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Ideas

IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In

Episodes

Total: 354

Championship soccer games provide some of the most dramatic moments in all of sports. And when the s

Rome fell, because of... divorce. Or was it immigration? Maybe moral decay. IDEAS producer Matthew L

We have laws against genocide, defined as "the deliberate attempt to erase a national, ethnic, relig

In his Massey Lectures, Iranian-Canadian lawyer Payam Akhavan recounts the courage and spirit of his

Human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan gave the 2017 Massey Lectures, called In Search of a Better World.

Identity is a hot topic in our era, but also a complex reality. Five literary writers — all of them

Is there a luxury you would never give up for your ideals? An all-purpose deal-breaker? IDEAS produc

What does it mean to seek belonging in a new place, while also being a good guest on Indigenous land

David R. Samson argues that political tribalism is an existential threat to humanity. But the evolut

Two experts who got financially scammed. Two ex-Fundamentalist Christians who researched the psychol

Artificial intelligence could make some of us rich — but leave some behind. In part two of the BBC R

In the 1980s, Douglas Janoff marched outside the United Nations to promote 2SLGBTQ+ rights. Then, af

Can Indigenous people dream a better future into being? Anishinaabe scholar Riley Yesno explores Ind

The World Wildlife Fund lists the Wabanaki-Acadian old-growth forest as endangered — with only one p

IDEAS presents the first of the BBC Reith Lectures delivered by Ben Ansell. The Oxford professor and

Canadian philosopher George Grant was known for his pessimism, and is best known for his book Lament

In a powerful act of remembrance, a group of Canadians participated in a pilgrimage to the Netherlan

The 'culture wars' have been a staple of modern politics for decades now. They are especially entren

The Cultural Revolution is everywhere felt in China today, but rarely if ever talked about openly. B

Smell has been called the 'Cinderella sense,' capable of inspiring profound admiration if we stop tu