Podcast Episodes

Your tomatoes have a backstory and it’s not always pretty

In fact, author and journalist Marcello Di Cintio argues Canadians are complicit. After four years investigating the lives of migrant workers, he fou…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bringing a farm — and its philosophy — back to life

Growing up with food insecurity, Julian Napoleon yearned to be a farmer. His great-grandparents once farmed on the Saulteau First Nations reserve in …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pt 2 | Architect Frank Gehry on how to exit life

There’s a constant mantra Frank Gehry would always hear from his mentors who have since died – “Don’t you dare ever stop working.” It’s a sentiment h…

3 months ago

Pt 1 | The architecture that brought Frank Gehry to tears

Rebel architect Frank Gehry believed architecture IS art. He strived to evoke emotion in every design. Last Friday, Gehry died at 96 but he never sto…

3 months ago

The best — and worst — ideas of the last six decades

Sometimes the universe hands us a gift. Over the past year, our podcast listeners spent a total of 526,915 hours listening to our program. That's 21,…

3 months ago

How IDEAS saved a listener from sending a regrettable email

"IDEAS is often a surprise" says Cathy Pike. It's why she's been a longtime listener. To our delight, IDEAS was there for her just at the right time.…

3 months ago

CBC Massey Lecturers reveal how the talks changed them

This podcast features an all-star, and bestselling, lineup of CBC Massey Lecturers from the past decade:

Payam Akhavan (2017) and the police officer …

3 months ago

The time when a guest said, "I love you!"

That's not something you expect to hear in an interview. But the Harvard historian and author of All That She Carried, Tiya Miles did not hesitate to…

3 months ago

How an IDEAS episode on traffic changed a doctor's practice

Not many people like to think about traffic but Joanna Oda says this very topic on IDEAS in 2005 permanently changed the way she views medical care a…

3 months, 1 week ago

How music transports the Afghan diaspora to their homeland

For Afghans, listening to a traditional song can bring them back "home." In 2021, when the Taliban seized power again in Afghanistan, orchestras disb…

3 months, 1 week ago