dispatches Ferrie's tale of near escapes and phantom files - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Ferrie's tale of near escapes and phantom files - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 3:07
Jun 21, 2012 | 2:07Dispatches Canadian Dispatcher judges Italian radio - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Canadian Dispatcher judges Italian radio - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:07Rome-based veteran contributor Megan Williams was asked to judge an Italian competition to pick the best radio docs. They picked her because she was Canadian.
Jun 21, 2012 | 11:14Dispatches A trio of veteran Dispatchers on their craft - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches A trio of veteran Dispatchers on their craft - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 11:14Former China correspondent Anthony Germain and European correspondents Margaret Evans and Laura Lynch share their memories of favourite dispatches.
Jun 21, 2012 | 2:20Dispatches Laura Lynch's memorable visit to Zimbabwe - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Laura Lynch's memorable visit to Zimbabwe - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:20She went to Zimbabwe several times for us, but will forever associate this one with a pair of scissors.
Jun 21, 2012 | 5:57Dispatches Great guests open the door to great questions - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Great guests open the door to great questions - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 5:57Some of our favourite guests and some of our favourite questions that made for some memorable answers.
Jun 21, 2012 | 1:35Dispatches Rhoda Metcalfe learns from Turkey's Sufis - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Rhoda Metcalfe learns from Turkey's Sufis - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 1:35She reflects an evening spend with the Islamic sub-cult whirling dervishes and coming close to a mystical experience.
Jun 21, 2012 | 3:03Dispatches Getting there is half the story - June 21/12 AudioDispatches Getting there is half the story - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 3:03Our correspondents travel far and wide to bring home the story. The journey is often a big part of the Dispatch. It can drive a reporter crazy!
Jun 21, 2012 | 2:00Dispatches Bruce Edwards sees another side of vandalism - Jun 21/12 AudioDispatches Bruce Edwards sees another side of vandalism - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:00While he was in South Africa the CBC's Bruce Edwards did a story on white farms taken over by blacks. A flat tire led to some surprises.
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