en-ca http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/images/promo-tapestry.jpg http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting CBC Radio's Tapestry is a weekly exploration of spirituality, religion and the search for meaning, hosted by Mary Hynes. CBC podcasting@cbc.ca Copyright © CBC 2012 podcasting@cbc.ca no CBC Radio CBC,CBC Radio CBC Radio's Tapestry is a weekly exploration of spirituality, religion and the search for meaning, hosted by Mary Hynes. http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120212_33619.mp3 Mary Hynes talks to the legendary Mavis Staples. For more than six decades she has used her gift of music to advance civil rights and social justice. With her father and siblings in the Staple Singers, they performed at rallies and the sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King and created what is known as the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Mavis Staples Interview Mary Hynes talks to the legendary Mavis Staples. For more than six decades she has used her gift of music to advance civil rights and social justice. With her father and siblings in the Staple Singers, they performed at rallies and the sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King and created what is known as the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. 1918 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120205_75967.mp3 Mary Hynes talks to Karl Pillemer is a gerontologist and a professor of human development at Cornell University. For five years, he and his colleagues interviewed more than a thousand people over the age of 65, asking them what they had learned about how to live a good life. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Lessons for Living Mary Hynes talks to Karl Pillemer is a gerontologist and a professor of human development at Cornell University. For five years, he and his colleagues interviewed more than a thousand people over the age of 65, asking them what they had learned about how to live a good life. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120129_86328.mp3 In 1939, the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous published what has become known as The Big Book. It outlines 12 steps in which alcoholics admit they have no control over alcohol and that they need the help of a higher power to get sober. More than 70 years later, many people are asking whether belief in a higher power is necessary in order to stop drinking. Can atheists and agnostics use the steps to get sober? http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT The God of Your Understanding: Religion in AA In 1939, the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous published what has become known as The Big Book. It outlines 12 steps in which alcoholics admit they have no control over alcohol and that they need the help of a higher power to get sober. More than 70 years later, many people are asking whether belief in a higher power is necessary in order to stop drinking. Can atheists and agnostics use the steps to get sober? 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120122_46172.mp3 Mary Hynes talks to historian Sergio Luzzatto about Padre Pio, Italy's favourite saint. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Padre Pio Mary Hynes talks to historian Sergio Luzzatto about Padre Pio, Italy's favourite saint. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120115_80624.mp3 Somehow or other, whatever version of you that you bring to the outside world, is revealed on your face. Mary Hynes talks to a young woman in Ottawa, who began wearing the niqab when she was 13, about the Muslim act of covering the female face. Jonathan Goldstein, host of CBC radio's WireTap, talks about what he sees, when he looks in the mirror. Physician, author and neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about what it's like when you can't recognize a face from one meeting to the next. And Judith Harris, Jungian analyst, explores the Jungian idea of taking off your mask. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Face Time Somehow or other, whatever version of you that you bring to the outside world, is revealed on your face. Mary Hynes talks to a young woman in Ottawa, who began wearing the niqab when she was 13, about the Muslim act of covering the female face. Jonathan Goldstein, host of CBC radio's WireTap, talks about what he sees, when he looks in the mirror. Physician, author and neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about what it's like when you can't recognize a face from one meeting to the next. And Judith Harris, Jungian analyst, explores the Jungian idea of taking off your mask. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120106_14924.mp3 So how is it that we find ourselves here once again with Doomsday close at hand? This time around it’s the Maya calendar and the fact that some interpretations say it ends on December 21, 2012. Some believe that signals the end for planet Earth – at least as we know it. (Or perhaps this signals an end to end-of-the-world predictions?) http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Apocalypse Soon So how is it that we find ourselves here once again with Doomsday close at hand? This time around it’s the Maya calendar and the fact that some interpretations say it ends on December 21, 2012. Some believe that signals the end for planet Earth – at least as we know it. (Or perhaps this signals an end to end-of-the-world predictions?) 