• How mathematics is essential to literature (Tue, Mar 10, 2026)
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• What if your favourite food became extinct? (Mon, Mar 09, 2026)
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• Massey Lecture Part 2 | The six years that remade human rights (Fri, Mar 06, 2026)
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• Lessons from the women of Iran's 1979 'stolen' revolution (Thu, Mar 05, 2026)
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• God, parades and authoritarianism on the streets of Georgia (Wed, Mar 04, 2026)
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• Wait, so addiction might not be a brain disease? (Tue, Mar 03, 2026)
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• 'Accidental activist' links resource extraction to missing and murdered Indigenous women (Mon, Mar 02, 2026)
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• Massey Lecture Part 1 | Renewing the promise of human rights (Fri, Feb 27, 2026)
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• The suffragist who was too radical for Susan. B. Anthony (Thu, Feb 26, 2026)
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• How can we prevent AI from becoming a menace? (Wed, Feb 25, 2026)
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• What will happen to us when the internet dies? (Tue, Feb 24, 2026)
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• When your grandmother is accused of being a 'fascist spy' (Mon, Feb 23, 2026)
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• The spark that ignited a 40-year fight for human rights (Fri, Feb 20, 2026)
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• With a decline in reading is our capacity to think eroding? (Thu, Feb 19, 2026)
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• Why AI needs to be nicer to us and develop 'maternal instincts' (Wed, Feb 18, 2026)
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• Why winter does not justify ditching your bike for driving (Tue, Feb 17, 2026)
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• From tests to sports, why we choke when it matters most (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)
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• How a man escaped slavery by mailing himself to freedom (Fri, Feb 13, 2026)
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• What Chinese science-fiction has to tell us about reality (Thu, Feb 12, 2026)
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• Why only the will of the people can save democracy (Wed, Feb 11, 2026)
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• To mudlark is to scavenge for a piece of history to keep (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)
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• How a natural catastrophe 8,000 years ago may have fueled Brexit (Mon, Feb 09, 2026)
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• The trailblazing all-Black baseball team that made history (Fri, Feb 06, 2026)
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• Following the wisdom of water to remake an unravelling world (Thu, Feb 05, 2026)
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• Why the Monroe Doctrine has world leaders on edge (Wed, Feb 04, 2026)
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• How to develop 'in the zone' hyper focus (Tue, Feb 03, 2026)
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• Flexing Canada's 'soft power' could help shift geopolitics (Mon, Feb 02, 2026)
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• PT 2 | An injustice system where 'you can buy your way out' (Fri, Jan 30, 2026)
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• PT 1 | An injustice system where 'you can buy your way out' (Thu, Jan 29, 2026)
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• Can empathy be dangerous? (Wed, Jan 28, 2026)
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• Why AI needs limits so humans can flourish (Tue, Jan 27, 2026)
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• Can a trucker's life entice young people to take the wheel? (Mon, Jan 26, 2026)
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• How Britain caused Ireland's Great Famine (Fri, Jan 23, 2026)
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• Birth gives us life. But do you know its history? (Thu, Jan 22, 2026)
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• How a 'conspiracy of decency' could build a better future (Wed, Jan 21, 2026)
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• It's time for a 'moral revolution.' This is a call to action (Tue, Jan 20, 2026)
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• What makes left-handers special? (Mon, Jan 19, 2026)
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• How Galileo revolutionized science to make way for modernity (Fri, Jan 16, 2026)
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• How Sudan’s generous spirit survives war and neglect (Thu, Jan 15, 2026)
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• The bittersweet freedom to grieve in Syria (Wed, Jan 14, 2026)
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• How horses shaped humankind, from inspiring pants to vaccines (Tue, Jan 13, 2026)
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• Why copyright laws do more harm than good (Mon, Jan 12, 2026)
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• We're not machines. Why should our online world define life? (Fri, Jan 09, 2026)
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• 'Dialogue between science and religion matters to the planet' (Thu, Jan 08, 2026)
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• The most famous French-Canadian novel you've never heard of (Wed, Jan 07, 2026)
