The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)
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CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.
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Contract university lecturers strike, demand quality education - March 6, 2015 | Contract faculty and teaching assistants at two of this country's largest universities are on strike this week. They're protesting salaries and work conditions and argue their precarious work is jeopardizing the quality of education. | 3/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Documentary 'India's Daughter' divides activists in India - March 6, 2015 | She was a 23-year-old woman ... a daughter. Her death, after a brutal, gang rape on a bus shocked India and the world. Now, a powerful new documentary about the rape and death of Jyoti Singh is proving so controversial it's been banned in India. | 3/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Refugees pay more income tax to Canada than millionaire migrants - March 6, 2015 | If you're a would-be Canadian immigrant looking for greener pastures and you've already got a lot of green in the bank, then you're more than welcome. But new numbers show our millionaire migrants aren't putting down roots here after all. | 3/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In on Sherpas, immigration limbo, tax-free tampons and more - March 5, 2015 | It's that time of the week to hear what you have to say, about some of the hot-button stories from the past week. Our Friday host, Piya Chattopadhyay joins Anna Maria in studio for Checking-In. | 3/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Louise Arbour calls for a rethink of Canada's Foreign Relations - March 5, 2015 | After decades of involvement, as a Supreme Court Judge, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief Prosecutor at the Hague, Louise Arbour weighs in on the crises gripping the world. She tells us where she sees Canada and other nations falling short. | 3/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scientists question research on homeopathic treatment for ADHD - March 5, 2015 | ADHD is a disorder with controversies around diagnosis and treatment. The latest controversy involves 90 respected scientists condemning a clinical trial for homeopathic treatment of ADHD at the U of T. Today, the person behind the trial and the critic. | 3/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DNA phenotyping helps police fight crime but may be abusive - March 4, 2015 | The scene of the crime - no previous record, no conventional way to track the criminal, except for the DNA sample left behind. Enter ... DNA Phenotyping, expected to revolutionize forensics. But where some see promise, others see potential for abuse. | 3/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Under the Dome' confronts China's dire air pollution crisis - March 4, 2015 | Two years ago, the smog levels in some Chinese cities were dubbed 'Airpocalypse'. Today, the sight of a blue sky is a big deal. It is against that hazy backdrop that the documentary film 'Under the Dome', has captured the fury of millions of Chinese. | 3/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gay mom Sally Kohn says 'I wish for my daughter to be gay, too' - March 4, 2015 | Sally Kohn unleashed a firestorm when she wrote that as a gay Mom she wanted her daughter to be gay. Today, three gay parents, including Ms. Kohn, share their expectation and exasperation on this taboo. | 3/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extreme water shortage in Sao Paulo, Brazil's water-rich city - March 3, 2015 | Eleven million people in Sao Paulo are severely rationed, their main water reservoir has essentially been bled dry. How did the city with the world's richest water supply parch a population? We look at Brazil's water woes and a warning for the rest of us. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extreme water shortage in Sau Paulo, Brazil's water-rich city - March 3, 2015 | Eleven million people in Sao Paulo are severely rationed, their water reservoir has essentially been bled dry. How did a city with the world's richest water supply parch a population? We look at Brazil's water woes and a water warning for the rest of us. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meg Hickling says sex-ed teaches how to take care of the body - March 3, 2015 | She set the standard for sex education and in schools across B.C. Meg Hickling is a legend among teachers, parents and students-all-grown-up. The former nurse shares insights gleaned over four decades of teaching what she always called 'Body Science'. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boris Nemtsov's murder leaves Russian opposition bowed but not beaten - March 3, 2015 | Boris Nemtsov was buried today in the same cemetery where murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya was buried in 2006. Friday's assassination of yet another critic of President Vladimir Putin have many worrying its part of an troubling pattern. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Curbing Voyeurism: Peeping Toms go high tech but not undetected - March 2, 2015 | A string of convictions for voyeurism in British Columbia is raising new questions on how to protect privacy when intrusive technology is so small, so inexpensive and so hard to stop. Today we explore the issue of fighting back voyeurism. | 3/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Immigration delays leave thousands of couples in limbo - March 2, 2015 | No health care, no approval to seek work and no idea when it will change. Thousands of people who fell in love with Canadians and hoping to build a future here, eventually with citizenship, say they are at the mercy of a back-logged Immigration system. | 3/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Management of Savagery" gives insight into ISIS' strategy - March 2, 2014 | Many trying to understand ISIS' motivation are looking to a book written about twelve years ago called "The Management of Savagery". It was written by a man believed to have been in an al-Qaeda operative. Now it appears ISIS is singing from this playbook. | 3/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Sniper as 'war porn', glorifying war in film - Feb 27, 2015 | American Sniper is now the most successful war movie in U.S. history. It's being described as "riveting" and "epic." The film is also being described as propaganda and war porn. Today, we're asking about the role war movies play in shaping our real world. | 2/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mt. Everest guide calls for better working conditions for Sherpas - Feb 27, 2015 | It has been nearly a year since 16 Sherpas were killed in a devastating avalanche on Mount Everest. And now, with a new climbing season on the horizon, many Sherpas say the risks they're being asked to take on the trek to the summit are just too high. | 2/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Voters have the right to know politicians personal beliefs - Feb 27, 2015 | This week, an Ontario politician revealed he doesn't believe in human evolution. It made a lot of people uncomfortable. Today we're asking if some beliefs are different from others and if voters have a right to know about the people who represent us. | 2/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In on hacking medical devices, sex-ed and sexting - Feb 26, 2015 | Our discussion with Marc Goodman this week on hackeing implanted pacemakers set more than a few hearts beating faster. We Check-In on your thoughts as we follow up on the challenges of sex ed, the perils of sexting and the prospect of hacking pacemakers. | 2/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptics question if amnesty for al-Shabab fighters will bring peace - Feb 26, 2015 | The Somali government is offering amnesty to any al-Shabaab fighters willing to renounce terrorism and lay down their arms . Some see this as a great way to divide a deadly movement, others worry it could leave Somalia mired in promises it cannot keep. | 2/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Critics wary of fast-tracking Bill C-51 with minimal oversight - Feb 26, 2015 | Just after 9-11, the Liberals were criticized for their luxurious pace on anti-terror legislation. Now the speed the Conservative govt is pushing through Bill C-51 is up for debate. Tom Mulcair, Wayne Easter and Stockwell Day join us to discuss Bill C-51. | 2/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teen charged for sexting with distributing child pornography - Feb 25, 2015 | It was a love triangle among teens that included sexting and sharing nude photos. One of them was charged and found guilty of possession and distribution of child pornography. Critics argue the law used to convict her was never meant to be used this way. | 2/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Israeli PM Netanyahu contradicts the Mossad on Iran's nuclear threat - Feb 25, 2015 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the UN that Iran was months away from having nuclear weapons. But a leaked document suggests Netanyahu's own intelligence agency was contradicting him on Iran's ability to make a nuclear bomb. Or was it? | 2/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 year-old Canadian woman joins ISIS in Syria - Feb 25, 2015 | She left without telling her family, calling when she arrived in Syria. It was an online religious course that led a moderate Muslim Canadian, 23 year-old, towards a female ISIS recruiter. Natalie