Podcasts about Massey Lectures

How do conversations happen differently in the north? What's unique about Inuit approaches to silence — and to nation-to-nation conversations? IDEAS explores dialogue from Ian Williams' first Massey Lecture in Iqaluit with lawyer and activist Aaju Peter and actor and producer Simeonie Kisa-Knicklebein. 

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 22, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches escalating military operations between Yemen and the United States; South Africa was the scene of an annual campaign against gender-based violence; Somalia has taken the helm in the East African security apparatus; and Chad has ordered French troops to exit the country. In the second hour we continue to look back on the historic Massey Lectures of 1967 featuring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Finally, we reexamine the longest student-led strike in U.S. history at San Francisco State College during 1968-69.

Listen to the Fri. Dec. 20, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the beginning of the withdrawal of French troops from the nation of Chad; the French colony of Mayotte off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean has been devastated by a cyclone; French President Emmanuel Macron has been met with demonstrations during his visit to Mayotte; and Tanzania has welcomed an agreement with Somalia for greater cooperation between the two East African states. In the second and third hours we look at the upcoming federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which will be celebrated in another month. We look back on the historic Massey Lectures of 1967 as well as the Selma campaign of 1965. 

Colin Harris speaks with Dr. Jenellen Good about issues like climate change, technology, and eco-spirituality. They discuss how these issues are communicated, both societally and educationally, and the role these issues play within the education system. Dr. Good is currently the Department Chair of Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University in Ontario. She is also a professor at Brock University researching the role of communication in how people relate to the “natural environment.” More specifically, she explores intersections of screens and the climate crisis, materialism, eco-spirituality and media/digital literacy. She teaches classes about environmental communication, psychology of screens, audiences, environmental justice, and communication research methods. She has published widely on these topics including her book Television and the Earth: Not a Love Story as well as many journal articles and newspaper op-eds. She is currently working on her new book entitled Stories, Stuff & Spirituality. Show notes: - Dr. Good vaguely mentions one happiness alternative economic index and also mentions Bhutan's alternative economic index. Bhutan's index is actually a “Gross National Happiness Index” and other similar indices that she talks about are the Genuine Progress Indicator (GP), Human Development Index (HDI), Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) and the Happy Planet Index (HPI). - Ronald Wright's Massey Lecture book A Short History of Progress was published in 2004. - COP 2024 was in Baku (there was a COP in Doha – in 2012  

We're in an era where many people feel an ownership over certain words, and how a community expresses itself; the term ‘appropriation' has come to create guardrails around what can be said, and by whom. In his fourth Massey Lecture, Ian Williams considers the role of speech and silence in reallocating power, and what it means to truly listen. 

Difficult conversations are almost always about something under the surface, and hidden. In his third Massey Lecture, Ian Williams illustrates what we're listening for isn't always obvious. He explains how personal conversations aren't about finding answers — it's for communion.  

In his second Massey Lecture, Ian Williams explores the power of conversation with strangers. He says humanity comes out when interacting with them. But how do we open ourselves up to connect with strangers while safeguarding our personal sovereignty? Williams believes we can learn a lot from our conversations with strangers and loved ones alike. 

2024 CBC Massey lecturer Ian Williams speaks with IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed about the forces that have shaped him as a thinker and writer, from the encyclopedias he read as a child in Trinidad to his years as a dancer to the poetry of Margaret Atwood. 'I believe in multiplicity,' he says. The 2024 Massey Lectures, What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time, begin this coming Monday.

Back in April, the award-winning Canadian writer Ian Williams was named this year's Massey lecturer. Since 1961, the Massey Lectures have invited distinguished writers, thinkers and scholars to present their ideas in a five-part lecture series across Canada. In this conversation with Tom Power, Ian tells us how to have better conversations with one another,  why it's important to have difficult conversations even at the risk of offending people, and how listening can be a courageous thing to do.

Technology is much more than a tool. Physicist Ursula Franklin argued that it's a system — one so powerful that it can shape our mindset, our society and our politics. Her observations were prescient when she delivered her Massey Lecture in 1989 and they are all the more relevant today. Ursula Franklin's friend and collaborator Jane Freeman reflects on the power of Franklin's message. 

