Ideas

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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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A Minor Revolution: Prioritizing Kids' Rights Benefits Us All

What if there was one thing we could do to significantly impact poverty, crime, and climate change. Law professor Adam Benforado believes there is a solution: prioritizing kids. The author of A Minor Revolution argues that if we centred children when enacting law and public policy, we would all benefit.

54 min
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What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the recent American election.

54 min
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ARC Ensemble: The Forgotten Music of Exiled Composers

For the last 20 years, members of ARC Ensemble have dedicated themselves to recovering the forgotten works of exiled composers. Recently, the ensemble revived the works of Frederick Block — music that hasn't been performed publicly in nearly a century. *This episode originally aired on Dec. 19, 2023.

54 min
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The Reith Lectures #1: Is violence normal?

This month, IDEAS features the 2024 BBC's Reith Lectures by forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead. Her four lectures address pertinent questions she has faced in her career. To start, she asks if violence is a normal part of human life — whether we are all capable and tempted by violence — or whether it is an aberration in just some people. *The Reith Lectures originally aired on BBC Radio 4.

54 min
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Woke Racism and the Language Police | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & John McWhorter

Writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and John McWhorter share common concerns about language, race and politics in our polarized society. They discuss the chilling of civic discourse for fear of political censure and how wokeness is condescending to Black people at the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival.

54 min
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This Way to Re-Enchantment, with Philosopher Charles Taylor

Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor speaks to Nahlah Ayed about his life’s journey, from growing up in Montreal in the 1930s, his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, and why he turned to Romantic poetry to re-enchant our sense of the meaning of life in his book, Cosmic Connections.

54 min
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What Lies Beneath the Surface of Modernity: Anthropologist Wade Davis

Anthropologist Wade Davis has smoked toad, tried ayahuasca, and figured out the zombie cocktail in Haiti. He takes a walk through the forest with IDEAS producer Philip to talk about the wonders of our planet and ideas in his latest book of essays, Beneath the Surface of Things.

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Nine: A Number of Synchronicity

Going the whole nine yards, dressing to the nines, being on cloud nine. In pop culture, in ancient folklore, in music, even in sports the number nine is everywhere. In the last episode of our series, The Greatest Numbers of All Time, we explore nine and its uncanny connections. *This episode originally aired on Sept. 29, 2023.

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19/10/2021

MAGAM1519

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

30/06/2009

Burillo

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!

01/12/2018

RLS1974RLS

The basic premise of who is a leftist is a total joke. Big problem cause it marginalizes Actual Progressives.

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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CBC Discover & Learn
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CBC
Años en activo

2006 - 2025
Episodios

221
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Ideas
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation se ha identificado como comerciante de este podcast y ha confirmado que este producto o servicio cumple la legislación de la Unión Europea. Dirección 181 Queen St Ottawa Ontario K1P 1K9 Canadá Número de teléfono +1 8663064636 Correo electrónico podcasting@cbc.ca