Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen a poem changes your life
Poetry can find you when you need it most. It can be life-altering to read that poem just at the right moment. It was for six IDEAS producers who joi…
3 months, 1 week ago
Massey Lecture Part 4 | How people power makes human rights real
Eleanor Roosevelt once said that universal human rights begin in “small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Secularism on trial
A case before the Supreme Court of Canada is challenging Quebec’s law on secularism. Legal scholar Benjamin Berger is a prominent voice in the study …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
'There's no such thing as clean energy'
If journalist Vince Beiser had his way the term 'clean energy' wouldn't exist — it's a misnomer. He argues green energy comes with cost. Sure, solar …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How port cities like Singapore shaped the world
Port cities are where worlds collide. They are a place of cultural, economic, political and religious contact. They've existed for millennia and faci…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
She uncovered the lost women of science and made history
“One of your tribe is enough.” That’s what Margaret Rossiter was told when she said she wanted to study female scientists. Nevertheless, Rossiter per…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Massey Lecture Part 3 | Human rights don’t have to be earned
Our inherent human rights belong to us from the moment we are born. There is nothing we need to do to earn them, and they are supposed to apply to us…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The power of music in the shadow of Iran
One of the strongest ties between the diaspora and home is music. In Iran, music can be politically contentious. In Canada, it connects a community t…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How anxiety over today's democracy is political
Anxiety is an inescapable, fundamental human reaction to an unpredictable future. This is the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, a curmudgeon of the 17th c…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How math and literature are unexpectedly connected
Mathematics is everywhere: a common refrain from high school math teachers. But did you ever think math could be linked to literature? And not just i…
3 months, 3 weeks ago