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The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
How does aging affect the brain, and how old is too old to hold positions of power? Then, restoring trust in fashion's sustainability claims.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How Ageism Ages the Elderly
How is it that society seems to hold two diametrically opposed stereotypes about aging at the same time? Old people are cognitively impaired and too frail to do much of anything. Or, conversely, they are the wise owls who've gained the insight of the ages. The former is probably more prevalent than the latter. But should it be? With us to consider that: Daniel Levitin, author of "Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives:"Allison Sekuler, the Sandra A. Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Rotman Research Institute; Natasha Rajah, professor of psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University and Canada Research Chair in Sex, Gender and Diversity in Brain Health, Memory and Aging.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Aging Brain: How Old is Too Old For Politics?
The standard story of old age is a period of cognitive decline. 86% of Americans seem to agree with this story. They think 81 year old President Biden is too old to serve another term as. And another 62% think the same of 77 year old Donald Trump. But is this standard story of the aging brain wrong? Do some of our cognitive capacities actually improve in old age? Do we actually become more cognitively and mentally capable of leadership as we grow older? The Agenda looks at the science of the aging brain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ron Sexsmith: Reflections of a Canadian Troubadour
With 17 albums and three Juno awards to his name, singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is a critical part of the Canadian songbook. He also just turned 60, and celebrated this milestone with a retrospective performance at Toronto's iconic Massey Hall. His latest record is called, "The Vivian Line," and he joins us to discuss his enduring career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Everything You Need to Know About Buying Vintage
Publisher of "The Vintage Seeker" Kristina Urquhart connects people who love shopping and selling secondhand. She tells us why prices in thrift stores have soared recently and how sometimes even shopping secondhand doesn't mean taking action for the environment. She also dives into the behind-the-scenes of the major clothes resale apps in Canada and why the most popular one in Europe called Vinted had to pull out from the Canadian market earlier last month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Matthew R. Morris: How do Black Boys Find Identity?
Through his personal essays in "Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity and Belonging," writer and educator Matthew R. Morris reflects on his development from youth to adulthood, from subtle racism experienced in elementary school to becoming a mentor to Black youth as a teacher. At Tecumseh Senior Public School, where he attending and then taught, he talks to Jeyan Jeganathan about what sports, music, education, and family taught him about his identity and why it's important to pass those lessons on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
A human Westminster Dog show
Hey! You want to know what Steve’s pets are up to? What interesting side project he’s working on now? This is the show for you!
Want to hear a vigorous defence of a mayor who watched Toronto slide into multiple political crises, and made a number of them worse? Check out Steve’s view of John Tory! Don’t be glad that a man who exasperated the housing and COL crisis is gone: Tory was a victim of a witch hunt cuz he cheated on his wife! Just ask Steve.
Want to hear why urban sprawl and gross municipal mismanagement is cool? Check out the eulogy for the queen of sprawl Hazel “don’t wear religious costumes to the hospitals” McCallion! Or download the show from a decade ago where Hazel yells “people want sprawl” and watch Steve nod along. Oodles if fun!
And don’t forget the mandatory references to ‘full disclosure my family is made up of developers’ so he can at least pretend to be objective about the gross urban development failures plaguing the province. Just kidding! There’s no hard questions or serious discussions here. That would take a desire to see Ontario change. Instead enjoy the bread and circuses!
If you want serious discussions about the myriad of issues the province is facing, this is not that show. (Ontario doesn’t have one like that.) but if you want people shilling books, defenders of the status quo, comments about ancient premiers no one remembers, and an answer to “who ghostwrote Patrick Brown’s book?” Try this podcast. Or put on some rose coloured glasses, add some blinders and pretend everything is working as it should. It’s almost the same thing.
Gold Standard
Hands down, this is the best current affairs program in Canada and beyond. Steve’s genuine curiosity and level hand make this show into a highly informative and critical component of our democracy.
The Most Unbiased Show On TV
Steve has been an unbiased and even keeled host for as long as I have been watching him. The agenda is not afraid to have people from all sides of the political field come and share their views.
I appreciate that there are people in the world who are making informed and interesting content about the issues that affect Canadians.