Clancy brings us the story of a young woman lost to ISIS. | 2/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women get ahead in Canada's public service - Feb 24, 2015 | Twenty-five years ago, women made up 14 per cent of Canada's federal public service. Today, they make up 55 per cent. Our project By Design looks at what went right and what's still to be done. | 2/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cyber criminals target implanted medical devices to hack remotely - Feb 24, 2015 | Marc Goodman used to be a Futurist-in-Residence for the FBI figuring out how criminal minds would use new technology to kill. He explains why criminals are head with the latest technology and why some hackers are targeting pacemakers and insulin pumps. | 2/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parents debate merits of Ontario's new sex-ed curriculum - Feb 24, 2015 | Sex-ed in the 60s didn't have LGBTQ in the lexicon, sexting didn't exist and contraception was rudimentary. Some of that is still missing in today's sex ed classes. But now Ontario is revising sex education and some parents believe its too much. | 2/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Public Health experts want nosodes taken off the market - Feb 23, 2015 | Nosodes are homeopathic vaccines, meant to ward off everything from measles to the flu, but with no peer-reviewed science. Canadian homeopaths are still recommending them to parents and public health experts want Health Canada to tighten the rules. | 2/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SaskPower's Carbon Capture clean energy project debatable, despite success - Feb 23, 2015 | SaskPower is burning coal and capturing its emissions with the first Carbon Capture and Storage operation, surpassing expectations. But what some say is an environmentally responsible way to use fossil fuel, critics argue it enables bad energy policy. | 2/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Critics warn Bill C51 not receiving the scrutiny it needs - Feb 23, 2015 | George Orwell's characters in a dystopian 1984 argued that the public needed to be protected from threats it could not see, regardless of what people did or did not understand. Critics of Canada's new anti-terror legislation don't like the parallels. | 2/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Muslim leaders strategize to dissuade converts from radicalization | The fight against violent extremism has hit home in recent months. We hear from a Canadian imam who's developed a tool to detect potential radicals. It's a checklist he uses on new converts and he thinks it should go into wide circulation. | 2/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reclaiming the word 'Slut' has some feminists shouting NO - Feb 20, 2015 | Thanks to events like SlutWalk, young women and girls are embracing the term, reclaiming it , and using its power in a subversive way. But not every feminist thinks that rehabilitating the word 'Slut' points in the direction we should be heading. | 2/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISIS terror threats, sets its sights on Rome - Feb 20, 2015 | ISIS is inching closer to Europe, and Italy in particular, now that they've established a hold on the north shore of Libya. So does Italy really need to sound the alarm? Or is it just feeding into just what the militants want? | 2/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In on urban design for the aging, debtors prisons & Ebola - Feb 19, 2015 | Friday host Piya Chattopadhyay joins Anna Maria to read your tweets, emails and Facebook posts from the past week. And we'll check-in on the fight against Ebola. The number of cases have plummeted but more needs to be done to get that number to zero. | 2/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Security journalist fears Barrett Brown case will prompt crackdown - Feb 19, 2015 | There's a new chill in place after reporter Barrett Brown was sentenced to prison for 63 months. We hear from another reporter who says that she's backing off from security reporting, for fear of facing the crackdown herself. | 2/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Quebec high school strip search of student deprives teens of rights - Feb 19, 2015 | Fifteen years old and stripped-searched for drugs is apparently 'by the book'. But more than one critic is asking what that book might be. As a Quebec school board defends its right to conduct such searches, what about the rights of students? | 2/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tablet Magazine puts a price on comments to eliminate online trolls - Feb 18, 2015 | There's a lot of vitriol and venom laced through the comments sections of most online publications. Many monitor them, others have simply done away with them. Now one publication is starting to charge, not for the articles but for the right to comment. | 2/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The push for 'micro-condos' in an overheated housing market - Feb 18, 2015 | Picture a home the size of two parking spaces or 4 office cubicles ... add a compact kitchen, space-saving furniture, a little bathroom and you have the Micro-Condo. Is it the answer to affordable housing for Millennials? Or a tiny space for trauma? | 2/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Online anti-radicalization campaign creates dialogue on extremism - Feb 18, 2015 | A national federally-funded campaign called Extreme Dialogue is an online project aimed at young people, teachers, and parents. The premise is to get them talking openly about extremists and their messages, in a hope to fight radicalization. Can it work? | 2/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISIS' new Libyan front puts pressure on Egypt and Europe - Feb 17, 2015 | Egyptian jets targeted what the government says were ISIS training camps, retaliation for the execution of 21 Coptic Christians Sunday. While Egypt beefs up its military hardware, no one is clear how far-reaching the so-called Islamic State really is. | 2/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Autism study finds no two cases are the same, redefining diagnosis - Feb 17, 2015 | Autism remains a mysterious condition in many ways, even to those who study it closely. Now some surprising new research from here in Canada may have unlocked new clues by focusing on autistic siblings, who manifest the condition in very different ways. | 2/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mohamed Fahmy says he's glad to be free but his battle isn't over - Feb 17, 2015 | Journalist Mohammed Fahmy was granted bail last week after 400 days in prison but he is not in the clear. He is set to face a retrial in the Egyptian courts next Monday, together with his colleague Mohamed Baher. Today Mohamed Fahmy joins us from Cairo. | 2/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Korean adoptees are returning to Korea - Feb 16, 2015 | Over the past few decades, thousands of young Korean children have been adopted out of their home countries, and raised around the world. But now, there's a reverse migration afoot -- adoptees making their way back to homelands they never really knew. | 2/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The secret history of Monopoly - Feb 16, 2015 | It's the family-friendly board game that celebrates getting ahead and making cash money. But as it turns out, the game as it's played today would have likely mortified its original creator, who was a left-wing, feminist activist. | 2/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Civil rights lawyers sue Ferguson over 'debtors' prisons' - Feb 16, 2015 | A lawsuit filed last week is shedding light on one source of racial tensions in Ferguson. The suit concerns so-called "debtors' prisons" -- the practice of jailing people too poor to pay for minor fines, such as traffic offenses. | 2/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Katy Perry's 'Left Shark' spurs 3D printing copyright battle - Feb 13, 2015 | "Left Shark," a backup dancer at this year's Super Bowl, has become a popular project for 3D printing enthusiasts. But Katy Perry's lawyers have sent notices to cease and desist, citing copyright claim. We look at copyright law in the age of 3D printers. | 2/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Star's Gardasil story points to larger issue in health reporting - Feb 13, 2015 | The Star's Gardasil story is just the latest case in a long line of shoddy scientific reporting in the news. As part of our Eye on the Media series, we look at why the media so often falters when it comes to reporting on important public health issues. | 2/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to design cities for an aging population - Feb 13, 2015 | Canada is getting older, and Canadians are having fewer kids, but who's making sure our urban centres are keeping up? As part of our By Design series, we're asking how to redesign cities and public institutions to reflect changes in population trends. | 2/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In on debating vaccinations, doctor-assisted suicide and first responders living with PTSD - Feb 12, 2015 | There's been a lot of talk about the measles vaccination debate including here on The Current. But when the science is so one-sided, is there really a debate to be had at all? We hear from you on that when we check-in on the stories we've been following. | 2/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Transgender writer Thomas Page McBee on becoming his truest self - Feb 12, 2015 | Long before