And the Winner Is... June 27 - The End of the Wild, Part Two
Wade Davis has travelled the world studying indigenous people and the way they use plants. He's sniffed hallucinogens in Venezuela, and he's smoked toad in Arizona. The End of the Wild is a documentary profile of the man dubbed The Real Indiana Jones. It's presented by IDEAS producer Philip Coulter.
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And the Winner Is... June 20 - The End of the Wild, Part One
Wade Davis has travelled the world studying indigenous people and the way they use plants. He's sniffed hallucinogens in Venezuela, and he's smoked toad in Arizona. The End of the Wild is a documentary profile of the man dubbed The Real Indiana Jones. It's presented by IDEAS producer Philip Coulter.
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And the Winner Is... June 13, 2007 - Who is Vern Nash?
The day Thelon Oeming moved into an apartment in a working class area of Toronto he saw a hunched back man shouting to himself in the middle of the street. Soon after that, the sound of an accordian floated across the street and Thelon discovered that this apparently crazy man was not only his neighbour but a musician. His curiosity was aroused. Who was this talented man tormented by demon voices?
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And the Winner Is... June 6, 2007 - A Murder in the Neighbourhood
A desperate woman clutching a baby. A man with a gun. What's a neighbour to do? Karen Levine's Peabody award-winning documentary look at how three brave neighbours tried to help.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-07-02
Israel's eighth President has resigned in disgrace -- and it is very likely that he will become the only President ever to be convicted of sex crimes. Still, for the 20,000 people who showed up on Saturday to protest the deal handed to President Moshe Katsav, these disgraces are not enough. Zion Amir is President Katsov's lawyer. He is in Herzelea.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-29
A turnaround may mean fair play. In a surprising reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the appeals of Guantanamo detainees.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-28
Oh, the lack of humanity. A new book posits that it would mean the world to the world if humans would just vanish already. Carol speaks with author and journalist, Alan Weisman.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-27
Now cracks a noble heart. From Hamlet to King Lear, with all stops in between, the late William Hutt was a titan of the Canadian and international stage.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-25
To the gallows, gallantly. Former Iraqi defense minister "Chemical" Ali accepts the death penalty with a show of bravado. Carol speaks with his lawyer, Giovanni de Stefano, who was in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-26
Tony Blair's relaxing retirement. It looks like the soon-to-be-ex-British-PM will be the new special envoy to the Middle East.
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The Best of As it Happens: 2007-06-22
A Nebraska judge prohibits an alleged rape victim from using certain words in his courtroom -- including the word "rape". During a crackdown on media, Pakistan's most popular transvestite divests herself of her popular TV show. When a California property owner places an ad seeking two "professional adult" tenants, he runs afoul of discrimination laws. And...Ozzy and harrièd. A beleaguered Swedish music fan is back in black, after authorities agree his heavy-metal addiction is a disability.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-22
They'll be read from covert to covert. Two decades of the CIA's secret dealings are about to be made unsecret. Carol speaks with Thomas Blanton, Director of the National Security Archives at George Washington University.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-21
No matter how severe -- persevere. One day after three Canadian soldiers are killed in Afghanistan, NATOs Secretary-General urges Ottawa to stay the course.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-20
A new report singles out Google for being, in the watchdog's words, "hostile to privacy." This comes a week after Amnesty International said that companies like Microsoft, Yahoo and Google were part of a growing trend of censorship and repression on the Internet. Carol speaks with one of the authors of Privacy Inernational's report, Simon Davies.
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As It Happens Daily: 2007-06-19
International opera-tor. Singer Measha Brueggergosman steps outside her aria of expertise to help impoverished African children.
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The Best of As it Happens: 2007-06-15
The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to look into the legal disparities between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Thousands of Iraqi refugees seek asylum in the Scandinavian country, but some communities are reaching their breaking point. Despite the fires of civil war, a new survey reveals teeming wildlife in the heat of southern Sudan. And...they will show you sphere in a handful of silicon. The world needs a new standard for the kilogram -- and experts Down Under will create the round wonder.
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Rockbound episode eleven 27/06/2007
David was the lone survivor of a shipwreck out at sea. The Jungs aren't happy to see him back but Mary Dauphiny is.
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Rockbound episode ten 20-06-07
David is deep sea fishing on the Sylvia Westner. ALthough he never thought much of Shakespeare, he finds the storms in'The Tempest' pretty accurate.
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Rockbound episode nine 13/06/07
Frank Parker Day’s novel ROCKBOUND is a stormy tale of courage, love and hardship.
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Rockbound episode eight 06/06/07
The Rockbounders finally stopped fighting long enough to build a school and now they welcome the new teacher.
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Rockbound episode seven 30/05/07
The Jungs and Krauses are at it again but this time it's not over fishing rights. David barely manages not to be caught in the middle in ep. 7 of ROCKBOUND.
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Rockbound episode six 23/05/07
David finds it hard to help his friend settle into the Barren Island lighthouse when Gershom won't stop the ghost stories.
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Rockbound episode five 10/05/07
Things seem to be going well for David Jung. He's married and finally has a bigger share in the family business. Then one night his friend Gershom comes pounding on the door.
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Rockbound episode four 07/05/07
In this chapter David Jung finds a way to get a better share of the family business.
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Rockbound episode three 30/04/07
Rockbound is an epic tale of courage, determination and compassion. In this episode David proves he's a man of iron in more ways than one.
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Rockbound episode two 23/04/07
18 yr old David Jung refuses to be cowed by bad seas or his crafty uncle Uriah when it comes to claiming his inheritance.
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Rockbound episode one 16/04/07
A determined young man wrestles with his greedy uncle for a fair share of the fishing business.
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Hourly News - 2007/07/02 20:00 EDT
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The World at Six - 2007-07-02 1900
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C'est la vie, 02/07/07 - The Blair Family
For eight generations the Blairs have been a part of Quebec. They arrived English speaking protestants, in a French speaking Catholic colony. Now the latest generation is bilingual and bicultural. Hear their story.
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C'est la vie, 25/06/07 - Kevin Parent
Kevin Parent is a mainstay of the francophone music scene in Quebec. Now he has released his first English CD. Find out why.
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C'est la vie, 18/06/07 - teach yourself French
C'est la vie reconnects with some some listeners who taught themselves French last summer; find out about a new CD-ROM for learning French; and discover some of the differences between Canadian vs European French.
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C'est la vie, 11/06/07 - Daniel Bélanger
Daniel Bélanger is one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters in French Canada. Hear his first English interview.
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"If you think YOUR British accent is bad..." June 28, 2007
Yes, even with his bad teeth and pale skin, Mike's English accent still seems to wander around the British Isles a bit. It doesn't stop us from eavesdropping in on some British doctors as they debate the cause of childhood obesity. Erica Sigurdson explains the dangers of Facebook, Dean Jenkinson brings us all up to date, and we visit an Ottawa travel agency that gets a lot of high-profile clientele. And then things get trivial.
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"Cheap jokes and cheaper clothing." June 21, 2007
Debra DiGiovanni reviews "Car and Driver: Vatican Edition," and heartless Fraser Young explains why he's not going to help a bedridden little girl. Diana Francis has some unsettling news for you ladies. We check out the political parties' hot wheels, and visit an eco-friendly clothing store with the lowest prices around. And still no Paris Hilton.
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"Paris Hilton is not mentioned in this podcast" June 14, 2007.
Like the title says... but there is lots of other stuff. Like "Ten signs that the Stanley Cup is now in California", a warning not to write off aboriginal protests just yet, and a visit to three very different types of museums. Tank commander Prince Harry finally gets a taste of action and Stephen Harper takes us for a ride. Finally, we set the politicians free, because we love them and we want them to come back.
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"Gnome Chomsky" June 7, 2007
With some help from the Governator, we bid adieu to the NHL playoffs. Debra DiGiovanni gives us the naked truth, celebrity-obsessed Fraser Young takes a meeting with all you fabulous people and Diana Frances gets red-hot over old flames that should never be rekindled. Emily Elias describes the fierce civl rights movement happening in your garden. And then we show you how you can make room in your luggage by leaving your guilt at home.
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02/07/2007: Speaking the Truth
Today on the Current podcast, a documentary about a Philippine journalist, Marlene Garcia Esperat who was murdered because of her tireless investigations into government corruption. We'll tell you why her case has not yet found closure in that country.
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28/06/2007: Jury Demands
As the final arguments in the Conrad Black trial were being made earlier this week, a newspaper letter writer commented on what he felt was a weak case presented by the prosecution in Chicago. Today on the Current podcast, we'll take a look at whether lengthy, complex trials such as the Black case are simply too much for juries to handle.
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27/06/2007: Child Obesity Motion
Does the over-feeding of an obese child constitute neglect? Should it trigger state intervention? Should it result in criminal charges? Possibly jail time? Those are some of the questions being raised this week by a group of British doctors who want their government to classify the over-feeding of obese children as neglect. The Current
explores this radical approach to public health from this side of the Atlantic.
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26/06/2007: Biblically-Correct Tours
“Be Reasonable” is a documentary based on biblically-corrects tour focusing on the origin of our planet and our species. It’s part of an American movement to bring the creationist take on science and evolution in to museums. This documentary originally aired on The Current in October and it was produced by Frank Faulk.
