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IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Contemporary thought • Intellectual history • Social issues • Queer rights • Indigenous perspectives • Environmental concerns • Historical analysis • Political debates • Scientific exploration • Cultural insights • Philosophical discussionsThis podcast, titled "Ideas," delves into a wide range of intellectually stimulating and thought-provoking topics, reflecting the host's commitment to exploring contemporary thought and intellectual history. The episodes demonstrate a strong emphasis on multicultural, societal, and historical analysis. Topics range from human rights and democratic challenges to technological impacts and environmental issues.
Several episodes investigate the intersection of politics and personal identity, including discussions on 2SLGBTQ+ rights, Indigenous futurism, and the social implications of religion and philosophy. Notably, themes of freedom, equality, and the role of ethics in societal debates recur frequently, indicating a focus on fundamental human values and societal structures.
The podcast also explores significant historical events and figures, providing listeners with a deeper understanding of influential moments and personalities that have shaped the world. Additionally, there are episodes dedicated to the impact and evolution of various forms of media, from books to reality television, underscoring the role of culture in public consciousness.
Environmental concerns feature prominently, with discussions on endangered ecosystems, fire ecology, and the depletion of natural resources, highlighting humanity's intricate relationship with nature.
Episodes also delve into psychological and sensory experiences, like the profound yet often overlooked sense of smell, as well as the exploration of the human body at a microscopic level. This indicates an interest in the nuanced complexities of human biology and perception.
Overall, this podcast presents thoughtful explorations across diverse subjects, encouraging listeners to engage deeply with contemporary issues and historical contexts. The content is designed for those who appreciate in-depth analysis and are eager to broaden their understanding of the world's intellectual and cultural landscapes.
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International laws against genocide exist: so why don’t they work? 2024-Jun-28 54 minutes |
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How the death of a friend inspired a fight for human rights and justice 2024-Jun-27 54 minutes |
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Masseys at 60: Payam Akhavan on his unwavering advocacy for human rights 2024-Jun-26 54 minutes |
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5 Canadian Writers on Subverting Identity 2024-Jun-25 54 minutes |
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White Wine with Lunch: How much luxury is reasonable for one person? 2024-Jun-24 54 minutes |
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How Indigenous survival offers a blueprint for everyone’s future: Jesse Wente 2024-Jun-21 54 minutes |
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Cultivating Community, Citizenship and Belonging | Jamie Chai Yun Liew 2024-Jun-20 54 minutes |
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Political tribalism is an existential threat to humanity: evolutionary anthropologist 2024-Jun-19 54 minutes |
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Taken In: Exploring Credulity 2024-Jun-18 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lectures: Artificial Prosperity 2024-Jun-17 54 minutes |
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Queer Diplomacy: Negotiating 2SLGBTQ+ Rights in a Fraught World 2024-Jun-14 54 minutes |
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Author Robert Macfarlane on the relationship between landscape and the human heart 2024-Jun-13 54 minutes |
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(Land) Back to the Future | Riley Yesno 2024-Jun-12 54 minutes |
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Walking Among the Ancients: The Rare Wabanaki-Acadian Old-Growth Forest 2024-Jun-11 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lectures: Artificial Democracy 2024-Jun-10 54 minutes |
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Bring Back Grumpy George: The Forgotten Message of George Grant 2024-Jun-07 54 minutes |
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A Walk of Remembrance: Honouring Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands 2024-Jun-06 54 minutes |
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On Culture Wars in Christianity 2024-Jun-05 54 minutes |
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China's Cultural Revolution: a history that remains widely unknown 2024-Jun-04 54 minutes |
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Smell: The Invisible Superpower 2024-Jun-03 54 minutes |
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Healing and the Healer: Dr. Jillian Horton on compassion in health care 2024-May-31 54 minutes |
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Papyrus: Exploring the Invention of the Book 2024-May-30 54 minutes |
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The Making of a Beast: Entering a New World of Fire 2024-May-29 54 minutes |
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The Heavy Metal Suite: Music and the Future of Mining 2024-May-28 54 minutes |
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The extreme in America’s mainstream 2024-May-27 54 minutes |
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Wade Davis' CBC Massey Lecture # 5 | The Wayfinders: Century of the Wind 2024-May-24 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Wade Davis on looking to Indigenous cultures for answers to world crises 2024-May-23 54 minutes |
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Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel: Jeannie Marshall 2024-May-22 54 minutes |
