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.

2 DAYS AGO

Hawkeye's Army: The War Metaphor in Medicine

We think nothing today of calling healthcare workers “front line workers,” engaged in a “battle” against disease. But the roots of the war metaphor in medicine go way back ⁠— entrenched by pop culture icons like the TV show M*A*S*H and Hawkeye’s army. Dr. Jillian Horton explores a less heroic but healthier way forward for doctors and health professionals. *This episode originally aired on Feb. 21, 2023.

54 min
3 DAYS AGO

What Should Cities of the Future Look Like?

Right now, more than 55% of the world's population live in cities. In a few decades, that percentage will rise to 70%. But with rising sea levels and mass migration, not to mention the state of geopolitics, where does all this leave cities of the future? Three experts weigh in.

54 min
4 DAYS AGO

Fighting for Climate Justice in The Hague: Payam Akhavan

It's the world's most prominent climate case in history. Iranian-Canadian human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the legal arguments he made before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of Bangladesh and small island states. The hearings seek to establish the legal obligations of states to mitigate climate change and the damage done by it — and the legal consequences for states which don’t fulfil those obligations.

54 min
5 DAYS AGO

Non-Aligned News: The Future of Non-Western Media, Part Two

In part two of our series about the 1970s journalistic experiment known as the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool, IDEAS turns to journalists who continue to grapple with the challenges that were first highlighted more than five decades ago. Their concerns and critiques about representation and fairness at the heart of those conversations persist in newsrooms today.

54 min
6 DAYS AGO

Non-Aligned News: A Journalistic Experiment to Decolonize Global News

In the 1970s, countries in what became known as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) embarked on an ambitious journalistic experiment to create a new kind of journalism — decolonizing the flow of information. The project came with a utopian promise, internal tensions and fierce opponents in the West. IDEAS explores its history and afterlife today in a two-part series.

54 min
6 DEC

Fate Is the Hunter: Ernest K. Gann's Great Fortune

IDEAS takes a deep dive into Fate Is the Hunter, Ernest K. Gann's celebrated memoir of flying and the capricious hand of fortune. The book is a nail-biting account of his early days in aviation. Gann wonders: why did I survive when so many other pilots perished? *This episode originally aired on Nov. 28, 2022.

54 min
5 DEC

The Theatre of News: Lessons from Elizabethan England

Theatrical plays in Elizabethan England set the stage for our modern news culture, argues Stephen Wittek in his post-doctoral work. He says the cross-pollination between theatre and news developed the norms for our contemporary public conversations. The updated episode of Ideas from the Trenches was originally broadcast in 2014.

54 min
4 DEC

School Cars: How Trains Brought Classrooms to Children in Remote Communities

They were known as school cars and schools on wheels. Trains that brought the classroom to children in the most isolated communities of Northern Ontario. It was a novel six-month experiment that lasted 40 years, from 1926 to 1967. IDEAS producer Alisa Siegel explores remote education, homeschooling and nation-building. *This episode originally aired on January 9, 2023.

54 min

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Brilliant

18/06/2007

Miguelito iz Glasgowa

I am continually amazed at the quality, depth and topic selection of this podcast. They are well researched, organised and narrated not to mention entertaining and insightful. Bravo!
Utter pretentious drivel

9 Oct

obafgkmn

That people take this stuff seriously is so depressing that the guffaws it triggers in me are stifled by astonishment
Who Are You

23/04/2018

Beffudled

Dear Ideas, I have listened to this podcast twice and on both occasions I found that the language (vocabulary, grammar, syntax) used by the five panelists made their ideas incomprehensible. I am an English speaking listener living in France and reasonably well versed in LGBT, trans etc and associated gender issues, but I was non the wiser after these five had had their say. I am an avid listener to the Podcast so keep up the good work. Gordon L’Occitanie France

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.