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40 acts of kindness,2010 Olympic memory,bisons and black history month

Winnipeg woman celebrates her fortieth birthday with forty acts of kindness,Shane Koyczan at 2010 Olympics,details on bison re-introduction program and Periodic Table of Black Cdn History in Ottawa



  • Radio/The Story from Here

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Forest therapy walks, grade four gets bravery award, cabbie confidential and remembering Sara Sexton

Thunder Bay psychologist and the healing power of forest therapy walks, Torbay Nfld boy gets bravery award for saving a classmate's life, London Ontario cabbie of twenty years talks about what he enjoys and what irks him and remembering 97 year old Sara Sexton of Newfoundland who died last month.



  • Radio/The Story from Here

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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



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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Feb 15: Agriculture moving north, Arrokoth's secrets, the microbiome for flight and more...

Fisheries science with indigenous perspective, slippery surface and seasons on other planets



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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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



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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

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



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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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



  • Radio/Quirks & Quarks

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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.



  • Radio/Under the Influence

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Bilingual Dogs, Unfriendly Border Guards, Y2K Bunker Bust

This week we look back at all of our stories that fooled the internet: We hear from a Montreal city councillor about a bylaw requiring all dogs to understand commands in French and English, we learn about a new program that’s training Canadian border guards to be more friendly, and we visit with a man emerging from a bunker he entered in the year 2000.



  • Radio/This is That

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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.



  • Radio/This is That

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Tapestry@25: life advice from Rabbi Harold Kushner

Rabbi Harold Kushner became a household name after he published his bestselling book Why Bad Things Happen to Good People. His signature blend of hard-earned wisdom, compassion and straight-talk have made him one of Tapestry’s most requested guests.




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Pathe Thuis film cadeau bij uw bestelling

Van Breedbandwinkel ontvangt u nu bij iedere bestelling een kadocode voor het huren van één film via Pathé Thuis. Met Pathé Thuis kijkt u het beste uit de bioscoop als eerste thuis. Kijk de grootste blockbusters tot aan prijswinnende arthouse films als eerste in uw thuisbioscoop!




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T-Mobile en Ziggo winnen klanten, KPN levert in

Deze week presenteerde T-Mobile de resultaten over het vierde kwartaal. Daarmee kunnen we nu een overzicht maken van de ontwikkelingen op de breedbandmarkt en de verhouding tussen de drie grote landelijke aanbieders: Ziggo, KPN en T-Mobile.




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KPN gaat VDSL in glasvezelgebieden uitschakelen

KPN streeft ernaar om begin 2023 zo'n 2,4 miljoen Nederlandse adressen te kunnen voorzien van een glasvezelverbinding. De provider is voornemens in de periode daarna op alle adressen waar glasvezel beschikbaar is het kopernetwerk uit te schakelen. In sommige proefgebieden gebeurt dat overigens al voor 2023.




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DELTA glasvezel nu ook beschikbaar in Caiway gebied

Caiway en DELTA, twee regionale internet, telefonie en tv-providers, werken sinds 2018 al intensief samen. Vanaf nu kunt u via Breedbandwinkel ook buiten Zeeland voor een DELTA glasvezel abonnement kiezen. Voorwaarde is wel dat het adres van het abonnement binnen het verzorgingsgebied van Caiway ligt.




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KPN introduceert 1 Gigabit glasvezel

Het werd enige tijd geleden al aangekondigd. Vanaf vandaag, 2 maart, kunt u bij KPN glasvezelverbindingen met 1 Gigabit (1.000 Mb) internetsnelheid aanschaffen. Via Breedbandwinkel ontvangt u dit abonnement tijdelijk met maar liefst 6 maanden 50% korting. U betaalt gedurende die periode dan geen 65,00 euro, maar slechts 32,50 euro per maand.




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Providers bieden gratis tv-zenders tijdens coronacrisis

Nederland kampt al enkele weken met de gevolgen van de uitbraak van het coronavirus. Veel mensen zitten hierdoor noodgedwongen thuis. Om de verveling helpen tegen te gaan hebben bijna alle tv-aanbieders besloten de komende tijd een aantal betaalzenders gratis aan te bieden aan hun klanten.




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Various Artists - Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music – 50th Anniversary

A connoisseur-satisfying collection, yet completely accessible for novices.




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Fiction - The Big Other

New music worth hearing from this articulate and intelligent London outfit.