The Massey Lecture comes to Cape Breton for the first time ever. This year is poet, professor and Giller prize-winning novelist, Ian Williams.

We speak with the producer of the Massey Lectures for the past 29 years about the vision and the mission of the Masseys. The inspiration behind this year's topic: a conversation about the nature of conversations.

In his Massey Lectures, Iranian-Canadian lawyer Payam Akhavan recounts the courage and spirit of his childhood friend, Mona Mahmudnizhad. Mona was executed for defying Iranian authorities and speaking out about religious freedom. Her example compelled Payam to make it his mission to fight for justice for people who have suffered at the hands of human rights abusers.

Human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan gave the 2017 Massey Lectures, called In Search of a Better World. As part of the Massey at 60 series, marking six decades of the Massey Lectures, he explains how the themes explored in his lectures have taken on even more relevance in today's divided, conflict-ridden world.

In his 2009 CBC Massey Lectures, The Wayfinders, anthropologist Wade Davis explored how the modern world can learn from Indigenous peoples. From the navigational skills of Polynesian sailors to the healing properties of plants, there is old knowledge we can all learn from. IDEAS revisits Davis' 5th Massey Lecture. Go to cbc.ca/ideas to listen to the full series.

Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert reflects on what's changed in the world of spyware, surveillance, and social media since he delivered his 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society. *This episode is part of an ongoing series of episodes marking the 60th anniversary of Massey College, a partner in the Massey Lectures.

In his 2000 Massey Lectures on The Rights Revolution, Michael Ignatieff confronted the conflicted rise of human rights language in Canadian and global politics. "Has the rights revolution brought us closer together as a nation, or driven us further apart?" he asks in his final Massey lecture. We revisit this talk, as part of our series marking the 60th anniversary of Massey College.

Twenty-four years ago, Massey lecturer Michael Ignatieff delivered five talks that explored the powerful rise of the language of 'rights' in Canada and other industrialized nations. Michael Ignatieff speaks with former IDEAS host Paul Kennedy to reflect on his talks — and how the rights revolution continues to shape politics today, often in unexpected ways. *This episode is part of an ongoing series of episodes marking the 60th anniversary of Massey College, a partner in the Massey Lectures.

The award-winning Canadian writer and professor Ian Williams has been named this year's Massey lecturer. Since 1961, the Massey Lectures have invited distinguished writers, thinkers and scholars to present their ideas in a five-part lecture series across Canada. Ian sits down with Tom to tell us why he's chosen the topic of conversations for his cross-country lecture series, how listening can be a courageous act, and why he believes it's important to have difficult conversations, even at the risk of offending people.Plus, the Kenyan British artist Magdalene Odundo is one of the world's greatest living ceramicists. She joins Tom to talk about her life in clay, her new exhibit at the Gardiner Museum, and why the inside of her pieces are perhaps even more important than the outside.

Listen to the Mon. Dec. 25, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the growing Pentagon presence in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region in West Asia and Northeast Africa; there are more journalists being killed in Gaza; in the North African state of Morocco people are demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine; and the Vatican has expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza. In the second hour we look at the worsening humanitarian situation among Palestinians in Gaza. Later we examine the unprecedented targeting of journalists by the IDF in Palestine. Finally, we look back on the Massey Lectures by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the last several months of his life.

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 24, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the mounting casulaties among the IDF in Gaza; the North African state of Tunisia is holding local elections today; several people have died in clashes on the Burundi-DRC border; and the Somalian National Army is engaging with armed rebels in the south of the Horn of Africa state. In the second hour we look at the regional dimensions of the genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. Finally, we review the historic Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Dec. 1967. 