he was called Thomas. He was wary of men. For a transgender individual, the transformation is often described in physical terms but Thomas' experience underline the journey is less about a gendered body and more about who he really was inside. | 2/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unilingual foreign minister called 'national embarrassment' - Feb 12, 2015 | Rob Nicholson's unilingualism may be an anomaly in a Foreign Affairs portfolio but it is emblematic of the wider Canadian population. Those who track these things say Canada is increasingly becoming a Unilingual country with two languages. | 2/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gone with a Trace: The story of lost items on the US/Mexico border - Feb 11, 2015 | Many objects have been found along the U.S./Mexico border, the only trace of the thousands who take the smugglers routes to what they hope is a better life. Two men turned those pieces from people's lives into an art and soundscape in today's documentary. | 2/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill Browder on 'Red Notice", death threats from the Kremlin - Feb 11, 2015 | Businessman Bill Browder knew how to make millions in Vladimir Putin's Russia, but he didn't know just how brutal the price of business could be. Bill Browder recounts the brutal tale of his own lawyer's torture and death and his quest to for justice. | 2/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Memories are malleable': Looking for truth behind false memory - Feb 11, 2015 | Brian Williams has been caught-out describing a scene he didn't actually experience. But people who study memory are listening say all memories are false anyway and that how our mind works in recall means most of us can get it wrong. | 2/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Navigating the downturn in the Canadian economy - Feb 10, 2015 | As oil tanks and the loonie dives, analysts say we're entering a "new normal" of slowed-down economic growth.. We find out just how slow that growth will be and we hear some ideas about how Canada can make the most of these sluggish times. | 2/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How 'fast casual' restaurants are redesigning the fast food industry - Feb 10, 2015 | Fast-food giants are finding it challenging to keep consumers. Millennials want their food customized and they're finding it with a new breed of restaurant called 'Fast Casual'. We're tracking how Fast Casuals are redesigning the fast food Industry. | 2/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eve Adams move to Liberals: High-risk gamble for Trudeau - Feb 10 , 2015 | MP Eve Adams'defection from the Conservatives to the Liberals prompts questions about Justin Trudeau's judgement in welcoming her on board. Adams arrives with political baggage, but the Liberal leader's gamble could still pay off. Our panel weighs in. | 2/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Edwards on mafia family Rizzutos' rise and fall - Feb 9, 2015 | Today organized crime writer Peter Edwards tells the tale of the Rizzutos' rise and fall. You may be astonished at how much money, power and influence the real-life Rizzuto mafia family of Montreal amassed and how it all came so violently tumbling down. | 2/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doctors face uncharted territory with doctor assisted suicide ruling - Feb 9, 2015 | With Friday's Supreme Court Ruling allowing doctor-assisted suicide under certain conditions, doctors across the country will soon be navigating new legal and ethical territory. Today, we hear from three doctors on assisted dying. | 2/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vaccinations: Pro and Anti-Vaxxer parents make their cases - Feb 9, 2015 | It is a polarizing moment in health care. As fear and anger builds up over the increase in measles outbreaks in Canada and the U.S., we hear from a mother of a child whose health won't allow vaccination and a mother who chooses not to vaccinate her kids. | 2/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eye On The Media: 'Terrorism' and Loaded Language - Feb 6, 2015 | "Terrorism" is a loaded term, but the BBC's decision to avoid it -- even when describing the Charlie Hebdo attack -- is proving to be a loaded decision. We convene a panel to weigh the the words we use, to bring you the news. | 2/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Raising the stakes, sending weapons to Ukraine - Feb 6, 2015 | As violence ramps up in eastern Ukraine, as belief settles in that sanction against Russia have done little to calm it, there's real talk about sending in weapons and arming the Ukrainian military. But a proxy war on Russia's door is no small step. | 2/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to convince anti-vaxxers to get their kids vaccinated - Feb 6, 2015 | It seems all the science in the world can't get some parents to change their minds about the safety of vaccinating, even as the measles outbreak spreads. Public health officials worry it's a failure to communicate and they need to find the right message. | 2/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In on life in prison without parole, locked-in syndrome, vaccinations - Feb 5, 2015 | Enough from us! It's time to hear from you. Piya Chattopadhyay joins Anna Maria in studio to read your feedback on everything from parents with questions about vaccinating their kids... to politicians with questions about paroling their prisoners. | 2/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mandatory vaccinations may be required, says André Picard - Feb 5, 2015 | If they won't vaccinate, should the state legislate? In the face of more measles cases, The Globe and Mail's André Picard joins us to make the case for mandatory vaccination. | 2/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3-Parent Babies: Genetic modification sparks debate on evolution - Feb 5, 2015 | Britain's move to allow mitochondrial DNA donation techniques in IVF treatment to avoid debilitating conditions in children is being applauded. But it involves transplanting DNA from a third person, crossing a line into human genetic modification. | 2/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Growing PTSD crisis among Canada's first responders - Feb 5, 2015 | First responders are facing an emergency of their own. They're suffering a quiet epidemic of PTSD. Today, three first responders living with PTSD share their stories. * Note this interview contains graphic and disturbing details. * | 2/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Japan's identity shift, rethinking military power after ISIS attack - Feb 4, 2015 | As Prime Minister Abe increases defence spending, his nation is reeling over the ISIS killing of two of its own. The attacks are causing a rethink inside Japan and whether it should ditch its decades-old principle of pacifism. | 2/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Baird resigns from politics, leaving big shoes to fill - Feb 4, 2015 | John Baird leaves cabinet and federal politics after a string of high-profile portfolios that has seen him described as everything from a well-liked professional to a pitbull. We convene a panel to discuss where his departure leaves the Harper Government. | 2/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A 'Guantánamo Diary' that may set a tortured writer free - Feb 4, 2015 | He's a former Montrealer, but Guantanamo Bay prison camp has been his home since 2002. Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been keeping a diary of his time there. We hear from the editor who fought the U-S government to get the diary published. | 2/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Reformer' and 'moderate': A look at the former Saudi king's legacy - Feb 3, 2015 | At his funeral last week, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was remembered as a modernizer and a reformer. That may clash with your understanding of the country's human rights record. But those who know the country best, would like to set the record straight. | 2/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Air Safety regulators push for better airplane tracking technology - Feb 3, 2015 | It's still one of the world's great unsolved mysteries -- What really happened to Malaysia Flight 370? And what happened to the promises it would lead to a better airplane tracking system? | 2/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trapped in a virtual coma yet aware, Martin Pistorius breaks free - Feb 3, 2015 | He was a young man trapped in a body that would not let him indicate he was aware of the world around him. Then one day, a caregiver became convinced he could understand her and Martin Pistorius' world began to open up. Martin shares his inspiring story. | 2/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Tell it to the World': Hiding Mass Murder in Kosovo - Feb 2, 2015 | The mass murder of Ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo War is a deep scar on our recent history. Those responsible for it worked hard to ensure their crimes would remain a secret. A Canadian lawyer tasked with bringing those dark crimes to light joins us. | 2/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A soldier's suicide and a quest for the truth - Feb 2, 2015 | Shawna Rogers was a lieutenant in the Canadian military. In October of 2012, she was found dead of a drug overdose alone. Her parents continue to fight for answers that could change the way the Canadian military investigates soldiers' deaths. | 