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20120101_13601.mp3 Mary Hynes talks with Mary Jo Leddy about her commitment to social justice and her faith. Both are explored in her latest book, The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home. Also, freelance broadcaster Gloria Chang takes us along for an overnight stay at a Zen Buddhist monastery in Korea, as she attempts to discover her own "Buddha nature." http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT Mary Jo Leddy/Visit to Buddhist Monastery Mary Hynes talks with Mary Jo Leddy about her commitment to social justice and her faith. Both are explored in her latest book, The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home. Also, freelance broadcaster Gloria Chang takes us along for an overnight stay at a Zen Buddhist monastery in Korea, as she attempts to discover her own "Buddha nature." 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111211_76755.mp3 Belonging is a basic human need. Some theories rank it right after food, water and shelter! This week, Tapestry takes a look at what belonging means in the spiritual life. Why is it such a big deal? http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT Belonging Belonging is a basic human need. Some theories rank it right after food, water and shelter! This week, Tapestry takes a look at what belonging means in the spiritual life. Why is it such a big deal? 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111204_75003.mp3 Is there a more mushy word in the English language? Hospitality. But, no - we aren't talking about Martha Stewart and which spoon to use for the dessert course. This week on Tapestry: a more gritty brand of hospitality. From the woman in Calgary who invites a homeless guy to come and stay, to refugee homes in Winnipeg and Toronto. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT Hospitality Is there a more mushy word in the English language? Hospitality. But, no - we aren't talking about Martha Stewart and which spoon to use for the dessert course. This week on Tapestry: a more gritty brand of hospitality. From the woman in Calgary who invites a homeless guy to come and stay, to refugee homes in Winnipeg and Toronto. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111127_58008.mp3 Is a place of worship meant for quiet prayer - or does the church belong at the front lines in the fight for social justice? Nick Terpstra, who teaches history at U of T, talks about Christianity's injunction to care for the poor, and describes the history of the sanctuary movement. Lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer outlines the legal minefield when groups with even the very best of motives demand the right to "occupy." And Giles Fraser, former Canon Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, explains why he resigned rather than acquiesce to the eviction of protestors from the steps of the iconic cathedral. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT The Occupy Movement and the Church Is a place of worship meant for quiet prayer - or does the church belong at the front lines in the fight for social justice? Nick Terpstra, who teaches history at U of T, talks about Christianity's injunction to care for the poor, and describes the history of the sanctuary movement. Lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer outlines the legal minefield when groups with even the very best of motives demand the right to "occupy." And Giles Fraser, former Canon Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, explains why he resigned rather than acquiesce to the eviction of protestors from the steps of the iconic cathedral. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111120_46291.mp3 Mary Hynes talk to Lou Marinoff, a practitioner of "philosophical counselling", who helps people through difficult times, by "prescribing" thoughts from thinkers like Socrates, Epictetus and Lao Tzu. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT A Few Good Words, Part 2 Mary Hynes talk to Lou Marinoff, a practitioner of "philosophical counselling", who helps people through difficult times, by "prescribing" thoughts from thinkers like Socrates, Epictetus and Lao Tzu. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111113_83704.mp3 Mary Hynes talks with Anthony Grayling and with listeners who have collected inspirational quotations and words to live by. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT A Few Good Words, Part 1 Mary Hynes talks with Anthony Grayling and with listeners who have collected inspirational quotations and words to live by. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111106_72957.mp3 Mary Hynes talks to Ray Robertson about his book, Why Not - 15 Reasons To Live. Also on the show: the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple; stroke victim and brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor; Hassan Ghedi Santur on his passion for the Gustav Klimt painting, The Kiss. And a moving documentary about Jarrod Livingstone. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT Reasons to Live Mary Hynes talks to Ray Robertson about his book, Why Not - 15 Reasons To Live. Also on the show: the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple; stroke victim and brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor; Hassan Ghedi Santur on his passion for the Gustav Klimt painting, The Kiss. And a moving documentary about Jarrod Livingstone. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111028_41124.mp3 This weekend on Tapestry Mary Hynes explores the ways we humans reach past the grave to reconnect with those who have left this world. We'll hear about venerated relics of the saintly - the shriveled tongue of St. Anthony, the tooth of Buddha and the whisker of Mohammed, to modern innovations that allow us to send email messages after we die. Guests: Peter Manseau, David Eagleman, and Hilda Panasiuk. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT Relics This weekend on Tapestry Mary Hynes explores the ways we humans reach past the grave to reconnect with those who have left this world. We'll hear about venerated relics of the saintly - the shriveled tongue of St. Anthony, the tooth of Buddha and the whisker of Mohammed, to modern innovations that allow us to send email messages after we die. Guests: Peter Manseau, David Eagleman, and Hilda Panasiuk. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111023_76834.mp3 To many who study it, midlife is as profound a time as any in your whole life; a time when the soul of a human being refuses to keep quiet. This week on Tapestry, Mary Hynes explores The Meaning of Midlife. Guests: Joe Ollmann, James Hollis, Benjamin Stein, and Jean Béliveau. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT Midlife To many who study it, midlife is as profound a time as any in your whole life; a time when the soul of a human being refuses to keep quiet. This week on Tapestry, Mary Hynes explores The Meaning of Midlife. Guests: Joe Ollmann, James Hollis, Benjamin Stein, and Jean Béliveau. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111016_10034.mp3 Mary Hynes talks to Mary Johnson about her life with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. A life where as Sister Donata, she climbed high in the order and became one of Mother Teresa’s trusted Superiors. A life where she also struggled with obedience and in the end, chastity. Johnson says it wasn’t about weakness, but more about realizing that for her, true giving does not include complete denial of her own desires. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT Living With A Saint Mary Hynes talks to Mary Johnson about her life with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. A life where as Sister Donata, she climbed high in the order and became one of Mother Teresa’s trusted Superiors. A life where she also struggled with obedience and in the end, chastity. Johnson says it wasn’t about weakness, but more about realizing that for her, true giving does not include complete denial of her own desires. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111009_78642.mp3 Hope can be a pretty tricky thing. If you don't have enough, you're going to be miserable. If you have too much, maybe you're in denial about something really bad. Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun and author of more than 40 books, weighs in on what hope means in tough times. Neil Pasricha, blogger about all things awesome, drops by the studio, and writer Teri Degler will share her story about finding hope when she least expected it. And we'll treat you to some of the wisdom of the English novelist Terry Pratchett. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT Hope Hope can be a pretty tricky thing. If you don't have enough, you're going to be miserable. If you have too much, maybe you're in denial about something really bad. Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun and author of more than 40 books, weighs in on what hope means in tough times. Neil Pasricha, blogger about all things awesome, drops by the studio, and writer Teri Degler will share her story about finding hope when she least expected it. And we'll treat you to some of the wisdom of the English novelist Terry Pratchett. 2966 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20111002_89108.mp3 This week on Tapestry, host Mary Hynes explores the unpredictable places where mind and medicine meet. We’re not talking about miraculous healings at the shrines of saints. Sometimes these things happen in more subtle ways. Abby Sher tells Mary what happened when praying became part of her obsessive compulsive disorder. Alastair Cunningham – immunologist, psychologist and cancer survivor -- says that while surgery probably saved his life, meditation played no small part in his healing. And after a paralyzing stroke, artist John Newman lost the only thing he says makes life worth living – his ability to draw. Now he is using sheer willpower to get it back. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT When Mind and Medicine Meet This week on Tapestry, host Mary Hynes explores the unpredictable places where mind and medicine meet. We’re not talking about miraculous healings at the shrines of saints. Sometimes these things happen in more subtle ways. Abby Sher tells Mary what happened when praying became part of her obsessive compulsive disorder. Alastair Cunningham – immunologist, psychologist and cancer survivor -- says that while surgery probably saved his life, meditation played no small part in his healing. And after a paralyzing stroke, artist John Newman lost the only thing he says makes life worth living – his ability to draw. Now he is using sheer willpower to get it back. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110925_33271.mp3 Around the world, there are lectures, seminars, musical events and celebrations underway, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. Mary talks with Renaissance scholar Gordon Campbell, author of Bible; The Story of the King James Version, 1611- 2011. Also, a documentary by about the spoken word featuring actor RH Thomson. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT In The Beginning Was The Word Around the world, there are lectures, seminars, musical events and celebrations underway, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. Mary talks with Renaissance scholar Gordon Campbell, author of Bible; The Story of the King James Version, 1611- 2011. Also, a documentary by about the spoken word featuring actor RH Thomson. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110918_55922.mp3 Writer Phil Cousineau tells Mary Hynes what makes a place sacred. Akbar Ahmed ponders Mecca; what it is about the place, that brings many Muslims to "the core of (their) faith". And we hear from Jane Korman, who traveled to Auschwitz in 2009 with her three children and her 89-year-old father who is a holocaust survivor. