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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.
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4Is group therapy underused in treating mental health? Psychiatrist Molyn Leszcz calls it an “incredibly powerful” approach, where patients heal each other and themselves through support and, sometimes, challenge. Scholar Jess Cotton agrees, tracing the radical roots of an idea that she thinks could hold a greater place today. *This episode originally aired on Dec. 18, 2023.
As Canadians once again find themselves explaining why their country deserves to exist, a group of proud Quebecers brave the winter in Sherbrooke to raise their nation’s largest-ever flag. IDEAS' Tom Howell joins in, as he continues his series on where the patriotic spirit belongs in people’s lives today.
Aaju Peter was 11 years old when she was taken from her Inuk community in Greenland and sent away to learn the ways of the West. She lost her language and culture. The activist, lawyer, designer, musician, filmmaker, and prolific teacher takes IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed on a tour of Iqaluit and into a journey to decolonization that continues still.
Is it too late to save the planet? Anthropologist Wade Davis doesn't think so — he's inspired by the ability of nature to adapt, and he thinks people can change, too. He says that means looking for all the information we can get. Part two of IDEAS producer Philip Coulter’s conversation with Wade Davis.
How do conversations happen differently in the north? What’s unique about Inuit approaches to silence — and to nation-to-nation conversations? IDEAS explores dialogue from Ian Williams' first Massey Lecture in Iqaluit with lawyer and activist Aaju Peter and actor and producer Simeonie Kisa-Knicklebein.
In her final 2024 BBC Reith Lecture, forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead assesses how we deal with violent offenders, and assesses the effectiveness and impact of therapeutic interventions with offenders in prisons. *The Reith Lectures originally aired on BBC Radio 4.
With very rare access, forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead gives her third Reith Lecture inside Grendon prison, in England, where she talks to a small number of prisoners and staff, and asks the question: Does trauma cause violence? Does being a victim of violence, in some circumstances, make you more likely to become a perpetrator of violence? *The Reith Lectures originally aired on BBC Radio 4.
Tech billionaires are on a mission to make the stories of science fiction a reality: space colonization, human/machine bio organisms, and living forever in a state of unhindered bliss. To most of us, this version of a far future utopia comes off as "billionaire boys and their toys" but critics say such a dismissive attitude is naïve.
Space exploration is no longer the domain of countries alone. It’s now rapidly becoming the domain of private interests. Astrophysicist Aaron Boley discusses the impact of this on humanity and astronomy in his 2024 Dan MacLennan Memorial Lecture in Astronomy.
Nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche offers us a method that can help us navigate the highly polarizing discourse that’s afflicting democracies today. IDEAS explores lessons on healthy discourse from a man most popularly associated with nihilism.
Is a criminal trial a search for truth? How do we navigate between the trial process and our lived experience in that elusive search for the truth? Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour tackles these questions in her 2024 Horace E. Read lecture.
In a career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Adshead has heard many of her patients ask: "I have done evil things, but does that mean I am evil? In her second BBC Reith Lecture, Adshead asks if there is such a thing as evil. She argues we all have capacity for 'evil' and says we need to find ways to cultivate societal and individual 'goodness.' *The Reith Lectures originally aired on BBC Radio 4.
Rome fell, because of... divorce. Or was it immigration? Maybe moral decay. IDEAS producer Matthew Lazin-Ryder explores the political history of 'the fall of Rome' — a hole in time where politicians, activists, and intellectuals can dump any modern anxiety they wish. *This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2024.
What if there was one thing we could do to significantly impact poverty, crime, and climate change. Law professor Adam Benforado believes there is a solution: prioritizing kids. The author of A Minor Revolution argues that if we centred children when enacting law and public policy, we would all benefit.
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the recent American election.
For the last 20 years, members of ARC Ensemble have dedicated themselves to recovering the forgotten works of exiled composers. Recently, the ensemble revived the works of Frederick Block — music that hasn't been performed publicly in nearly a century. *This episode originally aired on Dec. 19, 2023.
This month, IDEAS features the 2024 BBC's Reith Lectures by forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead. Her four lectures address pertinent questions she has faced in her career. To start, she asks if violence is a normal part of human life — whether we are all capable and tempted by violence — or whether it is an aberration in just some people. *The Reith Lectures originally aired on BBC Radio 4.
Writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and John McWhorter share common concerns about language, race and politics in our polarized society. They discuss the chilling of civic discourse for fear of political censure and how wokeness is condescending to Black people at the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor speaks to Nahlah Ayed about his life’s journey, from growing up in Montreal in the 1930s, his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, and why he turned to Romantic poetry to re-enchant our sense of the meaning of life in his book, Cosmic Connections.
Anthropologist Wade Davis has smoked toad, tried ayahuasca, and figured out the zombie cocktail in Haiti. He takes a walk through the forest with IDEAS producer Philip to talk about the wonders of our planet and ideas in his latest book of essays, Beneath the Surface of Things.
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The wrongs shouldn't be forgotten, but it would be nice if you 1. acknowledged and celebrated the good parts of Canada's history even if it means saying something nice about a white dude and 2. where willing to openly talk about the wrongs committed by your own community.
The Romans collected taxes & slaves from the people they conquered. American colonists exploited slave labor. The US & Europe still exploit Africa & all other non-European people. They do not tax but instead lend, use cheap labor & exploit natural resources. These conquered countries become indebted, pay interest, and give up ownership of their land, mineral wealth, and send cheap laborers to the US. All residents of the US benefit from this system, some much more than others.All of us.
Empires are won and lost by militarism and exploitation. The first thing the colonists did on the way to founding the US was to fight a war against England over taxes. They realized they were being exploited. They in turn became the exploiters. First over the native population. They were enslaved and their lands were confiscated. Then Mexico. Then expansion into the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific. This is what Rome did. The party ends when the costs of exploitation exceed the gains.
(23:47) “The Greeks were very important because they had their own notion, by the way, of Bildung. In Greek, the word is paideia. You can see the root, ‘ped’: children.”
The German word Bildung is used to describe Humboldt’s ideal for the education system he devised. The CBC Ideas episode refers to Bildung as (3:00) “a mystical concept from the Middle Ages that Humboldt reinterpreted and secularized, originally based on the Christian notion of holding the image of God within oneself in order to strive to be a better human. But Humboldt believed that it was education, not God, that could make one realize their full potential.”
35:29 “What is pathbreaking here is a new vision of humanity.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau “styled himself as a historian of the human heart. What he asserted was that there was this awful gap between what a person is and what he or she can imagine himself or herself to be. Children are inherently good, but society corrupts them. So, the job of education is to allow the child to freely develop his full multi-faceted capacities in accordance with his nature.”
The use of terms such as metaphor and mediation
sigh. Nothing but propaganda in this series. The creators haven't bothered to understand their subject instead feeding themselves and the audience a pre canned narrative that reaffirms existing beliefs
thank you for this validating episode.
3 or 12 different genders? oh please. can't listen no more bye
when you say reduce consumption and extraction, why isn't China and India part of those we point to reduce their emissions too?
Not to say Islamophobia isn't real either, but according to the guests here, it's *completely baseless* and there are no issues with Islam or the Muslim world that isn't the result of "Western colonialism."
I swear to god, CBC Ideas just invites the furthest left loonies on here. Abolishing the POLICE and ALL NATIONAl SECURITY agencies? No integration into a burning house? Give me a break lol
I hope that everyone who needs this episode finds it. I will be sharing this with all my loved ones and those I serve. Thank you.
I enjoyed the fuck out of this
turn down the obnoxious pipes
-Why aren't we teaching these happenings in our schools? All we got in the 1980's were the SAME black historical events/people every February & nothing else but the 'default' white, Euro-central history the rest of our education years. I'm very grateful to learn about these stories of African-American history that are rarely spoken of in our white dominated culture. And its ALL OF OUR histories here in the United States; the good the bad & the UGLY. Not just for & about one culture, race or color. Just because these past happenings may be 'uncomfortable' for some to hear & speak about does NOT excuse, or lend reason to; IGNORE, whitewash, manipulate or omit from our school system's/education curriculums. I sincerely believe that by teaching/learning more African-American history can benefit our country as a whole. Only by accepting America's tumultuous past will the nation be able to begin the process of healing & pave a new path, one that includes equality, respect & the same treat
totally adored this conversation, thank you! So inspiring!
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Content and title are a bit of a mismatch. Doesn't stay on point.