Ideas CBC Discover & Learn
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- Cultura y sociedad
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IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.
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The Making of a Beast: Entering a New World of Fire
John Vaillant details the terrifying growth and destructive force of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire in his award-winning book, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast. He unpacks how fire made humans who we are — and how humans are changing fire. Vaillant says we're changing the climate "in a way that favours fire way more than it favours us."
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The Heavy Metal Suite: Music and the Future of Mining
Eight composers, five instruments, and a world of metal. IDEAS explores a project by the University of British Columbia called The Heavy Metal Suite that conveys the challenges and opportunities of the mining industry, through music. Each composer draws inspiration from their country’s mineral resources in their original pieces.
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The extreme in America’s mainstream
Leonard Moore has long taught popular courses on American history at McGill University. His retirement lecture is full of insight — and worries — about the deep polarization in the United States. He argues history has its lessons, but it’s still an open question whether they’ll be learned.
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Wade Davis' CBC Massey Lecture # 5 | The Wayfinders: Century of the Wind
In his 2009 CBC Massey Lectures, The Wayfinders, anthropologist Wade Davis explored how the modern world can learn from Indigenous peoples. From the navigational skills of Polynesian sailors to the healing properties of plants, there is old knowledge we can all learn from. IDEAS revisits Davis' 5th Massey Lecture. Go to cbc.ca/ideas to listen to the full series.
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Massey at 60: Wade Davis on looking to Indigenous cultures for answers to world crises
Anthropologist Wade Davis has spent a lifetime exploring our planet. In his 2009 CBC Massey Lectures, The Wayfinders, he takes the reader and the listener on a journey through the wonders of the natural world, as they are seen and experienced by Indigenous peoples. Davis revisits his lectures in conversation with IDEAS producer Philip Coulter at Massey College.
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Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel: Jeannie Marshall
Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel may be one of the most exalted works of art in the world. In her book All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel, Canadian writer and Rome resident Jeannie Marshall probes the power of art to move us and transcend the historical and religious contexts that shaped it. *This episode originally aired on June 13, 2023.
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Abriendo mentes
Me encanta este programa, todos sus invitados te hacen pensar y tener nuevas ideas sobre diferentes temas. Aunque no estés de acuerdo es fantástico escuchar voces con pensamiento crítico.
Splendid cultural updating
I enjoy "Ideas", I've learnt about books, facts, opinions and personalities. Best choice to keep up-to-date in present day culture. Mr. Kennedy you are really good!
Liberals are not on the left!
The basic premise of who is a leftist is a total joke. Big problem cause it marginalizes Actual Progressives.