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How global liberation efforts helped shape the Dene fight for self-determination 2024-May-21 54 minutes |
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Puro Cubano: The Meaning of Tobacco in Cuba 2024-May-20 54 minutes |
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Food Security: Root Causes and Pathways to Change 2024-May-17 54 minutes |
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How philosophy plays a vital role in Canada's biggest ethical debates 2024-May-16 54 minutes |
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Historian uses Canadian prize money to buy drones for Ukraine 2024-May-15 54 minutes |
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The Passion of Émile Nelligan: Canada's Saddest Poet 2024-May-14 54 minutes |
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The Lives of Women, Readers and Alice Munro 2024-May-14 54 minutes |
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What role can solidarity play when confronting political and social issues? 2024-May-13 54 minutes |
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The Return of Inequality | Lessons of History 2024-May-10 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Jennifer Welsh on how inequality is undermining liberal democracy 2024-May-09 54 minutes |
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Our Bodies, Our Cells: An audio exploration of life's building blocks 2024-May-08 54 minutes |
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How a nation could be both free and equal 2024-May-07 54 minutes |
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A Reality Check on Reality TV 2024-May-06 54 minutes |
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Lisa LaFlamme: In Defence of Democracy 2024-May-03 54 minutes |
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Starting a global conversation to restore civility and liberal democracy 2024-May-02 54 minutes |
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An Outsider Inside the Trades: Hilary Peach 2024-May-01 54 minutes |
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The Life and Times of Salman Rushdie 2024-Apr-30 54 minutes |
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Could resetting the body's clock help cure jet lag? 2024-Apr-29 54 minutes |
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Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society | Tech Expert Ron Deibert 2024-Apr-26 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Ron Deibert on how spyware is changing the nature of authority today 2024-Apr-25 54 minutes |
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The Making and Unmaking of Violent Men | Miglena Todorova 2024-Apr-24 54 minutes |
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Wilkie Collins: A true detective of the human mind 2024-Apr-23 54 minutes |
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Salmon depletion in Yukon River puts First Nations community at risk 2024-Apr-22 54 minutes |
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“Sometimes I think this city is trying to kill me…” 2024-Apr-19 54 minutes |
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The "Reconciliation" Generation: Indigenous Youth and the Future for Indigenous People 2024-Apr-18 54 minutes |
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The history of bombing civilians — and why it’s still a military tactic 2024-Apr-17 54 minutes |
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Humboldt's Ghost, Pt 2: The meaning of education 2024-Apr-16 54 minutes |
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Humboldt's Ghost, Pt 1: Origins of our 200 year-old public education system 2024-Apr-15 54 minutes |
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The 2000 CBC Massey Lectures: The Rights Revolution by Michael Ignatieff 2024-Apr-12 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Michael Ignatieff on how human rights language has shaped Canadian politics 2024-Apr-11 54 minutes |
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Bonus | 2024 Massey lecturer Ian Williams on courageous conversations and taking risks 2024-Apr-10 45 minutes |
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How the outdoors has inspired women to become trailblazers 2024-Apr-10 54 minutes |
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Authoritarian study makes a comeback to understand lure of far-right movements 2024-Apr-09 54 minutes |
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The Value of Group Therapy 2024-Apr-08 54 minutes |
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Montreal's hidden Confederate history 2024-Apr-05 54 minutes |
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Living in legal limbo: How states create 'ghost citizens' 2024-Apr-04 54 minutes |
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Betrayal of Faith: The Story of Pastedechouan 2024-Apr-03 54 minutes |
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Ross Gay on the Necessity of Joy and Delight 2024-Apr-02 54 minutes |
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What Good Is Philosophy? 2024-Apr-01 54 minutes |
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Nine Minutes that Changed the World 2024-Mar-29 54 minutes |
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Putin Critic Garry Kasparov: Winter is Here 2024-Mar-28 54 minutes |
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Conflicted: a Ukrainian journalist covers her nation at war 2024-Mar-27 54 minutes |
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Kate Beaton: What's lost when working-class voices are not heard 2024-Mar-26 54 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures: Audience Q&A with Astra Taylor 2024-Mar-25 54 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures | #5: Escaping the Burrow 2024-Mar-18 62 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures | #1: Cura’s Gift 2024-Mar-18 60 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures | #2: Barons or Commoners? 2024-Mar-18 58 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures | #3: Consumed by Curiosity 2024-Mar-18 64 minutes |