2/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Without data from the long-form census Canada suffers, experts say - Feb 2, 2015 | Five years ago this week, Tony Clement, then Minister of Industry, shared his government's decision to scrap the long form census. In government ranks, there was consensus to kill the long-form census then. But five years on that means the data is cooked. | 2/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why ISIS wants failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi - Jan 30, 2015 | After years inside a Jordanian prison, Sajida al-Rishawi is suddenly at the centre of an international crisis. We look at who this woman is, and why she has become so valuable to the so-called Islamic State. | 1/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nordic countries not the utopia they seem, says author - Jan 30, 2015 | We speak with Michael Booth, a British author who set out to explore each Nordic state, with the aim of debunking the myth of the Scandanavian utopia. | 1/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parliament watchdogs push back on proposed staff disclosure rules - Jan 30, 2015 | Bill C-520 would require civil servants to detail certain political affiliations they've had in recent years--or any they're planning on in future. But there are many who argue this is an unneeded privacy violation. | 1/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Revenge porn victim Emma Holten responds by releasing her own photos - Jan 29, 2015 | Emma Holten opened her email a while back only to discover she'd been hacked, and nude pictures taken for private use were being shared by thousands. She responded by putting out new -- consensual -- pictures of herself. | 1/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health Canada: Canadian diets shouldn't be no fat, but low fat - Jan 29, 2015 | Following our interview with Nina Tiecholz, we hear from Health Canada about what they say we should eat according to the Canada Food Guide, especially when it comes to the amount and types of fat. | 1/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-in: revenge porn, homelessness, CSEC and saturated fats - Jan 29, 2015 | The Current's Friday host Anthony Germain joins Anna Maria to get through your feedback on stories about revenge porn, homelessness in the winter months, CSEC's Project Levitation and our interview with Nina Tiecholz on her research into saturated fats. | 1/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions mount in mysterious death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman - Jan 29, 2015 | Hours before Argentina's top prosecutor was set to hand over a damning report pointing fingers at top officials at home and abroad, he was found dead in his apartment. We look at the drama unfolding in Argentina over the death of Alberto Nisman. | 1/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conservatives push to introduce life sentences without parole - Jan 29, 2015 | A life sentence could soon mean life with no possibility of parole. This week it was confirmed that new legislation is on its way soon, designed to eliminate even the chance of parole for some crimes. | 1/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The battle between the Harper government and the Ottawa press corps - Jan 28, 2015 | Longtime Parliamentary Press Gallery member Mark Bourrie says PM Stephen Harper has used a defanged Ottawa press corps to keep the Canadian public in the dark about the way his government rules. He lays out his case in his book, "Kill The Messengers." | 1/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who are anti-vaxxers?: Understanding the anti-vaccination movement - Jan 28, 2015 | A measles outbreak at Disneyland that spread to several U.S. states has turned the spotlight back on what are called the Anti-Vaxxers. Today, we hear from a sociologist who has been tracking those who choose not to vaccinate despite overwhelming evidence. | 1/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canada's electronic spy agency takes the lead on internet surveillance - Jan 28, 2015 | It's never been clear how CSEC does its work. What kind of information does it gather? Who does it target? CBC's Dave Seglins joins us to give us a rare glimpse into the operations of a part of the Canadian Government we know little about. | 1/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rinelle Harper speaks up for missing and murdered indigenous women - Jan 28, 2015 | About three months ago no one knew her name. And then on a cold night in November, she was brutally attacked and left for dead. Today Rinelle Harper's survival is a rallying point for those seeking answers around missing and murdered Indigenous women. | 1/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sanctions on Russia fail to stop interference in Ukraine - Jan 27, 2015 | In Ukraine, everyday people are losing their lives. The rebels Vladimir Putin is backing aren't backing down and Ukraine is bringing in its own punitive measures. Today, we look at what can be done about a conflict some say is becoming a civil war. | 1/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heather Watson breaks period taboo at Australian Open - Jan 27, 2015 | It's something that nearly every woman experiences every month, and yet the "monthly visitor" is rarely discussed in polite society... let alone in the world of sports. Now a British tennis star may have made some progress in changing all that. | 1/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Homeless on the street: The story of two people who lived it - Jan 27, 2015 | Over the last five years, an estimated 1.3-million Canadians have experienced having nowhere to go, to sleep, to call home. Today, we speak to two people who have lived a homeless life for years to offer a glimpse of what that's really like. | 1/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2/3 of rhinos poached in 2014 in South Africa, how drones can save them - Jan 26, 2015 | The rhino remains a species under siege, as poachers target the beasts for their magnificent horns. We head to Kruger National Park where poaching is so serious it can resemble a combat zone for Park Rangers tracking illegal hunters. | 1/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Fat doesn't make you fat': Nina Teicholz's big surprise' - Jan 26, 2015 | Ever think our understanding of fat and what's fattening is off? Today, science journalist Nina Teicholz takes us through what she says is the flawed thinking and the flawed science that has shaped nutrition and public health policies for decades. | 1/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Efficacy of Canada's mission to fight ISIS is not clear - Jan 26, 2015 | Canada has gone from full combat ... to a pop-up presence in Libya and now Iraq. Are these smaller missions the way of the future for Canada's military? And do they work? | 1/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Minor hockey league considers banning spectators to stop abuse - Jan 23, 2015 | If you can't put unruly hockey parents in the penalty box, maybe it's time to kick them out of the arena. A B.C. minor hockey league is considering some extreme measures to curb behaviour that's gotten out of hand. But will it help put hot tempers on ice? | 1/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On trial: The line of questioning in sexual assault court cases - Jan 23, 2015 | We've come a long way since the "she-was-asking-for-it" defence. But now an Alberta judge has had his verdict overturned for intervening to stop questions that seemed out of bounds. But the accused says he was denied a fair trial because of it. | 1/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Iron Ore goes bust in Labrador West, once booming in production - Jan 23, 2015 | The fall in demand for Iron Ore is turning life upside down in the part of Labrador they once called "Mini Fort Mac". Today we head to Labrador West where they know a thing or two about booms and busts... but say they've never seen one like this before. | 1/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-in on listener feedback of the week - Jan 22, 2015 | Friday host Anthony Germain joins Anna Maria to go through listener feedback. Plus we look at educational assistants who also face violence in the classroom and we hear from Dying with Dignity on how being deregistered as a charity will affect their work. | 1/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Study of health care aides show high job satisfaction but poor pay and burnout - Jan 22, 2015 | Care aides provide 80% of all the care for the elderly with dementia. Yet care aides are unregulated, with little training and are often poorly paid. Today, we look at the implications for workers, for families and governments. | 1/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Attack by Yemen insurgents undermining the president heralds insecurity - Jan 22, 2015 | On Tuesday, Yemen rebel fighters attacked the president's home. Yemen is a patchwork quilt of militias from Al Qaeda to the Houthis, whose support comes from Iran. All of which sets the stage for a confrontation that will make Western leaders notice. | 1/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Re-designing the workplace by getting rid of meetings and managers - Jan 21, 2015 | Does it sometimes seem like your workplace was designed to prevent you from getting work done? As part of our series By Design, we take the workplace apart, and put it back together again for better creativity, productivity and employee satisfaction. | 