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  • Wednesday June 15, 2016

    Fat and Sugar, Part 1

    Fat and Sugar, Part 1

    First, fat was the dietary bad guy. We were warned back in the 1980s to cut back on eggs, meat and full-fat dairy to avoid heart disease. So we started eating more bread, rice and pasta and fat-free snacks. But we got sicker and fatter. Now sugar is the bad guy. Contributor Jill Eisen explores the complex, and sometimes contradictory, science of nutrition -- and tries to find clarity amidst the thicket of studies and ambiguous research. Part 2 airs Wednesday, June 22.

    Posted: Jun 15, 2016 12:00 AM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 15, 2016 3:29 PM ET     read comments audio
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  • Wednesday June 22, 2016

    Fat and Sugar, Part 2

    Fat and Sugar, Part 2

    First, fat was the dietary bad guy. We were warned back in the 1980s to cut back on eggs, meat and full-fat dairy to avoid heart disease. So we started eating more bread, rice and pasta and fat-free snacks. But we got sicker and fatter. Now sugar is the bad guy. Contributor Jill Eisen explores the complex, and sometimes contradictory, science of nutrition -- and tries to find clarity amidst the thicket of studies and ambiguous research.

    Posted: Jun 22, 2016 12:00 AM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 22, 2016 1:05 PM ET     read comments audio
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  • Thursday June 23, 2016

    Munk Big Data Panel - Part 1

    Big Data, Part 1

    We leave a digital trail behind us everywhere we go: the calls we make, the emails we send, the links on which we click, the websites and documents that we retrieve. This also includes our social relationships, habits, preferences, even our movements in space and time. IDEAS, CBC RADIO ONE in partnership with the MUNK School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto weighs the opportunities, the risks -- and the trade-offs -- as the world of Big Data relentlessly changes our lives. Part 2 airs Thursday, June 30.

    Posted: Jun 23, 2016 12:21 PM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 23, 2016 12:03 PM ET     read comments video audio
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  • Monday June 27, 2016

    Wit's End Listen 54:00

    Wit's End, Part 2

    What's it like to go mad and be crazy, living at wit's end? First comes diagnosis, followed by treatment. Then there's stigma and stereotyping. This two-part series looks at mental illness, past and present, theory and practice, from asylums to labs in neuroscience. Marilyn Powell talks to those dealing with mental illness with their own truth to tell. More Jun 27, 11:51 AM ET read comments audio

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  • Friday June 24, 2016

    Ideas at 50

    Ideas at 50, Part 4

    For 50 years, IDEAS has been delivering the best in contemporary thought for an hour, five times a week to the homes, cars and computers of listeners across the country and beyond. To help us celebrate this milestone anniversary, we invited those listeners to tell us about programs that have inspired them to make major life changes, altered their world-views or simply piqued their intellectual curiosity.

    Posted: Jun 24, 2016 12:00 AM ET
    Last Updated: Oct 30, 2015 12:47 PM ET     read comments
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  • Thursday June 23, 2016

    Munk Big Data Panel - Part 1

    Big Data, Part 1

    We leave a digital trail behind us everywhere we go: the calls we make, the emails we send, the links on which we click, the websites and documents that we retrieve. This also includes our social relationships, habits, preferences, even our movements in space and time. IDEAS, CBC RADIO ONE in partnership with the MUNK School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto weighs the opportunities, the risks -- and the trade-offs -- as the world of Big Data relentlessly changes our lives. Part 2 airs Thursday, June 30.

    Posted: Jun 23, 2016 12:21 PM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 23, 2016 12:03 PM ET     read comments video audio
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  • Wednesday June 22, 2016

    Fat and Sugar, Part 2

    Fat and Sugar, Part 2

    First, fat was the dietary bad guy. We were warned back in the 1980s to cut back on eggs, meat and full-fat dairy to avoid heart disease. So we started eating more bread, rice and pasta and fat-free snacks. But we got sicker and fatter. Now sugar is the bad guy. Contributor Jill Eisen explores the complex, and sometimes contradictory, science of nutrition -- and tries to find clarity amidst the thicket of studies and ambiguous research.

    Posted: Jun 22, 2016 12:00 AM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 22, 2016 1:05 PM ET     read comments audio
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  • Tuesday June 21, 2016

    Architect Jacques Herzog

    Wachtel On The Arts - Jacques Herzog

    ​From sports stadiums, to art galleries to concert halls, Swiss "star architects" Jacques Herzog and his partner, Pierre de Meuron, design buildings that attract people -- and make them want to stay there. From his home base in Basel, Jacques Herzog talks to Eleanor Wachtel about how architecture reflects a city -- and also changes it.

    Posted: Jun 21, 2016 3:40 PM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 21, 2016 12:08 PM ET     read comments
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  • Monday June 20, 2016

    Wit's End

    Wit's End, Part 1

    What's it like to go mad and be crazy, living at wit's end? First comes diagnosis, followed by treatment. Then there's stigma and stereotyping. This two-part series looks at mental illness, past and present, theory and practice, from asylums to labs in neuroscience. Marilyn Powell talks to those dealing with mental illness with their own truth to tell.

    Posted: Jun 20, 2016 3:37 PM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 20, 2016 12:42 PM ET     read comments audio
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  • Friday June 17, 2016

    Ideas at 50

    Ideas at 50, Part 3

    For 50 years, IDEAS has been delivering the best in contemporary thought for an hour, five times a week to the homes, cars and computers of listeners across the country and beyond. To help us celebrate this milestone anniversary, we invited those listeners to tell us about programs that have inspired them to make major life changes, altered their world-views or simply piqued their intellectual curiosity.

    Posted: Jun 17, 2016 12:00 AM ET
    Last Updated: Jun 17, 2016 8:50 AM ET     read comments audio
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