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Monday, April 13, 2020: Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland and more

Today on q: author Margaret Atwood, filmmaker Ingrid Veninger, artist and author Douglas Coupland, hip hop veteran Sophia Chang.




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Tuesday, April 14, 2020: Norah Jones, Catherine Reitman and more

Today on q: singer-songwriter Norah Jones, stand-up comics Eman El-Husseini and Jess Salomon, singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal, Workin' Moms creator and star Catherine Reitman.




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Wednesday, April 15, 2020: Paul Feig, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and more

Today on q: actor and director Paul Feig, actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, chef and television personality Matty Matheson, an oral history of the Beatles' Hey Jude.




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Thursday, April 16, 2020: Saleema Nawaz, Barenaked Ladies and more

Today on q: author Saleema Nawaz, director Richard J. Lewis, Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, medical illustrator Alissa Eckert.




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Cape Breton youth crisis and journalist Sheila MacVicar on PTSD

Extreme challenges for young people on economically depressed Cape Breton and veteran journalist Sheila MacVicar on her career and on stuggles with PTSD.



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Jan 25: Intermittent fasting, the math of espresso, biological bricks and more …

Scurvy in modern Canada, snake venom sans snakes and hot food tolerance



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Feb 22: Live animal markets and viruses, largest turtle's horned shell, a robot for Europa and more…

Jewel beetles iridescent camouflage, better talk on climate change and flying west



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Mar 7: New technology gives amputees a hand, a big dam proposal, your dog's heat sensitive nose and more…

Was the Earth once a waterworld, the fight to be the first female astronaut and composting garbage



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Mar 14: Coronavirus epidemiology, Greenland glaciers melt and more...

Squatting a better way to be sedentary, SmartICE supports northern life



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Mar 21: COVID 19 vulnerability, COVID- and climate and more

Firing a cannonball at an asteroid and a fossil ‘wonderchicken’



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Mar 2: Mobilizing scientists in the COVID 19 fight, riding the COVID wave and more...

NASA's space salad and Escobar's hippos are restoring an ecosystem



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Apr 4: Testing for COVID-19, blood plasma clinical trials begin, vaccine development and more ...

COVID threatens mountain gorillas and these boots were made for running



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Why the mayor of Albuquerque didn't like Breaking Bad

The Emmy Award-winning television series Breaking Bad put Albuquerque on the map. But for less-than-desirable reasons.



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How matchbooks were used to track down Osama bin Laden

From big beer and tobacco companies, to the war effort, to Hollywood, to the smallest mom and pop businesses, matchbook advertising was effective and affordable for everyone. And believe it or not, even the U.S. State Department used matchbook advertising recently to hunt down Osama bin Laden.



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How a fur trader trapped Harlequin romance novels

The unexpected history of Harlequin romance novels involves a Hudson's Bay fur trader and the Toronto Star.



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Canada doesn't need diplomacy tips from China, foreign minister says

This week on The House, Champagne joins us to discuss the China question, infrastructure and city planning expert Nadine Ibrahim talks about high-speed rail and Chris Hall talks with former political strategists David Herle, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid of the Herle Burly podcast.



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'Connecting with people': The quest for common ground on climate change

Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and sustainable energy economist Mark Jaccard join host Chris Hall to talk about how to talk about climate change. Plus, we speak with Donald Savoie, scholar of Canadian public administration, about his magnum opus Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions, and discuss tackling social isolation with Baroness Diana Barran, the U.K.’s "minister of loneliness".



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CBC Radio's The House: Mar. 28, 2020

This week on The House, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains talks about what's being done to help Canadians affected by COVID-19. Plus, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer offers his own assessment of the Trudeau government's COVID-19 response; three small business owners reflect on their current fears and future hopes; we go inside an unprecedented 18 hours on Parliament Hill as MPs worked to pass the government's emergency aid package; and veteran climate activist Tzeporah Berman discusses the future of Canada’s climate change plans in the shadow of a massive public health threat



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Sawayama

Reminiscent of the early 2000s top musical styles, Rima Sawayama mixes nu-metal with R&B-Pop to rave reviews. As Brittany Spanos wrote for Rolling Stones, "Sawayama sounds like Britney Spears’ Blackout by way of Korn — and it inexplicably works."




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Alberta Bike Share, Buffalo in the House, West Edmonton Mall

We speak again with the man behind a small Alberta town’s struggling bike share program, we talk with a married couple who are fighting to keep their pet buffalo in their home, and we travel to the West Edmonton Mall to find out if it will become a UN World Heritage Site.



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Police Mannequins, Fake News, Jingle Kings

We check back in with the Yarmouth police chief who is transitioning his force from humans to mannequins, we discuss the impact of fake news on Canada, we speak with our head writer Mike Balazo, and we pay a visit to Canada’s greatest jingle writers.



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This is That presents 'The Christmas Letter'

After librarian Dorothy Shunt finds an old letter written to Santa hidden inside an encyclopedia, she becomes compelled to find its author. When she discovers that the letter was in fact written over 30 years ago by a boy with a wish, the story then becomes much more than just about a letter and a librarian.



