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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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Feb 28, 2013 | 54:59Rewind The Death of the Penny AudioRewind The Death of the Penny Feb 28, 2013 | 54:59Rewind takes a look at the dear-departing penny.Goodbye to the sweaty, metallic smell of the smallest of coins. Goodbye to a pocket full of change messing up the lines of our fancy pants. Goodbye to a coin with which you could buy nothing.
Feb 7, 2013 | 54:59Rewind Mickey Rooney and Tibetan monks- two awkward interviews AudioRewind Mickey Rooney and Tibetan monks- two awkward interviews Feb 7, 2013 | 54:59Two fascinating, slightly weird and often combative interviews from Michael Enright. The first one is with the veteran actor Mickey Rooney. He calls it one of the most challenging of his career. The other is with two Tibetan monks who barely spoke any English.
Dec 27, 2012 | 54:59Rewind The Happy Gang AudioRewind The Happy Gang Dec 27, 2012 | 54:59The Happy Gang- one of the most popular of the arts and entertainment programs of the 1940s and 50s on CBC Radio.
Feb 14, 2013 | 54:59Rewind Valentine's Day AudioRewind Valentine's Day Feb 14, 2013 | 54:59It's Valentine's Day, and we really had no choice, did we? We had to give you a program about love. We'll have children, old people, lovers, music and poetry this hour, all appropriate to the day.
Feb 21, 2013 | 54:59Rewind Hootenanny! AudioRewind Hootenanny! Feb 21, 2013 | 54:59An hour of music from the program Morningside with Peter Gzowski. In the winter of 1991 the show hosted a hootenanny- a live sing- a- long of favourite songs with five of the best folk musicians in the country.
Dec 6, 2012 | 54:59Rewind Gordon Lightfoot AudioRewind Gordon Lightfoot Dec 6, 2012 | 54:59Gordon Lightfoot has been called Canada’s Folk Laureate. His melodic and soulful voice is unmistakable. He’s a modern-day troubadour with his evocative portraits of Canadian life and landscape. Rewind presents an hour of the words and music of Gordon Lightfoot.
Nov 25, 2010 | 54:59Rewind November 25, 2010 - The Story of Albert Johnson: the Mad Trapper AudioRewind November 25, 2010 - The Story of Albert Johnson: the Mad Trapper Nov 25, 2010 | 54:59The story of the Mad Trapper of the Northwest Territories- Albert Johnson- told by the RCMP officers who captured him. It’s a tale that has stirred the imagination of Canadians for 80 years.
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.
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.
Jan 10, 2013 | 54:59Rewind Ice Storm AudioRewind Ice Storm Jan 10, 2013 | 54:59A look back 15 years at the great ice storm of Eastern Canada. Power lines came down, electricity sputtered for millions and a thick coating of ice covered everything.
May 27, 2010 | 54:59Rewind May 27, 2010 - 1980 Quebec Referendum AudioRewind May 27, 2010 - 1980 Quebec Referendum May 27, 2010 | 54:59A look back at the 1980 Quebec referendum. Shortly after his election as provincial premier, Rene Levesque made his case for sovereignty in a speech in New York.
Jan 31, 2013 | 54:59Rewind Bill McNeil AudioRewind Bill McNeil Jan 31, 2013 | 54:59A portrait of the longtime CBC broadcaster Bill McNeil. His work on the programs Assignment and Voice of the Pioneer made him a household name for more than 40 years.
Feb 2, 2012 | 54:59Rewind A Tribute to CBC's Allan McFee AudioRewind A Tribute to CBC's Allan McFee Feb 2, 2012 | 54:59Today on Rewind we take a loving look at Allan McFee- a true original and one of the characters of CBC Radio who made his mark with listeners for more than 52 years. He began his career with the CBC in 1937 and – except for a three-year stint in the army during the Second World War – stayed right here until he retired in 1991.
Dec 20, 2012 | 54:59Rewind King's Christmas and Fireside Al AudioRewind King's Christmas and Fireside Al Dec 20, 2012 | 54:59A Christmas lecture about non-violence from Martin Luther King Jr. It first aired in 1967, just months before King was assassinated.
Also, some Christmas stories from Fireside Al.
Jan 26, 2012 | 54:59Rewind The Dumbells AudioRewind The Dumbells Jan 26, 2012 | 54:59Today on Rewind The Dumbells. They were the most popular group of entertainers in Canada during the First World War.
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