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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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Nov 15, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Grey Cup Part One AudioRewind Grey Cup Part One Nov 15, 2012 | 54:59It’s the hundredth anniversary of the Grey Cup, Canada’s annual battle for football supremacy. Rewind celebrates with two programs looking at some of the best stories, sounds and people.
Nov 8, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Asbestos AudioRewind Asbestos Nov 8, 2012 | 54:59An hour about asbestos, the substance that was once one of Canada’s major resources until it was found to be dangerous to the people who pulled it out of the earth and processed it.
Nov 1, 2012 | 54:59Rewind k.d. lang AudioRewind k.d. lang Nov 1, 2012 | 54:59An hour featuring interviews with and music by the singer k.d. lang.
Oct 25, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Canadian Comic Strips and Books AudioRewind Canadian Comic Strips and Books Oct 25, 2012 | 54:59An hour about Canadian comic strips and books. Over the years Canada has been home to an eclectic roster of cartooning talent from Johnny Canuck to Nelvana, Walter Frise to Lynn Johnston. In this hour of Rewind, a look at comics from Birdseye Centre to Superman, Nelvana to For Better or For Worse.
Oct 18, 2012 | 54:59Rewind 1972 American Election AudioRewind 1972 American Election Oct 18, 2012 | 54:59A look back at the 1972 Presidential Election. Senator George McGovern battled incumbent Richard Nixon for the Presidential Office. It was the election that is now famous for the Watergate affair. Rewind will bring you sounds, ideas and interviews of that historic event.
Oct 11, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Stuart MacLean: The Morningside Years AudioRewind Stuart MacLean: The Morningside Years Oct 11, 2012 | 54:59Stuart MacLean on Morningside- the early days of one of Canada's great story-tellers.
In 1984, a young journalist named Stuart McLean was hired on as a columnist for CBC Radio's weekly morning program Morningside with Peter Gzowski. His job was to bring extraordinary stories of everyday Canadian life. It was tailor-made for his unconventional reporting style. It was also a goal he'd been pursuing for over a decade. Rewind presents three of his finest.
Oct 4, 2012 | 54:59Rewind The Rise of Advertising AudioRewind The Rise of Advertising Oct 4, 2012 | 54:59The Mad Men era of advertising comes to Rewind, with stories, interviews and questions like Is advertising an asset or a liability?”
Sep 27, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Canada Calling AudioRewind Canada Calling Sep 27, 2012 | 54:59Canada Calling- a program that first aired in 1945. In this, the inaugural broadcast, soldiers overseas for the Second World War heard a variety program that gave them a taste of home.
Sep 20, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Frank Zappa AudioRewind Frank Zappa Sep 20, 2012 | 54:59An hour from 1985 with Frank Zappa, the legendary musician whose eccentric genius turned the music world on its ear. He was a champion of free speech, and when he saw it being threatened in the mid 80s by a move that would slap warning labels on albums, he spoke out at hearings, through his music and directly to people- in this case CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup.
Sep 13, 2012 | 54:59Rewind The Franklin Expedition AudioRewind The Franklin Expedition Sep 13, 2012 | 54:59The story of the doomed Franklin expedition is one that has fascinated Canadians for more than 160 years. In 1845, English explorer John Franklin and his crew embarked on a search for the Northwest Passage. They disappeared, and were never heard from again. Although some remains were found of the men, Franklin's two ships- HMS Erebus and HMS Terror have eluded researchers to this day.Today,a documentary that first aired in 1974 on the program Between Ourselves. It’s called The Last Voyage: The Fate of Franklin, and it documents the voyage of the doomed expedition.
Sep 6, 2012 | 54:59Rewind The Birth of Television AudioRewind The Birth of Television Sep 6, 2012 | 54:59It's the birth of CBC TV. At the start of a new season for Rewind, a look at the early days of radio's little brother. It was sixty years ago this month that the first Canadian television signals were beamed to eager audiences. CBC Television had hit the air.
Aug 30, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - War (Encore) AudioRewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - War (Encore) Aug 30, 2012 | 54:59Seventy-five years of war coverage. Since CBC first went to air, we have covered wars and conflicts around the world. Rewind has the last in the series of programs that looks at 75 years of CBC Radio. Michael Enright's co-host is Peter Armstrong, host of CBC Radio's World Report, and together they 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.
Aug 23, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Politics (Encore) AudioRewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Politics (Encore) Aug 23, 2012 | 54:59Politics has been a mainstay of CBC Radio over its 75 years. On this show Michael Enright is joined by Anna Maria Tremonti, host of The Current. Listen to stories from the conscription crisis of the Second World War, through the baby bonus, medicare and the flag debate, and to the Constitution talks and Meech Lake.
Aug 16, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Aboriginal (Encore) AudioRewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Aboriginal (Encore) Aug 16, 2012 | 54:59To celebrate CBC's 75th birthday, a look at how aborginal issues have been covered on CBC Radio. Michael Enright's co-host is Darrell Dennis. Darrell is a native actor and writer and CBC Radio host. The coverage of aboriginal issues on CBC Radio in many ways mirrors the attitudes and beliefs of Canadian society. On the one hand there was fascination with what was seen as an exotic way of life; on the other an assumption of dysfunction. And underlying it all was a belief that given enough time, aboriginal people would be absorbed and integrated into the larger society.
Aug 9, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Literary (Encore) AudioRewind Celebrating CBC's 75th - Literary (Encore) Aug 9, 2012 | 54:59A Canadian voice for literature. On the seventh in the Rewind series celebrating the 75th birthday of the CBC, Michael Enright is joined by Eleanor Wachtel from Writers & Company. For 75 years, CBC Radio has played a major role as coach, critic and above all, appreciative consumer and sponsor of writing in Canada. Rewind brings you samples.