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A chair is never just a chair: A social history of a ubiquitous household item, Part 1
Architect Witold Rybczynski, author of Now I Sit Me Down, explores the social history of chairs, the stories chairs tell, and how they've changed through history in a two-part series. Part one focuses on ancient chairs with a tour through the historical collection of chairs at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Ideas ||
Meet Bear, the sniffer dog trained to find koalas threatened by Australia's bushfires
Amid the devastation of the bushfires in Australia, one dog has stepped up to help his furry friends. Meet Bear, a research dog who has been trained to sniff out koalas — who can’t run from the flames.
The Current ||
Rick Mercer on the time a gun-waving John Crosbie threw him off his lawn
The Current ||
It's 'exceptionally unlikely' Iran shot down airliner on purpose, says defence reporter
As It Happens ||
How one woman's road to pregnancy led her to confront stereotypes about black women and fertility
Out in the Open ||
B.C. man embarks on 2-month trek by train and cargo ship to reduce carbon footprint
As It Happens ||
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Podcast: Questions swirl after passenger jet 'shot down'
Front Burner |
'I can't express the anger I feel,' Iranian-Canadian says of news Iran likely shot down plane
As It Happens |
Trudeau says evidence indicates Iranian missile brought down Ukrainian flight
Catharine Tunney
News -Politics |
Plane crash investigation could be Canada's chance to re-open diplomatic ties with Iran: former minister
The Current ||
Are we living in a computer simulation? This computer scientist says world religions might have the answer
Tapestry |
In Conversation
Why Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Billy-Ray Belcourt writes with passion and an urgent call to action
Ryan B. Patrick
Books ||
Canadian mockumentary New Eden breaks the glass ceiling on female-led cults
Day 6 ||
Iran must co-operate with Boeing and international crash investigators, says aviation analyst
As It Happens ||
Infertility upended his notions of what it means to be a man and husband
Out in the Open ||
LISTEN
Tragedy in Iran: Canadians mourn enormous loss of life in jet crash
Front Burner |
Toronto woman killed in Iran plane crash was 'a lovely person all around,' says friend
As It Happens ||
The Enright Files: A deep dive into the complex, emotional lives of animals
Ideas ||
Trump wants Europe to do more in Middle East. It's in their interest to do so, says professor
The Current ||
Rising New York rent forces out iconic music archive that's home to 3 million records
As It Happens ||
Bob McDonald's blog
Time for liftoff — robots and humans scheduled to blast off from Earth in 2020
Bob McDonald
Quirks & Quarks |
'I don't hate them': Charlie Hebdo survivor reflects on the massacre, 5 years later
The Current ||
63 Canadians among dead after Ukrainian plane crash in Iran, airline says
News -World |