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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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Mar 2, 2013 | 52:08Quirks and Quarks Canada's Small Satellite With a Big Punch, plus Monkeys Make Nut-crackers, Dolphins Call Each Other by Name, Corn Fuels Ancient Civilzation, Melting Permafrost, and more - 2013/03/02 AudioQuirks and Quarks Canada's Small Satellite With a Big Punch, plus Monkeys Make Nut-crackers, Dolphins Call Each Other by Name, Corn Fuels Ancient Civilzation, Melting Permafrost, and more - 2013/03/02 Mar 2, 2013 | 52:08Tiny Canadian Satellites Study Brightest Stars, Ancient Peruvian Civilization Fueled by Corn, Skillful Monkeys Crack Nuts, Dolphins Imitate Calls, Permafrost Melting in the Sunlight, How Seals Sleep With Half a Brain.
Feb 23, 2013 | 52:38Quirks and Quarks Raising The Lid on Eyesight, plus Fruit Flies and Alcohol, Magnetic Maps for Salmon, and Red Dwarfs Host Habitable Plants, and more - 2013/02/23 AudioQuirks and Quarks Raising The Lid on Eyesight, plus Fruit Flies and Alcohol, Magnetic Maps for Salmon, and Red Dwarfs Host Habitable Plants, and more - 2013/02/23 Feb 23, 2013 | 52:38Human Echolocation: Blind Like A Bat, Lifting The Lid On Lazy Eye, Red Dwarf Stars Host Hospitable Planets, Mother Flies Dose Offspring With Alcohol, Arctic Ice Turns Green With Algae, Salmon Follow Magnetic Map.
Feb 16, 2013 | 53:00Quirks and Quarks Oceans of Plastic, plus Music Boosts the Brain, Moles Smell in Stereo, Invasive Ants Wage Battle, and more - 2013/02/16 AudioQuirks and Quarks Oceans of Plastic, plus Music Boosts the Brain, Moles Smell in Stereo, Invasive Ants Wage Battle, and more - 2013/02/16 Feb 16, 2013 | 53:00Oceans of Plastic, Early Music Lessons Boost The Brain, Moles Smell in Stereo, Battle of The Invasive Ants, Carbon Nanotubes Make Hybrid Heart Tissue.
Feb 9, 2013 | 51:51Quirks and Quarks Your Inner Universe, plus Our Earliest Mammal Ancestor, Jays Give Mates Gifts, Carribean Coral Crisis, and more - 2013/02/09 AudioQuirks and Quarks Your Inner Universe, plus Our Earliest Mammal Ancestor, Jays Give Mates Gifts, Carribean Coral Crisis, and more - 2013/02/09 Feb 9, 2013 | 51:51Oldest Placental Mammal, Jays Anticipate Mates' Desires, Encroaching Grasslands and Bipedalism, Caribbean Coral Crisis, The Universe Within.
Feb 2, 2013 | 52:03Quirks and Quarks Neither Nature Nor Nurture, plus Toddlers Tell Tales, Dinosaur Teeth, Canadian Telescope Explores Dark Energy and more - 2013/02/02 AudioQuirks and Quarks Neither Nature Nor Nurture, plus Toddlers Tell Tales, Dinosaur Teeth, Canadian Telescope Explores Dark Energy and more - 2013/02/02 Feb 2, 2013 | 52:03Canadian Telescope Explores Dark Energy, Toddlers Tell Lies, Teeth Reveal Dinosaur Species, Tapeworm Eggs in Fossilized Shark Poop, Identically Different: The Science of Epigenetics.
Jan 26, 2013 | 53:00Quirks and Quarks DNA For Storage Banks, plus Flying Frogs and Freezing Frogs, White Coyotes, and more - 2013/01/26 AudioQuirks and Quarks DNA For Storage Banks, plus Flying Frogs and Freezing Frogs, White Coyotes, and more - 2013/01/26 Jan 26, 2013 | 53:00DNA For Data Banks, Webbed Hands and Feet Help Frog Fly, White Coyotes Unique to Newfoundland, Frozen Frogs Pay a Price For Ice, Fish Hide From The Invasive Nile Perch, Fossils Could Preserve Oldest Land Life.
