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Ideas

IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpectedreveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits.Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time.With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring the IDEAS

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The 2000 CBC Massey Lectures: The Rights Revolution...

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2024/04/12

In his 2000 Massey Lectures on The Rights Revolution, Michael Ignatieff confronted the conflicted rise of human rights language in Canadian and global politics. "Has the rights revolution brought us closer together as a nation, or driven us further apart?" he asks in his final Massey lecture. We revisit this talk, as part of our series marking the 60th anniversary of Massey College.

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Massey at 60: Michael Ignatieff on how human rights...

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2024/04/11

Twenty-four years ago, Massey lecturer Michael Ignatieff delivered five talks that explored the powerful rise of the language of 'rights' in Canada and other industrialized nations. Michael Ignatieff speaks with former IDEAS host Paul Kennedy to reflect on his talks — and how the rights revolution continues to shape politics today, often in unexpected ways. *This episode is part of an ongoing series of episodes marking the 60th anniversary of Massey College, a partner in the Massey Lectures.

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Bonus | 2024 Massey lecturer Ian Williams on...

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2024/04/10

We've dropped this bonus podcast into the feed to announce that Canadian writer Ian Williams is this year’s Massey lecturer. He spoke with Q host Tom Power to tell us why he’s chosen the topic of 'conversations' for his lecture series, how listening can be a courageous act, and why he believes it’s important to have difficult conversations, even at the risk of offending people.

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How the outdoors has inspired women to become...

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2024/04/10

Harvard historian Tiya Miles believes the more girls and women are outdoors, the more fulfilling their lives will be. In her book, Wild Girls, Miles shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America.

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Authoritarian study makes a comeback to understand...

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2024/04/09

A groundbreaking study conducted in the wake of the Second World War by a group of scholars rocked the academic world when it was published in 1950 — but fell out of favour. Now a new generation of scholars is reviving the lessons of The Authoritarian Personality to understand the politics of our time. *This episode originally aired on April 4, 2022.

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Living in legal limbo: How states create 'ghost...

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2024/04/04

What do ghost stories capture about the experience of being stateless? IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed speaks with lawyer and scholar Jamie Chai Yun Liew on how states create “ghost citizens” —and how the long aftermath of colonialism still shapes definitions of citizenship today.

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Betrayal of Faith: The Story of Pastedechouan

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2024/04/03

Pastedechouan was an Innu boy taken to France by Catholic clergymen in 1620. What happened to him 400 years ago may well be the template that would later become the residential school system. IDEAS retraces the story of Pastedechouan, revealing that history has an extremely long reach.

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Ross Gay on the Necessity of Joy and Delight

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2024/04/02

For award-winning poet and bestselling author Ross Gay, joy and delight aren’t frivolous or a privilege. He argues they’re absolutely essential to a meaningful life — especially in the face of grief, sadness and suffering.

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Putin Critic Garry Kasparov: Winter is Here

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2024/03/28

Nearly a decade after Russia annexed Crimea, Russia’s war on Ukraine is entering its third year. As Putin is starting yet another term — Russian opposition activist Gary Kasparov’s warnings from his book,Winter is Coming,are playing out in real time. Nahlah Ayed speaks with Garry Kasparov.

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Conflicted: a Ukrainian journalist covers her nation...

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2024/03/27

“We face a continual tension between holding the government to account, and not wanting the enemy to undermine us by exploiting bad news," says Ukrainian journalist Veronika Melkozerova. She delivered this year's Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture, focusing her talk on what Ukrainian journalists confront daily: patriotism versus journalism.

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Kate Beaton: What's lost when working-class voices...

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2024/03/26

Kate Beaton and her family have deep roots in hard-working, rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. In her2024 Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture, the popular cartoonist points out what is lost when working-class voices are shut out of opportunities in the worlds of arts, culture, and media.

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Astra Taylor: The Hidden Truth of the World

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2024/03/15

Writer and political organizer Astra Taylor is the 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer. She speaks with Nahlah Ayed about key moments in her intellectual coming-of-age, from her early life in the “unschooling” movement to her involvement with Occupy Wall Street. *This episode originally aired on Sept. 7, 2023.*

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00:54:07

Masseys at 60: Randy Boyagoda on Jean Bethke Elshtain

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2024/03/14

Philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain brought up an important question during the 1993 CBC Massey Lectures: is democracy as we know it in danger? Author and critic Randy Boyagoda and IDEAS producer Sean Foley revisit Elshtain's lectures. This episode is part of a series of conversations with — and about — former Massey Lecturers to mark the 60th anniversary of Massey College, a partner in the CBC Massey Lectures.

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The Hague: City of Peace and Justice

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2024/03/13

In a world where peace and justice can be hard to come by, The Hague in The Netherlands projects something special: the city is a base for several world courts, as well as non-governmental organizations, charities and non-profits. It's even earned itself the title of the "City of Peace and Justice." In The Fire Within Us, IDEAS takes a look at why some organizations call The Hague home.

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The Poetry of Why: Chimwemwe Undi

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2024/03/12

A conversation with Winnipeg Poet Laureate Chimwemwe Undi about home, belonging, racism, living downtown, and about poetry as a vehicle for life’s big questions - as her first collection of poetry, Scientific Marvel, is set to be published.

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Ian Williams: The Endless Procession of Days

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2024/03/11

Some of the most pressing issues of our time are often inspired by ideas expressed in plays. This talk by novelist and poetIan Williams is as well: He chats about the Crow's Theatre production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, and how it's a reflection on how we spend our days on work and the records we keep. It's a stark reminder of the relentless march of time. This episode is part of a public lecture series calledIDEAS at Crow's Theatre.

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Massey at 60: Tanya Talaga

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2024/03/06

2018 Massey Lecturer Tanya Talaga reflects on the legacy of cultural genocide, and on how the stories of Indigenous peoples offer lessons for Canada today. This episode is part of a series of conversations with — and about — former Massey Lecturers to mark the 60th anniversary of Massey College, a partner in the CBC Massey Lectures.

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Papyrus: Exploring the Invention of the Book

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2024/03/05

The book may well be the greatest invention since the wheel, according to author Irene Vallejo. She traces the history of this miraculous invention with a book of her own, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World.

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The Way of the Trucker

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2024/03/04

An Ontario trucking union predicts a shortage of 30,000 truckers in Canada as old hands retire faster than new ones take on the job. IDEAS producer Tom Howell visits a trucking school in northern Ontario, where recruits consider their options, and the road ahead.

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Christina Sharpe on Ordinary Notes — Blackness in Canada

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2024/02/29

Christina Sharpe's award-winning book, Ordinary Notes, explores the complexity of Black life — blending memoir, history, cultural and political critique. She argues that the experience of Black people is misunderstood — but can be contested, and healed, by Black creativity, and community.

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