1/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The world waits for Hezbollah's retaliation after Israeli strikes in Syria - Jan 21, 2015 | Lebanon's Hezbollah has been fighting Bashir Al-Assad's Syrian battles for him, some of it right over the Israeli border. Is Hezbollah gearing up to retaliate in a new conflict with Israel or has the fight for Syria against ISIS stretched thin? | 1/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Income inequality shows the 1% will soon own 50% of all wealth, says Oxfam - Jan 21, 2015 | In a week where the U.S. President has signaled new taxes and fees on the wealthiest American individuals and corporations, Oxfam is warning of growing inequality across the globe. Today we look at the implications of counting up the haves and have-nots. | 1/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hazar al-Mahayni's quest to educate Syria's refugee children in Turkey - Jan 20, 2015 | We hear from Hazar al-Mahayni, whose dream of creating a little oasis for Syrian refugee kids has resulted in a new role -- headmistress of a school trying to save a lost generation of children of war. | 1/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Free Range Parenting: It's OK to let kids walk home from school alone - Jan 20, 2015 | A Maryland couple is under investigation for negligence after letting their kids walk home alone from a neighbourhood park. They prefer to call it "free range" parenting. We look at the debate surrounding the decidedly anti-helicopter parenting trend. | 1/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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North Korean Camp 14 survivor Shin Dong-hyuk admits his story not all true - Jan 20, 2015 | His story transfixed the world. Born into a North Korean prison camp, Shin Dong-hyuk was stripped of his basic human rights, starved and tortured before escaping to the free world. Now, he admits he changed some of that story. | 1/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professional cuddling in high demand but some worry where it may lead - Jan 19, 2015 | For an hourly fee you can be hugged and cuddled, a service now offered by a few new businesses - but no sex. There are many studies on how touching affects both physical and mental health. But there are also concerns about protecting the vulnerable. | 1/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unfriending on Facebook over politics forms movement, but shuts down dialogue - Jan 19, 2015 | There are now a few Apps that can alert you to Facebook Friends who favour politics you abhor. In Germany it's caused a flurry of Unfriending in a disagreement over treatment of foreigners and immigrants that has jumped off computers and into the streets. | 1/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politicians and pundits wary an October fixed election will happen - Jan 19, 2015 | Politicians and pundits can't get enough of election speculation these days. Despite a fixed election law that has the word October in it. Despite a Prime Minister who said he's planning on the fixed date. But how binding is that law anyway? | 1/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disability rights advocates push back on inaccessible casting - Jan 16, 2015 | Actors like Tom Hanks and Daniel Day Lewis have wowed audiences with moving portrayals of characters with disabilities. But there's a growing movement of actors, directors, and advocates who say it's time to give those parts to actors who are disabled. | 1/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Séan McCann, of Great Big Sea, talks about abuse by a priest - Jan 16, 2015 | Séan McCann, Great Big Sea co-founder is still singing and dancing. But not drinking these days. He's sobered up, and gone solo. And he's also starting to speak out about what he believes is the real source of the demons that tormented him for years. | 1/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Students assaulting teachers in class, a common occurrence in Canada - Jan 16, 2015 | A CBC investigation turned up a surprisingly high incidence of reported assaults by students against teachers. We hear from a teacher who's still scarred by a student assault. And ask what can be done to make classrooms a safer place. | 1/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In: Tobogganing bans, celebrity diets, the teenage brain and the Trans Lifeline in Canada - Jan 15, 2015 | Friday host Anthony Germain joins Anna Maria to check-in on a week's worth of listener feedback ... from banning sledding, celebrity health advice to examining the teenage brain. Plus we hear from a volunteer who is bringing the Trans Lifeline to Canada. | 1/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Abortion in a pill: Canada hasn't decided yet - Jan 15, 2015 | An abortion pill has been available in Europe for more than 25 years, in the U.S. for almost 15 years but is still not available in Canada. Health Canada's drug approval process for the abortion pill is taking longer than any drug approval process. Why? | 1/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Premier Jim Prentice warns Albertans of tough economic times ahead - Jan 15, 2015 | A few years ago Alberta was awash in oil revenues. Now, after dramatic price drops it faces a financial crossroads with a new premier actively floating a tax increase. We speak to Jim Prentice on Alberta's new reality and the choices that confront him. | 1/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A young gay man fears the threat of honour killing - Jan 14, 2015 | Today, we bring you the story of a young man who feared for his life at the hands of his own father because of his sexuality. So-called crimes of honour make the news when daughters are targeted but this is the story of a young man bridging two cultures. | 1/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Design Behind ... Velcro - Jan 14, 2015 | Frustrated by the many burrs that were buried in his dog's fur, engineer George de Mestral was determined to figure out how these annoying seed-like hooks perfectly stuck together. The Current's Shannon Higgins brings you the story behind Velcro. | 1/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gwyneth Paltrow and celebrity diets are not the key to health - Jan 14, 2015 | Timothy Caulfield, a researcher on health and science policy chronicles his futile attempts to follow celebrities ... only to find their detoxes, diets and dramas not only won't help ... they might hurt. | 1/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extremism in prison, a misunderstanding of Islam, says prison Imam - Jan 14, 2015 | It's not uncommon to have inmates turn to religion while doing time. But the belief that one of the Paris attackers was radicalized in jail has reinforced concerns that prisons, in many countries, may play a role in the recruitment of Islamist extremists. | 1/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Israel's Nation-State Bill aims to balance Jewish democratic principles - Jan 13, 2015 | Benjamin Netanyahu is in a legislative fight. The Netanyahu government fell partly because of a dispute over a new bill that would enshrine national rights only for Jewish citizens. We look at the implications of that - from different perspectives. | 1/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Teenage Brain: Uniquely powerful, vulnerable, not fully developed - Jan 13, 2015 | If the human mind is a puzzle ... the teenage mind is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Dr. Frances Jensen, once stumped by the behaviour of her own teens, shares years of study on the teenage brain, that will warn you and give you hope. | 1/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boko Haram largely ignored but some say a threat on par with ISIS - Jan 13, 2015 | When Boko Haram followers killed an estimated 2000 people in 16 communities last week, few of us noticed. Today we look into that collective blind spot when it comes to Nigeria's terror and ask about the parallels between ISIS and Boko Haram. | 1/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Depression might be an allergic reaction to stress - Jan 12, 2015 | It's Monday, a lot of people likely feel as though they're having an allergic reaction to life itself. Believe it or not, new research suggests that's exactly what clinical depression may be - a sort of physical allergic reaction to the stresses of life. | 1/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the age of knock-offs, protecting original design is expensive - Jan 12, 2015 | For as long as there have been great designs, there have been copies of great designs. From fashion to furniture to software, our project, By Design, is asking what -- if anything -- you can do to protect an original idea in an age of duplication. | 1/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the age of knockoffs, protecting original design is expensive - Jan 12, 2015 | Since - and including - last week's terror attack in Paris, many Muslim lives have been lost to Islamic extremists. And yet, often in the frenzy of news, to be Muslim is to be considered a terrorist sympathizer by non-Muslims or an infidel by attackers. | 1/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Municipal tobogganing bans a slippery slope for enthusiasts - Jan 9, 2015 | A winter activity that's as old as the hills but potentially as dangerous as skydiving. Some cities are putting the brakes on tobogganing. We hear just how dangerous sliding down a hill can be, and why municipal tobogganing bans are starting