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August 2006
IDEAS this summer will air Monday to Thursday beginning the week of July 10th. On Friday nights, tune into The Wire with Jowi Taylor.
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Tuesday, August 1
CONTINENTAL RIFT CD
There’s an argument between Europe and America manifest since 9/11. Misunderstanding or two irreconcilable visions? A discussion between French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and John MacArthur, publisher of Harper’s Magazine.
Wednesday, August 2
THE GOD WHO MAY BE, Part Two 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. Part Three airs August 9.
Thursday, August 3
FORTY YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS—IDEAS AT PLAY
Part four of a ten-part series CD
Whether the subject is changes in farming, the inner lives of beavers, or a strange story of death and recovery in southern Ontario, IDEAS loves to play with your mind.
Part five airs on Thursday, August 10.
Monday, August 7- Tuesday, August 8
WHILE YOU WERE OUT CD
Science is exposing the secret life of sleep. But why we spend a third of our lives cut off from the world is still a mystery. Jeff Warren follows the cycles of sleep and dreams—and what they reveal about who we are.
Wednesday, August 9
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.
Thursday, August 10
FORTY YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS—IDEAS REDUX
Part five of a ten-part series CD
World peace. The intellectual life of a great thinker. The sex lives of spiders. IDEAS is always ready to take a second look at a good idea.
Part six airs on Thursday, August 17.
Monday, August 14
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.
Tuesday, August 15
FRONTIER JUSTICE CD
Hannah Arendt thought that the plight of refugees highlighted a profound tension between human rights and national sovereignty. Andy Lamey applies Arendt’s ideas to Canada’s refugee debate.
Wednesday, August 16
THE YIN AND YANG OF ALAN WATTS CD
Bob Chelmick meditates on the Episcopal priest who abandoned conventional Christianity to become a “spiritual entertainer” preaching the wisdom of the East. To learn more about Alan Watts visit the Alan Watts website.
Thursday, August 17
40 YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS—ADVENTURES WITH IDEAS
Part six of a ten-part series CD
Intrepid IDEAS contributors have dived into icy Antarctic waters, pulled the nuclear trigger on a Canadian submarine and been spat on by apes, all in the line of work. Part seven airs Thursday, August 24.
Monday, August 21
STORIES FROM THE BARRENS CD
In contrast to headlines of gas sniffing and suicide in Labrador, are stories from the Mushua Innu, a culture rich in humour and spirituality.
Tuesday, August 22
PLANETARY HEALTH CD/Book
 From the 2005 Kenneth Hammond Lectures at the University of Guelph: Ward Chesworth on sustainable agriculture; Murray McBride on neurodegenerative diseases and the environment; David MacLean on forests, and Dominique Charron on climate change.
Wednesday, August 23
WARNING DARK AGE AHEAD, Part One CD
 Legendary writer Jane Jacobs describes how Dark Ages (cultures’ dead ends) happen as knowledge is lost and ideas vanish. Jacobs warns that five social pillars are crumbling: family and community, higher education, science, representative government, and professional self-regulation. With analysis by Robert Lucas (economics), Alan Jacobs (city planning), Henry Mintzberg (management), and others. Part two airs on August 30.
Thursday, August 24
FORTY YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS—YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON RADIO CD
Part seven of a ten-part series.
They say you can’t render the invisible audible, make math sound like fun or take a journey into hell, but IDEAS regularly ventures to the edge of the impossible. Part eight airs on Thursday, August 31.
Monday, August 28 - Tuesday, August 29
THE GIFT OF LOVE CD
What we owe each other, how we might learn from each other, and how we can build a more moral, inclusive and equitable world; above all, how the Christian message can be translated into a secular society. Jean Vanier has spent a lifetime thinking and acting on these questions. A documentary series by Philip Coulter.
Wednesday, August 30
WARNING DARK AGE AHEAD, Part Two CD
Legendary writer Jane Jacobs describes how Dark Ages (cultures’ dead ends) happen as knowledge is lost and ideas vanish. Jacobs warns that five social pillars are crumbling: family and community, higher education, science, representative government, and professional self-regulation. With analysis by Robert Lucas (economics), Alan Jacobs (city planning), Henry Mintzberg (management), and others.
Thursday, August 31
40 YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS—YOU HEARD THEM HERE!
Part eight of a ten-part series CD
IDEAS has never been shy about asking difficult questions. We asked Marcel Marceau to speak, Susan Sontag to defend the democratization of art and Leonard Cohen to explain Beautiful Losers. Part nine airs on Thursday, September 7.
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