Feb 20, 2012 | 27:29Game Changer Avon Calling Game Changer AudioGame Changer Avon Calling Game Changer Feb 20, 2012 | 27:29It is the company that empowered generations of women with a ring of a doorbell. Avon spread from North America to Russia and soon to China. But allegations of bribery have appeared on its doorstep, as increasing numbers of Avon saleswomen walk away. Today, our project Game Changer looks at Avon's future and whether a new kind of retail will push it out of the game.
Feb 20, 2012 | 24:55Game Changer GC: Avon Calling AudioGame Changer GC: Avon Calling Feb 20, 2012 | 24:55It is the company that empowered generations of women with a ring of a doorbell. Avon spread from North America to Russia and soon to China. But allegations of bribery have appeared on its doorstep, as increasing numbers of Avon saleswomen walk away. Today, our project Game Changer looks at Avon's future and whether a new kind of retail will push it out of the game.
Feb 13, 2012 | 21:34Game Changer GC: Ovarian Cancer AudioGame Changer GC: Ovarian Cancer Feb 13, 2012 | 21:34A Quebec cancer researcher may have made a real game changing discovery for women's health. Dr. Lucy Gilbert believes ovarian cancer can be detected more quickly and treated more successfully.
Jan 30, 2012 | 27:29Game Changer James Palmer - Game Changer AudioGame Changer James Palmer - Game Changer Jan 30, 2012 | 27:29Our project Game Changer looks back at 1976... when the ground shifted seismically and politically for China. Ten years into the cultural revolution, the earth moved in one of the most devastating earthquakes in world history. We trace the dots, back to the Tangshan Quake in a bid to understand how tragedy and disaster spurred today's China.
Jan 30, 2012 | 24:16Game Changer GC: Tangshan Quake in 1976 AudioGame Changer GC: Tangshan Quake in 1976 Jan 30, 2012 | 24:16Our project Game Changer looks back at 1976... when the ground shifted seismically and politically for China. Ten years into the cultural revolution, the earth moved in one of the most devastating earthquakes in world history. We trace the dots, back to the Tangshan Quake in a bid to understand how tragedy and disaster spurred today's China.
Jan 26, 2012 | 23:59Game Changer Chile's Game Changer - Ricardo Lagos AudioGame Changer Chile's Game Changer - Ricardo Lagos Jan 26, 2012 | 23:59It is hard to imagine that one television discussion could change a nation, but that is exactly what happened when Ricardo Lagos publicly denounced Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. That conversation set in motion the change that led to Pinochet's ouster and the restoration of democracy. Ricardo Lagos later became President. Now, in the midst of the Arab uprisings, he says the world can learn from his little country.
Jan 26, 2012 | 22:04Game Changer GC: Ricardo Largos - Game Changer for Chile AudioGame Changer GC: Ricardo Largos - Game Changer for Chile Jan 26, 2012 | 22:04It is hard to imagine that one television discussion could change a nation, but that is exactly what happened when Ricardo Lagos publicly denounced Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. That conversation set in motion the change that led to Pinochet's ouster and the restoration of democracy. Ricardo Lagos later became President. Now, in the midst of the Arab uprisings, he says the world can learn from his little country.
Jan 20, 2012 | 19:27Game Changer GC: Internet blackout against SOPA/Pipa a success AudioGame Changer GC: Internet blackout against SOPA/Pipa a success Jan 20, 2012 | 19:27In the wake of the coordinated withdrawal of service by prominent internet companies including Wikipedia, U.S. lawmakers are backing away from two controversial proposed anti-piracy bills. Now, some say the black-out is a game-changer which demonstrates just how powerful and uncontainable the internet has become.
Jan 16, 2012 | 22:49Game Changer GC: Canada's same-sex marriage laws AudioGame Changer GC: Canada's same-sex marriage laws Jan 16, 2012 | 22:49Today our project Game Changer examines Canada's influence in the world-wide fight for same-sex marriage rights. Even as the Justice Minister was pledging to close a "legislative gap" late last week over divorcing same-sex couples, gay rights activists world-wide were on edge watching it unfold. Our laws in Canada reverberate across the globe.
Jan 11, 2012 | 27:30Game Changer Yukon Mining Game Changer: Shawn Ryan AudioGame Changer Yukon Mining Game Changer: Shawn Ryan Jan 11, 2012 | 27:30In the old days, they panned the rivers and creeks north of here for the gold flakes that sent so many scurrying to the Klondike. Today, we'll introduce you to prospector Shawn Ryan whose low-tech weed extractor and high-tech mapping has pinpointed the Gold many thought was Gone. He now owns 20-percent of all the mineral claims in the Territory. Not bad for a guy with no formal geology training who came here to pick mushrooms.
Jan 11, 2012 | 26:33Game Changer GC: Prospector Shawn Ryan AudioGame Changer GC: Prospector Shawn Ryan Jan 11, 2012 | 26:33In the old days, they panned the rivers and creeks north of here for the gold flakes that sent so many scurrying to the Klondike. Today, we'll introduce you to prospector Shawn Ryan whose low-tech weed extractor and high-tech mapping has pinpointed the Gold many thought was Gone. He now owns 20-percent of all the mineral claims in the Territory. Not bad for a guy with no formal geology training who came here to pick mushrooms.
Jan 3, 2012 | 21:42Game Changer GC: Mohamed Bouazizi, the man who started the Arab Spring AudioGame Changer GC: Mohamed Bouazizi, the man who started the Arab Spring Jan 3, 2012 | 21:42As the Arab League monitors and the Syrian government continues to kill, it is worth noting that it was exactly a year ago a year ago tomorrow that a frustrated and humiliated young Tunisian street vendor named of Mohamed Bouazizi died. He had set himself alight in a suicidal act a few weeks earlier and fanned the flames of what we now call The Arab Spring. Today, our project Game Changer looks at the life of one man, the family that grieves him, the official who confronted him and the village where change is not absolute.
Dec 23, 2011 | 24:01Game Changer GC: Peak Stuff report AudioGame Changer GC: Peak Stuff report Dec 23, 2011 | 24:01Anyone who's sat through first-year economics knows societies have to consume to grow. But we may need to rewrite the Economics 101 textbook. We speak with a man who believes we can grow without increasing consumption. In fact, we may already be doing it.
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