to snowball. | 1/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The quiet genocide against the Transgender community - Jan 9, 2015 | A quiet genocide: That's what some activists say is happening to transgender people, right around the world. We hear from a researcher who says that's what she sees, even while others say that calling it genocide is a misuse of a loaded term. | 1/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Media split on publishing Charlie Hebdo Prophet Muhammad cartoons - Jan 9, 2015 | An update from reporter Melissa Chemam on the hostage crisis in Paris. Plus, in the aftermath of Wednesday's attack, journalists are divided on whether re-publishing Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in solidarity is essential or offensive. | 1/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-In: 'I Quit!', 'Deaf Jam' and 'Slim By Design' - Jan 8, 2015 | Friday host Piya Chattopadhyay joins Anna Maria to go through your feedback from some of the stories we've brought you. Plus, an update on our parents' pane about having the "sex" talk with boys, when there's so much in the news about sexual misconduct. | 1/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Palestinians push for Statehood at the UN and ICC - Jan 8, 2015 | The decades-long pursuit of a Palestinian state may have new momentum as Palestinians become a member group at the International Criminal Court. We hear from those for and against the Palestinians' strategy by joining in international organizations. | 1/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Je Suis Charlie: Attack on French core values inspires national solidarity - Jan 8, 2015 | As a nation mourns the journalists, satirists and police protectors of Charlie Hebdo, many predict the politics of France are about to be re-written, that this attack on the what defines France could be a turning point for mass cultural intolerance. | 1/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'F**k You and Goodbye' author Matt Potter argues quitters shaped history - Jan 7, 2015 | It's often been said that winners never quit. But sometimes, the quitters really win! Today, it's a celebration of resignation with 'F**k You and Goodbye' author Matt Potter who joins us to talk about the most underrated career move ... saying, "I quit." | 1/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'The Book of Negroes' highlights little-known piece of Canadian history - Jan 7 2015 | Lawrence Hill's novel "Book of Negroes" is making its TV debut in tonight on CBC TV. Lawrence Hill joins us with the series' star, Aunjanue Ellis to talk about how themes of slavery and freedom still resonate, in the age of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. | 1/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital Diplomacy: The federal government's multi-million dollar experiment - Jan 7, 2015 | Ottawa has just earmarked millions to expand a project that allows private citizens in Iran and eventually elsewhere to circumvent oppressive government firewalls, to start sharing information, to hold their governments to account and even enable dissent. | 1/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deadly Paris attack at Charlie Hedo, satirical newspaper offices - Jan 7, 2015 | France is on a high security alert after a multiple shooting at the offices of a French satirical newspaper in Paris today. Twelve people are dead. Freelance Reporter Melissa Chemam joined us from Paris to tell us more | 1/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Slim by Design': Lose weight by changing your environment - Jan 6, 2015 | After tracking and writing notes on the habits of slim people, Brian Wasnick discovered that what's on the kitchen counter can predict what tips the scale. Our project By Design looks at our eating environments and how they influence our eating choices. | 1/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disciplining sexual violence on campus needs policies that work, Francoise Baylis - Jan 6, 2015 | As Dalhousie University puts partial suspensions in place for sexualized violence on campus and talks of restorative justice, another conversation has begun on confronting the problem on campus and whether the quest for Justice could lead to Injustice. | 1/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parents say it's time for a serious talk with kids about sexual violence - Jan 6, 2015 | You can't be a parent watching stories of sexual violence unfold without wondering how to prevent your kids from being victims or victimizers. Parents discuss how to talk to kids about consent and to keep that talk going before going away to school. | 1/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canada's top criminal lawyers reflect on their most haunting cases - Jan 5, 2015 | From Magnotta ... to Picton ... to Bernardo, some of the most high profile criminal trials are also the toughest in the court of public opinion. We hear from some of Canada's high profile criminal lawyers on their most challenging cases. | 1/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pope Francis declares war on climate change, other religions follow - Jan 5, 2015 | The Catholic Church is about to bring the influence of the Holy See to the issue of climate change. Today, we look at the religious push to protect the environment. | 1/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deaf musicians shatter myths about hearing impairments and sound - Jan 5, 2015 | Today we bring you the documentary "Deaf Jam" with the story of people who love the rhythms of music so much, a lack of hearing hasn't deterred them from pursuing a musical career. And we're breaking new ground with an ASL interpreted version at cbc.ca/th | 1/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew Halton: The private & public wars of CBC's legendary correspondent - Jan 2, 2015 | Matthew Halton was once one of Canada's most familiar voices, sending back reports from the battlefields of the Second World War. Now his son, reporter David Halton, is remembering his swashbuckling dad, Canada's original war correspondent, in a new book. | 1/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diane Ackerman, author of 'The Human Age': Nature is not other from us - Jan 2, 2015 | We may have entered a new epoch in the history of the earth, with a single species doing more than any other force to drive change. But Science writer Diane Ackerman remains optimistic, about humanity's hopes for shaping the future. | 1/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The secrets behind how the CIA recruited 'Doctor Zhivago' - Jan 2, 2015 | It was a dangerous book because it celebrated the private life, at a time when that was forbidden behind the Iron Curtain. The story of how Doctor Zhivago came to be published in Soviet Russia is a thriller in itself, finally being told in a new book. | 1/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Best of By Design: 'Cyborg' hears colours he can not see - Jan 1, 2015 | As part of our "Best of" edition of By Design meet Neil Harbisson. He calls himself a Cyborg and wears a surgically implanted device that gives him the ability to hear colour. His efforts to fuse technology into his very being raises some hard questions. | 12/31/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Best of By Design: Bruce Mau on the power of design and learning through gamification - Jan 1, 2015 | Canadian designer Bruce Mau says sometimes the best designs are the ones you don't notice at all. He shares his blueprints for the future. Plus, we head into the classroom where promising developments in education technology owes a debt to Super Mario. | 12/31/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anchor Tracey Spicer protests 'extreme grooming' and faces cameras 'au naturel' - Dec 31, 2014 | If you're a woman in broadcasting, then getting all done up is part of the job. But Australian TV anchor Tracy Spicer decided she'd had enough of feeling like a painted doll, what she calls "extreme grooming" and swore off lipstick, hairspray and makeup. | 12/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anne V. Hereford's secret code-breaking work at Bletchley Park in WWII - Dec 31, 2014 | The quest to crack the enigma code in the movie "The Imitation Game", was real life for some Canadian women in WWII at Bletchley Park. It was top secret work. Our documentary shares one family's discovery of what their mother was up to during the war. | 12/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our political panel looks back at 2014 in Ottawa and beyond - Dec 31, 2014 | It's been a difficult year ... in Ottawa and across the country. Today, on the last day of 2014, we look back at the political year that was and to the election year ahead as four of the country's top political journalists join us for our year-in-review. | 12/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Datayclysm' author says online data is transforming history - Dec 30, 2014 | Every time you click 'like' on Facebook, your personal quirks become statistics. Meet "Dataclysm" author Christian Rudder, the mathematician behind OK Cupid who argues all that aggregate information offers insight into our society that is unprecedented. | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Soccer pioneer Harry Manson, first aboriginal inducted into Hall of Fame - Dec 30, 2014 | It has been more than 100 years since Canada's first aboriginal soccer star Harry 'Xulsimalt' Manson stormed onto the pitch, He was talented, subjected to racism, and later faded into