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• When words get in the way, vocal improv saves the day (Tue, Jan 06, 2026)
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• Ditch democracy. This movement wants tech-elites to govern (Mon, Jan 05, 2026)
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• Why autonomy is vital to MAID law and the right to die (Fri, Jan 02, 2026)
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• New Year's Levee | Stories we're working on in 2026 (Thu, Jan 01, 2026)
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• How the invention of the book shaped humanity (Tue, Dec 30, 2025)
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• Hallelujah! Let the light of Black gospel shine 101 (Mon, Dec 29, 2025)
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• Where to find 'critical hope' in hard times (Mon, Dec 22, 2025)
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• How 'body horror' helps us confront the fears within us (Thu, Dec 18, 2025)
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• How to change minds and find common ground (Wed, Dec 17, 2025)
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• The 'dangerous' promise of a techno-utopian future (Mon, Dec 15, 2025)
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• Pt 1 | The architecture that brought Frank Gehry to tears (Mon, Dec 08, 2025)
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• The best — and worst — ideas of the last six decades (Fri, Dec 05, 2025)
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• How IDEAS saved a listener from sending a regrettable email (Thu, Dec 04, 2025)
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• CBC Massey Lecturers reveal how the talks changed them (Wed, Dec 03, 2025)
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• The time when a guest said, "I love you!" (Tue, Dec 02, 2025)
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• How an IDEAS episode on traffic changed a doctor's practice (Mon, Dec 01, 2025)
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• How guest-host power dynamics shape migration (Tue, Nov 25, 2025)
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• Can you ever truly return home again? (Mon, Nov 24, 2025)
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• Massey Lecture Part 5 | A human rights agenda for Canada (Fri, Nov 21, 2025)
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• Massey Lecture Part 4 | How people power makes human rights real (Thu, Nov 20, 2025)
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• Massey Lecture Part 3 | Human rights don’t have to be earned (Wed, Nov 19, 2025)
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• Buttons give the illusion of power but hide the consequences (Thu, Nov 13, 2025)
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• How overlooked veterans make history in their own words (Wed, Nov 12, 2025)
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• Why Canadian veterans are conflicted about Remembrance Day (Tue, Nov 11, 2025)
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• Not a war story. This is about what comes after for veterans (Mon, Nov 10, 2025)
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• What it takes to become a ruthless tyrant (Fri, Nov 07, 2025)
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• First historian Herodotus knew the power of story (Thu, Nov 06, 2025)
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• Hope lies in knowing that "we've changed the world before” (Wed, Nov 05, 2025)
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• How mind-bending theories could solve mysteries in physics (Tue, Nov 04, 2025)
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• To fix America's caste system, acknowledge it exists: author (Mon, Nov 03, 2025)
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• Mexican fiction turns drug kingpins into vicious vampires (Fri, Oct 31, 2025)
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• Can democracies survive the attacks on the rule of law? (Thu, Oct 30, 2025)
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• This lawyer turns real legal cases into page-turners (Wed, Oct 29, 2025)
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• How Indigenous Americans discovered Europe (Tue, Oct 28, 2025)
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• 33 years of the campus free speech controversy (Mon, Oct 27, 2025)
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• Can you have compassion for someone you never agree with? (Fri, Oct 24, 2025)
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• George Eliot's invaluable life lessons on confronting reality (Thu, Oct 23, 2025)
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• The real reasons why more young women freeze their eggs (Wed, Oct 22, 2025)
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• New details on Canada's first documented 'demon possession' (Tue, Oct 21, 2025)
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• Can abolishing all political parties topple fascism? (Mon, Oct 20, 2025)
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• This Italian painter was a feminist before the word existed (Fri, Oct 17, 2025)
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• Why practicing empathy is far from simple (Thu, Oct 16, 2025)
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• Why 'follow your heart' spirituality is actually religion (Wed, Oct 15, 2025)
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• How 60s Scoop 'warriors' reclaimed their Indigenous roots (Tue, Oct 14, 2025)
