Ideas

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.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 54m. Bisher sind 1375 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint täglich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 51 days 15 hours 53 minutes

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Saving Syria: keeping war-torn culture alive


Destruction and displacement -- that's the story of Syria today. Paul Kennedy talks with three Syrians who believe in other Syrias, with stories about love, and laughter, and smell of jasmine and tarragon.


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 March 24, 2017  53m
 
 

Return of the Michif Boy: Confronting Métis trauma


By reconnecting with his birth mother PhD student Jesse Thistle came to understand the effects of intergenerational trauma. His award-winning research shines a light on the struggles and the resilience of Métis communities in northern Saskatchewan.


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 March 23, 2017  53m
 
 

Return of the Michif Boy: Confronting Métis trauma


By reconnecting with his birth mother PhD student Jesse Thistle came to understand the effects of intergenerational trauma. His award-winning research shines a light on the struggles and the resilience of Métis communities in northern Saskatchewan.


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 March 23, 2017  53m
 
 

A Peasant vs The Inquisition: Cheese, Worms and the Birth of Micro-history


Celebrated historian Carlo Ginzburg uncovers the past by telling the stories of the marginalized, the forgotten, and the suppressed.


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 March 21, 2017  54m
 
 

A Peasant vs The Inquisition: Cheese, Worms and the Birth of Micro-history


Celebrated historian Carlo Ginzburg uncovers the past by telling the stories of the marginalized, the forgotten, and the suppressed.


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 March 21, 2017  54m
 
 

Expletive Repeated: Why Swearing Matters


Profanity was once considered rude and crude -- a linguistic last resort. Not so these days. Younger generations use swearing as everyday slang, and academics study it as an ever-evolving form of creative and cultural expression.


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 March 16, 2017  53m
 
 

Expletive Repeated: Why Swearing Matters


Profanity was once considered rude and crude -- a linguistic last resort. Not so these days. Younger generations use swearing as everyday slang, and academics study it as an ever-evolving form of creative and cultural expression.


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 March 16, 2017  53m
 
 

The Immigrants: The rise of the extreme right in the Netherlands, Part 2


An immigrant story with a happy ending, but it's not a track most new immigrants might be able to follow -- the Dutch are struggling with a rise of right-wing, anti-immigrant sentiment on the eve of national elections.


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 March 14, 2017  53m
 
 

The Immigrants: The rise of the extreme right in the Netherlands, Part 2


An immigrant story with a happy ending, but it's not a track most new immigrants might be able to follow -- the Dutch are struggling with a rise of right-wing, anti-immigrant sentiment on the eve of national elections.


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 March 14, 2017  53m
 
 

The Night Watch: The Rise of the Extreme Right in The Netherlands, Part 1


Approaching this year's national elections, the Netherlands -- like many countries -- is experiencing an explosion of right-wing populism, fuelled by the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Geert Wilders. And the nation is torn.


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 March 9, 2017  53m