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This Week
Monday, November 13
THE ENRIGHT FILES — What Went Wrong in Iraq CD
In the wake of the U.S. elections, seen by some as a referendum on the war, Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, in conversation with journalist James Fallows and legal scholar, Noah Feldman. We'll chart what happened and what could have been different.
Tuesday, November 14
PHALLUS IN WONDERLAND, Part One CD
For thousands of years, “phallocentric” myths have celebrated the omnipotence of the penis. The Egyptian god Min was so powerful, he fathered himself. In ancient Rome a boy’s first ejaculation was part of a state holiday. Throughout history, the pursuit of the perfect penis has fuelled the search for cures for impotence. In the eleventh century a recipe involved sparrows and Billy-goats. Today men pop Viagra. IDEAS producer Mary O’Connell takes us inside this male wonderland. Part Two airs Tuesday, November 21.
Wednesday, November 15
THE COLD WAR DECLASSIFIED, Part One CD
For decades, the Cold War overshadowed world politics. Events and crises were hotly debated, but how well did citizens—or their leaders—understand events as they unfolded? What do we know now that we didn’t know then? Robert Johnson, Professor of History at the University of Toronto,examines how new archival evidence is changing the picture. Part Two airs Wednesday, November 22.
Thursday, November 16
IN YOUR EAR: ALTERED STATES AND INNER VOICES
Our continuing series of new documentary work. Jody Porter from Thunder Bay wonders: can the voices of Ojibwe ancestors be stilled for ever by a hydro electric dam? And from Thelon Oeming in Toronto: Those Tormenting Voices — a portrait of a jazz musician who's now a schizophrenic.
Friday, November 17
WITNESS TO A COUNTRY CD
Roy MacGregor has spent thirty years travelling and writing about Canada. "You'd think I'd know something," he says. "I don't. I still don't understand how it works." In the 2006 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism, he describes some of his experiences and reflects on the "Journalism Personality"— some he says cannot be taught — and the privilege and practice of journalism.
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