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    Purchase tickets to the 2015 CBC Massey Lectures

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  • Ideas at 50

    Celebrating 50 years!

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  • Monday July 27, 2015

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    Visions of Fire, Part 1

    Ideas about fire, domesticated and wild, past and present, bringer of life and death and life again. Exceedingly rare in some places and times, fire appears in the mind as a deity: the blazing Shiva, the glowing Vesta, the burning bush. Every living creature depends on fire. And though fire spread civilization through the world, combustion now seems to signal... ruin.

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  • Tuesday September 08, 2015

    Source Codes and Biology

    Way back in the 5th century BC, Herodotus wrote about a fountain with extraordinary powers: a fountain of youth. At Moses Znaimer's ideacity Conference, held this past June in Toronto, doctors and scientists talked about the very latest research into longevity. Forget healing waters, now it's all about genetics, stem cells and yes, what's on your plate.

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    Way back in the 5th century BC, Herodotus wrote about a fountain with extraordinary powers: a fountain of youth. At Moses Znaimer's ideacity Conference, held this past June in Toronto, doctors and scientists talked about the very latest research into longevity. Forget healing waters, now it's all about genetics, stem cells and yes, what's on your plate. More Sep 08, 12:48 PM ET read comments

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  • Tuesday September 08, 2015

    Source Codes and Biology

    Way back in the 5th century BC, Herodotus wrote about a fountain with extraordinary powers: a fountain of youth. At Moses Znaimer's ideacity Conference, held this past June in Toronto, doctors and scientists talked about the very latest research into longevity. Forget healing waters, now it's all about genetics, stem cells and yes, what's on your plate.

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  • Monday September 07, 2015

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    IDEAS Labour Day Levee

    At the start of every season, Paul Kennedy convenes the annual IDEAS Levee, and talks with producers and freelancers working on shows scheduled for the days and weeks and months to come. This time around, we'll hear about ill-informed economists, and undervalued traditional cultures; we'll investigate the pitfalls of aid to Haiti, and reconsider the advantages of "high" culture--as well as a preview of The Coming Zombie Apocalypse ... Welcome to the 50th season of IDEAS!

    Posted: Sep 07, 2015 12:00 AM
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  • Friday September 04, 2015

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    The Motorcycle is Yourself

    Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has been called the most widely read book of philosophy ever written. Forty years after its publication, contributor Tim Wilson revisits an extraordinary interview he did with its author, for still vital advice on how to live....

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  • Thursday September 03, 2015

    Munk - Much Ado About Magna Carta, Part 2

    Much Ado About Magna Carta, Part 2

    It's been hailed as the cornerstone of our justice system. From property rights to women's rights, the rule of law, equality before the law and defined roles for judges: all roads, it seems, lead us back to Magna Carta Libertatum. But is this entirely true?

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  • Wednesday September 02, 2015

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    Much Ado About Magna Carta, Part 1

    It's been hailed as the cornerstone of our justice system. From property rights to women's rights, the rule of law, equality before the law and defined roles for judges: all roads, it seems, lead us back to Magna Carta Libertatum. But is this entirely true?

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  • Tuesday September 01, 2015

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    Walking Matters, Part 2

    Ever since our ancestors rose to their feet, our species has been defined by walking upright. But the act involves our minds as well as our bodies. We interpret the act of walking, and give it our stamp - from ramblers to Rousseau, from models and tramps to Buddhist monks. In this two-part series, Marilyn Powell explores the world...

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  • Monday August 31, 2015

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    Lecture 5 - "Gross National Happiness"

    The Bhutanese have a principle of "Gross National Happiness" that places serious value on the harmonious well-being of people: it's a social good that's maybe even more important than economic growth. Three principles -- generosity, ethical behaviour, and tolerance -- drive the idea, which drives their concept of the good society.

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