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25/06/2007: Decal Debate
Last week, Toronto city council reversed its decision to remove 'support our troops' decals from city vehicles after an outraged public and a professionally-outraged tabloid press made it -- essentially -- impossible not to. Today on the Current podcast, we take a look at the politics of symbolic ribbons.
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21/06/2007: Land Claims – Chief Ovide Mercredi
Aboriginal Canadians make up just over 3-percent of the population but Aboriginal children account for close to 6-percent of all children in Canada. As the demographics shift, the plight of Native Canadians does not and one long-time Native leader is re-thinking the focus of his own activism. Today on the Current podcast, we speak with Ovide Mercredi, Chief of the Misipawistik Cree Nation.
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20/06/2007: Land Claims - Jim Prentice
In the mid-80s Jim Prentice was an Alberta lawyer
hired by the province to work on a major aboriginal land claim. He went on to work for a federal claims commission all of which arguably gives him the most comprehensive background of any Federal Minister of Indian Affairs. Today on the Current podcast, Jim Prentice speaks to his latest plan to resolve hundreds of land claims.
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19/06/2007: The God Delusion
Today on The Current podcast, a conversation with Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist about his incendiary and stridently anti-religious book 'The God Delusion' and we'll ask at whether there's a way to bridge the widening gulf between religion and science. We’ll also hear from other scientists who wonder if he's gone too far.
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18/06/2007: Exploring Memory
While some people excel at strategic forgetting, others are making digital scrapbooks ... literally their life's work. We'll look at the limits of memory and electronic devices that are being created to archive memories for safe keeping onto hard drives.
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14/06/2007: Canadian Innovation
The Conference Board of Canada says we aren’t doing enough to help ourselves. Its latest report gives Canada a ‘D’ for innovation, and warns it will affect not only our economy, but also our wider society.
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13/06/2007: Unlicensed Drivers
The law is pretty simple. To drive a car you have to have a license. But you’d be amazed just how many drivers out there are getting behind the wheel without a license and how many crashes are happening as a result. On today’s podcast, we’ll take a look at the menace of unlicensed drivers and what’s being done to stop them.
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12/06/2007: Google Street View
Today on the Current podcast we discuss Google's Street View -
where you can now travel down a city street, see where a business is and who's drawn their curtains, whose meeting whom and random actions on our streets. Some are excited about this technology, some see it as an invasion of privacy and others worry it could be a terrorists tool.
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11/06/2007: Tree Poaching for Guitars
Today on the Current podcast, we take a look at the story of prize maple trees and coveted guitars. Poachers in Washington State are bagging the Western Big Leaf Maple for the extravagant patterns in the wood. We'll hear from police on the tree beat and from a few fabled guitar makers who have their own thoughts on the importance of wood for the right sound and the increasing difficulty in finding it.
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07/06/2007: E-Stonia
When the Government of Estonia started tearing down a Soviet-era bronze statue, officials were prepared for protests, but not a cyber-seige, or a glimpse at the future of modern warfare.
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06/06/2007: Baker Lake
A few years ago, the price of uranium was around 15 dollars a kilo. Today it's closer to 250 dollars. And for the 1500 residents of Baker Lake, Nunavut, that means a rich future if they go ahead with plans to open a uranium mine. But not everyone is keen to join the north's radioactive gold rush.
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05/06/2007: Witold Rybczynski Feature
Sure, most people like to poke fun at the suburbs. But what do we really know about them? According to architect Witold Rybczynski, not much.
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Dispatches, June 25, 2007 -- Pristina, London, Tirana, Bucharest, Kabul, Washington
In Kosovo, a young population eager for nationhood dreams while it waits, and waits;
in Tirana, transforming a drab past with the help of one very colourful politician;
music celebrating money, women and bling strikes a sour note in Romania;
the fledgling parliament in Afghanistan gives a whole new meaning to "zoo";
and Tony Blair and George W. Bush -no longer the political odd couple.
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Dispatches, June 18, 2007 -- Mexico City, Havana, Johannesburg, Edinburgh
Cuban president Fidel Castro seems to have his sealegs back; we listen to the tale of his landing aboard the Granma 52 years ago.
Among this year's crop of medical doctors graduating in Cuba are 8 Americans; we meet graduate Melissa Barber.
Music may soothe the spirit, but in South Africa, the ballad of Boer War General De La Rey is stirring up racial tensions.
In Mexico, songs venerate the patron saint of drug traffickers, Jesus Malverde.
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Dispatches, June 11, 2007 - Toronto, Copenhagen, Nairobi
Canadian soldier Jody Mitic, once a sniper in Afghanistan, now an amputee;
UN official Tom Gregg warns that civilians will be the next targets of Taliban revenge;
a free-thinking, dope-smoking, peace-loving society of squatters may find its days numbered in Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark;
and the beautiful game and the ugly truth in Kenya, where organised soccer is bringinghope to the slum kids of Nairobi.
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Dispatches, June 5, 2007 -- Sudan; Australia; Kenya; Bogota, Columbia; Metro, Indonesia
The grab for the gum between the south and the north of Sudan; meteorologists turn to the ancient ways of the aboriginals for answers to drought and climate change in Australia;
"Smiling James" and knives on sticks teach a lesson in a minute in the turf wars of Kenyan slums;
deadly para-politics in Colombia, and the perils of reporting from there; and in Sumatra, spending thousands to attract the swallows behind bird's nest soup.
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Barrel o' laughs (07/01/07)
Sook-Yin gets a visit from a certified laughter coach; comedian Trish Cooper looks at laughs in inappropriate places; Dean Jenkinson shows us what happens when comedians prank each other; and Sook-Yin talks with one of Canada's funniest comics, Teresa Pavlinek.
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Back to the future with Expo '67 (06/24/07)
Sook-Yin and company visit Montreal to look back at a Canadian cultural turning point - Expo '67. You'll hear from the people who were there, and find out why Expo continues to inspire people 40 years later.
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A Facebook only a mother could love... (06/17/07)
Sook-Yin talks with a real live Facebook addict; comedian Erica Sigurdson tells us why she's a not-so-proud Facebook user; Maggie Fox explains why users (and marketers) love the 'Book so much; and Sarah Boothroyd tells us how politicos are socially networking.
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Our guide to summer fun (06/10/07)
We've put together a list of great things to do this summer. Monika Delmos tells us why hitting a garage sale is about more than the bargains; Bill Bryson comes by to talk about his memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid; Dean Jenkinson brings us his latest YouTube pick; and Kim Linekin tips us off to movies that don't end in "Part Three."
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July 2nd: "White Coat, Black Art" Episode 1
Another one of our stellar Summer shows is "White Coat, Black Art" - a radio program hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman. On Episode One, Dr. Goldman looks at the fine are of "auditioning the patient".
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June 29th: Destination Wellville Episode 1
One of the summer shows that started this week is called Destination Wellville, and it's hosted by Pauline Dakin. The premise of the show is that Dakin follows Canadians as they try to get well...and stay well. On the first episode she finds out what happens when a routine test designed to protect your health leads to catastrophe.
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June 28th Dave Foley out of the hall
Dave Foley chats with Q host Jian Gomeshi.
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June 27th: Swinging into 'All the Rage'
Its that time again, the time for Summer Series on CBC Radio One. This year, Steven Page, is hosting "All the Rage" - a show about fads and trends. And in this episode he finds out what all the rage is about the swing movement and goes shopping for his very own zoot suit.
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June 26th: Policing the Internet
Back in the olden days, there was a cop on every corner. Now, there still are. Only they're there virtually. Which is why one public organization in this country is taking a rather unique approach to recruiting folks from the digital generation. The CBC's technology columnist Tod Maffin explains.
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June 25th: The Soccer Dream
The FIFA under-20 World Cup of soccer is taking place in Canada, beginning Saturday. Scouts from many of the top professional soccer teams in the world will be here. And for some of the young Canadian players, the stakes are high. Either they get noticed, or their soccer dream is gone.
Teddy Katz spent some time with one player and his family and he brings us their story.
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June 22nd: Dan Ackroyd Wines
Dan Ackroyd on Sounds like Canada with summer host Kevin Sylvester.
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June 21st: Reuniting with Roald Amundsen
A Norwegian woman travelled to the Canadian arctic in search of her Inuit relatives who are descendants of a famous explorer.
The CBC's Matthew Illaszewicz had her story.
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June 20th: Worms in Space
The CBC's Blair Sanderson takes a look at the thousands of tiny worms that will soon be heading back to earth after a 6 month stay on the International Space Station...for scientific purposes.
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June 19th: Halim El-Debh on Q
Halim El-Debh has studied under, worked for and worked with some of the biggest names in classical music. So of course, he made an appearance that HAS to be podcast on Q.
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June 18th: Blinded by Science
Can you Imagine being totally blindfolded for 5 days, in the name of science? Intrepid reporter, Alison Motluk, did just that recently, at the Harvard Medical School. She was part of an experiment called The Blindfold Study, which is looking at the brain's ability to adapt to different stimuli. After just a few days of being blindfolded, the visual cortex in her brain began responding to other input, such as touch. Bob MacDonald spoke to Motluk about the study on Quirks and Quarks.