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The Sunday Edition for March 1, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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The Sunday Edition for March 8, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with guest host Peter Armstrong.



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The Sunday Edition for March 15, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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The Sunday Edition for March 22, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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The Sunday Edition for March 29, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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The Sunday Edition for May 3, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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The Sunday Edition for May 10, 2020

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.



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Rededicating England to Mary, Bernie Sanders as America's zaydie

Monsignor John Armitage talks about Christians in England rededicating their country to Mary; and whenever Talia Lavin sees U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, she sees a zaydie, the Yiddish word for grandfather.




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Soundtrack for the soul featuring Hawksley Workman, DIY digital Passover seder

Tapestry launches its Soundtrack for the Soul, a collection of songs to lift your spirits and calm your nerves during the COVID-19 pandemic; and rabbi Denise Handlarski leads SecularSynagogue.com, an online Jewish community.




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Bernardine Evaristo on black British identity and her Booker-winning novel, Girl, Woman, Other 

The award-winning British author spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about amplifying the voices of marginalized people through literature.



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George Steiner on morality, his love of books and the marvels of language

Eleanor Wachtel revisits her 1995 conversation with the American literary critic and writer about the power of human speech. He died on Feb. 3, 2020.



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Adam Foulds on celebrity, solitude and the madness of desire

The Toronto-based British author talks about his love of film and society's fascination with actors and celebrity with Eleanor Wachtel.



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From Tripoli to Tuscany: Libyan writer Hisham Matar finds new connections between art and life

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, Matar talks about the ways that place, art, loss and grief can intersect.



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Chris Ware on how Peanuts, his mother and being bullied in school made him a cartoonist

The American cartoonist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how his childhood shaped his distinctive art style and outlook on life.



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Star choreographer Alexei Ratmansky makes breathtaking ballet out of classic literature

The Russian-born choreographer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about training as a young dancer in St. Petersburg and getting his start at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.



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Maaza Mengiste on the untold story of Ethiopia's women warriors during Italian occupation

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, the Ethiopian-American writer spoke about writing historical fiction that looks at the real-life pride and power of an African nation.



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From Soviet Russia to Trump's America, Masha Gessen on the nature of power and morality

The Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about the abuse of power and rise of modern totalitarianism.



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The Dose: What you need to know about face masks and food safety

Dr. Goldman talks to 'the germ guy', Jason Tetro. They cover: How to don and doff a mask. The best material for making masks. Should a mask cover your nose? Can hospitals clean masks?  Should you worry about take-out food? Should you share homemade food? Does heat kill the virus on food? Do you need to disinfect every item from the store? Is it safe to handle money? What about pin pads?  Do gloves protect you from anything? 




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Sidelined patients reject being 'collateral damage' because of COVID-19

Canada’s provinces and territories began postponing elective medical and surgical procedures days after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Patients fearful for their health say advocating for care may make a difference.




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Pragmatic philosophers: let's just focus on 'the best we can do'

Is there anything better than “the best we can do”? According to some pragmatic philosophers, it’s not about settling for less but constantly pushing for more, and more. IDEAS presents the case for a particular, ‘moderate’ brand of pragmatism that may be deeply valuable in times of uncertainty.




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From climate change to pandemics: we can fix this mess together, argues philosopher

We’re all in this together, suffering equally, as the planet struggles through the Anthropocene age — an era created by human activity. It’s why the author of The Democracy of Suffering, Todd Dufresne, calling on philosophy — and all of us — to revolutionize what it means to be human.




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Free will under threat: How humans are at risk of becoming wards of technologists

American legal scholar Brett Frischmann says we have to wake up to the risk of losing our humanity to 21st techno-social engineering. He warns humans are heading down an ill-advised path that is making us behave like ‘perfectly predictable’ simple machines.




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The Current for March 27, 2020

New York in crisis; Feeding hungry Canadians; Tracking cell phone data to curb COVID-19; Stranded Canadians; China easing restrictions; Poetry in the pandemic; Michael Bublé; Sports historian Johnny Smith.



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The Current for March 30, 2020

Today on The Current: COVID-19 testing; Kids’ questions about the virus; Victory Gardens; Pandemic leaves charities in crisis



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The Current for March 31, 2020

Today on The Current: COVID-19's impact on elder care homes; Coping with isolation; Immunity questions; Rent strike



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Full episode: March 7, 2020

In the latest episode of The Next Chapter, Shelagh Rogers speaks with Carol Rose GoldenEagle, Megan Gail Coles, Victor Dwyer and more.



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Full episode: March 14, 2020

In the latest episode of The Next Chapter, Shelagh Rogers speaks with Peter Robinson, Dionne Brand, Helen Knott and more.



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Full episode: March 21, 2020

In the latest episode of The Next Chapter, Shelagh Rogers speaks with Emily St. John Mandel, Amanda Leduc, Ernie Louttit and more.



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