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CBC Massey Lectures | #4: Beyond Human Security 2024-Mar-18 63 minutes |
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Astra Taylor: The Hidden Truth of the World 2024-Mar-15 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Reflecting on Jean Bethke Elshtain's CBC Massey Lectures, Democracy on Trial 2024-Mar-14 54 minutes |
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The Hague: City of Peace and Justice 2024-Mar-13 54 minutes |
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The Poetry of Why: Chimwemwe Undi 2024-Mar-12 54 minutes |
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The Endless Procession of Days | Ian Williams 2024-Mar-11 54 minutes |
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Alanis Obomsawin: The Art of Listening 2024-Mar-08 54 minutes |
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Swinging and Singing: The Violin 2024-Mar-07 54 minutes |
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Massey at 60: Tanya Talaga on what Canada can learn from the stories of Indigenous peoples 2024-Mar-06 54 minutes |
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The Way of the Trucker 2024-Mar-04 54 minutes |
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Herodotus: The Power and Peril of Story 2024-Mar-01 54 minutes |
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Christina Sharpe on Ordinary Notes — Blackness in Canada 2024-Feb-29 54 minutes |
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A Life-giving Chord: The Power of Gospel Music 2024-Feb-28 54 minutes |
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Healing the Land, Part Two: From Eden Ecology to Indigenous Ecology 2024-Feb-27 54 minutes |
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Healing the Land, Part One: After the Fire 2024-Feb-26 54 minutes |
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How to Flourish in a Broken World 2024-Feb-23 54 minutes |
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Singing in Dark Times | Sandeep Banerjee 2024-Feb-22 54 minutes |
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Marriage and the Modern Woman 2024-Feb-21 54 minutes |
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From Page to Stage: Exploring sex and gender in Shakespeare's work 2024-Feb-20 54 minutes |
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What’s Up with The Birds? 2024-Feb-19 54 minutes |
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Smart Cities, Technology and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias 2024-Feb-16 54 minutes |
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For the Sake of the Common Good: Honouring Lois Wilson 2024-Feb-15 54 minutes |
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Obtaining Justice Without Demonizing Your Enemies: Martha Minow 2024-Feb-14 54 minutes |
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Seduced by Story: The Dangers of Narrative 2024-Feb-13 54 minutes |
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The Dark Side of Charisma: Molly Worthen 2024-Feb-09 54 minutes |
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Hands Up Who Loves Timmins 2024-Feb-08 54 minutes |
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Be Reasonable: Scholars Define Who Is and Who Is Not 2024-Feb-06 54 minutes |
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Ulysses and the Art of Everyday Living 2024-Feb-02 54 minutes |
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Platforms, Power and Democracy: Understanding the Influence of Social Media 2024-Feb-01 54 minutes |
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The Meaning of Ice: Arctic research embracing traditional knowledge 2024-Jan-30 54 minutes |
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The Tree of Life Revisited: Chava Rosenfarb 2024-Jan-29 54 minutes |
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The Year 1989: Uprisings and Downfalls 2024-Jan-26 54 minutes |
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The Year 1973: The Dictators 2024-Jan-25 54 minutes |
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The Year 1963: Social Revolutions 2024-Jan-24 54 minutes |
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The Year 1938: The Winds of War 2024-Jan-23 54 minutes |
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The Year 1919: Dividing the Spoils 2024-Jan-22 54 minutes |
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IDEAS in the Hague: A Question of Genocide 2024-Jan-19 54 minutes |
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The Emancipation of Ahmet Altan 2024-Jan-17 54 minutes |
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A Political Prisoner’s Odyssey: Writer Ahmet Altan, Pt 1 2024-Jan-15 54 minutes |
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Philosophy from the Pub, with Lewis Gordon 2024-Jan-12 54 minutes |
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The Never-Ending Fall of Rome 2024-Jan-11 54 minutes |
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Arctic/Amazon Art Exhibition: Secrets and Visions, Part Two 2024-Jan-10 54 minutes |
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Nine: A Number of Synchronicity 2024-Jan-05 54 minutes |
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We Give You Five 2024-Jan-04 54 minutes |
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The Magic of Three 2024-Jan-03 54 minutes |
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Echoes of an Empty Sound: The Story of Zero 2024-Jan-02 54 minutes |
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Join IDEAS for our annual New Year's Levee 2024-Jan-01 38 minutes |
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Entre Chien et Loup: How Dogs Began 2023-Dec-29 54 minutes |