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June 14th: BBQ!
Sond Like Canada's Shelagh Rogers hosts a round(picnic)table on BBQs.
Made to order, this podcast is medium-rare.
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June 14th: Breastfeeding Policies
Up until today, I didn't even know that the city of Toronto HAD a breast-feeding policy. But leave it to Andy Barrie and Metro Morning, to bring the issue front and centre. He spoke to some moms and a city councillor about the city's policies on breast-feeding in public.
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June 13th: Bruce Kuwabara
Matt Galloway's House Guest on Here and Now was renowned Toronto architect Bruce Kuwabara.
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June 12th: A Teacher
Jesse Hillas says people give him strange looks, they question his motives... and sometimes they even outright insult him. Hillas is not a criminal.He's one of just four male kindergarten teachers in Calgary. There's been a 4 per cent increase in the number of men enrolling in education at the University of Calgary. The CBC's Carol McDowell met with Hillas in his classroom at Ramsay Elementary School in southeast Calgary.
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June 11th: Deconstructing Freckles
From the Quirks & Quarks question show; a listener asks "Why do people have freckles?"
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June 8th: Talking about the Death of Student
Two weeks ago, Jordan Manners, a student at CW Jeffries was shot and killed in his school. Producer Mary Weins brought the story of a former student who welcomes the glare of the media spotlight on her highschool. She says it's the best way to tackle longstanding problems with violence at the school. Here she is on Metro Morning with Andy Barrie:
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June 7th: Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa is a military analyst and the author of a new book called "Military Inc: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy."
The book launch was meant to take place at the Islamabad Club last week. However it seems the military does not want its dirty laundry aired in public. Carol Off spoke to Dr. Siddiqa on As it Happens.
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June 6th: Anne Cools
When Anne Cools was fourteen years old, her family moved from the Barbados to Montreal. She wasted no time immersing herself in Canadian life…and in her early adult years became an leader in the social services field. She became a Senator in 1984, the first black person to sit in the Upper House.
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June 5th: Bar Le Stud
A bar in Montreal, Bar Le Stud, is fighting for the right to admit only gay men. Anna Maria Tremonti, took a look at the controversial action on The Current.
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June 4th: A League of Their Own
About a month ago we featured a story from the Inside Track on a group of Cambodian men who have formed a volleyball team for disabled men. The story was brought to the Inside Track by reporter Megan Williams. Now she's back with another team in Cambodia - this one comprised of women.
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June 1st: George F. Walker
Jian Ghomeshi had an interesting interview that deserved a second play: with Canadian playwright George F. Walker.
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The Hour Podcast
For past episodes of The Hour Podcasts (audio and video), head to their website.
The House, Saturday, June 30, 2007
This week we look at the why the Canadian government is shifting the focus of Aid from Africa and Asia to Central and South America.
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The House, Saturday, June 23, 2007
Guest host Tom Parry interviews Conservative MP Peter Van Loan, Liberal MP Ralph Goodale, and NDP MP Joe Comartin; Liberal MP Bill Graham and Conservative MP Myron Thompson; University of Ottawa Environmental Law Professor Stewart Elgie; CBC Radio's Parliamentary bureau Chief Chris Hall and the Canadian Press' Jennifer Ditchburn; and CBC Reporter Josee Bellmare reports on compensation for residential school survivors.
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The House, Saturday, June 16, 2007
Kathleen Petty interviews: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty; Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald; Members of the House of Commons' Public Accounts committee, Conservative John Williams, Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj and NDP David Christopherson; CBC National Reporter Alison Crawford reports on shunning in the public service; and Joyce Carter thinks Prime Ministers should keep their promises.
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The House, Saturday, June 9, 2007
This week we discuss the Atlantic Accord, and look at the PM`s Bill to limit Senate terms.
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The House, Saturday, June 2, 2007
This week we explore Canada's policy on the enviroment, leading into next week's G-8 Summit in Germany.
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The House, Saturday, May 26, 2007
Kathleen Petty chats with Canada`s new Ambassador to Afghanistan.
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The House, Saturday, May 19, 2007
Kathleen Petty exmamines the Commons committee chaos.
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The House, Saturday, May 12, 2007
What will happen to the Bloc? Gilles Duceppe leaves for Quebec City.
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The House, Saturday, May 5, 2007
The Afghan Ambassador talks about the debate over what to do with detainees in his country.
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The House, Saturday, April 21, 2007
This week: John Baird and Kyoto.
Trouble in the Consvervatives Heartland. Reservists for Kandahar.
Appointing an Elected Senator.
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The House, Saturday, April 14, 2007
Belinda Stronach calls it quits.
No Liberal candidate for Central Nova. The Charter of Rights at 25. The coming Parliamentary session.
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The House, Saturday, April 7, 2007
Political Resurrections: Kathleen Petty talks to journalists Don Martin and Josee Legault about who they think should be resurrected, Former Clinton speech writer Paul Glastris discusses whether Al Gore can be resurrected, Ed Broadbent discuses his own political comeback and John Plumpton sheds light on the many political lives of Winston Churchill.
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The House, Sat. March 30/07
Host Kathleen Petty talks to MPs on the Public Accounts committee about the allegations of corruption in the RCMP.
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Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright spent five years researching the history of the events leading to the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. His book about the subject, The Looming Tower won the 2007 Lionel Gelber Prize, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. In this public lecture, Wright analyses the forces that created Al-Qaeda, and adds to our understanding of what we must do to fight them.
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How to Read Freud and Jung
Two giants of twentieth century psychology, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, mapped the unconscious in ways that still resonate today. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy interviews Josh Cohen and David Tacey, authors of books on Freud and Jung, respectively, in Granta Books’ How to Read guides to influential thinkers.
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The Ideas of Peter Watson
Peter Watson is the author of Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. He describes the history of ideas from antiquity to the present day. He reveals the links that travel down through the ages, from religion to science to the arts.
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Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe?
Mark Jaccard is a professor of environmental management at Simon Fraser University and an internationally acclaimed energy economist and consultant. In this lecture he challenges the assumption that fossil fuels will be the death of us and posits that they may offer the most sustainable future for the planet.
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Listener's Choice - June 29, 2007 - Parka Patrol
Diane Kehoe of Ladner, British Columbia misses the good old days of Parka Patrol. Gary Dunford hosted the show in the mid 1980s, which included music and some very quirky chat. There are very few remaining episodes in the archives, so here are some of the excerpts we pulled just for Diane.
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Listener's Choice - June 22nd, 2007 - Enright's Puffin Plight
When Michael Enright attempts to pronounce tricky Icelandic names, hilarity ensues...uncontrollable laughter...live on air! A request brought to you by our listener Zach Stevens.
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Listener's Choice - June 15th, 2007 - The Race Against Time Part One (aka the OOPscast)
Last week we broadcast the wrong episode of the documentary "The Race Against Time", we meant to broadcast Part One, so here it is. You can hear part two of the documentary series on last week's Listener's Choice podcast.
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Listener's Choice - June 8th, 2007 - The Race Against Time Part Two
Calgary's Cameron McKague was moved by the documentary "Race Against Time". Originally aired on Ideas on May 26, 2004, it explores how blacks and whites are sticking with their “own kind”, especially through the nation's school system.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of June 27, 2007
The Caboose: On a visit to Newfoundland, Helen Forsey is smitten by an abandoned caboose on Biscayne Cove. Feeling the tug of her family history, she buys it on an impulse. But now what's she to do with it? This piece was produced by Marie Wadden.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of June 20, 2007
The Education of Sarah Brodie: Sarah Brodie, an art therapist, thought she could help Adele Lerner cope with living in a nursing home. But their conversations about art soon became something else: a relationship closer than Sarah's training had prepared her for. In the end it is Adele who teaches Sarah about making connections, and putting up boundaries. This piece was produced by Jessica Brando and Neil Sandell.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of June 13, 2007
Hallway Confidential Pt. 2: More stories from the hallways of Stayner Collegiate High School in Ontario. Taylor Ashton Hoit knows what it's like to be the new girl at a small school, where rumours can spread quickly. How does she show them who she really is? And Amanda Patterson always got teased about her looks and was told she would never find a boyfriend. She was really unhappy... until she met Ryan over the internet.
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The Best of Outfront: Week of June 6, 2007
Hallway Confidential Pt. 1: From the hallways of Stayner Collegiate High School in Ontario, what's going on in the lives of some of the students.
Michael Morrey says there isn't much to do in a small town so he breaks windows. Vandalism isn't something he plans to do forever so why does he do it in the first place?
And Lisa Hardisty keeps her life organized, right down to the customized shelves in her locker. What happens when she asks her friends to mess up her tidy world?
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Play it Again! June 23, 2007- The Confession of Brendan Foley
An interview from 1990 with a Catholic priest from Newfoundland who had been charged with sexual offences.
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Play it Again! June 23, 2007- Laura Ann Pettito
Peter Gzowski talks to a neuro-psychologist called Laura Ann Pettito in 1998.
