Monday, November 25
THE WITNESS TREES
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem Evangeline begins with the words "This is the forest primeval". Longfellow was talking about the rich Acadian forest, and was taking a little poetic license. In fact, settlers and boat-builders had already pillaged those forests. They were later altered again and again as the pulp and paper industry flourished. Some wonder whether those forests of 500 years ago can be regrown. Are our forests fiber mines or recreational playgrounds? Are they an economic engine or necessary for our environmental health? And are they essential, as some neuroscientific research is suggesting, to our mental well being? IDEAS contributor Dick Miller re-imagines the forest of the future.

Tuesday, November 26
THE NEXT BIG THING HAS FINALLY ARRIVED
For years, people proclaimed that the Internet was going to completely transform media. In 2013, it actually happened. That's the argument of New York Times media columnist David Carr who delivers the 2013 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. He argues that the campfires built by traditional media companies are going out and new methods of content creation and distribution are taking hold.

Wednesday, November 27
BLOODLINES
Inspired by Lawrence Hill's CBC Massey Lectures, award-winning writers tell their stories. Heart-wrenching and gripping tales about love, family and the challenges posed by kinship, exclusion and belonging.


Thursday, November 28
ODE TO THE ORGAN
It's the world's largest, most complex - and powerful - musical instrument. The pipe organ lifts us out-of-the-ordinary and fill us with awe. From cathedrals to arenas, Eitan Cornfield pulls out all the stops to explain why organs still matter in our increasingly secular world.

Friday, November 29
THE KILLAM PRIZE SYMPOSIUM - Saving the World
For many of us, that's just an expression. But for Canada's most outstanding researchers, it's a calling. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy in conversation with prize-winning thinkers about why they're driven to investigate some of the world's most pressing problems. Recorded at Rideau Hall, the 2013 Killam Prize Symposium celebrates the achievements of the Canada Council's Killam Prize winners.

Ideas in the Afternoon - Monday, November 25
Monday, November 25
ON THE MOVE TO FORT MCMURRAY
It's the largest academic research project in Canadian history. Its focus: how traveling to work affects almost everything else in our lives. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy begins with a case study of Newfoundlanders employed in the oil sands industry in Alberta.