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Fireside & Icicles — Poems for Winter 2023-Dec-28 54 minutes |
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Why the 1976 novel Bear is still controversial — and relevant 2023-Dec-27 54 minutes |
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Christmas Philosophy 101 2023-Dec-26 54 minutes |
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Horn of Plenty: The Saxophone and the Spirit 2023-Dec-25 54 minutes |
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Ordinary Magic: The Musical Genius of Jerry Granelli 2023-Dec-22 54 minutes |
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Exploring Inner City Winnipeg 2023-Dec-20 54 minutes |
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ARC Ensemble: The Forgotten Music of Exiled Composers 2023-Dec-19 54 minutes |
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Return to North: The Soundscapes of Glenn Gould 2023-Dec-15 54 minutes |
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How to do Diplomacy with Autocrats 2023-Dec-14 54 minutes |
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Enemies and Angels: Opposing Soldiers Who Saved Each Other 2023-Dec-13 54 minutes |
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Disgust: The Good and Evil 2023-Dec-12 54 minutes |
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Inventing Peace 2023-Dec-11 54 minutes |
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The Rise of H.P. Lovecraft 2023-Dec-08 54 minutes |
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From Grit to Glory: Canada’s first Black woman publisher 2023-Dec-07 54 minutes |
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Passaggio 2023-Dec-05 54 minutes |
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Is artificial intelligence intended to serve human welfare or Big Tech? 2023-Dec-04 54 minutes |
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Mercury’s In Retrograde: The Rise of Astrology 2023-Dec-01 54 minutes |
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Song of Zong!: M. NourbeSe Philip's epic poem gives voice to slave ship victims 2023-Nov-30 54 minutes |
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Atlantis and the Apocalypse: The World of Fringe Archaeology 2023-Nov-17 54 minutes |
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Dehumanization and War 2023-Nov-15 54 minutes |
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Perimeter Institute Public Lectures: The Physics of Jazz | Dark Matter Night 2023-Nov-14 54 minutes |
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A Guide to Hope, Learning and Shakespeare: Scholar Shannon Murray 2023-Nov-13 54 minutes |
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Man Up! The Masculinity Crisis, Part Three 2023-Nov-10 54 minutes |
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Trust Talks: The Future of Journalism in a Digital World 2023-Nov-08 54 minutes |
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13 Ways of Looking at a Cormorant 2023-Nov-06 54 minutes |
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Man Up! The Masculinity Crisis, Part Two 2023-Nov-03 54 minutes |
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Shakespeare in Translation 2023-Nov-02 54 minutes |
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Mexico's Gothic Turn 2023-Nov-01 54 minutes |
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Haunted: Imagining Ghosts Out of Loss 2023-Oct-31 54 minutes |
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Is Human Intelligence Overrated? 2023-Oct-30 54 minutes |
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Man Up! The Masculinity Crisis, Part One 2023-Oct-27 54 minutes |
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Mystified by Money 2023-Oct-26 54 minutes |
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The Beauty of Chance: Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, Part Two 2023-Oct-24 54 minutes |
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Arctic Amazon Art Project: The Mural, Part One 2023-Oct-23 54 minutes |
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Camera Lucida | How photographs help us understand our place in the world 2023-Oct-20 54 minutes |
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Widowhood, Wisdom and Words: The Irrepressible Donna Morrissey 2023-Oct-19 54 minutes |
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The Boyer Lectures, Pt 2: Australia's struggle with its past 2023-Oct-18 54 minutes |
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The Origins of Us: Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, Part One 2023-Oct-17 54 minutes |
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Honouring a radio revolutionary, Chris Brookes 2023-Oct-13 54 minutes |
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Notes on an Invasion: Masha Gessen and Andrey Kurkov on Russia’s war in Ukraine 2023-Oct-12 54 minutes |
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The Boyer Lectures, Pt 1: The story behind Australia’s Voice referendum 2023-Oct-11 54 minutes |
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Injustice For All, Part Two 2023-Oct-10 54 minutes |
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Injustice For All, Part One 2023-Oct-09 54 minutes |
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A Tale of Two Metlakatlas: My Matriarchs, the Missionaries and Me 2023-Oct-06 54 minutes |
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The Chile Experiment 2023-Oct-04 54 minutes |
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Shape: Hidden Geometry 2023-Oct-02 54 minutes |
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The Great Reset 2023-Sep-25 54 minutes |
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The Bird Man: Adventures with Bill Montevecchi 2023-Sep-22 54 minutes |
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The Many Afterlives of the Queen of Sheba 2023-Sep-20 54 minutes |
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War and Medicine: Hawkeye's Army 2023-Sep-18 54 minutes |