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Play it Again! - June 15th, 2007 - Conrad Black
Peter Gzowski speaks with Conrad Black in an interview from October, 1993.
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Play it Again! - June 8th, 2007 - The UFOpia Podcast IOA (Identified Archive Object)
1. CBC Assignment's Rex Lambert reports on one of the oldest curious paranormal events, August 24, 1962. 2. Charlotte Brown claims to have been abducted twice. She tells Peter Gzowski and Budd Hopkins, alien abduction expert, Oct. 8, 1986. 3. Evan Stewart investigates belief in UFOs in Manitoba, 1995. In 1995, the founder of the Raelian Church with Michael Enright. Jean Chretien referendum clips, 1995.
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Play it Again! - June 1st, 2007 - Homosexuality as reflected by society, as captured by CBC Radio
1. November 7, 1967: A Northwest Territories man finds himself in jail for the crime of being a homosexual. 2. From As it Happens in 1976, a horse racing judge named John Damien is fired from his job with the Ontario Racing Commission because he is gay. 3. February 15, 1981: police arrested close to three hundred men in homosexual bathhouses in Toronto. 4. Barbara Frum's look at modern gay liberation from 1971. 5. 1974: the Metropolitan Community Church opens its doors to an all gay congregation
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, July 2nd
DAVID ALTMEJD
In the contemporary art world, the place to be this summer is at the Venice Bienneale in Italy. It's an international gathering of contemporary art and artists. Some of the biggest buzz has been at the Canadian pavillion where DAVID ALTMEJD's work is on display.
He's a 33 year old from Montreal, best known for his sculptures of werewolves, but his pieces on show in Venice explore other aspects of the animal kingdom.
Jian spoke to David in May, just a couple of weeks befo
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, June 29th
Canada Day, Facebook, and Summer Programming...
Sunday is CANADA DAY...but they couldn't wait in London. The party in Trafalgar Square happened earlier today and we joined in the fun by phone.
Also on July 1st, we'll find out what Canadians---at least Canadians who belong to FACEBOOK--think this country should hope for. The producer behind the on-line vote fills us in on how the poll is playing out.
And, you'll meet the hosts of two new summer shows here on CBC Radio...Lisa Brokop's pro
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, June 27th
Remembering William Hutt with Susan Coyne and Richard Monette...
Also, etiquette for men. A hit fringe show explores that hairy subject... and it's back on the fringe circuit this summer.
Plus Mio Adelman is on holiday in PEI... but that doesn't stop him from delievering the Download Down Low.
But there's more... ever wondered what it's like to tour with Willie Nelson? We'll talk to a couple members of Shaye who are opening up for the country legend. Apparently he has a good golf game
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, June 26th
Jamaican Dancehall and Soap... A UK activist gets 4 major Dancehall music artists to change their ways.
And a Toronto ad agency has won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Advertising Festival.
The winning spot is part of the Dove "Campaign for Real Beauty."
You won't have seen it on TV...only on YouTube.
We'll meet the fellow who created it...and talk to Terry O'Reilly about this new approach to selling soap.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, June 25th
Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings...
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings in Overdrive... the two Canadian rock legends pay tribute to the music that inspired them in the 50s and 60s.
And Museums go virtual. How the web is changing the way we experience art.
We'll talk to curators at the Saatchi Gallery in London and the Art Gallery of Ontario ... AND launch our own Q virtual museum.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, June 22
Barry Julien writes for one of the hottest comedy shows on the continent, the Colbert Report. But how does a Canadian spin white-hot American satire, we'll find out.
Dancehall revolution. 3 major reggae arists in the UK renounce homophobia in their music.. we'll talk with the guy who got them to change their ways.
And, musical tribute acts are big business.. and one of the biggest businesses in the tribute game is Psycho Management.
These, and more...
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, June 21
Ryan Adams, Summer TV reruns...
What's good on summer TV besides reruns and sports? Lots, apparently. Our Q TV watchers will separate the wheat from the chaff.
Prolific alt-country superstar Ryan Adams visits studio Q.
And, the bookstores are full of tomes about spiritual searching. So we sent book reviewer Patricia Robertson on a spirtual quest...to tell us what this latest nonfiction trend is about.
And more...
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, June 20th
Guy Maddin, James Hunter...
FOR YOUR POD-PLEASURE TODAY...
British music with soul... James Hunter is a throwback to the vintage R and B sounds of the 50s and 60s, and he's coming soon to a Canadian festival near you.
And "Transit of Venus" started off as a play by Maureen Hunter. Now it's an opera. Manitoba Opera General Director Larry Desrochers will tell us more about how that happened.
Plus, Q-IN-REVIEW. From our very first show, an interview with Manitoba director Guy Maddin.
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, June 19
Dancers, bikers, Mio...
We'll meet a cheoreographer and dancer that raise the roof ON the roof of Frank Gehry designed buildings.
Mio Adelman searches high and low for spiritual solace... on the internet.
Four major art events all opened in Europe this month, the Venice Biennale, Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Documenta in Kassel, Germany and the Munster Sculpture Project, also in Germany. Two Canadian artists are CYCLING their way to all those events, Jian caught up with them...and more.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, June 18
Halim El-Dabh, Cyndi Lauper:
The singer who was one of the defining icons of the 80s, Cyndi Lauper, is back with a new tour and loads of attitude.
Six Degrees: Our globetrotting quest that links up artists around the world is back... today we'll talk to a Londoner with a passion for taking arts to the favelas of Brazil.
And contemporary classical composer Halim El-Dabh. He was born into a farming family, but is now considered Egypt's foremost living composer.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, June 15
Edith Piaf, National Circus School...
On today's podcast: The National Circus School celebrates its 25th anniversary... a student, a former student and the director discuss the changes in the circus industry since then.
Also, a Canadian actor stages a one woman show about Edith Piaf.
And hum along to a new art project in Montreal
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday, June 14
Michael Winterbottom and the Price is Right...
On your podcast today...
Come on down! We track down the last guy EVER to spin the big wheel on the price is right ... he's from Calgary!
But first, Michael Winterbottom on his new film "A Mighty Heart" based on the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl....
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, June 13
Denis McGrath, Banff Television Festival, Vancouver Art Gallery...
TV pitch-o-rama! One of the main activities at the Banff World Television Festival is persuading producers to put some money into your great idea. Or, not so great idea. Dennis McGrath will tell us about some of the WORST pitches he's heard over the past couple of days.
And a new Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition of European art between 1864 and 1964 is attracting a lot of favourable attention.
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, June 12
Sarah Polley, Trever White, Kenneth Montague...
In the podcast today, Toronto dentist Kenneth Montague files an update from the Venice Biennele.
And Q-IN-REVIEW...Jian's interview with SARAH POLLEY about her hit film AWAY FROM HER.
And internationally renowned Irish food writer Trevor White serves up a humourous shot at the restaurant biz.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, June 11
On today's podcast... from King of the Hill to the Simpsons to the Office... Greg Daniels has written and created a lot of great television. How does he consistently make smart, funny tv that appeals to middle America? We'll find out.
And 3 years after Farhenheit 9/11 burned onto the big screen, Michael Moore reloads and takes aim at the US healthcare system. His new film Sicko is in theatres at the end of the month.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday June 8th
For your download pleasure today... Jack Bauer lovers rejoice: Jian talks with the Executive Producer of the show 24... how does a Canadian produce a show about keeping America safe? Jian talks to John Kassar.
And Love is Work. Words to live by, and the name of a new Canadian film... the director and one of the stars are in studio Q.
Plus, the headline act at today's Carnegie Hall tribute to Oscar Peterson... none other than 88 year old pianist Hank Jones talks to us from New York.
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Q: The Podcast for Thursday July 7th
On the show today, a director's cut of Jian's interview with legendary music producer Joe Boyd. That, and Christopher Plummer up for a Tony.
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Q: The Podcast for Wednesday, June 6th
On our podcast today... plagiarism. Alleged plagiarism anyway. Canadian author Rebecca Eckler sues a Hollywood director over a box office blockbuster. We'll get "knocked up" with the controversy when we talk to her... and a lawyer who specializes in these sorts of things. Plus the download down lo with Mio Adelman
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Q: The Podcast for Tuesday, June 5th
Highlights from Q the Tuesday Edition... Jian talks to Jesse Wente about the Sopranos winding up, he visits singer Joss Stone, and John Turner drops by with his thoughts on the western hemisphere's apparent obsession with Paris Hilton.
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Q: The Podcast for Monday, June 4th
Welcome to the second ever Q: The Podcast. Today: Chris Murphy of Sloan opened up for the Police on Saturday in Edmonton, we'll get his review of the show.
Kenneth Montague is a dentist by day and an art curator by night. He collects photographs that explore black culture and identity and has just published a compilation of his collection called FLAVA.
And Jeremy Irons talks about celebrity and social change.
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Q: The Podcast for Friday, June 1st:
Welcome to the first edition of Q: THE PODCAST...some highlights from CBC Radio One's flagship arts, culture and entertainment show from the week of May 28 to June 1st. East Meets west: Author, Doctor and Spritual Guru Deepak Chopra vists studio Q to talk about his new novel, politics and enlightenment.Some of the brighest minds in cyberspace met up last week to talk about the future of the web. And, Clown Torture in Montreal a check in with curator of the museum of contemporary arts.
