Schedule
October 2006
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Monday, October 2
ON VIOLENCE AND RELIGION, Part One CD
Violence and religion are crucial themes of the present age, and no thinker has had more fundamental insights into these intractable elements of the human condition than René Girard. This year the organization that grew out of Girard’s work, the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, met for the first time in Canada. David Cayley reports from Ottawa. Part Two airs Monday, October 9.
Tuesday, October 3
THE DISEMBODIED VOICE CD
Ventriloquism is an art as old as the Delphic oracle. Today, it's popular entertainment, the focus of a nightclub act or horror movie. Shelley Wall reveals the surprising history of "belly-talkers."
Wednesday, October 4
ORGANICS GOES MAINSTREAM, Part Two CD
 Organic food has jumped from the margins to the mainstream and is now the fastest growing food category on supermarket shelves. What started as a social movement has become an industry with companies like General Mills, ConAgra and Kraft as major players. For some, this represents a victory for organics. Others worry that success will compromise the ideals of the movement. Jill Eisen looks at the past, present and future of organics. Part Three airs Wednesday, October 11.
Thursday, October 5
THE MONGREL CITY CD
Mongrel cities are a twenty-first century reality. Multiculturalism is an ideal about the kind of country we want to be and how we might live together. But can multiculturalism overcome the tribal tendencies that often accompany immigration? Can it reconcile the often acute differences between cultures? In the UBC-Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture, Leonie Sandercock, Professor of Urban Planning and Regional Policy at the University of British Columbia asks, is multiculturalism the solution or the problem?
Friday, October 6
BY DESIGN: THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS, Part Two CD
We tend to take the objects around us, from paper clips to bridges, for granted, remarking only when they're either annoying to use, or impossibly elegant. Why do everyday objects look the way they do, and why are we so often saddled with clunky, ugly things? Writer-broadcaster Nora Young looks at the hidden politics and unintended consequences behind the design of everyday stuff.
Monday, October 9
ON VIOLENCE AND RELIGION, Part Two CD
Violence and religion are crucial themes of the present age, and no thinker has had more fundamental insights into these intractable elements of the human condition than René Girard. This year the organization that grew out of Girard’s work, the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, met for the first time in Canada. David Cayley reports from Ottawa.
Tuesday, October 10
STALKING THE HOLY, Part One CD
Pius XII, Mother Teresa, and Padre Pio share one characteristic: saintliness. One is already there, two are close behind. But it’s a bumpy ride. Saint-making characterized the papacy of John Paul II, now a candidate himself. In this three-part series Michael Higgins explores the politics, the passion and the controversies that surface when sainthood is the goal. Part Two airs Tuesday, October 17.
Wednesday, October 11
ORGANICS GOES MAINSTREAM, Part Three CD
Organic food has jumped from the margins to the mainstream and is now the fastest growing food category on supermarket shelves. What started as a social movement has become an industry with companies like General Mills, ConAgra and Kraft as major players. For some, this represents a victory for organics. Others worry that success will compromise the ideals of the movement. Jill Eisen looks at the past, present and future of organics.
Thursday, October 12
JUDGING THE JUDGES CD
Is there such a thing as “judicial activism”? Retired supreme court justice John Major, former Chief Justice of Nova Scotia Constance Glube, and University of Alberta law professor Sanjeev Anand weigh the evidence in a Calgary forum.
Friday, October 13
ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CD
Pier Luigi Sacco teaches the economics of culture in Venice. He’s interested in concepts of post-industrial economics, co-operative enterprise and game theory. In a discussion recorded in Vancouver, he and social commentator Avi Lewis, talk about changing theories of economics as key to narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
Monday, October 16 - Wednesday, October 18
THANK YOU, MR. SINCLAIR CD
 For more than sixty years, Lister Sinclair has been at the heart of public broadcasting in Canada. His award-winning programs, in the arts and the sciences, have enlightened and entertained generations of CBC Radio and Television fans. In this warm and personal tribute by IDEAS producer Sara Wolch, Lister Sinclair speaks candidly about his life and career.
Thursday, October 19
IN YOUR EAR: THE WOUNDED HEALER
Lucien Larre is a remarkable man: psychologist, therapist, and Catholic priest. He runs a successful clinic in Vancouver using sound to help children with learning disabilities. Throughout his career as a healer, he has been honoured and celebrated. He's also found himself on the wrong-side of the law, shunned by friends and colleagues. In Your Ear looks at Dr. Larre's work at his clinic and the personal journey that brought him there.
Friday, October 20
DREAM NO LITTLE DREAMS, Part One CD
 What was the Greatest Canadian’s greatest contribution to Canada? Ideas traces the life of Tommy Douglas, who ushered Canada into the modern era. Medicare, public funding for the arts, human rights legislation, a professional civil service and more all happened first in Saskatchewan under Douglas. And now he occupies a unique place in the nation's psyche. Narration by Eric Peterson. Part Two airs Friday, October 27.
Monday, October 23
THE ENRIGHT FILES
Family Life In A Time of War
A novel set against the backdrop of the Biafran War and a novel set against the backdrop of WWII by two very different authors with the connection of Africa between them: Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and writer William Boyd.
Tuesday, October 24
STALKING THE HOLY, Part Three CD
Pius XII, Mother Teresa, and Padre Pio share one characteristic: saintliness. One is already there, two are close behind. But it’s a bumpy ride. Saint-making characterized the papacy of John Paul II, now a candidate himself. In this three-part series Michael Higgins explores the politics, the passion and the controversies that surface when sainthood is the goal. Conclusion.
Wednesday, October 25
THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, Part One CD
 His writing helped shape the thinking of a generation of revolutionaries, agitators and anti-colonialists throughout Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. His book, The Wretched of the Earth, became a handbook for Black Power groups and a Bible for Quebec nationalists. David Austin looks at the life and legacy of Frantz Fanon. Part Two airs Wednesday, November 1.
Thursday, October 26
A RELIGIOUS POET FOR A SECULAR AGE CD
The host of Tapestry Mary Hynes talked with religious poet Michael Symmons Roberts. As one critic put it: the body’s resurrection is as true for this poet as the death of God is for most of his contemporaries.
Friday, October 27
DREAM NO LITTLE DREAMS, Part Two CD
What was the Greatest Canadian’s greatest contribution to Canada? Ideas traces the life of Tommy Douglas, who ushered Canada into the modern era. Medicare, public funding for the arts, human rights legislation, a professional civil service and more all happened first in Saskatchewan under Douglas. And now he occupies a unique place in the nation's psyche. Narration by Eric Peterson.
Monday, October 30
GROWING OLDNESS CD
We all grow old, whether we like it or not. Most of us don't. Now in his seventies, well known psychologist James Hillman talks with IDEAS producer Marilyn Powell about how to age meaningfully.
Tuesday, October 31
THE PROMISED LAND OF THE SAINTS
In the sixth century, Saint Brendan sailed westward from Ireland and found the Promised Land. So they say. Fifteen centuries later, Chris Brookes tracks down the saint's footprints in Newfoundland.
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