Listen to the Fri. Dec. 22, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the Yemen resistance forces saying they are not deterred by Pentagon threats; South African veteran activist says racism is pervasive in Occupied Palestine; the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued another statement on Gaza; and the military situation in Gaza remains tense. In the second hour we look at the role of the United States in the grave humanitarian situation in Gaza. We then listen to the historic Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Massey Lectures part I. Finally, we review the recent African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa media briefing at KZN. 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s last Christmas Sermon focused on peace and nonviolence. "Massey Lecture #5" (also known as "Peace on Earth" or "a Christmas Sermon on Peace") aired on December 24th, 1967 The sermon is followed by readings of seasonal poetry. This special was created by volunteer Garrett McCarey

Listen to the Sun. Jan. 1, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the inauguration of the Brazilian President Lula da Silva amid plans for the funeral of soccer legend Pele; Togolese traders are welcoming the reopening of the People's Republic of China; the Ivory Coast government pledges to return soldiers recently convicted in neighboring Mali;  and nine people were killed in a stampede in the East African state of Uganda during a New Year's celebration. In the second hour we continue our review of the 55th anniversary of the Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. Today represents the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 during the Civil War. We hear a lecture on the significance of the act by then President Abraham Lincoln to the outcome of the war. Finally, we look back on the 64th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution on Jan. 1, 1959.  

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 31, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the international mourning of Brazilian soccer legend Pele who passed away a few days ago; the government of Tanzania says the East African state is undergoing economic difficulties in light of a global crisis; South Sudan is deploying 750 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional peacekeeping force; and opposition groups have held a demonstration in Senegal over allegations of mismanaged pandemic relief funds. In the second hour we continue our retrospective on the 55th anniversary of the Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. Finally, we review some of the major issues impacting Africa during 2022. 

Listen to the Sun. Dec. 25, 2022 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the announcement that the Federal Republic of Nigeria is being forced to re-schedule its national debt based upon the global economic downturn; the United Nations has criticized the expulsion of its diplomat from the West African state of Burkina Faso; there are ongoing problems with the water system in the majority African American municipality of Jackson, Mississippi amid winter storm emergencies across the United States; and the thousands of migrants crossing the Southern border in Texas are coping with freezing temperatures. In the second hour we look back on the 55th anniversary of the historic Massey Lectures by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered in late 1967 over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Finally, we reexamine the life, legacy and contributions of African American feminist intellectual and organizer Eliza Mary Church Terrell who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 24, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our PANW report with dispatches on the continuing demand for a permanent seat for Africa on the United Nations Security Council; Kenya has announced that the country will ship food assistance to nearby Republic of South Sudan; South Africa is celebrating the festive season amid ongoing problems with energy supply; and in the aftermath of the U.S.-Africa Summit an editorial in the Zimbabwe state media raises serious questions about the approach of Washington to the continent's leaders. In the second hour we look back on the 55th anniversary of the historic Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. We also listen to the acceptance speech by the re-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa at the conclusion of the 55th National Elective Conference in South Africa. Finally, we hear the year-end briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the status of public health in the African Union (AU) member-states.

John discusses the announcement by Nancy Pelosi that she is stepping down as Speaker of the House and the future of what will happen in the House of Representatives now that Republicans have control as of Jan 1st. Then he speaks with Paul in New Jersey about what he will remember most about Nancy as Speaker and Ivan from Texas calls and is concerned about Republicans in the House hurting Biden's agenda. Next he chats with Professor Corey Brettschneider on Trump's announcement and the judge blocking DeSantis law on barring ‘woke' education. Then finally he takes calls from Mark in Canada on Native American Month and Indigenous Canadian playwright Tomson Highway and The Massey Lecture series, Rich in Indiana talks about thyroid health and what to look out for, and Bill in New Jersey talks about Melania divorcing The Donald when his money runs out.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff speaks to Banyen Books & Sound about his latest book, On Consolation. Michael Ignatieff is former head of Canada's Liberal Party, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School, President of Central European University, and current professor of History at CEU in Budapest. He has been named to the Order of Canada, is a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, delivered the Massey Lectures, and holds thirteen honorary degrees. Michael Ignatieff is the author of 20 books of fiction and non-fiction, translated into 20 languages. He is a Booker Prize finalist and winner of the Governor General's Literary Award as well as the British Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Prize. He has received a Gemini Award for his BBC documentary work. He writes regularly for the New York Times, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the London Review of Books. michaelignatieff.ca

Freedom, democracy, human rights... These are some of the most important pillars of modern society. But recently, our relationship to these ideals has shifted drastically. IDEAS revisits writer and broadcaster Margaret Visser's 2002 Massey Lectures which examines these concepts — their strengths and their limitations.

