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Margaret Atwood: A Portrait

A portrait of one of our foremost Canadian writers: Margaret Atwood. Atwood's brilliant mind, caustic tongue and wicked sense of humour, coupled with her prolific and varied work have fuelled her status as an internationally acclaimed writer.

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Ben Johnson: A Hero Disgraced

A look back at a defining moment in Canadian sports: the Ben Johnson drug scandal. Twenty-five years ago, Johnson won gold with a world record in the 100-metres at the Seoul Olympics. The celebration didn't last long.

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The Birth of TIFF

It's always been tough to make movies in Canada. The filmmaker Paul Donovan once said that making a movie in Canada is like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. Film festivals provided an outlet for Canadian and international movies to be shown.

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Rewind Goes Back to School

Rewind goes back to school to celebrate teachers and students, chalkboards and laptops, shiny new pencils and smart phones.

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Stompin' Tom Connors

An hour of Canada's beloved troubadour- Stompin' Tom Connors. Rewind presents interviews, songs and stories.

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Betty Friedan

Rewind marks the 50th anniversary of a book that ignited the women’s movement of the 1960’s and 70s- Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.

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Rita MacNeil- A Loving Tribute

The beloved singer Rita MacNeil died in April. What a lot of people might not know is that she got her start writing and singing songs for the women's liberation movement of the early 1970s.

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Drugs and Religion #3

On this podcast, an issue that gripped the attention of people in the 1970s- young people who joined cults, including the story of young woman who joined the Hare Krishna.

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Drugs and Religion #2

Another trip to 1972 and a program geared for young people called Bringing Back the Future. This one looked at whether drugs could be a good way to have a religious experience.

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Drugs and Religion #1

A trip back to 1972 when it seemed perfectly normal for a CBC Radio program to ask professors about their experience of doing drugs.

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The Happy Gang

The Happy Gang- one of the most popular of the arts and entertainment programs of the 1940s and 50s on CBC Radio.

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The Vietnam War- Canadian involvement

Vietnam may have been America’s war, but Canada definitely had a role to play. Roughly 30,000 draft dodgers and deserters came to Canada, but another 30,000 Canadians joined up to fight in Vietnam alongside Americans.

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Two Awkward Interviews

Two fascinating, slightly weird and often combative interviews from Michael Enright. The first one is with the veteran actor Mickey Rooney. He calls it one of the most challenging of his career. The other is with Tibetan monks who barely spoke English.

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Hitchhiking letters

At the end of our summer show we talked about hitchhiking and asked you to write in with your own experiences. You wrote to us with some great stories and memories and we wanted to share them with you on this Rewind podcast.

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Summer

Summer, just the word makes you want to put on some shorts, put up your feet and take it easy. On Rewind we’re talking about summer camp, summer food, the summer of dust in the Prairies in the 1930s, and the pleasures of taking to the road.

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Royal Babies

The royal fuss around royal births. The current craze over Kate Middleton's baby bump is nothing new. Rewind looks at British royal births from years gone by, and the hoopla that surrounds them.

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D-Day

June 6, 1944 was D-Day. It marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War. On Rewind today, sounds and stories from the soldiers who were there.

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War Correspondents

An hour of foreign correspondents past and present. Guest host Jeff Goodes, along with CBC Radio reporters Margaret Evans and Derek Stoffel look at the history of war correspondents.

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The Stratford Festival: Beginnings Part Two

The second of two programs about the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Today, some of the actors who have appeared at Stratford- Hume Cronyn, Maggie Smith, Colm Feore and Paul Gross.

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The Stratford Festival: Beginnings Part One

The Stratford Shakespeare festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, is North America's largest classical repertory theatre. It grew from humble beginnings in a leaky tent into a revered institution.

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Rita MacNeil- A Loving Tribute

When Rita MacNeil died in April, there was an outpouring of grief for and stories about the soft spoken and shy singer whose songs told stories of Cape Breton and working people. On this show, we look back to the days when she was an up-and-coming artist

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Space Part Two- astronauts podcast

Canadian astronauts come to earth- Marc Garneau, Robert Bondar, Steve MacLean and Chris Hadfield, who returns to earth this month after five months on the international space station.

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Space Travel Predictions with Bob McDonald

On this episode of Rewind, guest host Jeff Goodes looks at space predictions through the ages with the help of Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks. We've dug deep into the archives to find predictions about space travel from the 40's through the 80's.

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau

A portrait in sound of one of Canada’s most charismatic Prime Ministers- Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Now that his son Justin is at the helm of the Liberal party, it seemed like time to revisit the legacy of Trudeau Senior.

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Farm Forum

The National Farm Radio Forum. Between 1941 and 1965 it aired discussions about hot topics on everything from food rationing to whether farm women should work outside the home.

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Rush

An hour with and about Rush, one of the most successful -- and unique -- rock bands of all time. And of course they're all Canadian!

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Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour

The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour. Its biting satire and irreverent tone made Tom King, Jasper Friendly Bear and Grace Heavy Hand stars. It demonstrated to all Canadians that aboriginal people have a wicked sense of humour.

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Max Ferguson

A living tribute to CBC personality Max Ferguson, who died in early March. He was a true radio genius- off beat, eccentric and totally brilliant. Rewind presents an hour of his best.

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Stompin' Tom Connors

And hour of Stompin' Tom Connors, the beloved Canadian troubadour. Rewind presents interviews and stories.

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Betty Friedan

Rewind marks the 50th anniversary of a book that ignited the women’s movement of the 1960’s and 70s- Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.

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The Death of the Penny

Rewind takes a look at the dear-departing penny.Goodbye to the sweaty, metallic smell of the smallest of coins. Goodbye to a pocket full of change messing up the lines of our fancy pants. Goodbye to a coin with which you could buy nothing.

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