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QQ-300607-01-Arctic Fossil Prospecting
Canadian researchers prospect for ancient fossils in the high arctic.
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QQ-300607-02-Ant Jaw Jumping
A species of ant can fling itself into the air using its jaw.
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QQ-300607-03- Biomass
Biomass energy using new technologies could could be a clean, renewable resource
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QQ-300607-04-Space Walking
Astronaut Steve MacLean is doing construction on the International Space Station
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QQ-230607- 01-Where's My Jetpack
Exploring what happened the inventions promised to people 50 years ago.
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QQ-230607- 02-Storm World
Examining the relationship, or lack thereof, between hurricanes and climate change.
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QQ-230607- 03-Evolution for Everyone
Examining how evolution explains everyday behaviour.
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QQ-230607- 04-Phoenix Mission
Introducing the Phoenix Mission to the Martian Arctic.
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QQ-160607-01-Blinded by Science
Freelancer, Alison Motluk spent 5 days blindfolded to learn what happens to the brain when one of the senses goes away.
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QQ-160607-02-Old Black Hole
Scientists discover a black hole 13 billion years old.
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QQ-160607-03-Dinosaur Posture
A new theory to explain why some dinosaur skeletons are found with their heads back and mouths open- they were poisoned.
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QQ-160607-04-Plant Self Recognition
Discovery that plants can recognize their relatives, and share food resources.
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QQ-160607-05-Question-Rising Bread
Question of the week, why does white bread rise better than whole wheat bread?
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QQ-090607-01-The Question Show Part 1
Part 1 of our Question show recorded live in St. John's.
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QQ-090607-02-The Question Show Part 2
Part 1 of our Question show recorded live in St. John's.
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QQ-020607-01-Evolving Bipedalism
A new theory is emerging for how our ape ancestors became bipedal.
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QQ-020607-02-Really Ancient Fossils
Some of the best evidence yet for ancient life has been revealed.
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QQ-020607-03-Fisher Fingerprints
Biologists are fingerprinting these large weasels to track them in the wild.
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QQ-020607-04-Superconductor Breakthrough
A Canadian led team makes a major discovery in high-temperature superconductors.
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QQ-020607-05-Genes & Language
A strong correlation is found between two recent changes in our genes and the diversity of human language.
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QQ-020607-06-Question: Curry
Why does curry become more flavourful in the fridge?
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R3:30
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R3TV
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R3: New Music Canada Track of the Day
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Best of Sounds Like Canada June 19, 2007
This morning, filling the gap in family history. For years Zebedee Nungak of Northern Quebec or Ungava was staring at a blank spot on his wall next to his grandmother's picture. The looks of his Scottish grandfather were a mystery. He found that photo and a whole lot more...he tells Kevin Sylvester his story.
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Best of Sounds Like Canada - June 15
This morning, Shelagh takes you to Thunder Bay, where the Sleeping Giant may have missed the cut for the Seven Wonders of Canada, but it was the winner of the popular vote.
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Best of Sounds Like Canada - June 13
The Vivian hotel is re-opening after a fire last year gutted the building. It was originally Vancouver's only hotel catering to drug addicted and mentally ill women. Located in the heart of the city's low-end prostitute stroll, the building was named after Vivan Grace Ash. A woman who had a tough life on Canadian streets. Her family was instrumental in getting a program up-and-running in her honour. Shelagh Rogers speaks to her son David Ash about Vivian's life.
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Best of Sounds Like Canada - June 11
This morning's Bleep Panel looks at the endless rounds of pre-wedding parties. And, Shelagh talks to a peace activist whose son has been serving in Afghanistan.
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Best of Sounds Like Canada June 7
This morning, our Thursday Think Tank follows the money. Two recent news stories shed light on the perks paid to CEOs, and the pressure some rank & file CIBC employees feel to work for free even when their shift is done. The CIBC workers say they're discouraged from putting their overtime on their timecards even though they're assigned more work than they can do in 8 hours. Meanwhile, CEOs go out the door with golden parachutes even when they underperform. What are we to make of this?
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Special Delivery: "Prelude to Climate Currents" June 29, 2007
Before we begin our series of "Climate Current" podcasts, we thought we'd play this provocative interview with law professor Bruce Pardy. Prof. Pardy believes you might as well continue driving your SUV, climate change is going to happen anyway...
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Special Delivery: "Eat, Drink and be Wary," June 22, 2007
Bernie McNamee introduces the series 'Eat, Drink and be War' which originally ran on CBC Radio One in the spring of 2007.
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Special Delivery: "Spin Cycles," Episode 6 - June 15, 2007
Episode 6: Spinning into the 21st century
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Special Delivery: "Spin Cycles," Episode 4 - June 1, 2007
Episode 4: The spin doctor is in
Twenty-four-hour TV news, increased competition in newspapers, the shrinking news cycle … they've all played a part in changing the way Canadian politics is covered. And in most cases, it's the spin doctors who have gained the upper hand.
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The Sunday Edition: June 24, 2007
This week, Canadians may be in store for a long hot summer. Michael speaks with Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine and then we hear from three women in the trenches of native activism.
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The Sunday Edition: June 17, 2007
This week, is the US an empire like Rome? We search for some comparisons. And Mothers-in-Law, Alisa Siegel's documentary on top women lawyers struggling to find time for families.
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The Sunday Edition: June 10, 2007
This week, Eating Chinese: a special look at the safety of Canada's food imports from China.
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The Sunday Edition: June 3, 2007
This week, civilian oversight of police. Is it working and is there enough? And the Six-Day War: Forty Years Later.
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Tapestry - July 2, 2007 - Seeking the Sacred
What do you do if you want to be on a spiritual path, and you wish you could be part of a community, but somehow you just can’t find your place. Well, if you’re a woman called Mary Joseph, you create your own. And you ask a bunch of other people who are struggling for the answers to join you. Mary Hynes talks with Mary Joseph, along with the renowned Jungian analyst Marion Woodman.
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Tapestry - June 26, 2007 - Interview with Harold Kushner
The psychologist Daniel Levinson writes that much of the unhappiness of people halfway through life is due to the "tyranny of their dreams."We all start out with dreams for our lives, but what happens when those dreams are deferred, or go astray? Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," shows how we can weather the disillusionment we all face in life in his new book "Overcoming Life's Disappointments." The book is distributed in Canada by Random House.
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Tapestry - June 19, 2007 - The Goddess and The Green Man
Mary Hynes talks with Tim Ward about his book, Savage Breast: One Man’s Search for the Goddess. Tim travelled the world searching for various images of "the Goddess" — through history, mythology, archeology - and the human heart. Also on the programme -writer Tim Wilson explores the myth of The Green Man - the symbol of masculinity, nature and fertility. Tim wonders where the Green Man might be found today (a hint — he says he'll be back!).
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Tapestry - June 12, 2007 - The Mind of David Lynch
The director who brought us the disturbing images in "Twin Peaks", "Eraserhead", and "Blue Velvet", was once called "the ultimate poet of unease". But David Lynch says his mind is, in fact, a pretty blissful place, has been ever since he discovered meditation, some 30 years ago. He tells the story in his new book, "Catching the Big Fish". David Lynch talks with the host of Tapestry, Mary Hynes about the link between meditation, creativity and inspiration.
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Tapestry - June 5, 2007 - Andrew Harvey
Do you remember the movie The Graduate? A young Dustin Hoffman is taken aside by a hot-shot businessman who tells him there’s only one word he needs to know. The word is "plastics." Well, it's 2007; let's forget plastic. The teacher Andrew Harvey would like to suggest a different word. It’s "practice." Andrew Harvey is known world-wide as a writer, teacher and modern-day mystic. He’ll explain what he means to Mary Hynes on Tapestry this week.
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This I Believe 02/07/2007 James Bartleman
James Bartleman grew up in the small Muskoka town of Port Carling, and is a member of the Mnjikaning First Nation. In 2002, after a distinguished career in Canada’s foreign
Service, he became Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He has spent much of his time in office focusing on the encouragement of aboriginal young people and communities and on speaking out against the stigma surrounding mental illness.
Earlier this year he testified at the Air India inquiry that he had informed the RCMP,
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This I Believe 29/06/2007 Tomson Highway
Tomson Highway’s family did not have books, magazines and radio or television. His father and mother entertained their twelve children with stories in Cree—their first language and cultural heritage. Tomson’s passion for storytelling has been with him since childhood. He is a playwright and novelist perhaps best known for his plays that depict life on native reserves—most notably “The Rez Sisters” and “Dry Lips Outta Move to Kapuskasing”.
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This I believe 28/06/2007 Alastair Summerlee
In every corner of this country, every day, there are Canadians doing incredible work to help the less fortunate. Alastair Summerlee is one of those people. Although he is the President of the University of Guelph, he finds the time and follows his passion to help the people of Africa through his work as the Chair of the World University Service of Canada. And as often is the case, Alastair Summerlee finds that he personally gets back more from his volunteer work than he could ever have imag
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This IBelieve 27/06/2007 Bill Eaton
The hard work of being a physician sometimes comes when there is very little left to do to keep a patient alive. Dr. Bill Eaton was a young medical student when he encountered this real challenge. He loved doing proceedures on patients, but was left to use his imagination the first time he encountered a patient who he didn’t know how to help.