In her final Massey Lecture, Esi Edugyan speaks to how China and Japan created their ideas of Blackness from imported stories of pre-twentieth-century Africa, "shaping cultural expectations and in turn shaping the Black history and experience in Asia." For Esi Edugyan going to Asia served as a lesson in the power of storytelling and also the dangers of Othering.

"We all construct our own identities," Esi Edugyan says in her third Massey Lecture, "but we all understand, sooner or later, the limits of doing so​ — ​that there are ways in which our practical, economic, and physical realities are fixed." She explores how people who “pass” as Black complicate our understanding of identity.

"The stories we tell about the dead act as clarifying narratives to explain what has shaped us, and what continues to make us who we are," argues Esi Edugyan in her second Massey Lecture. However, she asks: who is being forgotten and why? When some histories are forgotten, we all lose. Recovering our ghosts is a way of redressing the narrative.

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, led by Professor Ron Deibert, has a well-earned reputation for uncovering surveillance technologies and security vulnerabilities with research and reports that attract immediate attention worldwide. Professor Deibert has won an incredible array of awards and accolades for his remarkable work, including the Order of Ontario and the EFF's Pioneer Award. In 2020, he delivered the Massey Lectures, based on his book for the lectures, Reset:  Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society. Professor Deibert joins the Law Bytes podcast to talk about the lab, his work, and the threat of what he calls “despotism as a service”, where spyware is used to target journalists, activists, and civil society groups. The podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod. Show Notes: Issues in Science and Technology, Protecting Society From Surveillance Spyware Credits: DW News, Hacking Backdoor? Security Flaws in China’s Mandatory Olympics App

May all that is beautiful, meaningful and brings you joy be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year! Merry Christmas from the Smart Brotha Media family! LISTEN to the Count Time Podcast episode: "Christmas Sermon on Peace and Nonviolence" see notes, transcript, pictures and videos here.Martin Luther King, Jr.Christmas Sermon on Peace and Nonviolence, Massey Lecture #5 (Also known as "Peace on Earth" or "a Christmas Sermon on Peace") Aired on December 24th, 1967

The CBC has its Massey Lectures. The BBC has its Reith Lectures. And ABC Australia has its Boyer Lectures. This year's speaker is acclaimed Australian actor and theatre director, John Bell. He illustrates how Shakespeare's life and works have profound relevance to issues we're facing today: political self-interest, gender inequality and the growing need for good governance.

The CBC has its Massey Lectures. The BBC has its Reith Lectures. And ABC Australia has its Boyer Lectures. This year's speaker is acclaimed Australian actor and theatre director, John Bell. He illustrates how Shakespeare's life and works have profound relevance to issues we're facing today: political self-interest, gender inequality and the growing need for good governance.

Tonight, we return to a 2012 conversation about debt with writer Margaret Atwood, whose narratives and non-fiction works have been influencing readers around the world for more than half a century. Here, she discussed debt as a motif and theme, especially in 19th century literature, the topic of her book, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth," based on the 2008 Massey Lectures and which later became a documentary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2018, award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga discussed her book, "All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward." Previously in "Seven Fallen Feathers," she'd chronicled the heartbreaking fate of seven Indigenous teens in Thunder Bay. In this book, she widened the lens to look at the legacy of cultural genocide against Indigenous people, and the tragedy of youth suicide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society, Ron Deibert surveyed the traps and dark corners of the internet and social media. Now, Ron looks back at the questions he raised, in the company of the team of people who were commentators in the original series — and answers listener questions sent in.

Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Face2Face host David Peck talk about minor miracles, conduits for truth, journalism, craft and art, humility and openness, Immanuel Kant and the ethics of engagement.Human Rights Watch Festival - February 18th to 22 - 2021Get your tickets here: The annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival brings human stories to life in a manner that empowers the audience to demand justice for all.By using film as a medium, Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival aims to bring awareness to human rights issues in a way that is easily understandable and provides the viewer with the knowledge to advocate for change. Join us and the vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all.For more info about Human Rights Watch head here.About Jennifer & Nick:Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal was born in Montréal and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She studied philosophy and theology at McGill University, receiving an M.A. in 1994, supported by a McGill Major Fellowship and an FCAR Master’s Scholarship.Baichwal has been directing and producing documentaries for 25 years. Among other films, installations and lens-based projects, she has made 10 feature documentaries which have played all over the world and won multiple awards nationally and internationally.Baichwal, along with her partner Nicholas de Pencier, was commissioned in 2003-4 to make forty short films on artists who have been supported over the past four decades by the Ontario Arts Council. These include writer Michael Ondaatje, artist Michael Snow, pianist Eve Egoyan and playwright Judith Thompson, and are in periodic rotation on TVOntario. The collection received a 2006 Gemini nomination for Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series.Baichwal’s most recent collaboration with de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky is The Anthropocene Project. It includes a major touring exhibition which debuted simultaneously at the Art Gallery of Ontario and National Gallery of Canada and is currently travelling around the world. The feature documentary film Anthropocene: The Human Epoch premiered at TIFF 2018, played Sundance and the Berlinale, and was released theatrically in Canada by Mongrel Media and in the U.S. by Kino Lorber in September 2019, and is now in international release. The film won the Toronto Film Critics Association prize for Best Canadian Film, and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Anthropocene Project also includes an art book published by Steidl, and an educational program in partnership with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. For more information visit theanthropocene.org.She is currently in development on several projects, and in production for a feature documentary on global insect collapse.Nicholas:Nicholas de Pencier is a Director, Producer, and Director of Photography working in documentary and video installation. He is President of Mercury Films Inc., the Toronto-based production company he shares with his partner, Jennifer Baichwal.Aside from his work in factual series, de Pencier’s director credits include the feature documentary Four Wings and a Prayer, about the migration of the Monarch butterfly which won the Grand Prix Pariscience, the Banff Rockie Award for best Wildlife and Natural History Program, the Jules Verne Nature Award, and was nominated for Geminis for best Science Documentary, Best Cinematography and Best Direction in addition to an Emmy nomination for the PBS NOVA version (called The Incredible Journey of the Butterfly). In 2004 de Pencier was nominated for a Gemini for Best Direction for his performance film Streetcar, while the film’s lead, Peter Chin, won for Best Performance. His 2016 feature documentary Black Code about internet censorship and surveillance around the world which he directed, produced and shot, premiered at TIFF and was released theatrically in Canada in 2017.As a cinematographer, de Pencier has shot many factual TV series and documentaries for the CBC, PBS, Discovery, National Geographic and History. A detailed Director of Photography CV can be found at www.mercuryfilms.ca. In 2010 he shot the documentary adaptation of Payback, Margaret Atwood's Massey Lecture on debt, which was selected for Sundance, 2012 and released theatrically in Canada and the U.S. De Pencier was admitted as a full member to the Canadian Society of Cinematographers in 2012.With Baichwal, he is the co-director and DOP of Long Time Running, a feature documentary on the Tragically Hip’s iconic Man Machine Poem tour from the summer of 2016, which premiered as a gala presentation at TIFF 2017, was subsequently released by Elevation Pictures, and broadcast by Bell and Netflix.ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch, is another collaboration with Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky where de Pencier was Co-Director, Director of Photography and Producer. It includes a feature documentary, book, and museum exhibition, and was a Special Presentation at TIFF, and was released in the fall of 2018 with simultaneous Museum Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada before heading to Sundance, Berlin and major festivals around the world. The film won the Toronto Film Critics Association for Best Canadian Film, and Ted Rogers Award for Best Documentary as well as the Best Cinematography Award at the Canadian Screen Awards, in addition to the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Robert Brooks Award for Documentary Cinematography.He is a past president of the board of directors of Charles Street Video, a former member of Rogers Industry Advisory Group at TIFF, and currently sits on the boards of The Toronto Chapter of the Documentary Organization of Canada and the Hot Docs Festival.Image Copyright and Credit: Mercury Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The negative implications of social media are increasingly acknowledged and well documented. But what to do about them is a different matter. Ron Deibert suggests that restrain is the way forward and the solution to construct a viable communications ecosystem that supports civil society and contributes to the betterment of the human condition - instead of the opposite. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

