Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIs the two-state solution dead?
As a former negotiator of the Oslo Accords for Israel, British-Israeli author and analyst, Daniel Levy, has both a diagnosis and a prescription for t…
1 week, 6 days ago
Science fiction isn't fact, no matter what Big Tech tells you
Some of the biggest minds behind AI may have you thinking a Terminator-like robot is coming for us. But literature professor Teresa Heffernan says te…
2 weeks ago
Work: Loving it, hating it, and getting through the shift
Aaron Williams has worked in fisheries, as a forest fighter and is currently an airport ramp agent. When he's not working, he's writing about work: t…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Confronting the escalating attacks on universities
The Trump administration has been targeting higher education for some time now — freezing grants and filing lawsuits against leading universities. Bu…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
A machine that could save us from war — and global warming
How? Some scientists believe in the power of nuclear fusion. Environmentally, these machines would have the potential to meet our energy needs with z…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The complex legacy of the first European 'slave castle'
Elmina is a place in Ghana that poet Sarpong Osei Asamoah describes as a "two-sided wonder." A bustling, lively fishing town in contrast to the painf…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Worst marriage ever! The story of Jason and Medea
The ancient Greek story of Jason and Medea starts as a love story and ends as a horror show — just the way the Greeks liked it. The met, fell in love…
3 weeks ago
How Stephen Lewis helped changed the world's mind about AIDS
"AIDS exacerbates and accentuates inequality," Stephen Lewis said in his final CBC Massey Lectures he delivered in 2005. Back then the willingness of…
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Legends and facts of the shapeshifting Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba is a holy figure to some; a demon in disguise to others. Her indelible presence has haunted religious scholars and fuelled nationa…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The final days of Jesus as 'heard' by J.S. Bach
St. John Passion — the complex masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach tells the story of Jesus during his final days. It's a work that speaks to the he…
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