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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 52 days 6 hours 11 minutes
The Next 50 Years - Famine, Shelter, War
The sense that the human species may be facing "the end" is all around us. Three panelists join host Paul Kennedy to argue - cautiously - how humanity may not only survive, but actually thrive.
The Illusion of Money, Part 2
We think we know what money is. We use it every day and our lives are unimaginable without it. But look more closely and you find that coins and dollar bills aren't "real". They're promises, symbols, ideas.
Climate Hope (Encore March 16, 2015)
**This is a repeat podcast. News about climate change is almost always alarming, depressing, or both. But Tim Flannery believes there is qualified hope that things may get better.
The Illusion of Money, Part 1
We think we know what money is. We use it every day and our lives are unimaginable without it. But look more closely and you find that coins and dollar bills aren't "real". They're promises, symbols, ideas.
The Eminent Dr. Nurse
Paul Kennedy in conversation with the winner of the 2015 Henry Friesen Prize, British geneticist Sir Paul Maxime Nurse.
Wachtel On The Arts - Karim Rashid
Eleanor Wachtel talks to Karim Rashid about his passion for design and its place in our lives today: from snow shovels to teacups, couches to martini glasses.
Blood and Earth - Kevin Bales
What do the shrimp on your plate, cell phones, and the rising pollution levels in the developing world have in common? Kevin Bales says, slavery. A conversation with the author of Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide and the Secret to Saving the World
Nothing to Wear
"The apparel oft proclaims the man" - wise words from Polonius in Hamlet, telling his son to be careful about what he wears. But just what does clothing say about the wearer? Philip Coulter prowls the costume archives at the Stratford Festival.
In the Footsteps of Evangeline - Lyse Doucet
In the 2015 Dalton Camp lecture, Lyse Doucet explores the parallel between Longfellow's poem "Evangeline" and today's refugee crisis, about how human stories give voice and meaning to complex issues.
Ideas at 50, Part 1 (Encore Oct 9, 2015)
To help us celebrate this milestone anniversary, we invited those listeners to tell us about programs that inspired them to make major life changes, altered their world-views or simply piqued their intellectual curiosity.