history. But now he's been inducted into Canada's soccer Hall of Fame. | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reaching the tipping point for podcasting - Dec 30, 2014 | It feels there's a glut of great new podcasts every day. The American true-crime series "Serial" was a breakout hit, attracting millions of listeners from around the world. So are we living in podcasting's golden age or will the audiences shuffle off? | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exploring what makes identical twins so similar yet so different - Dec 29, 2014 | One of the most psychologically complex and intimate relationships any human can have is being an identical twin. Sharing 100 per cent of the same DNA. Filmmaker Leora Eisen, an identical twin, explores the mysteries in her documentary "Two of Kind." | 12/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Technocreep' author exposes just how much creeping goes on online - Dec 29, 2014 | As technology is embedded in our lives, a computer scientist says we're beginning to suffer from "Technocreep". And Tom Keenan warns, the closer our gadgets get to us, the more our personal data is put into the hands of corporations and government. | 12/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Satire panelists look back on 2014, searching for a silver lining - Dec 29, 2014 | It's been a year of tragic news from violence against women, kidnapped women and girls to missing planes. Today we're looking back at 2014 from a different perspective with two satirists reflecting on some of the absurd under-reported stories of the year. | 12/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Travelling the world in search of the social history of ink - Dec 26, 2014 | Canadian writer Ted Bishop scoured the world to discover the history of ink. | 12/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writer Azar Nafisi argues fiction is vital to democracy - Dec 26, 2014 | Author Azar Nafisi introduces us to The Republic of Imagination, where the power of stories and storytelling can determine the strengthof a democracy. | 12/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Hadfield answers a five-year-old's questions about Voyager - Dec 24, 2014 | Astronaut Chris Hadfield answers questions from a five-year-old who is worried about the Voyager being lost in space. | 12/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker rethinks writing in the 21st century - Dec 24, 2014 | Cognitive scientist and linguist Steven Pinker is fed up with sloppy, awkward communication. In an effort to change this, he offers up The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. | 12/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How music helped one woman make a remarkable recovery after brain surgery - Dec 24, 2014 | After a complicated brain surgery to treat an aneurysm, Allison Woyiwada couldn't speak. Her family was heartbroken to witness all that she'd lost. But then they realized she still had her music. | 12/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canadians still find warmth in Roch Carrier's Hockey Sweater, 30 years later - Dec 24, 2014 | As the classic children's story The Hockey Sweater celebrates its 30th year in print in English Canada, its writer, Roch Carrier, joins us to reflect on its literary legacy. | 12/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introverted or Extroverted: What determines our personality type? - Dec 23, 2014 | Brian Little is a Canadian psychologist who's been studying the science of personality for decades . His guide to if you're an introvert or extrovert pre-dates Buzzfeed. His new book helps answer the question of whether your personality is your destiny. | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How holiday newsletters brag about being frantically busy and proud of it - Dec 23, 2014 | It's the end of the year, your inbox or mailbox, may be filling up with annual brag sheets from friends and family. We hear from a professor of communications who's been collecting those holiday newsletters for years ... to study the way we live today. | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hundreds of Ebola cases a week but Canadian doctor sees hope in Sierra Leone - Dec 23, 2014 | With 2014 coming to a close, we're asking how close the global effort is to stamp out Ebola throughout west Africa. Today, we check in with Canadian doctors working on the front lines determined to putting the brakes on the Ebola outbreak. | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parents should find a way to believe in Santa, says Eric Kaplan - Dec 23, 2014 | Kris Kringle has captivated the minds of many through the years. Author Eric Kaplan wants all the grownups to gather round because he says the questioning of Santa's existence should be a philosophical investigation. He may even make a believer of you. | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elf on the Shelf normalizes surveillance state for kids, says Academic - Dec 22, 2014 | Santa knows if you've been bad or good because the Elf on the Shelf is filling him in! We hear from a Canadian academic who has some qualms with a certain new Christmas tradition. | 12/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Give Directly' advocates for cash in the hands of the Poor - Dec 22, 2014 | It's a time of year that puts many of us in a charitable frame of mind. 'Give Directly' is a new style of charity that aims to give cash to those who need it, no strings attached. Today, we speak to some experts about whether it works in the long term. | 12/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afghanistan is a nation ruled by drug lords, says Matthieu Aikins - Dec 22, 2014 | In the years after 9/11, the West went into Afghanistan to root out the Taliban, and improve Afghan life. The military mission is largely over now, but journalist Matthieu Aikins says, after 13 years of war, Afghanistan is now a "Narco State." | 12/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 years since Indian Ocean tsunami, still gaps in disaster prep - Dec 22, 2014 | A decade ago on Boxing Day, many woke up to news of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The number of dead from the Asian tsunami would be more than 200, 000 spread out over several countries. We speak with a woman who barely escaped the tsunami's waves that day. | 12/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The British Museum's loan of Parthenon Marbles to Russia ignites repatriation debate - Dec 19, 2014 | The Parthenon Marbles have sat for centuries in the British Museum. Calls to return them to their homeland of Greece have grown louder each year and have reached fever pitch now that the marbles have been loaned to Russia for a museum display. | 12/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ashley Smith's mother says it's time to limit solitary confinement in prison - Dec 19, 2014 | The death of Ashley Smith sparked many questions about the use and abuse of solitary confinement and inmates' access to mental health care. Her death also sparked more than a hundred recommendations to government. Ashley's mother speaks up. | 12/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dalhousie's decision to use Restorative Justice can be traumatizing for women, says counsellor - Dec 19, 2014 | Dalhousie University plans to use Restorative justice to resolve complaints of sexually violent Facebook posts made by students. A women's trauma counsellor says Restorative Justice in this case is not a good way to address the abuse. She tells us why. | 12/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pressure is on the U.S to retaliate against Sony hackers, but who's behind attack? - Dec 19, 2014 | The Sony Pictures flick, "The Interview", about snubbing out North Korea's leader Kim Jung-Un has led to retaliation. But is the Hermit Kingdom really behind the Hack? And what kind of precedent is Sony Pictures setting by halting the release of the film? | 12/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-in on the price gap in Canada, hospital security and detained in North Korea - Dec 18, 2014 | It's Thursday - time to check in on your feedback about some of the stories from the past week. Plus, we have an interview with Rehtaeh Parons father, Glen Canning. And speak with Jeffrey Fowle, the Ohio man who spent six months in a North Korean jail. | 12/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The design behind the perfect greeting card - Dec 18, 2014 | From Santa to singing tacos, there's a greeting card to cover all of life's occasions. Behind those cards is a fiercely competitive billion-dollar industry that taps into your deepest emotions. Today, we delve into the making of the perfect greeting card. | 12/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A new era for U.S. and Cuba relations - Dec 18, 2014 | When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower imposed the first trade embargo with Cuba in the early 60s, Barack Obama hadn't even been born. Now Barack Obama's decision to restore relations with Cuba has political opponents considering the move catastrophic. | 12/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meet the world's hottest pepper creator who will leave you in tears - Dec 17, 2014 | Our project By Design looks at the creation of the world's hottest pepper so incendiary, workers have to wear gloves to handle it. So potent that its creator has donated it to science for medical research. Today we introduce you to the Carolina Reaper. | 12/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Retired