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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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Dec 29, 2011 | 54:59Rewind Willie the Squowse AudioRewind Willie the Squowse Dec 29, 2011 | 54:59A radio play for the New Year. It first aired in 1950, and it tells the story of a strange little creature called a squowse. It was written by Ted Allan.
Dec 22, 2011 | 54:59Rewind Holiday Treats AudioRewind Holiday Treats Dec 22, 2011 | 54:59Are you tired of holiday shopping and wrapping, planning and baking? Well, here's a suggestion- pour yourself a cup of eggnog, pull a chair up to the warm glow of the radio or computer monitor and embrace the season from years gone by right here on Rewind.
We'll talk about food and toys, warm hearted stories and controversy.
Dec 15, 2011 | 54:59Rewind The Rod and Charles Show AudioRewind The Rod and Charles Show Dec 15, 2011 | 54:59Today, from 1961, the Rod and Charles Show. It was a fast paced, quirky and engaging show hosted by Rod Coneybeare and Charles Winter that became as popular for adults as it did for children.
Dec 8, 2011 | 54:59Rewind The Food Show AudioRewind The Food Show Dec 8, 2011 | 54:59For 12 years- between 1978 and 1990- CBC Radio’s The Food Show took listeners inside the food business, exploring news and trends in food production, marketing and consumption. Its first host was Jim Wright, a former circus ringmaster. He navigated through the gastronomical gamut as listeners learned all about the food business. From important news, to tips on camel-milking or microwave cooking, The Food Show offered a wealth of information on anything food-related. During this hour we’ll bring you some of the tastiest segments from the show's first season in 1978.
Dec 1, 2011 | 54:59Rewind The Modern Woman AudioRewind The Modern Woman Dec 1, 2011 | 54:59On this edition of Rewind, an hour from the documentary series Project '62. The Project series looked at the pressing social issues of the day- and in this case it was "The Modern Woman." Well, modern circa 1962. In some ways you'll find the program has resonance for our ears- as it grapples with issues of daycare, working women and time constraints. And yet in others- it sounds like the era in which it was made- a Mad Men world. From November 1962, the Modern Woman.
Nov 24, 2011 | 54:59Rewind Radio Canada International AudioRewind Radio Canada International Nov 24, 2011 | 54:59Today the Voice of Canada- Radio Canada International. When it was first established in February 1945, the CBC International Service was intended for broadcast to Canadian Forces overseas. By war's end the radio service was telling the world about Canada in over a dozen languages. Despite budget cuts and critics who accused it of employing communists or operating as a government mouthpiece, the service now called Radio Canada International has persevered. On this show we look back on RCI's six and a half decades of shortwave radio.
Nov 17, 2011 | 54:59Rewind 1965 AudioRewind 1965 Nov 17, 2011 | 54:59Today, the year 1965 on CBC Radio- a sort of portrait in sound of a year. You'll hear music, news, drama and talk that give a flavour of what a CBC listener would hear on a given day in 1965.
Nov 10, 2011 | 54:59Rewind 75th Celebrations Episode 12 AudioRewind 75th Celebrations Episode 12 Nov 10, 2011 | 54:59This week, the last in the series of programs that looks at 75 years of CBC Radio. Since CBC first went to air 75 years ago, we have covered wars and conflicts around the world. Michael Enright's co-host is Peter Armstrong, host of CBC Radio's World Report, and together they will look at how CBC has covered war from the Second World War through the Cold War, draft dodgers, the Cruise Missile and United Nations peacekeepers.
Nov 10, 2011 | 1:25Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 1 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 1 Nov 10, 2011 | 1:25In 1939 Canada hosted King George and Queen Elizabeth- the first ever visit by a reigning sovereign. CBC Radio, which was just over two years old at the time, had committed 100 staff to cover the visit- two English and two French teams- and purchased a wealth of new equipment including remote amplifiers and custom made microphones. This investment proved invaluable in covering the Second World War when it began just months later. CBC was the voice of Canada at war. CBC reporters told Canadians what their soldiers were doing and helped forge a sense of national identity. Our first clip is from September 3, 1939, when the Prime Minister took to the air to recommend that Canada join Britain and go to war.
Nov 10, 2011 | 1:42Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 2 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 2 Nov 10, 2011 | 1:42When the war began, CBC was getting its news from the Canadian Press. But with its brand new equipment, CBC staff was eager to meet the challenge. In December 1939 reporter Bob Bowman, with just four hours notice, was sent to Halifax to record the first troop sailings to England. He and sound engineer Art Holmes managed to talk their way aboard the ship the Aquitaine.
Nov 10, 2011 | 0:45Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 3 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 3 Nov 10, 2011 | 0:45And then a few days later, the ship arrived in England.
Nov 10, 2011 | 0:45Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 3 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 3 Nov 10, 2011 | 0:45And then a few days later, the ship arrived in England.
Nov 10, 2011 | 1:21Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 4 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 4 Nov 10, 2011 | 1:21In the summer and fall of 1940, the German air force launched raids on the United Kingdom in an effort to demoralize Britain into surrender. The CBC’s Art Holmes, was convinced that it was historically important to record the sounds of the Blitz. He had a four-wheel drive army truck that he nicknamed ‘Betsy’-specially fitted with three battery operated recording turntables. At great personal hazard he would seek the wailing air raid sirens, the droning enemy airplanes, the ack-ack of anti aircraft fire, whistling bombs and fiery explosions.
Nov 10, 2011 | 0:39Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 5 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 5 Nov 10, 2011 | 0:39In September 1939, the British government began evacuating children from the cities to the countryside and the next year to dominion countries such as Canada. On October 1940, the fourteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth sent best wishes to those children. This is the earliest known recording of the future Queen.
Nov 10, 2011 | 2:11Rewind Rewind 75 War clip 6 AudioRewind Rewind 75 War clip 6 Nov 10, 2011 | 2:11As the war increased in intensity, the need for recruits increased as well. And CBC was not afraid to let listeners know which side they were on with songs, war bonds and recruitment drives. Listen to these samples.
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