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    The Current | May 22, 2013

    Seven years ago, Stephen Harper pledged new legislation would usher in transparency in govt. Yesterday he said to his caucus, Canada has one of the most accountable and transparent systems of governance in the world. Today, we examine the PM’s statements.

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    Definitely Not the Opera | May 18, 2013

    Put on your party hats, pour a drink, and grab a favour - because this week, DNTO looks at parties! What is it about social gatherings that brings out the best and worst in us?

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    Quirks and Quarks | May 18, 2013

    Ancient water found near Timmins may include microbial life, and suggests similar findings in similar rocks on Mars.

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    The Story From Here | May 22, 2013

    In this episode; meet one of Canada's oldest pilots; an Ottawa reporter lands the duet of her dreams; surviving a 32-hundred foot fall without a parachute; and high school composer.

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    As It Happens | May 21, 2013

    Apple Tax Questions, Boring Awards, For the Record: Ratthe Suspended, Colour & Music Research **Music Removed Online Due to Copyright**

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    Writers and Company | May 19, 2013

    Irish writer Colm Toibin was this year's grand prize winner at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. His latest, “The Testament of Mary” takes place twenty years after Jesus’s death.

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The Irrelevant Show - Belus Customer Service, Hamlet, Be Arthurs Song “Pimp It Out”, Dave the Sound Effects Guy and more.May 16, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show Belus Customer Service, Hamlet, Be Arthurs Song “Pimp It Out”, Dave the Sound Effects Guy and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show Belus Customer Service, Hamlet, Be Arthurs Song “Pimp It Out”, Dave the Sound Effects Guy and more. May 16, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show Players’ production of Hamlet, in which some obvious logic problems are pointed out. Nobody rocks harder than a father of three in a pimped-out family van. And meet Dave Clarke, the show’s Sound Sculptor extraordinaire, and hear his th
The Irrelevant Show - Shakespeare 2 - SketchMay 16, 2013 | 3:24The Irrelevant Show Shakespeare 2 - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Shakespeare 2 - Sketch May 16, 2013 | 3:24The Irrelevant Show Players’ production of Hamlet, in which some obvious logic problems are pointed out.
The Irrelevant Show - Be Arthurs Song: Pimp It Out - SketchMay 16, 2013 | 2:51The Irrelevant Show Be Arthurs Song: Pimp It Out - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Be Arthurs Song: Pimp It Out - Sketch May 16, 2013 | 2:51Nobody rocks harder than a father of three in a pimped-out family van.
The Irrelevant Show - Brain Spaceship - SketchMay 9, 2013 | 3:44The Irrelevant Show Brain Spaceship - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Brain Spaceship - Sketch May 9, 2013 | 3:44We take you to the control center of one man’s brain, to answer the question, what was that idiot thinking?
The Irrelevant Show - Dave The Sound Effects Guy - SketchMay 16, 2013 | 4:38The Irrelevant Show Dave The Sound Effects Guy - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Dave The Sound Effects Guy - Sketch May 16, 2013 | 4:38Meet Dave Clarke, the show’s Sound Sculptor extraordinaire, and hear his three kinds of silence.
The Irrelevant Show - Cooking Night In Canada, Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Be Arthurs song “Living With My Parents”, Shootout Snake Dawson and more.May 2, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show Cooking Night In Canada, Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Be Arthurs song “Living With My Parents”, Shootout Snake Dawson and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show Cooking Night In Canada, Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Be Arthurs song “Living With My Parents”, Shootout Snake Dawson and more. May 2, 2013 | 26:30The bullets and the metaphors are flyin’ in a surreal old west shootout. He’s smooth, he’s sexy, he’s gonna rock your world - just be careful not to wake up his parents. And Leonard, Bad Boy of the Nursing Home.