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This I Believe 26/06/2007 Susur Lee
As a young boy growing up in Hong Kong, Susur Lee was never one for the straight and narrow path. His curiousity and self described lack of discipline made it impossible to stay focused in school. Cooking was what fascinated him. And so, when he should have been in high school, he was training in some of the great kitchens of Hong Kong and then North America. Today he is the owner of two of the most recognized restaurants in Canada that exist next door to each other in Toronto.
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This I Believe 25/06/2007 Megan Follows
Millions of Canadians know her as “Anne Shirley”, the irascible young red head in the television miniseries Anne of Green Gables. Flash forward over twenty years and Megan Follows is an accomplished television, stage and screen actor with hundreds of credits to her name. Although she makes her home in Los Angeles now, she is spending time this summer in Toronto performing on stage for Soulpepper Theatre.
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This I Believe 22/06/2007 Anosh Irani
He is considered one of Canada’s brightest young writing talents. Anosh Irani was born and raised in Bombay India. He moved to Canada in 1998 and since then, his writing career has flouished. His work so far has won critical acclaim including his play The Matka King and two novels: The Cripple and his Talismans and The Song of Kahunsha.
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This I Believe 21/06/2007 David Fennario
Balconville, On the Job and Joe Beef are all instantly recognizable award winning plays to anyone who has followed the world of Canadian theatre over the last three decades. The playwright is David Fennario. He grew up in working class Montreal. And although he was the darling of the theatre going middle classes in the seventies and eighties, his plays always focussed on the struggles of the working class. He is still producing work in spite of a chronic nervous system disorder.
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This I Believe 20/06/2007
Innovation and creativity are changing the world. If we design institutions and objects in our world well, Bruce Mau believes we can improve the quality of life for everyone. Bruce Mau is an internationally acclaimed designer, known for his optimistic outlook and provocative multi-disciplinary design work. Buildings, books, boxes, signs, plates and drinking cups are all part of his portfolio.
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This I Believe 19/06/2007 Dr. Margaret Somerville
As a medical ethicist Margaret Somerville is never far away from controversy. The amazing possibilities that advances in medicine and technology bring can also present moral, legal and social dilemmas. The moral compass that guides her beliefs comes from a way of looking at the world that she learned early in life.
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This I Believe 18/06/2007 Dr. Balfour Mount
As Canadians we owe a deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Balfour Mount. He is the “father of palliative care” in this country. In fact, he coined the term “palliative care” for this new specialty back in the ninteeen seventies when he was a young oncology surgeon. Dr. Mount was deeply concerned with how little time, attention and care the medical system paid to the sickest of all patients—those who were dying. Influenced by the work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, he trained with Dame Cicely Saunders t
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This I Believe 15/06/2007 Evelyn Lau
Conflict over the high expectations of her parents led Evelyn Lau to leave home at the age of fifteen and take up life on the dangerous streets of downtown Vancouver. She fell quickly into the throes of drug addiction and prostitution. Through it all she wrote. Poetry, prose, articles for magazines and newspapers. Her bestselling memoir “Runaway: Diary of a Streetkid” was made into a Television movie starring the now famous Sandra Oh.
It is no surprise that Evelyn Lau’s belief in the writi
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This I Believe 14/06/2007 George Eliot Clarke
George Eliot Clarke is a poet, a playwright, a professor and a literary critic. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia—a seventh generation Canadian of African and Aboriginal descent. He is a tireless champion for the work of writers with African roots and especially of his fellow Nova Scotians. He has won numerous awards for his writing including the 2001 Governor General’s award for poetry.
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This I Believe 13/06/2007 David Asper
David Asper is the Executive Vice President of the Canadian media empire Canwest Global…a company his father Israel Asper founded in the mid nineteen seventies.
David is also the chair of the National Post newspaper. Prior to his involvement with Canwest David came to national prominence as the lawyer who successfully defended David Milgaard at the Supreme Court of Canada in his wrongful murder conviction. David embraced the lessons learned at the family dinner table and carries these with hi
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This I Believe 12/06/2007 Joy Kogawa
One of the most controversial and emotional chapters in Canadian history was the internment of thousands of citizens during the second world war. Joy Kogawa’s and her family were among those taken from their homes to an internment camp. As a writer, much of her work has focused on the impact of injustice. Her most critically acclaimed novel is Obasan, published in 1981.
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This I Believe 11/06/2007 Charles Baillie
Some of the real modern day builders of this country are not household names nor do they win attention a lot of attention in the media. Charlie Baillie is one of those people. He made the financial world his career, as Chairman and CEO of the TD Bank Financial Group. Along the way he also gave considerable time and energy to charitable and environmental organizations. Today he is Chancellor of Queen’s University and a tireless voice for our need to support universal access to all levels of e
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This I Believe 08/06/2007 Wayson Choy
It is the richness of our writers who help us to understand our past and therefore help shape where go in the future. Wayson Choy’s novels reflect what it was like to grow up in the Chinese community in Vancouver. He lives in Toronto now and he shares his passion for life’s joys and sorrows through his teaching and volunteer work.
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This I Believe 07/06/2007 Dr. Tak Mak
Dr. Tak Mak first won international attention for discovering and cloning t cell receptor genes..one of the keys to the immune system.
After decades as a distinguished researcher Dr. Mak is now focussing his creativity and scientific skill on the search for drug treatments that can kill cancer cells with precision.
His goal is to save lives, particularly the lives of breast cancer patients. He believes that it is the marriage of science and imagination that will make this possible.
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This I Believe 05/06/2007 Anne Cools
When Anne Cools was fourteen years old, her family moved from the Barbados to Montreal. She wasted no time immersing herself in Canadian life…and in her early adult years became an leader in the social services field. She became a Senator in 1984, the first black person to sit in the Upper House.
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This I Believe 05/06/2007 George Bowering
There just isn’t enough good poetry in our world. Through his long and successful career George Bowering has done his part to try to change that. He has won numerous awards for his writing and in 2002 was named Canada’s first ever Poet Laureate. He is witty, sardonic and gifted
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This I Believe 04/06/2007 Julie Payette
The lessons of determination and hard work that Julie Payette learned from her Mother paved the way for her journey from school girl in suburban Montreal to mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery. Julie Payette is an astronaut and she is also an accomplished singer, tri-athlete, and scuba diver. She is the Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency and works at the NASA Johnson Space Centre in Houston Texas.
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This I Believe 01/06/2007 Thomas Homer-Dixon
In his latest book Thomas Homer-Dixon explains how we as individuals can play a role in making this fragile and troubled world a safer and healthier place. The book is aptly called The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization. Besides being an author, he is the Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and a Professor at the University of Toronto. The foundation for Thomas Homer-Dixon’s beliefs go back to a simple credo he learned as a child.
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This I Believe 31/05/2007 Sheila Fraser
If accounting were music then Sheila Fraser would be a rock star. It’s a rare accountant who captures the attention of a country and is celebrated as a kind of hero. As Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser achieved this level of admiration and popularity when she uncovered what came to be known as the “sponsorship scandal”—the practice of awarding contracts outside government guidelines
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This I Believe 30/05/2007/ Nutt
Samantha Nutt is the Founder of a charitable group called War Child Canada. War Child’s goal is to offer humanitarian assistance to children throughout the world who are affected by war. Samantha is a medical doctor who has worked for over ten years in war zones including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.
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This I Believe 29/05/2007/Mosher
For over thirty five years his editorial cartoons have provoked outrage, tickled funny bones and caused fans and detractors to reflect on our often crazy world. Terry Mosher draws under the name Aislin for the Montreal Gazette. Inspiration comes from his acute awareness of the absurdities and contradictions in the world around us. But it is humility and gratefulness that he values the most.
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This I Believe 28/05/2007 Mobina Jaffer
Senator Mobina Jaffer came to Canada as a Ugandan refugee. Re-building her shattered life took incredible determination and strength . In addition to establishing a successful law practice she is the first African and Muslim member of the Canadian Senate and a tireless champion for human rights issues. In 2002 she was appointed Canada’s special envoy to the peace process in the Sudan. And it is a lesson that her mother taught her as a young girl that she has consistently dr
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This I Believe 24/05/2007
Twenty years ago Rick Hansen began his Man in Motion world tour. He wheeled around the world to raise money and awareness for people with spinal cord injuries. In these twenty years the Rick Hansen Foundation has raised almost 180 million dollars to help make our communities accessible and to fund research.
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This I Believe 25/05/2007
Kim Phuc is best known as “the girl in the picture”..the provocative photo taken in 1972 at the height of the Vietnam war. She was nine years old then, napalm bombs were accidentally dropped on her village and she was photographed running naked, screaming and burned down a dirt road. Her essay is about the journey to forgiveness her life took after this event.
