IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.
743 Available Episodes (756 Total)Average duration: 00:54:09
Feb 06, 2023
Andean Philosophy: The Huarochirí Manuscript
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The Huarochirí Manuscript is one of the few surviving records of Quechua worldviews in the early modern era. It was once used by the Catholic Church to identify and eradicate “idolatries.” But today, for philosophy professor Jorge Sanchez-Perez, the manuscript is a tool for reconstructing and revitalizing Andean metaphysics.
Feb 03, 2023
Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell
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You hear the name ‘Alexander Graham Bell,’ and you think ‘inventor of the telephone.’ But he devoted much of his life to the ‘education’ of deaf people. Bell’s fraught legacy with the deaf community is explored in Veronica Simmonds' documentary, Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell. *This episode originally aired on May 10, 2021.
Feb 02, 2023
Mystified by Money
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Money is a pervasive force in life, as anyone feeling the pinch from inflation knows all too well. It’s also unpredictable, unstable, unnatural, abstract, and deeply invested with emotion, trust and politics. IDEAS explores the strange history of money and how it confounds attempts to understand and control it.
Feb 01, 2023
[Hunting] Ghost Particles
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The mysterious ‘neutrino’ has a nickname: the ‘ghost particle.’ Benjamin Tam is finishing his PhD in Particle Astrophysics at Queen’s University. He takes us two kilometres to a laboratory deep below the earth’s surface where he and fellow scientists hope to watch neutrinos finally explain the universe’s existence.
Jan 31, 2023
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal, Part 2
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Brain variations which were once advantages are now seen as burdens and disorders that beg for remedies. In this two-part series, IDEAS traces the social and cultural response to brain variation and whether there's a way back to seeing them as advantages. *This episode originally aired on May 9, 2022.
Jan 30, 2023
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal, Part 1
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Brain variations which were once advantages are now seen as burdens and disorders that beg for remedies. In this two-part series, IDEAS traces the social and cultural response to brain variation and whether there's a way back to seeing them as advantages. *This episode originally aired on April 29, 2022.
Jan 27, 2023
The Old Stone Age in the Western Hemisphere
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The dominant story in archaeology has long been that humans came to North America around 12,000 years ago. But Indigenous archaeologist Paulette Steeves points to mounting evidence suggesting it was more like 130,000 years ago. *This episode originally aired on Jan. 13, 2022.
Jan 26, 2023
What Money Can't Buy: Michael Sandel
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Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel fears that we’ve turned from a market economy into a market society, where just about everything is for sale. His book, What Money Can’t Buy, was a big success 10 years ago. He joins Astra Taylor and Michael Ignatieff to discuss why his book is even more relevant today.
Jan 25, 2023
Muhammad Iqbal: one of the greatest South Asian thinkers of the 20th century
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Muhammad Iqbal was popularly known as the intellectual founder of Pakistan, but his greater fame is for his philosophical works in English and his poetry, both in Urdu and Persian. IDEAS looks at the life and work of one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
Jan 24, 2023
Geography of Hope: Wallace Stegner and the Disappearing West
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American writer Wallace Stegner fought hard to protect the land and resources in the Wild West. But he had crucial blind spots about the history of Indigenous people. IDEAS goes to Eastend, Saskatchewan in search of what Stegner's writings on conservation mean today, in a place where the grasslands are still under threat.
Feb 06 | 00:54:08
Andean Philosophy: The Huarochirí Manuscript
Feb 03 | 00:54:08
Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell
Feb 02 | 00:54:08
Mystified by Money
Feb 01 | 00:54:09
[Hunting] Ghost Particles
Jan 31 | 00:54:08
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal, Part 2
Jan 30 | 00:54:08
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal, Part 1
Jan 27 | 00:54:08
The Old Stone Age in the Western Hemisphere
Jan 26 | 00:54:07
What Money Can't Buy: Michael Sandel
Jan 25 | 00:54:08
Muhammad Iqbal: one of the greatest South Asian thinkers of the 20th century
Jan 24 | 00:54:08
Geography of Hope: Wallace Stegner and the Disappearing West
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