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Writers and Co- Richard Dawkins

Today, the third of our series this week from Writers and Company. The subject of Darwinist evolution seemed unlikely to send books flying off the...

Writers and Co- Jane Austen

Today, the second in our weeklong celebration of the program Writers and Company with Eleanor Wachtel. Writers and Company has aired on CBC Radio since...

Noam Chomsky

Coming up on Rewind, an hour with the linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky. Although his research into the idea of a universal grammar is...

Stratford Festival #2

Coming up on Rewind, the second of two programs about the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Today, some of the actors who have appeared at Stratford- Hume...

Vietnam- Canadian involvement

Today on Rewind, Vietnam may have been America's war, but Canada definitely had a role to play. Roughly 30,000 draft dodgers and deserters came to...

Neil Young

Today, Rewind celebrates one of Canada's greatest singer/songwriters. He's a man who's received multiple Juno and Grammy awards as well as the Governor General's Performing Arts... Read More »

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Something to Say- Dory Previn

Coming up on Rewind, an hour-long interview with the singer Dory Previn. She came to symbolize the pain wracked confessional song writers of the 1970s...

Identities- immigrants

It's often been said that we're all immigrants to Canada- if you go back far enough. On Rewind today, a trip back to July 1st...

Victoria Day- The Royal Tour of 1939

Coming up on Rewind, the Royal Tour of 1939. As war loomed overseas, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the country by train to...

Something to Say- Bob Newhart

Coming up on Rewind, an hour-long interview with the stand up comedian and actor Bob Newhart. Before he rose to fame for his television sitcoms,...