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• An homage to chickens, a dinosaur, dinner and backyard pet (Mon, Oct 13, 2025)
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• Imprisoned Syrian wrote poetry imagining the fall of the regime. Now it's come true (Fri, Oct 10, 2025)
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• How absurdist theatre is an act of resistance (Thu, Oct 09, 2025)
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• How a translation movement made Western philosophers famous (Wed, Oct 08, 2025)
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• Can we have new pipelines and curb climate change, too? (Tue, Oct 07, 2025)
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• Why progressives may not be as 'woke' as they think (Mon, Oct 06, 2025)
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• Why a proposed 'new capitalism' is contested (Fri, Oct 03, 2025)
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• How a German philosopher predicted our digital age (Thu, Oct 02, 2025)
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• What life was like for Luke Galati in a psychiatric ward (Wed, Oct 01, 2025)
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• How Inuk activist Aaju Peter learned to 'decolonize' her mind (Tue, Sep 30, 2025)
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• Can the fierce wars of today end in peace? (Mon, Sep 29, 2025)
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• Was justice served by South Africa's peace accord? (Mon, Sep 22, 2025)
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• Why smell — our invisible superpower — deserves more acclaim (Tue, Sep 16, 2025)
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• How leaders in the former Yugoslavia forged peace in 1995 (Mon, Sep 15, 2025)
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• How our education system is far from its original ideals (Fri, Sep 12, 2025)
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• Meet Alex Neve, the 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer (Thu, Sep 11, 2025)
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• Public education was built on this key concept — now it's gone (Thu, Sep 11, 2025)
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• How this 19th-century Indian feminist defied colonial customs (Wed, Sep 10, 2025)
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• Lessons from last century’s failed Mideast peace deal (Mon, Sep 08, 2025)
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• How the principles of St. Augustine guide the Catholic Church (Fri, Sep 05, 2025)
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• Are we 'born obsolete'? How technology makes us feel ashamed (Thu, Sep 04, 2025)
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• What does it mean for a river to be ‘alive’? (Wed, Sep 03, 2025)
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• # 1: What it took to end a 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland (Mon, Sep 01, 2025)
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• The threat next door: How NATO’s newest members are preparing to defend against Russia (via The House) (Mon, Sep 01, 2025)
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• How Brutalist architecture goes beyond aesthetics (Fri, Aug 29, 2025)
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• Libraries are fighting for their freedom — and our democracy (Thu, Aug 28, 2025)
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• Why PEI cares more than any other province about voting (Wed, Aug 27, 2025)
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• Has the housing crisis shaken your trust in democracy? (Tue, Aug 26, 2025)
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• Attacking our biggest fear — political polarization (Mon, Aug 25, 2025)
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• #5: What makes a great conversation? (Fri, Aug 22, 2025)
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• # 4: What it means to truly listen (Thu, Aug 21, 2025)
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• #3: How a dispute can lead to unity (Wed, Aug 20, 2025)
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• #2: What we can learn from our conversations with strangers (Tue, Aug 19, 2025)
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• #1: Why we need to have a conversation about conversations (Mon, Aug 18, 2025)
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• What a cultural genocide took from Indigenous people in Canada (Fri, Aug 15, 2025)
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• Why the power of technology relies on an adaptive mindset (Wed, Aug 13, 2025)
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• How to think for ourselves — is it even possible? (Tue, Aug 12, 2025)
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• A better world needs to be built on empathy: human rights scholar (Mon, Aug 11, 2025)
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• Is human intelligence overrated? (Tue, Jul 15, 2025)
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• A lesson on why NOT to engage in polarized discussions (Mon, Jul 14, 2025)
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• What rights do we need for our future? (Fri, Jul 11, 2025)
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• How did the Taj Mahal turn into a bouncy castle? (Fri, Jul 04, 2025)
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• Why Canadian patriotism right now isn't blind nationalism (Tue, Jul 01, 2025)
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• The heart of Canadian pride shines through Joyce Wieland's art (Mon, Jun 30, 2025)
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