The Irrelevant Show - Brain Spaceship, Are you Ready to Rock?, Jocelyn Ahlf song “Mom Purse”, Holmes Show and more.May 9, 2013 | 26:29The Irrelevant Show Brain Spaceship, Are you Ready to Rock?, Jocelyn Ahlf song “Mom Purse”, Holmes Show and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show Brain Spaceship, Are you Ready to Rock?, Jocelyn Ahlf song “Mom Purse”, Holmes Show and more. May 9, 2013 | 26:29We take you to the control center of one man’s brain, to answer the question, what was that idiot thinking? Are you Ready to Rock? Well are you? A tribute song to the Tardis-like splendour of the mom purse.
The Irrelevant Show - Be Arthurs Song: Living with my parents - SketchMay 2, 2013 | 4:24The Irrelevant Show Be Arthurs Song: Living with my parents - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Be Arthurs Song: Living with my parents - Sketch May 2, 2013 | 4:24He’s smooth, he’s sexy, he’s gonna rock your world - just be careful not to wake up his parents.
The Irrelevant Show - Public Service Announcements, Lunch Shaped Breakfast, One Small Step, Jocelyn Ahlf Song “Lyrics Don’t Matter” and more.Apr 25, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show Public Service Announcements, Lunch Shaped Breakfast, One Small Step, Jocelyn Ahlf Song “Lyrics Don’t Matter” and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show Public Service Announcements, Lunch Shaped Breakfast, One Small Step, Jocelyn Ahlf Song “Lyrics Don’t Matter” and more. Apr 25, 2013 | 26:30Hey, people who leave smelly food in the microwave at work – this announcement is for you! You can listen to them if you want, but the lyrics don’t matter. And as idea that is either fantastic or terrible. See what you think.
The Irrelevant Show - Stuart McLean gives directions - SketchFeb 22, 2012 | 2:02The Irrelevant Show Stuart McLean gives directions - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Stuart McLean gives directions - Sketch Feb 22, 2012 | 2:02A CBC legend offers kindly advice to a passer-by.
The Irrelevant Show - Public Service Announcement - SketchApr 25, 2013 | 0:57The Irrelevant Show Public Service Announcement - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Public Service Announcement - Sketch Apr 25, 2013 | 0:57Hey, people who leave smelly food in the microwave at work – this message is for you!
The Irrelevant Show - Cowboy Poetry, Customer Service, Accidental Witness, Jocelyn Ahlf “Zit” Song and more.Apr 11, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show Cowboy Poetry, Customer Service, Accidental Witness, Jocelyn Ahlf “Zit” Song and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show Cowboy Poetry, Customer Service, Accidental Witness, Jocelyn Ahlf “Zit” Song and more. Apr 11, 2013 | 26:30The Irrelevant Show’s take on Cowboy Poetry. A Meatloaf-style anthem about a forty-something woman who discovers a pimple. And the most dramatic series of phone calls the Irrelevant Show answering machine has ever received.
The Irrelevant Show - Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Part 1 - SketchMay 2, 2013 | 0:54The Irrelevant Show Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Part 1 - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, Part 1 - Sketch May 2, 2013 | 0:54You can hear more of Leonard, Bad Boy of the Nursing Home, in episode 18.
The Irrelevant Show - A woman tries to talk to her parents on Skype, the Christian Bale acting school, Jocelyn Ahlf’s song Road Rage, and more.Feb 7, 2013 | 26:29The Irrelevant Show A woman tries to talk to her parents on Skype, the Christian Bale acting school, Jocelyn Ahlf’s song Road Rage, and more. Audio
The Irrelevant Show A woman tries to talk to her parents on Skype, the Christian Bale acting school, Jocelyn Ahlf’s song Road Rage, and more. Feb 7, 2013 | 26:29A foolish woman tries to talk to her parents on Skype. (Do NOT try this at home!) Plus a theatre school where you can learn Christian Bale’s patented shout-whisper style of acting. Cast member Donovan Workun offers to sell you a kit that will make you the coolest guy in YOUR world – “Donovan in a Bag”. The surprising history of Rock Paper Scissors. And Jocelyn Ahlf sings a fun sing-along for moms and kids in the car – “Road Rage”.
The Irrelevant Show - Jocelyn Ahlf “Tantrum” Song - SketchApr 4, 2013 | 3:07The Irrelevant Show Jocelyn Ahlf “Tantrum” Song - Sketch Audio
The Irrelevant Show Jocelyn Ahlf “Tantrum” Song - Sketch Apr 4, 2013 | 3:07Jocelyn sets her 4-year-old daughter’s tantrum to music, and gives it the operatic treatment it deserves.

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