IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In
In a career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Adshead has heard many of her patients ask: "I have done evi
What if there was one thing we could do to significantly impact poverty, crime, and climate change.
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a s
This month, IDEAS features the 2024 BBC's Reith Lectures by forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead.
Writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and John McWhorter share common concerns about language, race and p
Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor speaks to Nahlah Ayed about his life’s journey, from growing up
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From curses to charms to incantations and evocations, speaking thrice gives power — today, and in th
A profile of the legendary jazz drummer and composer Jerry Granelli who passed away in 2021. Over hi
Modern mystic Thomas Merton helped to bring contemplative spirituality to the fore during the convul
CBC's investigative documentary program, The Fifth Estate, turned 50 this year. To commemorate this
For 14 years, Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar was imprisoned and tortured in a series of prisons. He fou
The Huarochirí Manuscript is one of the few surviving records of Quechua worldviews in the early mod
Each year, a cohort of scholars with research careers of "sustained excellence" are honoured with th
Our homes hold our memories and hopes for the future. But today, our homes have become commodities.
We think nothing today of calling healthcare workers “front line workers,” engaged in a “battle” aga
Right now, more than 55% of the world's population live in cities. In a few decades, that percentage