Jan 19, 2013 | 52:16Quirks and Quarks Fists Of Fury, plus Hobbit Wrist Theory, Gut Bacteria, Barnacles Capture Sperm, Dwarf Galaxy Puzzle and more AudioQuirks and Quarks Fists Of Fury, plus Hobbit Wrist Theory, Gut Bacteria, Barnacles Capture Sperm, Dwarf Galaxy Puzzle and more Jan 19, 2013 | 52:16Fists Of Fury, Hobbit Wrists Support Species Theory, Gut Bacteria and Autoimmune Disease, Barnacles Sow Their Seed in the Sea, Dwarf Galaxy Orbital Puzzle, Counting the Bugs in a Rainforest.
Jan 12, 2013 | 52:49Quirks and Quarks The Crude Effects of Alberta's Oil Sands, plus A Shooting Star, A Climbing Fish. The Ancient Equator - 2013/01/12 AudioQuirks and Quarks The Crude Effects of Alberta's Oil Sands, plus A Shooting Star, A Climbing Fish. The Ancient Equator - 2013/01/12 Jan 12, 2013 | 52:49Athabasca Oil Sands Pollute Nearby Lakes, Finding A Shooting Star, A Fish Climbs Using Its Mouth, Reconstructing The Olduvai Environment, Manitoba on The Ancient Equator, Question of the Week: Measuring Time.
Jan 5, 2013 | 56:48Quirks and Quarks YOU Predict The Future, including Self-Driving Cars, 3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence, Fire in the Boreal Forest - 2013/01/05 AudioQuirks and Quarks YOU Predict The Future, including Self-Driving Cars, 3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence, Fire in the Boreal Forest - 2013/01/05 Jan 5, 2013 | 56:48Listeners predict the future for our planet, our technology and our lives,and Canadian scientists weigh-in on the possibilities of those predictions.
Dec 29, 2012 | 52:14Quirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks Holiday Question Show - 2012/12/29 AudioQuirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks Holiday Question Show - 2012/12/29 Dec 29, 2012 | 52:14Ten scientists answer one question in their area of expertise in this annual Question show.
Dec 22, 2012 | 52:49Quirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks Holiday Book Show - 2012/12/22 AudioQuirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks Holiday Book Show - 2012/12/22 Dec 22, 2012 | 52:49The Particle at the End of the Universe explains the hunt for the elusive Higgs Boson, The Forever Fix chronicles the history of gene therapy, and Hubble's Universe is a fantastic visual voyage through images taken by the world's greatest telescope.
Dec 15, 2012 | 52:43Quirks and Quarks Extra Old Cheese, plus Porcupine Quills, Birds Butt Out, Planet Without Apes - 2012/12/15 AudioQuirks and Quarks Extra Old Cheese, plus Porcupine Quills, Birds Butt Out, Planet Without Apes - 2012/12/15 Dec 15, 2012 | 52:43Earliest Evidence of Cheese Making, Penetrating Porcupine Quills, Electricity From The Ear, Birds Use Cigarette Butts to Repel Parasites, Planet Without Apes.
Dec 8, 2012 | 52:50Quirks and Quarks Oldest Dinosaur, plus Blue Whales, Steam Without Boiling, Jumping on Water - 2012/12/08 AudioQuirks and Quarks Oldest Dinosaur, plus Blue Whales, Steam Without Boiling, Jumping on Water - 2012/12/08 Dec 8, 2012 | 52:50Nyasasaurus The Oldest Dinosaur, Blue Whales Perform Underwater Acrobatics, Nanotech Steam Generator, Insect Jumps on Water, Katydid's Human-like Ears, Forsaking Sex and Stealing DNA.
Dec 1, 2012 | 52:36Quirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks 2012-12-01 AudioQuirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks 2012-12-01 Dec 1, 2012 | 52:36Dead Trees, Warm Forests, Hermit Crab's Shell Game, Peruvian Peak Water, The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy, Near Earth Objects.
Nov 24, 2012 | 52:43Quirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks 2012-11-24 AudioQuirks and Quarks Quirks & Quarks 2012-11-24 Nov 24, 2012 | 52:43In A Flap About Flight, Fish Swims With The Current, Wax-work Micro-muscles, Using DNA to Save The World, Question of the Week: Herbivores.
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