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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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Jun 10, 2006 | 27:30WireTap This One's For The Children AudioWireTap This One's For The Children Jun 10, 2006 | 27:30Howard takes up ventriloquism and his dummy, Daniel, has it in for Jonathan. And a failed experimental novelist decides to try his hand at writing a children’s book.
Jun 4, 2006 | 27:30WireTap Goody Two Shoes AudioWireTap Goody Two Shoes Jun 4, 2006 | 27:30Gregor makes it a habit to write eulogies for all his friends and he has one for Jonathan on file. Jon Tucker gets an obscure song stuck in his head and calls Jonathan for relief.
May 21, 2006 | 27:30WireTap A Bottle of Seltzer AudioWireTap A Bottle of Seltzer May 21, 2006 | 27:30Jonathan's friends decide that if he got spritzed in the face with seltzer it would give the show a much needed dose of funny.
May 14, 2006 | 27:30WireTap The Lothario AudioWireTap The Lothario May 14, 2006 | 27:30Jonathan discovers that at the age of 93 desire and heartbreak still go hand in hand: the true story of the oldest living Lothario. Also, The Rejection Line.
May 7, 2006 | 27:30WireTap Mr. Helpful AudioWireTap Mr. Helpful May 7, 2006 | 27:30Operation Guerilla Opera. Jonathan sends a trained soprano out on a mission: taking opera to the street.
Apr 23, 2006 | 26:52WireTap A Gentleman's Guide to Grooming AudioWireTap A Gentleman's Guide to Grooming Apr 23, 2006 | 26:52Goldstein is lectured about history's worst haircuts, lambasted for his pompousness and poor toilette, and taken to the mat for pretending to have a beard.
Apr 16, 2006 | 27:28WireTap Samson and Delilah AudioWireTap Samson and Delilah Apr 16, 2006 | 27:28Jonathan Goldstein with his award-winning retelling of Samson and Delilah. And Sholem Auslander, author of the collection of short stories, Beware of God.
Mar 26, 2006 | 27:30WireTap Forsaken AudioWireTap Forsaken Mar 26, 2006 | 27:30Billy Mavreas shows off his collection of lost objects and Jonathan calls up children to ask if they recognize certain extinct sounds that may date as far back as his childhood.
Mar 19, 2006 | 27:30WireTap Career Opportunities AudioWireTap Career Opportunities Mar 19, 2006 | 27:30A career counselor advises Jonathan to stick with the job he has, since he shows no promise in an attempt to make headway in the field of fashion.
Mar 12, 2006 | 27:30WireTap The Measure of a Man AudioWireTap The Measure of a Man Mar 12, 2006 | 27:30How do you measure the unquantifiable? An expert from the website fametracker.com on quantifying celebrity. And Gregor wants to know how do you live a full life in metric?
Feb 26, 2006 | 27:30WireTap Who is the Mud Dog? AudioWireTap Who is the Mud Dog? Feb 26, 2006 | 27:30What would you do if you had a call-in show and no one called? Jonathan Goldstein flounders until Gregor calls with pointers on how to make the show better.
Feb 19, 2006 | 27:30WireTap The Bat and the Weasels AudioWireTap The Bat and the Weasels Feb 19, 2006 | 27:30As a way to make friends, Josh gets a parrot. This turns out to be more complicated than anticipated, but out of compassion he has to hang onto the bird. Forever.
Feb 12, 2006 | 27:29WireTap A World of Possibilities AudioWireTap A World of Possibilities Feb 12, 2006 | 27:29Jonathan Goldstein on the untapped possibility within each of us. Say you could bring about world peace with a snap of your fingers, but the sun would never shine again. Would you do it?
Jan 29, 2006 | 27:29WireTap A Listening Ear AudioWireTap A Listening Ear Jan 29, 2006 | 27:29A student calls in for advice on what to do when her dad starts reading her blog.
Jan 22, 2006 | 27:28WireTap The Promise of Childhood AudioWireTap The Promise of Childhood Jan 22, 2006 | 27:28Jonathan describes how it feels when Zuuzuu discovers the Beatles. Gregor does his best to save a precocious child from certain doom.
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