Ideas

CBC

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.

  • 54 minutes 8 seconds
    How the Anthropocene is Changing the Elements — and Us

    Renowned author Robert Macfarlane has described his work as being about the relationship between landscape and the human heart. As part of a series on the elements in the Anthropocene, Macfarlane talks about how that relationship with earth and water has changed. Humanity has become a transformative force, altering the very nature of the elements, with grave implications for the planet — and us.

    9 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    October 8,1970: The FLQ Manifesto

    In October 1970, the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) escalated their separatist campaign by kidnapping British diplomat James Cross and Quebec Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte, sparking the October Crisis. In return for Cross, the FLQ had seven demands, one of which was the broadcast of its manifesto — and CBC/Radio-Canada complied. IDEAS examines the impact and legacy of the manifesto, and how it still has relevance today. *This episode originally aired on October 13, 2020.

    8 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Civil Discourse or Civil War? Ideas and Realities of the Contemporary University

    After the Hamas attack on October 7th, encampments popped up across university campuses, followed by intense scrutiny. Underlying the controversies was a simple question: what is a university for? That question has been around for centuries, and it’s come back in full force. Writer Randy Boyagoda makes the case for universities being a place where we can think out loud together.

    7 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    A Reality Check on Reality TV

    Twenty-five years ago, reality TV exploded in popularity, and the media panicked. But could shows like Love Is Blind and their like actually help make us more media literate? IDEAS examines the culture, morality, and philosophy of unscripted television. *This episode originally aired on May 6, 2024.

    4 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Masseys at 60: How physicist Ursula Franklin's prescient ideas on technology persist

    Technology is much more than a tool. Physicist Ursula Franklin argued that it’s a system — one so powerful that it can shape our mindset, our society and our politics. Her observations were prescient when she delivered her Massey Lecture in 1989 and they are all the more relevant today. Ursula Franklin’s friend and collaborator Jane Freeman reflects on the power of Franklin’s message. 

    3 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Making Justice Imaginable: Lawyer Lex Gill

    "We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust," wrote Albert Camus. In a lecture delivered at Crow's Theatre, lawyer Lex Gill considers how social and cultural movements can nudge the evolution of law and explores how to keep working for justice, regardless of the odds. 

    2 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Left Is Not Woke: Susan Neiman

    In recent years, the word "woke" has evolved from a catchphrase into a political ideology — and a catch-all pejorative routinely wielded on the right against its left-leaning adherents. But in her book, Left Is Not Woke, moral philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the "woke" ideology represents a fundamental break from traditional leftist ideals. *This episode originally aired on April 12, 2023.

    1 October 2024, 12:10 pm
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    How Indigenous survival offers a blueprint for everyone’s future: Jesse Wente

    The future we want has already existed — we just need to recover it, says Jesse Wente. In a talk, the Anishinaabe arts leader explains how the best of this past gives everyone a blueprint for a better future. "We are evidence that cultures can withstand global systems change: adapt, and rebuild." *This episode originally aired on June 21, 2024.

    30 September 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Slowing Down in Urgent Times: A Lesson in Hope

    Educators are wired for hope, according to professor Jessica Riddell. In her lecture delivered at the University of Prince Edward Island, she underscores the importance of slowing down in urgent times, and urges educators to to teach hope, share it, and imagine a better future.

    27 September 2024, 12:10 pm
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    Deliberation in a Time of Anger: Making Space for Collective Decision-Making

    At a time of ever-growing polarization, where people are less and less likely to cross paths with those who don’t agree with them, what does it take to deliberate? IDEAS producer Naheed Mustafa explores whether there’s space for collective decision-making in an era marked by anger and disagreement.

    26 September 2024, 12:10 pm
  • 54 minutes 7 seconds
    Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space: A Place to Dream

    It's been 60 years since French thinker Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space made its English-language debut. It’s a hard-to-define book — part architecture, philosophy, psychoanalysis, memoir. And it continues to feed our ongoing need for purposeful solitude and wide-open fields for our imagination.*This episode originally aired on March 7, 2022.

    25 September 2024, 12:10 pm
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