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Astra Taylor: The Hidden Truth of the World 2023-Sep-15 54 minutes |
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Canada's School Trains 2023-Sep-15 54 minutes |
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The Enslaved Teen Who Cracked Vanilla’s Secret 2023-Sep-14 54 minutes |
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Ghost Particles 2023-Sep-13 54 minutes |
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What are universities for? 2023-Sep-05 54 minutes |
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World on Fire 2023-Sep-04 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lecture # 4: Fiona Hill 2023-Sep-01 54 minutes |
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Eugenic thinking has never gone away 2023-Aug-31 54 minutes |
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Nowhere Left to Run: Climate Reparations 2023-Aug-30 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | Air and Atmosphere 2023-Aug-29 54 minutes |
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The Librarian Who Won’t Stay Quiet 2023-Aug-28 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lecture #3: Darren McGarvey 2023-Aug-25 54 minutes |
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Muhammad Iqbal: one of the greatest South Asian thinkers of the 20th century 2023-Aug-24 54 minutes |
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe 2023-Aug-23 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | Life and Death 2023-Aug-22 54 minutes |
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Left Is Not Woke: Susan Neiman 2023-Aug-21 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lecture #2: Rowan Williams 2023-Aug-18 54 minutes |
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In Defence of Democracy: Naheed Nenshi 2023-Aug-17 54 minutes |
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Killam Prize Winner: Carl E. James 2023-Aug-16 54 minutes |
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David Suzuki's Survival Guide | Wonders of Water 2023-Aug-15 54 minutes |
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Exploring Indigenous Sexuality and Gender 2023-Aug-14 54 minutes |
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BBC Reith Lectures #1: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2023-Aug-11 54 minutes |
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Getting Past Polarization: Anand Giridharadas 2023-Aug-10 54 minutes |
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The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath 2023-Aug-09 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | The 'Love' Economy 2023-Aug-08 54 minutes |
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2022 CBC Massey Lectures | # 5: On Death 2023-Aug-07 54 minutes |
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The New World Disorder | The Rise of the Strongman 2023-Aug-04 54 minutes |
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The Shock of the New | The Year 1947: Fractures and Tectonic Shifts 2023-Aug-03 54 minutes |
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The Odyssey of Saturn the Alligator: Hitler's 'Favourite' 2023-Aug-02 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | Naked Ape to Superspecies 2023-Aug-01 54 minutes |
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2022 CBC Massey Lectures | # 4: On Sex and Gender 2023-Jul-31 54 minutes |
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The New World Disorder | The End of America 2023-Jul-28 54 minutes |
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The Shock of the New | The Year 1913: The World on the Brink 2023-Jul-27 54 minutes |
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George McCullagh — Canada's first media mogul you've never heard of 2023-Jul-26 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | Eco-nomics 2023-Jul-25 54 minutes |
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2022 CBC Massey Lectures | # 3: On Humour 2023-Jul-24 54 minutes |
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The New World Disorder | The Nature of Nationalism 2023-Jul-21 54 minutes |
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The Shock of the New | The Year 1833: Evolution and Entrenchment 2023-Jul-20 54 minutes |
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The New Masters: 2022 Sobey Art Award 2023-Jul-19 54 minutes |
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Suzuki's Survival Guide | How we got to this point 2023-Jul-18 54 minutes |
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2022 CBC Massey Lectures | # 2: On Creation 2023-Jul-17 54 minutes |
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French Evolution: The History of France in 9 Songs 2023-Jul-14 54 minutes |
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The Shock of the New | The Year 1789: More Than One Revolution 2023-Jul-13 54 minutes |
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Inherited Memories of Partition: Aanchal Malhotra 2023-Jul-12 54 minutes |
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Suzuki’s Survival Guide | A Warning 2023-Jul-11 54 minutes |
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2022 CBC Massey Lectures | # 1: On Language 2023-Jul-10 54 minutes |
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The New World Disorder | The Future of Democracy 2023-Jul-07 54 minutes |
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The Shock of the New | The Year 1600: The Birth of the Modern? 2023-Jul-06 54 minutes |
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IDEAS recommends Scene on Radio's The Land That Never Has Been Yet, Part Two 2023-Jul-05 54 minutes |
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IDEAS recommends Scene on Radio's The Land That Never Has Been Yet, Part One 2023-Jul-04 54 minutes |
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Andean Philosophy: The Huarochirí Manuscript 2023-Jul-03 54 minutes |