Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWith a decline in reading is our capacity to think eroding?
Thanks to AI, it's easier than ever to avoid reading books — but that convenience may come with a cost. IDEAS explores how our digital landscape, cou…
2 months, 1 week ago
Why AI needs to be nicer to us and develop 'maternal instincts'
If AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could lead to human extinction, warns the 'godfather of artificial i…
2 months, 1 week ago
Why winter does not justify ditching your bike for driving
IDEAS producer Tom Howell recently sold his car and joined the ranks of winter cyclists in Montreal. He is not the only one who commutes on bike in N…
2 months, 1 week ago
From tests to sports, why we choke when it matters most
Under pressure, our nerves can take over. At job interviews, performing in front of an audience and it's definitely present in sports. But why do our…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How a man escaped slavery by mailing himself to freedom
Henry Brown earned the name "Henry Box Brown" in March of 1849. He hatched a risky plan and had himself shipped in a wooden crate, from Richmond to P…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
What Chinese science-fiction has to tell us about reality
With vengeful alien civilizations and hologram wives, Chinese science fiction is in its heyday. One hot topic discussion is how the genre and culture…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why only the will of the people can save democracy
Neither the legal system nor the Constitution can change the course of the United States’ descent into illiberalism, argues human rights and civil li…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
To mudlark is to scavenge for a piece of history to keep
Mudlarking is a hobby that's having a moment. The opportunity to take part in the painstaking, low-tech scrape through history draws thousands of peo…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How a natural catastrophe 8,000 years ago may have fueled Brexit
For the first two billion years, the Earth didn't have oxygen. That's just one of the many fascinating details Peter Frankopan reveals in his book, E…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The trailblazing all-Black baseball team that made history
More than a decade before Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to take the field in Major League Baseball, a ball team from a small Southwes…
2 months, 3 weeks ago