Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Ideas is all about ideas – programs that explore everything from culture and the arts to science and technology to social issues.

From the start of his career at the CBC in 1948, Robert Weaver – radio producer, editor and anthologist – committed himself to discovering and broadcasting the work of new Canadian writers, in programs such as Anthology and CBC Wednesday Night. Mon...

MARKETS AND SOCIETY, Part Three SOCIALISM AND FREEDOM Karl Polanyi was a life-long socialist, but he opposed the tyranny and bureaucracy of Communism just as strongly as the rule of the market.

The Bible could be read as a revelation from God. Richard Holloway prefers to read it as a human document that reveals to us the world?s greatest themes. Part of an ongoing IDEAS series based on Granta?s How to Read books.

General Romeo Dallaire and Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierre Leone, now human rights activist and best-selling author, talk about how children are recruited and used as weapons of choice in conflicts around the world.

General Romeo Dallaire and Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierre Leone, now human rights activist and best-selling author, talk about how children are recruited and used as weapons of choice in conflicts around the world.

Toronto?s David Cronenberg and Montreal?s Denys Arcand are two of Canada?s greatest auteur film directors. Although they have enjoyed international success, both directors continue to spin their unique cinematic visions from their home bases in Canada....

Toronto?s David Cronenberg and Montreal?s Denys Arcand are two of Canada?s greatest auteur film directors. Although they have enjoyed international success, both directors continue to spin their unique cinematic visions from their home bases in Canada....

n a Calgary Institute for the Humanities seminar, cyberspace researchers Abby Goodrum and Kirsten Pullen explore the confusions and contradictions of online identity, and ponder how the virtual world may be altering our sense of community, and of ourse...

Multiculturalism has been the subject of public debate since 1971, when it was introduced as policy by the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. However, both the terms and the terminology of the debate remain ambiguous and lead to discussions i...

Armour. Identity. Stature. Brand. Broadcaster JJ Lee takes up a tape measure and shears and digs through the social history of the suit.

Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio, in conversation with Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and Father Richard John Neuhuas, author of Catholic Matters. Michael explores with these radically different thinkers the role of...

Out of the ruins of World War II, through a combination of brute force, charisma and innovative social policy, Josip Broz, better known as Marshall Tito, forged a unique state that almost worked ? Yugoslavia. But on his death in 1980, the country rapid...

Out of the ruins of World War II, through a combination of brute force, charisma and innovative social policy, Josip Broz, better known as Marshall Tito, forged a unique state that almost worked ? Yugoslavia. But on his death in 1980, the country rapid...

Out of the ruins of World War II, through a combination of brute force, charisma and innovative social policy, Josip Broz, better known as Marshall Tito, forged a unique state that almost worked ? Yugoslavia. But on his death in 1980, the country rapid...

Out of the ruins of World War II, through a combination of brute force, charisma and innovative social policy, Josip Broz, better known as Marshall Tito, forged a unique state that almost worked ? Yugoslavia. But on his death in 1980, the country rapid...

Out of the ruins of World War II, through a combination of brute force, charisma and innovative social policy, Josip Broz, better known as Marshall Tito, forged a unique state that almost worked ? Yugoslavia. But on his death in 1980, the country rapid...

Some have called it the natural fall-out of a hyper-capitalist society ? billionaires who?ve made more money from media and technology enterprises than anyone in human history. There?s Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft; Jeff Skoll, the founder of e-...

Some have called it the natural fall-out of a hyper-capitalist society; billionaires who?ve made more money from media and technology enterprises than anyone in human history. There?s Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft; Jeff Skoll, the founder of e-B...

To acknowledge the recent release of a Mary Pratt commemorative stamp from Canada Post, IDEAS host Paul Kennedy talks with the artist about her deliciously luminescent art.