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This I Believe 23/05/07 Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Sheila Watt-Cloutier believes her people, the Inuit, have the right to be cold. And she has not stood on the sidelines watching as the voracious global consumption of fossil fuels warms the North. The Inuit way of life is being dramatically and negatively changed. She has found inside herself, a strength to fight against climate change. Ms. Watt-Cloutier’s efforts have won her a nomination for a Nobel prize. But it wasn’t naturally easy for her to be a confident voice on the global stage
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This I Believe 22/05/2007 Shauna Singh Baldwin
Shauna Singh Baldwin was born in Montreal, raised in India and now works and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her 1999 novel “What the Body Remembers” won the Commonwealth Writers Best Book Prize. Her lifetime of movement between countries and cultures has shaped the way she sees the world—particularly her belief about the roles that men and women play.
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This I Believe 21/05/2007 James Loney
James Loney was held hostage in Iraq along with three other men for almost four months in late 2005. One of the men was killed. Loney and the others were rescued.
The experience brought clarity to James Loney's fundamental beliefs.
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This I Believe 18/05/2007/ Buck 65
Persistence and belief in his own abilities and goals have made Rich Terfry, better known as Buck 65, an successful musician. Life is sweet when you are doing what you love in Buck 65's experience.
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This I Believe 17/05/2007 William Deverell
William Deverell is a successful trial lawyer, the author of thirteen crime novels and the creator of the CBC Television series Street Legal. He believes in nothing short of rage against the degradation and destruction of our environment.
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This I Believe 16/05/2007 Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes is the only athlete in history to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. She believes that following your heart makes you happy and also makes you a better person.
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This I Believe 15/05/2007 David Chilton
The Power of Perspective. David Chilton is the author of the most successful book in Canadian publishing history: The Wealthy Barber. He credits his success to his positive outlook on life.
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This I Believe 14/05/2007 Beverley McLachlin
Beverley McLachlin has been the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2000. Her This I Believe essay is about her belief in the importance of setting goals but also the importance of enjoying and learning from the journey towarour goals.
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Word of Week: "prêter"
Bernard St-Laurent and Johanne Blais discuss "prêter" - to lend. (repeat podcast)
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Word of Week: "loup", 25/06/07
Johanne Blais and guest host Jeanette Kelly discuss "loup", which means wolf.
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Word of Week: "Canadian vs European French", 18/06/07
Johanne Blais and guest host Jeanette Kelly discuss some of the differences between Canadian vs European French.
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Word of Week: "échec", 11/06/07
Guest host Jeanette Kelly and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss, échec, which means failure, among other things.
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Words At Large Podcast 62 - Cooking With Gas
Some people will go to any lengths to change their cuisine. This week we have adventures of a kitchen slave and memoirs of a food critic.
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Words At Large Podcast 61 - Reading Road Trip
Celebrity journalist Kevin Sessums on his memoir "Mississippi Sissy". Then we’re going on a form of virtual speed dating for summer books. We’ll hear from authors, booksellers, academics, reviewers and – yes – even your average reader.
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Words At Large Podcast 60 - Griffin Wins and Ian McEwan's Hot
Big money for Don McKay at the Griffins plus Ian McEwan's hot new novel about sex in the sixties.
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Words At Large podcast 59 - Harry and The Secret
Marketing sensations of the book world. The Secret has been a phenomenal success since it was published last year. But before that was the unbelievable world response to Harry Potter. How did it happen?
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Writers & Company - 02/07/2007 - Michel Tremblay
Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with one of Quebec’s most important writers, Michel Tremblay. The man’s a phenomenon: playwright, novelist, translator, adaptor and screenwriter, librettist and lyricist.
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Writers & Company - 25/06/2007 - Chinua Achebe
A re-airing of a conversation with the winner of this year’s Man Booker International Prize, Chinua Achebe. From Nigeria, he’s an inspiring writer, thinker, politician, and the father of the African novel in English. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Chinua Achebe from his home in New York state in February 1994.
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Writers & Company - 18/06/2007 - Ian McEwan Interview
A conversation with one of England’s finest writers, Ian McEwan, on his post-9/11 novel, "Saturday", and his latest dysfunctional romance, "On Chesil Beach".
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Writers & Company - 11/06/2007 - Lydia Davis Interview
Eleanor Wachtel in an onstage conversation at Montreal's Blue Metropolis Literary Festival with the American writer and translator, Lydia Davis. From her mysterious "found" stories to new versions of Proust and Flaubert, Lydia Davis is surprising and memorable.
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Writers & Company - 04/06/2007 - Michael Ondaatje Interview
Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with Michael Ondaatje about his first novel in seven years. "Divisadero" is a story of passion, loss and the imprint of the past.
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Regional Podcasts:
Best of Alberta-Episode 62-06/30/07
This week...Next month in Vancouver one of the best poker players in the world will go up against a computer designed by researchers at the University of Alberta. Who will win?? Also...reporter Jennifer Keene tells us the story of an online gamer who was robbed...online. Joggers in Calgary now have a clinic they can go to when they injure themselves. We'll meet a doctor who says this type of specialized clinic is necessary. And we'll meet a couple travelling across Alberta by covered wagon.
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Best of Alberta-Episode 61-06/23/07
This week...the virtual human called Caveman. We'll meet a University of Calgary researcher and learn what this could mean for the medical world. British newspapers are hounding a Medicine Hat TV reporter to keep an eye out for Prince Harry. We'll meet Daniel Moore. There's a dwindling number of male teachers in Edmonton's inner city. We'll find out how that's impacting children.
And the deadline has come and gone for someone to cash a 15 million dollar loto 6/49 cheque.
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Best of Alberta-Episode 60-06/16/07
This week...a battle may be brewing between the government and Alberta first nations over a proposed new provincial smoking law. Camping and alcohol aren't always a good combination. We'll meet one campground operator whose property is alcohol-free. We'll hear the tale of a princely visit to a Calgary bar. And even though Environment Canada wouldn't confirm it...residents in Stony Plain west of Edmonton are convinced a tornado touched down recently. We'll hear from one eyewitness.
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Best of Alberta-Episode 59-June 9/07
This week..we meet two Calgarians who are going to attempt to minimize their environmental footprint. Can the do it?? The Alberta boom is having a spillover affect into Saskatchewan. Reporter Kathy Kiel will tell us that story.
And we'll meet first time film-maker Punam Kumar Gill. She's looking for some of the five thousand people who took driving lessons from her Dad in Edmonton. She is making a documentary about him.
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BC This Week: June 30, 2007
This week: having trouble finding a legal supply of medicinal marijuana? The mountain pine beetles of BC have a new target, and the celebratory story of a man with HIV.
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BC This Week: June 23, 2007
This week: Bert Tathem was sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison and find out what his fiance Sarah Gilmer has to say about it. Also, reaction to the Canadian 'No Fly' list released this week and keeping your lawn trimmed, the natural way.
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BC This Week: June 16, 2007
This week: whale skeletons, dinosaurs and singing dogs...oh my!
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BC This Week: June 9, 2007
This week: a singer gets discovered overnight while waiting tables, and the most beautiful house in the country is up for sale.
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Manitoba This Week - 30/06/07 - Twisters and hot dogs and skeeters, oh my!
Elie residents tell us their harrowing stories of close encounters with tornados; CBC Manitoba's guinea pigs test out a new (and very fragrant) mosquito repellent; and our resident chef tells you how to pimp your hot dog.
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Manitoba This Week - 22/06/07 - West Nile arrives... how about garlic as a mosquito repellant?
The battle is on. Arm yourself with bug spray because Manitoba has this year's first human case of West Nile Virus in Canada. If you don't like using DEET, never fear. Alternative products are popping up everywhere and apparently garlic might be able to repel more than just vampires. Our lab rats but a new mosquito killer to the test. Plus, we say goodbye to Peter Liba. The former Lieutenant Governor passed away on Thursday, June 21st. He was 67. All that, and more.
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Manitoba This Week - 16/06//07 - From technology to fashion to water wars and more!
Imagine a world with no TVs, no computers, no MP3 players to listen to podcasts! GASP! Download this podcast to find out why some Winnipeg families are cutting the cord on technology. And, finding your inner fashionista. Arts and culture reporter Chris Read checks out the growing world of fashion-blogs and tries to get his style recognized. Plus, things aren't looking good for Lake Winnipeg and the dispute over Devils Lake is on the boil again. Details on those stories and more!
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Manitoba This Week - 09/06/07 - Manitoba and the Stanley Cup, the Governor General, and More!
What do the Governor General, the Stanley Cup, and Guy Maddin have in common? They are all featured on this edition of Manitoba This Week! Hear highlights from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean's visit to the Peg. She talked with 150 young artists about how art and culture can be used to change their communities. Plus... we talk to Winkler, Manitoba's Dustin Penner after his team's BIG Stanley Cup win. And we get the scoop on Winnipeg movie giant Guy Maddin's new film!
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Maritimes This Week - June 30, 2007
Golfer, Nick Faldo talks to an excited crowd at the Louisbourg Playhouse in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. We also hear about one maritime family on the waiting list for a major medical treatment in Ontario.
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Maritimes This Week - June 22, 2007
A Nova Scotian's travel plans are stalled with the release of the new No-Fly list. Sixty years after the Second World War, a UK man retunrns to Moncton where he spent his childhood to escape the violence. And a hospital's coed rooms policy is under review.
