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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, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Brian's Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Brian's Show Dec 29, 2012 | 27:30This week on White Coat, Black Art, Dr. Brian Goldman with three stories about the place where art and medicine meet that just happen to reflect his state of mind including a conversation with a fellow ER physician who's made a name for himself in another field:
filmmaking. Dr. Max Montalvo has directed a documentary and is now working on his third music video for the Canadian band the Tragically Hip. Brian asked him about balancing life in the ER with life behind the camera.
Dec 22, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art MDs in the Family AudioWhite Coat Black Art MDs in the Family Dec 22, 2012 | 27:30On a holiday edition of White Coat Black Art, what it's like when being a doctor is a family business. We'll meet two med student sisters from Harvard who both blog about medicine. Plus a conversation with ZDogg M.D. He's a Las Vegas internist whose music video parodies about modern medicine have already gone viral with a cult following of doctors. All that and we announce the winners of the White Coat Black Art medical parody contest.
Dec 21, 2012 | 17:02White Coat Black Art ZDoggMD Extended AudioWhite Coat Black Art ZDoggMD Extended Dec 21, 2012 | 17:02Here's Brian's extended interview with ZDoggMD. By day, Dr. Zubin Dimania is an internist in Las Vegas. By night ZDoggMD produces hilarious videos that lampoon modern medicine.
Dec 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Adversity MDs:Breaking the silence AudioWhite Coat Black Art Adversity MDs:Breaking the silence Dec 14, 2012 | 27:30This week stories from three up-and-coming MDs that will surprise you. All three live with a disability and it's not often their stories get told. That's because there's been an tradition of keeping quiet when you face any kind of adversity in medicine.But if you needed proof that attitude is changing -- these three are it.
Dec 14, 2012 | 14:39White Coat Black Art Full Interivew: Steve Daniel AudioWhite Coat Black Art Full Interivew: Steve Daniel Dec 14, 2012 | 14:39Steve Daniel is a second-year med student at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. But before that, he did four tours of duty in Bosnia, Croatia and Afghanistan with the Canadian Armed Forces. In 2005, the former parachute instructor had a free-fall accident while conducting a course and was paralyzed instantly. Three years later, he competed at the Beijing Paralympics in arms-only rowing. And it was there he met a fellow athlete who inspired him to pursue medicine. Brian talks to him about navigating the world of medicine from a wheelchair.
Dec 8, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Do Not Resuscitate AudioWhite Coat Black Art Do Not Resuscitate Dec 8, 2012 | 27:30DNR is code for 'Do Not Resuscitate', a signed order on your hospital chart not to start CPR if your heart stops or put you on a ventilator if you stop breathing. This week Dr. Brian Goldman looks at how family members respond when doctors ask for a Do Not Resuscitate order on a loved one — and the perspective of doctors and nurses on getting the DNR.
Dec 1, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Medical Hotspots AudioWhite Coat Black Art Medical Hotspots Dec 1, 2012 | 27:30What is a medical hot spot? This week on White Coat, Black Art, Brian visits one of Canada's hot spots - the west side of Saskatoon -- and sees how the community is trying to cool things down — and get people healthy.
Nov 24, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Sully Show AudioWhite Coat Black Art Sully Show Nov 24, 2012 | 27:30This week, using the hard fought lessons from the aviation industry to make health care safer and avoid medical mistakes. Brian Goldman speaks to Captain Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson River -- saving everyone on board. Sully and others speak about how the principles of aviation safety can be applied the world of medicine.
Nov 17, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Hospital Parking AudioWhite Coat Black Art Hospital Parking Nov 17, 2012 | 27:30A hospital visit is stressful enough without worrying about where you'll park and how much you'll wind up paying for the spot. This week a look at the pitfalls of hospital parking. We'll also have reaction to our earlier story on unnecessary hysterectomies.
Nov 14, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Taking Risks AudioWhite Coat Black Art Taking Risks Nov 14, 2012 | 27:30This week, risky business in health care...not a science debate over numbers but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.
Nov 10, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Risk AudioWhite Coat Black Art Risk Nov 10, 2012 | 27:30This week, risky business in health care...not a science debate over numbers but stories in which doctors and patients disagree about risk and why.
Nov 3, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Unnecessary Surgery AudioWhite Coat Black Art Unnecessary Surgery Nov 3, 2012 | 27:30This week on White Coat Black Art: Are all trips to the operating room necessary? Hysterectomies are one of the most common major surgeries performed on North American women. But many hysterectomies may be medically unnecessary. When patient and journalist Holly Bridges looked for options other than a hysterectomy to treat her bleeding -- she faced a system resistant to change. She talks to Brian about her new book 'The UNHysterectomy'
Nov 2, 2012 | 38:54White Coat Black Art Holly Bridges - Extended Interview AudioWhite Coat Black Art Holly Bridges - Extended Interview Nov 2, 2012 | 38:54A hysterectomy is the second most common major surgery performed on women. Studies show as many as eighty percent of them are unnecessary. Holly Bridges wants to change that. Her new book 'The UNHysterectomy' advises women on other options that she learned about the hard way. Here's her full conversation with Brian.
Oct 27, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art The Price of Life AudioWhite Coat Black Art The Price of Life Oct 27, 2012 | 27:30This week, putting a price on life. Jamie McKinley is dying from a rare brain tumour. There is hope in a new drug called Avastin which seems to be helping others like him live longer. But there's a catch. The cancer drug costs 10-thousand dollars a month, and the province where he lives, New Brunswick, doesn't cover the cost. Jamie McKinley does not want to bankrupt his family to pay for it.
Oct 20, 2012 | 27:30White Coat Black Art Customer Service AudioWhite Coat Black Art Customer Service Oct 20, 2012 | 27:30This week, customer service comes to the hospital. Dr. Brian Goldman visits one of the first Emergency Rooms in Canada to tell you how long you'll have to wait to see the doctor. And find out how patients in the ICU react when they are asked a common customer service question.
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