The negative implications of social media are increasingly acknowledged and well documented. But what to do about them is a different matter. Ron Deibert suggests that restrain is the way forward and the solution to construct a viable communications ecosystem that supports civil society and contributes to the betterment of the human condition - instead of the opposite. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

The fifth CBC Massey Lecture describes the ecological myth of the digital age, wherein "the grimy, exhaust-filled industrial era would be overtaken by digital technologies that are clean, infinitely reusable, and virtual." But Ron Deibert calculates that sending 65 emails is roughly equivalent to driving one kilometre in a car. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

The fifth CBC Massey Lecture describes the ecological myth of the digital age, wherein "the grimy, exhaust-filled industrial era would be overtaken by digital technologies that are clean, infinitely reusable, and virtual." But Ron Deibert calculates that sending 65 emails is roughly equivalent to driving one kilometre in a car. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

The initial vision of the internet was that it would empower individuals and expose the wrongdoings of state and corporate interests. But the same technologies that had been used for public uprisings against oppressive governments are now being used by those governments against political demonstrators,  whistle-blowers and dissidents. Due to copyright reasons there is no podcast or stream for these lectures on the Big Ideas website. Please head to the CBC Massey Lecture website.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This broadcast features our regular PANW reports discussing developments in Chicago where the police have shot dead two African Americans; the advent of African apps and their implications; looking at the status of free speech in Africa; and the continuing presence of Kenyan Defense Force troops in Somalia. In the second hour we will listen to the IV installment of the Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. Finally we listen to a lecture on the internet in Africa by Andile Ngcaba at Oxford University.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on events surrounding the continuing anti-racist demonstrations in Chicago demanding the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel for concealing information related to the police killings of African Americans; a former military officer in Burundi has announced the formation of a rebel army aimed at the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunzizia; the recently-signed so-called peace accord in Libya will not be enough to bring about peace and stability inside this embattled North African state; the rise of BRICS and its role within the International Monetary Fund; and the question of unity within the Zimbabwe state.In the second hour we listen to the third installment of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Massey Lectures aired over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in late 1967. Finally we hear a lecture from the Oxford series on the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah, religion and chieftancy from Ghana to the United States.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. During this broadcast we will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the burgeoining economic crisis in the Republic of South Africa and the political fallout from the dismissal of the Minister of Finance Nene; the security situation in Burundi has drawn the attention of the African Union and the international community with the deaths of people both inside the capital of Bujumbura and in the southwest region of the Central African state; a United Nations brokered agreement in Libya to stabilize the North African state faces tremendous obstacles in light of the precarious nature of the post-invasion society where the country has gone from being the most advanced in Africa to the greatest threat to peace and security; and the people of Chicago are escalating their demonstrations demanding the resignation of the Mayor Rahm Emanuel as well as the State's Attorney Alvarez amid revelations about police killings of African Americans. The second hour of the program will focus on the recent visit of People's Republic of China President Xi Jinping to South Africa. We will also present a state-owned broadcast analyzing the struggle legacy that created the current dispensation in South Africa. In addition we will continue rebroadcast of the historic Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program highlights the regular PANW reports with dispatches on the recently concluded Forum on China-Africa Relations (FOCAC) in the Republic of South Africa; the reported presence of IS in the western coastal city of Sirte, Libya is providing a rationale for the resumption of air strikes by the imperialists; the United States has carried out bombing operations in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia just this last past week; and the nation of Burundi faces further instability with the failure of the East African regional community and the African Union to stabilize the situation inside the country. In the second hour we continue our coverage of the FOCAC Summit with reports on the various agreements signed between China and AU member-states. We continue our recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott by looking at the historical predecessors to the Dec. 1955 actions examining the high school students strike in Virginia during 1951. In the third hour we hear the voice of Dr. TRM Howard who was a physician in Mississippi that supported the Civil Rights struggle during the 1950s. Finally we listen to part I of the historic Massey Lectures delivered in 1967 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio where he proceeded to rapidly shift his views on US society and international affairs.