Ideas

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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.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • A Reality Check on Reality TV

    A Reality Check on Reality TV
    Oct 4 2024

    Twenty-five years ago, reality TV exploded in popularity, and the media panicked. But could shows like Love Is Blind and their like actually help make us more media literate? IDEAS examines the culture, morality, and philosophy of unscripted television. *This episode originally aired on May 6, 2024.
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    54 mins
  • Masseys at 60: How physicist Ursula Franklin's prescient ideas live on

    Masseys at 60: How physicist Ursula Franklin's prescient ideas live on
    Oct 3 2024

    Technology is much more than a tool. Physicist Ursula Franklin argued that it’s a system — one so powerful that it can shape our mindset, our society and our politics. Her observations were prescient when she delivered her Massey Lecture in 1989 and they are all the more relevant today. Ursula Franklin’s friend and collaborator Jane Freeman reflects on the power of Franklin’s message.

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    54 mins
  • Making Justice Imaginable: Lawyer Lex Gill

    Making Justice Imaginable: Lawyer Lex Gill
    Oct 2 2024

    "We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust," wrote Albert Camus. In a lecture delivered at Crow's Theatre, lawyer Lex Gill considers how social and cultural movements can nudge the evolution of law and explores how to keep working for justice, regardless of the odds.

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    54 mins
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