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The Maritimes This Week - Jun16th 2007
On the podcast this week we meet a family with an unusual pet. A new twist to neighbourhood watch and a Fredericton student tells her big brother in Afghanistan how much she misses him...and wins a national contest.
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Maritimes This Week - June 9th, 2007
On this weeks podcast... theives are stealing beer kegs and selling them as scrap metal. And it's draining some maritime microbreweries of their resources. We'll take you to the first ever Maritimes Accordion Festival, tell you about the case of the missing cockatiel and take you for a bike ride in Cape Breton. All on the Maritimes this Week.
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Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - June 30, 2007. An cry for help from the mother of a teenager assaulted in Grand Falls-Windsor. Marystown welcomes the reopening of FPI's fish plant. Choices for Youth honours young people who've beaten the odds to turn their lives around. A student in Corner Brook scoops up after pets for a summer job. A grandmother from Hawke's Bay chalks up another black bear on her big game score card.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: The mother of a teenager attacked on a walking trail in Grand Falls-Wednesday appeals for help; people in Marystown hope the reopening of three young people are recognized for pulling their lives together; a student in Corner Brook builds a summer pooper-scooper business; and, octogenarian Celia Smith bags a black bear.
Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - June 23, 2007. The premier changes his tone but not his aims with the oil industry. The Innu of Natuashish hope they've turned a corner with the opening of facilities for treating substance abuse and improving health. A woman dedicated to finding new homes for Thai orphans discovers many have found good homes here. Arch Rowsell opens his snowmobile museum. The last students of Grand Bruit graduate and their school closes.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: David Cochrance checks out the premier's more conciliatory tone for the oil industry; Innu in Natuashish celebrate new facilities for addictions treatment and health care; Emily Hobbs sees how Thai orphans are doing in the new homes here; Arch Rowsell starts up his snowmobile museum; and Benrice Hillier visits Grand Bruit as its last students finish their schooling in the community.
Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - June 16, 2007. The mother of a murder victim questions why it's taking so long for the police to investigate; the justice minister responds. Towns in the Humber Valley won't extend firefighting coverage to private resorts outside their boundaries. The pilot of a single-engine plane makes it back to st. John's on a wing and a prayer. Lee Pitts profiles one of the most influential families in the fishery.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: the justice minister responds to questions raised by the mother of a murder victim about the speed of the police investigation; towns and resorts in the Humber Valley can't agree over firefighting protection; a Spanish pilot keeps his cool after his single-engine plane runs into trouble over the Atlantic; and, a profile of the Sullivans of Calvert and their impact on the fishing industry.
Newfoundland and Labrador This Week - June 9, 2007. MHAs react as Chief Justice Derek Green delivers a 1,300-page recipe for reforming spending at the legislature. We have the story of a young truck driver as he recovers from a serious highway crash. The discovery of a animal skeleton in an iceberg has lots of people, including scientists, scratching their heads.
On Newfoundland and Labrador This Week: David Cochrane looks at recommendations to reform MHA spending at the legislature and two members give their views; David Burke reports on a trucker's rough road to recovery from a serious accident he couldn't avoid; and scientists and iceberg watchers wonder how the skeleton of a mammal ended up frozen in the ice.
The North This Week - June 30, 2007
With everyone from internation music sensation The White Stripes, to American Idol star contestant Kerrie Pickler, and NHL player Jordin Tootoo in the north this week, it's a star-studded edition of The North This Week. Enjoy!
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The north this week june 23, 2007
We're going biking in the north. We'll hear about a 10 billion dollar railway project and we'll meet the descendant of a famous arctic explorer who's in the north to find her Inuit relatives.
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The North This Week - June 16, 2007
It's all about education on The North This Week. We learn how to swim in the Arctic, what Great Slave Lake means to the Dene people who live on its shores, and that some people have no idea where the Yukon is in Canada. So, sit back and let the enriching begin.
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The North This Week - June 9, 2007
Performers in a tiny isolated Yukon community have discovered a captive audience this summer, and they're putting on a show. You can hear all about it on The North This Week.
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June 30, 2007 Ontario This Week "Media Fast/ESL Dragonboat/Fearless"
An Ottawa woman refuses to listen to this podcast. In fact, she's shut out all media. We'll hear about her media fast. Also, foreign students at Carleton University paddle in their first dragonboat competition. And finally, Will and Grace meet Fear Factor. Are Taralee Gerhard and Jesse Reynolds truly Fearless?
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June 23, 2007 Ontario This Week, "Angry Al Pacas, Alternative Highschool, Frankie Fats"
Hallie Cotnam takes us to meet some very angry Al Pacas. We'll hear about one young student's road to recovery in her alternative highschool. And Scott Feschuk makes his pitch for Frankie Fats.
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June 16, 2007 Ontario This Week "War Museum, Travel Agent, Village Green"
We'll hear about the controversy over 66 words at the Canadian War Museum. Canada's best travel agent makes his pitch. And young Sawyer Watson is trying to save his favorite playground.
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June 9, 2007 Ontario This Week "Sens Loose/Congo Survivor/New York Extras"
Our pee wee coaches corner still has faith in their favorite hockey team, despite no Stanley Cup. We'll hear the story of survival and courage from a young Congolese teen. And strap on your Manolos, grab your cell phone. We're turning into New Yorkers.
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Quebec this Week June 23rd-June 30th 2007
This week you'll meet Montrealer Manny Pizzarro.
Among his many travels he recently returned from climbing Mount Everest.
Les 7 doigts de la main is a small Montreal based circus troupe.
Now the troupe is taking its show to the streets of New York City.
You'll meet Shana Carroll.
She's the founder of this award winning act.
And this week you'll meet Joanne Liu,a doctor who spends her down time working in the emergency room at Ste Justine Hospital.
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Quebec This Week (June 16-22, 2007)
Few things are more Quebecois than cheese curds.
But is it possible to reinvent a classic? We'll find out.
Montrealer Barry Julien has gone from performing magic tricks at clubs as a teenager to writing for one of the hottest tv shows in the U.S., The Colbert Report.
And George Thurston is a legend in Quebec. Better known as Boule Noir, he introduced this province to funk and soul music in the 1970s. He died this week at the age of 55. Thurston was in our studios a few months ago.
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Quebec This Week (June 9-15, 2007)
Are you on Facebook?
We've all heard that recently and we'll speak to someone about the positive and negative impact of making so much information about yourself available on the web.
And, Father's Day is coming up and we'll tell what some Montrealers are getting their dads and what dads actually want.
Also, the Montreal Fringe Festival always provides original entertainment. One of this year's performers is a bagpiper who calls himself "Miss Gina the Dragpiper".
We'll meet him.
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Quebec This Week (June 2-8, 2007)
Gaz Metropolitain has a new President and CEO. Sophie Brochu is clearly very business minded but she's also concerned with our use of energy resources.
We'll also delve into the world of a Quebec cheese maker and find out why cheese from Quebec is getting rave reviews.
And one of the best prospects in Major League Baseball is from Quebec.
Pitcher Phillippe Aumont was a first round draft pick by the Seattle Mariners this week. We spoke to one of his former coaches.
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Saskatchewan this week -- June 29, 2007
This week, cows in boats. Cows on the lam. And a grad story that will restore your faith in humanity.
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Saskatchewan this week -- August 17, 2007
This week -- house and land prices are skyrocketing in Regina. Find out why people are paying tens of thousands of dollars more than the original asking price. Hear from puzzled home buyers. And find out what's behind it all.
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Saskatchewan this week -- June 25, 2007
This week, we'll find out about the increasing apprearance of date rape drugs in Saskatchewan. On the technology front, we'll look a the future of podcasting. And we'll meet the Saskatchewan woman who had a close encounter of the Beatles kind.
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Saskatchewan this Week -- June 8, 2007
This week, meet a Saskatchewan woman with two new lungs. Find out why people in Maple Creek are shaving their heads. Get a lesson on arcane bylaws that are still in force. And we'll introduce you to the Regina teenager who has become a pop idol in Panama.
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National Day of Action; Toronto the Creative City; High Energy Convenience Stores
Aboriginal protester sets up blockade on the National Day of Action; Toronto's poet laureate taps into the new creative city; and the high energy cost of running a convenience store.
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Crown wards want support extended; A tribute to Toronto's fallen Irish; Lightfoot returns to Orillia
Crown wards ask for support from Children's Aid after they turn 21; A memorial park dedicated to the Irish immigrants who died in the 1840s opens in Toronto; and Gordon Lightfoot returns to the church in Orillia where he sang as a youngster.
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Toronto Cop honoured as Local Hero; Paralympian fights to clear his name; How to get results from City Hall
Toronto Police Constable Ojo Tewagbade honoured by the Canadian Urban Institute; Paralympic medalist Jeff Adams fights to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine; and three Ontario mayors offer tips on how get results from city hall.
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Vitamin D and Cancer; Climbing Everest; Reach for the Top champs
A new study suggests Vitamin D might help ward off cancer; Oldest Canadian to climb Mt. Everest; and students from London are the new champions of Reach for the Top.
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