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT Sacred Ground, Part 2 Writer Phil Cousineau tells Mary Hynes what makes a place sacred. Akbar Ahmed ponders Mecca; what it is about the place, that brings many Muslims to "the core of (their) faith". And we hear from Jane Korman, who traveled to Auschwitz in 2009 with her three children and her 89-year-old father who is a holocaust survivor. 3222 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110911_46216.mp3 Theologian Rudolf Otto wrote nearly a century ago that there are two kinds of hallowed ground. One is a place set apart for prayer and meditation. The other is a place set apart because it is entirely 'other' - a place where something happened - something almost beyond the realm of human experience and understanding. The site of the World Trade Centre in New York City is one of those places. Last year Tapestry visited the site while it was in the midst of reconstruction. Join host Mary Hynes as she speaks with those who lost family members in the 9/11 attacks - all with different ideas on how to heal, and where to find sacred ground. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT Sacred Ground, Part 1 Theologian Rudolf Otto wrote nearly a century ago that there are two kinds of hallowed ground. One is a place set apart for prayer and meditation. The other is a place set apart because it is entirely 'other' - a place where something happened - something almost beyond the realm of human experience and understanding. The site of the World Trade Centre in New York City is one of those places. Last year Tapestry visited the site while it was in the midst of reconstruction. Join host Mary Hynes as she speaks with those who lost family members in the 9/11 attacks - all with different ideas on how to heal, and where to find sacred ground. 3240 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110904_22904.mp3 Today we ask whether there is a spiritual dimension to the way people and animals live together on the Earth. We hear from Michael Bruner who is a Presbyterian minister who helped head up A Religious Proclamation for Animal Compassion. We also pay a visit to a halal slaughterhouse near Ottawa. And Mary interviews Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet. And a rivetting story of a whale rescue by WNYC's Radio Lab. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT Dominion Today we ask whether there is a spiritual dimension to the way people and animals live together on the Earth. We hear from Michael Bruner who is a Presbyterian minister who helped head up A Religious Proclamation for Animal Compassion. We also pay a visit to a halal slaughterhouse near Ottawa. And Mary interviews Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet. And a rivetting story of a whale rescue by WNYC's Radio Lab. 3238 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110828_15255.mp3 Mary Hynes speaks with University of Alberta's Wendy Duggleby, about the role that hope plays at the end of life. And we'll hear from Sandra Clarke, who 10 years ago founded the first chapter of No One Dies Alone, an all-volunteer program that sees to it that people who are alone at the end of their life are comforted and cared for by a round-the-clock team who remain by their side to their last breath. And Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce shares his memories of his lifelong friend and colleague Roger Abbott. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT Death Be Not Scary Mary Hynes speaks with University of Alberta's Wendy Duggleby, about the role that hope plays at the end of life. And we'll hear from Sandra Clarke, who 10 years ago founded the first chapter of No One Dies Alone, an all-volunteer program that sees to it that people who are alone at the end of their life are comforted and cared for by a round-the-clock team who remain by their side to their last breath. And Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce shares his memories of his lifelong friend and colleague Roger Abbott. 3178 http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/tapestry_20110821_44904.mp3 Through the ages, religion and sexuality have been deeply intertwined. The historian Mircea Eliade said that sex has been seen as a pathway to the Divine. He called sexual passion a 'hierophany' -- something that reveals the sacred to the human. Mary Hynes talks to Jennifer Wright Knust. She's an assistant professor of religion at Boston University. She's also an ordained American Baptist pastor. Her latest book is Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire. And we also hear from Donna Freitas. She has made a study of college students with one question in mind: how do they reconcile their interest in spirituality with a hook-up culture that appears to shrivel the soul? http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting podcasting@cbc.ca Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT Sex and Soul Through the ages, religion and sexuality have been deeply intertwined. The historian Mircea Eliade said that sex has been seen as a pathway to the Divine. He called sexual passion a 'hierophany' -- something that reveals the sacred to the human. Mary Hynes talks to Jennifer Wright Knust. She's an assistant professor of religion at Boston University. She's also an ordained American Baptist pastor. Her latest book is Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire. And we also hear from Donna Freitas. She has made a study of college students with one question in mind: how do they reconcile their interest in spirituality with a hook-up culture that appears to shrivel the soul? 3141