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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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Mar 3, 2013 | 52:52Writers and Company George Saunders Interview AudioWriters and Company George Saunders Interview Mar 3, 2013 | 52:52A conversation with the American writer George Saunders. When Saunders won a MacArthur "genius grant" - half a million dollars, no strings - they talked about how he brings "a sense of humour, pathos and literary style all his own" to contemporary American fiction. He's an original.
Feb 24, 2013 | 52:31Writers and Company Tarun Tejpal Interview AudioWriters and Company Tarun Tejpal Interview Feb 24, 2013 | 52:31The conclusion of our series "Making Waves: Voices from the Jaipur Festival" with Tarun Tejpal, one of India's most respected journalists and novelists.
Feb 17, 2013 | 52:35Writers and Company Fahmida Riaz Interview AudioWriters and Company Fahmida Riaz Interview Feb 17, 2013 | 52:35A conversation with one of Pakistan's leading Urdu poets, Fahmida Riaz. From early in her career, her bold poetic expression has captured attention for its feminist voice and powerful use of language.
Feb 10, 2013 | 52:44Writers and Company Jeet Thayil Interview AudioWriters and Company Jeet Thayil Interview Feb 10, 2013 | 52:44Performance poet, journalist, and former drug addict, Jeet Thayil. His debut novel, "Narcopolis", has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013. Set in the opium dens of Bombay, the novel was also shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
Feb 3, 2013 | 52:50Writers and Company Karl Ove Knausgaard Interview AudioWriters and Company Karl Ove Knausgaard Interview Feb 3, 2013 | 52:50Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume, 3600-page memoir, "My Struggle", is a literary sensation at home, and now, around the world.
Jan 27, 2013 | 52:45Writers and Company Claude Lanzmann Interview AudioWriters and Company Claude Lanzmann Interview Jan 27, 2013 | 52:45An interview with the French writer and filmmaker, Claude Lanzmann. The creator of the 9 1/2 hour masterpiece, "Shoah" has written an award-winning memoir called "The Patagonian Hare".
Jan 20, 2013 | 52:39Writers and Company Peter Stamm Interview AudioWriters and Company Peter Stamm Interview Jan 20, 2013 | 52:39This week, from Switzerland, the highly-acclaimed novelist, playwright and journalist, Peter Stamm. His latest book to be translated into English is called "We're Flying".
Jan 13, 2013 | 52:43Writers and Company Marina Warner NEW Interview AudioWriters and Company Marina Warner NEW Interview Jan 13, 2013 | 52:43On December 16th we aired (on the podcast and streaming audio versions only) our 1995 interview with Marina Warner about Fairy Tales. Now, in this brand new interview, Marina Warner talks about Scheherazade and her book "Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights."
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