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March 2006
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Wednesday, March 1
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.
Thursday, March 2
THE BLACK JACOBIN, Part Two CD
 Novelist, historian, Marxist thinker and pre-eminent figure of the African and Caribbean nationalist movements, C.L.R. James was one of the great minds of the twentieth century. David Austin profiles the man who wrote The Black Jacobins, the classic history of the only successful slave revolt in history: the Haitian Revolution, which presaged, and influenced the African liberation movements. Part Three airs Thursday, March 9.
Friday, March 3
EXTREMISM, Part Two CD
Contrary to popular notions (especially since 9/11), political extremism is not new; terrorists are not necessarily "irrational," and suicide bombers are not typically poor or uneducated. Political economist Ronald Wintrobe presents new ideas from social scientists in Europe and North America and from his own work on extremism.
Monday, March 6
THE GOD WHO MAY BE, Part Three CD
It was a modern axiom that philosophy and religion should be strangers, the one relying on reason the other on revelation. But, as the limits of both reason and revelation have become clearer, a new conversation has begun, and Irish philosopher Richard Kearney has been one of its leaders. In a three-part conversation with David Cayley, he talks about his philosophy of the imagination and his book, The God Who May Be.
Tuesday, March 7
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. The first of two parts. Part Two airs Tuesday, March 14.
Wednesday, March 8
ESSENTIAL SONG
Brandon ethnomusicologist Lynn Whidden has studied Northern Cree hunting songs for decades, and ponders the roots of human song and whether song is the same thing as music. Lynn Whidden's book Essential Song: Three Decades of Subarctic Cree Song will be published this fall by Wilfrid Laurier Press. For more details visit their website. 
Thursday, March 9
THE BLACK JACOBIN, Part Three CD
Novelist, historian, Marxist thinker and pre-eminent figure of the African and Caribbean nationalist movements, C.L.R. James was one of the great minds of the twentieth century. David Austin profiles the man who wrote The Black Jacobins, the classic history of the only successful slave revolt in history: the Haitian Revolution, which presaged, and influenced the African liberation movements.
Friday, March 10
ONE SMALL GARDEN
 With spring just around the corner: an hour of gardening, botany and the stories brought to mind by a tiny downtown garden in Toronto. A book written to be shared with children, read aloud by its author, Barbara Nichol. Pubisher, Tundra Books
Monday, March 13
THE ENRIGHT FILES CD
What to make of poetry?
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with Billy Collins, Bruce Meyer and Sheldon Zitner about the uses, the sound and the meaning of poetry.
Tuesday, March 14
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.
Wednesday, March 15
STORIES FROM THE KEKULI: LEGENDS OF THE SHUSWAP CD
From the shores of Shuswap Lake in British Columbia come the foundation stories of the Secwepemc people: rich accounts of the magic in nature that teach the harmony of the world. With readings by Janice E. Billy, Anna S. Michel, Mary Thomas, Crystal Thomas, Melpatkwa Matthew, Sekwaw Matthew, Lawrence Michel, Seth Armitage, Louis Thomas, Blaze Le Bourdais, Robert Matthew, Colten LeBourdais, Peter August, Kenny Thomas, and Joseph Michel.
Thursday, March 16
THE NEXT ENLIGHTENMENT CD
Walter Truett Anderson tells Mary Hynes why he believes humanity is on the verge of a new spiritual enlightenment, as the next inevitable stage in evolution.
Friday, March 17
FLIGHT OF FANCY
The monarch butterfly is the marathon runner of the insect world. But its spectacular, annual migration may be threatened. Chris Brookes asks, should we care?
Monday, March 20
RETHINKING THE MILITARY CD
Where are the sharpest spears? In a Calgary Institute for the Humanities seminar, military analysts David Bercuson, Janice Stein, and David Rudd debate new roles for our military.
Tuesday, March 21
TRAFFIC JAM CD
Here's something to listen to while stuck in gridlock. IDEAS producer Dave Redel steers his way through some new ways of understanding why traffic acts the way it does. Visit the traffic jam simulation website mentioned in the show.
Wednesday, March 22 – Thursday, March 23
UNFOLDING VISIONS CD
 Maps shape our perceptions of things. They combine utility and aesthetics in a compact visual language. They reflect the world, and they can change it. They can find what is lost and hide what is there. From Borneo to Salt Spring Island, Kathleen Flaherty delves into the truths and lies, the politics and power of maps.
Friday, March24
A BLUEPRINT FOR THE CITY OF JUSTICE CD
 In the seventh annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium, celebrated Canadian author George Elliot Clarke explores Canada’s multicultural roots and confronts the critical issues facing Canada’s diverse cities today of ethnic disaffection, violence and poverty. The LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium is Canada’s pre-eminent national forum for the discussion of the future of democracy in Canada. Find out more about the 2006 Symposium and access past lectures by visiting the Lafontaine-Baldwin website.
Monday, March 27 - Friday, March 31
THE 2005 MASSEY LECTURES BY STEPHEN LEWIS: RACE AGAINST TIME CD/Book
 Stephen Lewis offers compelling insight into the problems that continue to threaten humankind—poverty, hunger, gender and class inequality—and a hopeful glimpse of a solution on the horizon. This is a heartfelt plea, an examination of the depth of these challenges and a recipe for banishing them
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