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Ideas | Oct 1, 2013
What is permissible and what is ethical behaviour in war? The American military's use of drones brings with it uncomfortable moral questions. Journalist Naheed Mustafa visits Pakistan and explores the dilemmas posed by drone warfare.
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Tapestry | Sep 27, 2013
A group of Muslim comics goes on the road just to say "hey" and to make people laugh. Here's the catch: they've chosen venues where people could, conceivably, never have met a Muslim. So, no pressure!
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The Story From Here | Oct 2, 2013
In part one of this episode. Larry Kwong only played one minute as a New York Ranger in 1947 but his legacy has lasted much longer. He became the first Chinese Canadian to play in the NHL. He was recently inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
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The Current | Oct 1, 2013
The leaders of the world remain divided over whether to intervene militarily in Syria. Syrians themselves aren't sure whether foreign involvement is needed or desirable. We speak with two Syrians living through the crisis.
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Quirks and Quarks | Sep 28, 2013
In its summary for policy makers, the IPCC report strongly suggests humans are responsible for climate change.
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Sep 29, 2013 | 52:24Writers and Company Rupert Thomson Interview AudioWriters and Company Rupert Thomson Interview Sep 29, 2013 | 52:24English novelist Rupert Thomson is one of those writers who, for some reason, is not as well known as he should be. So, we're doing our bit to remedy the situation. Eleanor speaks with him about his memoir, and about his new novel, "Secrecy".
Sep 22, 2013 | 52:25Writers and Company Aminatta Forna Interview AudioWriters and Company Aminatta Forna Interview Sep 22, 2013 | 52:25Aminatta Forna has first-hand knowledge of civil war. Her father was hanged in 1975 by the regime in Sierra Leone, on false charges of treason. Forna writes about civil war in her latest book - this time about Yugoslavia.
Sep 15, 2013 | 51:58Writers and Company Roddy Doyle Interview AudioWriters and Company Roddy Doyle Interview Sep 15, 2013 | 51:58Irish writer Roddy Doyle clearly loves to talk - and his characters do too, in their own lively, expletive-ridden way. Doyle's new novel "The Guts" brings back Jimmy Rabbitte from the "Barrytown Trilogy". There's life in the old boy yet.
Sep 8, 2013 | 52:21Writers and Company Richard Sennett Interview AudioWriters and Company Richard Sennett Interview Sep 8, 2013 | 52:21Richard Sennett is a social analyst and writer, with his work falling under the heading 'culture studies'. But this isn't dry stuff - his work is "an elegant mix of interview, anecdote and wide, deep book-research."
Sep 1, 2013 | 51:35Writers and Company Nick Hornby Encore AudioWriters and Company Nick Hornby Encore Sep 1, 2013 | 51:35During the summer, the weekly podcast and streaming audio has featured some of the best shows from our archives. This week, from 2006, the popular English novelist and essayist, Nick Hornby.
Sep 1, 2013 | 53:18Writers and Company Hilary Mantel Encore AudioWriters and Company Hilary Mantel Encore Sep 1, 2013 | 53:18Eleanor Wachtel speaks with two-time Man Booker prize winner, Hilary Mantel. Her trilogy about the court of Henry VIII and the life of Thomas Cromwell is the story she says she was destined to write.
Sep 1, 2013 | 52:35Writers and Company Seamus Heaney Interview AudioWriters and Company Seamus Heaney Interview Sep 1, 2013 | 52:35As a tribute to Ireland's Seamus Heaney, who died on August 30th, we aired our conversation from 2010 with the Nobel prize-winning poet on Sunday September 1st.
Aug 28, 2013 | 52:38Writers and Company Robertson Davies Interview AudioWriters and Company Robertson Davies Interview Aug 28, 2013 | 52:38Robertson Davies, the Canadian novelist, critic, playwright and journalist, would have been 100 years old today (born 28 August 1913). Eleanor spoke with him in September of 1991. Here is that interview.
Aug 25, 2013 | 51:53Writers and Company Toni Morrison Encore AudioWriters and Company Toni Morrison Encore Aug 25, 2013 | 51:53Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison, about her latest, called "Home".
Aug 25, 2013 | 52:53Writers and Company Ruth Reichl Encore AudioWriters and Company Ruth Reichl Encore Aug 25, 2013 | 52:53During the summer, the weekly podcast and streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, from 2006, the candid queen of food writing, Ruth Reichl.
Aug 21, 2013 | 52:29Writers and Company Elmore Leonard Interview AudioWriters and Company Elmore Leonard Interview Aug 21, 2013 | 52:29The great American crime novelist Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with him in December of 1991 - here is that interview. (Also, in his first appearance on our show, Michael Ondaatje talks about his love of film.)
Aug 18, 2013 | 52:14Writers and Company Edward St. Aubyn Encore AudioWriters and Company Edward St. Aubyn Encore Aug 18, 2013 | 52:14English writer Edward St Aubyn has written a series of novels about Patrick Melrose, a young man who - like himself - was abused by his father starting when he was five. Now, St Aubyn has produced a 5th Patrick Melrose novel, called At Last.
Aug 18, 2013 | 52:07Writers and Company Simon Winchester Encore AudioWriters and Company Simon Winchester Encore Aug 18, 2013 | 52:07During the summer, the weekly podcast and streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 2004 conversation with Simon Winchester about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Aug 11, 2013 | 52:27Writers and Company Chan Koonchung Encore AudioWriters and Company Chan Koonchung Encore Aug 11, 2013 | 52:27Eleanor Wachtel spoke with writer Chan Koonchung last year in Beijing. His novel "The Fat Years" is a dystopian critique of modern China set in 2013.
Aug 11, 2013 | 52:07Writers and Company Caedmon Records Encore AudioWriters and Company Caedmon Records Encore Aug 11, 2013 | 52:07During the summer the weekly podcast and streaming audio will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, from 2002, a look back to the beginning of commercial spoken word, with the two remarkable women who launched Caedmon Records.
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