judge John Reilly on 'Bad Justice' for Aboriginal offenders - Dec 17, 2014 | He was a provincial court judge for three decades, confronted daily with Aboriginal offenders who he felt were not being served by our justice system. Today, John Reilly shares his view on a system that he says leads only to Bad Judgement. | 12/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The fight for who owns the Arctic: The players and their strategy - Dec 17, 2014 | Denmark may be the latest country to provide scientific evidence for its right to the Arctic, but the fight for who will claim the Arctic Circle as part of it's territory also includes Canada, the U.S. and Russia. It's a a new kind of cold war. | 12/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Apology legislation helps doctors say 'I'm sorry' to patients - Dec 16, 2014 | Across this country we have Apology Legislation that allows doctors and other medical professionals a degree of protection, if they can bring themselves to say - "I'm Sorry". Today we explore the power and the paucity of the medical apology. | 12/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reporting on Sony hack has some blaming media as enabling crime - Dec 16, 2014 | An epic leak of top-secret info. Unguarded e-mails by power-brokers revealed. Secret projects exposed in detail. Sony's hack attack has Hollywood red-faced and some calling for the media to be more responsible when offered salacious scoops from hackers. | 12/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making sense of 'lone-wolf' attackers in the wake of Sydney café siege - Dec 16, 2014 | Man Haron Monis acted alone in the Sydney hostage-taking that terrorized his victims. He was what they call a Lone Wolf. Today, we look at the difference in the psychology of the Lone Wolf and those who commit acts of terror in an organized group. | 12/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avian flu outbreak in B.C. due to farming practices, say researchers - Dec 15, 2014 | Poultry farms affected by avian flu increased over the weekend. Some say the way poultry is farmed is contributing to the virulence of this disease. Today, we're asking about massive farm operations and whether they're sowing the seeds of pandemic. | 12/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Government says it will crack down on US retailers 'gouging' Canadians - Dec 15, 2014 | The federal government's Price Transparency Act is designed to expose those who charge Canadians a premium for a product that sells for much less in the U.S. But critics question why tariffs and price protection for certain Canadian acts continues. | 12/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Actor Khaled Abol Naga sued for criticizing Egyptian president - Dec 15, 2014 | When Egyptian actor Khaled Abol Naga dared to criticize the new Al-Sisi government at the Cairo International Film Festival, he was sued for treason. Today, we speak to the man they call the Brad Pitt of Egypt on the high cost of Free Expression. | 12/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B.C. nurses' union calls for increased security in psychiatric facilities - Dec 12, 2014 | In recent weeks a doctor and a nurse have both been attacked by patients in B.C. psychiatric units. The B.C. nurses' union is calling for better protection. But the solution may not be as simple as added security. | 12/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kiese Laymon: My Vassar College faculty ID does not make racism OK - Dec 12, 2014 | Kiese Laymon is a black college professor at upstate New York's prestigious Vassar College. His on-campus experience has taught him a lesson in race relations. When harassed by security guards, he can always flash his Faculty ID to make everything OK. | 12/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Quebec IVF treatment policies bans anyone over 42 from eligibility - Dec 12, 2014 | Celine Dion who gave birth to twins through IVF is one of the public faces of the campaign that led to Quebec's provincially-funded IVF program a few years ago. Now the province is trying to adapt its laws regarding IVF and critics are calling it ageist. | 12/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking-in on battling domestic violence, undercover in North Korea & injustice for David McCallum - Dec 11, 2014 | Our Friday host Piya Chattopadhyay joins Anna Maria in studio to hear what you have to say about our recent stories, in our weekly segment, Checking-In. | 12/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anne V. Hereford and the secret WWII code-busting world of Bletchley Park - Dec 11, 2014 | The Current producer Howard Goldenthal follows up on a listener's email only to uncover new details of a mother's secretive war-time work for the British in our documentary "In Search of Anne." | 12/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nazila Fathi's account of growing up in Revolutionary Iran - Dec 11, 2014 | Nazila Fathi was a nine-year-old girl when revolution transformed her homeland. She spent her life telling the stories of Revolutionary Iran to as a journalist... until being forced into exile herself five years ago. Today, we go inside modern Iran. | 12/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rolling Stone campus rape story scandal a lesson to journalists - Dec 11, 2014 | One woman's traumatic ordeal at a fraternity house at an America university has evolved into apologies from the publication and criticisms over journalism to insensitivity. We look at responsibility and transparency in the covering of sexual assault. | 12/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Design Behind ... The Parking Meter - Dec 10, 2014 | Dr. Bob Blackburn, Exec Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society brings us the story behind how the parking meter was born and introduces us to the two men behind it, Oklahoma's chair of the traffic committee Carl Magee and engineer Gerald Hale. | 12/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Antibiotic-resistant superbugs could begin a global epidemic beyond India - Dec 10, 2014 | Tens-of-thousands of newborns are dying of antibiotic-resistant infections. Health care critics say, a rampant use of antibiotics has now rendered significant amounts of bacteria immune to the drugs and the world could be entering a Post-Antibiotic Era. | 12/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Report on CIA torture opens door to prosecution of top Bush officials - Dec 10, 2014 | The US Senate report on CIA torture practices documents interrogation techniques that reached a level of depravity. With details now available, there are renewed calls for the prosecution of top officials in the Bush administration and in the Agency. | 12/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Salopek, year two of his seven year historical walking tour - Dec 10, 2014 | Two years ago, Paul Salopek began to walk the migratory path of the world's first peoples. We catch up with him as he leaves the Middle East where he found kindness in conflict zones and witnessed extraordinary scenes of thousands fleeing Syria on foot. | 12/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don Tapscott revisits 'The Digital Economy', his internet predictions - Dec 9, 2014 | From apps to uploads, smartphones to digital dailies ...technologies have disrupted businesses, society, government and privacy. And 20 years ago, Canadian business executive Don Tapscott signaled much of the change in the book, "The Digital Economy". | 12/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David McCallum exonerated after 29 years, thanks to two Canadians - Dec 9, 2014 | David McCallum spent the prime of his life behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. Twenty-nine years of unjust incarceration, he never gave up hope. He's free thanks to the help of the late Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter and a couple of Canadian filmmakers. | 12/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Newborns should have the right to die, ethicist says - Dec 9, 2014 | It's not an easy subject but some say newborns with severe terminal conditions should be part of Canada's end-of-life conversation. Critics argue euthanasia for newborns should not be an option since one can never be certain conditions won't improve. | 12/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Divestment trend shifts focus to 'ethical investments' - Dec 8, 2014 | The biggest trend in investment is divestment -- and large institutions have heard the call to divest themselves of unethical holdings. As part of our By Design series, we look at what it means to invest ethically. | 12/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How writer Suki Kim embedded herself with North Korea's elite - Dec 8, 2014 | For two semesters, Suki Kim taught English to the sons of North Korea's elite at a private university. She emerged with a book about a segment of that society that has, until now, been mostly hidden from the outside world. | 12/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#CrimingWhileWhite, #AliveWhileBlack ignite conversation about white privilege - Dec 8, 2014 | #CrimingWhileWhite is slicing across social media in the U.S. as white Americans share stories of police letting them off. The hashtag has received an enthusiastic response, but not everyone is convinced that it's actually helping to improve the situation | 12/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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