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Is being overweight a bigger risk factor than smoking?

On today's show: * What's the NSW schools report all about? * Queensland is reducing some restrictions. Why now? * People are volunteering to be exposed to coronavirus to help test the vaccine. Is that a good idea? * What is the role of obesity in serious outcomes from COVID-19? * Why do I need a flu shot to visit my father in an aged care home? * Are vegans and vegetarians the least affected by COVID-19?



  • Epidemics and Pandemics
  • Health

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Is there any possibility coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab?

* What are some possible origins of coronavirus? * Are you more likely to get coronavirus if you work in an abattoir? * Can I get sick from meat processed in an abattoir if the worker had coronavirus? * Could herbal medicine play a role in helping stop or treat coronavirus? And Norman and Tegan discuss research regarding skin rashes that are being reported by some COVID-19 patients.




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Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde!

As pure a life-affirming rush as the best pop music in any language.




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Various Artists - Diablos Del Ritmo – The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Every track is destined to fill a dancefloor with abandoned gyrations.




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Birds Eye View: a new perspective of women in prison




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Vomit phobia and volcano love




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Research Filter: Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th birthday

Thirty years since the Hubble Space Telescope launched it's still providing vital space data having delivered us more than 1.4 million observations.




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Julie Bishop says 'we should scale down the rhetoric' on China and COVID-19 investigation

Former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia should "scale down the rhetoric" towards China and an international coronavirus inquiry, suggesting instead "more calm and quiet diplomacy" would be more effective.




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Hit to economy grows by $4 billon every week

The Prime Minister is urging Australians to start returning to Covid-safe workplaces, as the number of people unemployed grows to one million.




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National Cabinet considers re-opening of the economy

Friday's National Cabinet meeting will focus on what parts of the economy can, and should, begin to tentatively re-open.



  • Infectious Diseases (Other)
  • Government and Politics

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National Cabinet agrees on plan for staged reopening of economy

State and territory governments will begin easing restrictions this weekend, just six weeks into what was to have been a six month lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.




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Jackie Oates - Lullabies

An intriguing and committed new set, but one of niche appeal.




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Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail

Bragg conveys truths about his home country like few other songwriters can.




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Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (Scottish Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Robin Ticciati)

Demands to be heard by all lovers of Berlioz's best-known orchestral work.




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A Big Country

Family giving foster children a 'station life' growing up on outback property, the 'tough mob' of women running a remote country town, growing the native citrus known as 'bush caviar', macadamia growers open farm to tourists with an onsite cafe.




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A Big Country

Indigenous fishermen revive net fishing tradition; working dogs sniff out farm jobs for young owners; family of toymakers bringing joy of traditional toys to new generation; outback horse race goes ahead without spectators.




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A Big Country

Green sea turtle returns to the wild after being nursed to good health; compassionate community finds forgiveness for accidental fire starter; the story behind quirky roadside mailboxes; and farmer comes up with crafty contraptions to reduce back-breaking load.




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A Big Country

Smoke-tainted wine grapes helping feed wildlife; spectacular sunflower crop brightening drought affected landscape; residents of rural village preparing to rebuild homes after devastating fires; tips on life in isolation from couple who have called remote island home for more than 30 years.




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A Big Country

Woodworker teaching others how to make 18th century style chairs by hand; ancient art of blacksmithing helping farming family find a way through drought; traditional shoemaker embracing slow fashion to produce bespoke items, grandfather passing on skills of tanning trade to his granddaughter.




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A Big Country

Meet the passionate people preserving relics of the past in regional Australia. Whether it's old houses, churches, trucks, or trains, we'll introduce some of those undertaking painstaking restoration work to bring beauties of the past back to life.




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A Big Country

Feeding the village, tourist town helping residents get by with hampers of good grub; wildlife sanctuary staff making sure animals get lots of attention during lockdown; bustling market falls quiet as stalls stripped back to bare essentials, end of an era as nuns leave former convent, turned ecology site.




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A Big Country

Finding fossils in underground cave dig; street artist turning country town into open air art gallery; friends turn super sleuths to solve historic mystery; tricks to growing tasty tomatoes on huge trellises.




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Scott Walker - Bish Bosch

Uncompromising, truly unique music from the experimental veteran.




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270km flights to buy bread, $15,000 shopping bills are just facts of life on a remote Australian cattle station

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.