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Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Why our long term relationship with the U.S. is done

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 54:38


America is just not that into you anymore, says historian Marci Shore. It's not us — it's them. The Yale professor blames the U.S. for the failed relationship and warns the world that her own country can no longer be counted on to defend democracy, not even within its own borders. Shore has been studying the history of totalitarianism for nearly 30 years. She tells Nahlah Ayed why she relocated to Canada and how her knowledge of Eastern Europe informed her choice.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Why PEI cares more than any other province about voting

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 54:08


PEI has the highest voter turnout of any other province in Canada. Voting is fundamental to this community. Residents see firsthand how their vote matters — several elections were decided by 25 votes or less. In this small province, people have a personal and intimate connection with politicians. MLAs know voters on an individual basis and they feel a duty to their job. In the third episode of our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy), Nahlah Ayed visits the birthplace of Confederation to hear how Prince Edward Islanders sustain the strong democracy they built.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Attacking our biggest fear — political polarization

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 54:07


Canadians' biggest fear for the country's future is “growing political and ideological polarization,” according to a 2023 EKOS poll. As part of our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy), host Nahlah Ayed headed to the fast-growing city of Edmonton to talk about the creative ways local residents are working to find common ground. From video games to an engagement technique called “deep canvassing” used to bridge gaps across differences, we can learn a lot from Edmontonians on how to build a better democracy for Canada. 

CBC News: World Report
Thinking deeply about democracy? Check out 'IDEAS for a Better Canada'

CBC News: World Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 54:44


One week until voting day, Canada! At World Report, we know democracy doesn't happen in a silo. That's why we're recommending the IDEAS for a Better Canada series. IDEAS invites listeners to slow down, check their assumptions, and maybe even change their minds. And with another federal election approaching, Nahlah Ayed has been hosting cross-Canada discussions that focus on local solutions with the potential to inspire national change. The four-part series was made in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy.In today's episode: an audience in Edmonton considered ways to nurture healthier conversations across political divides, and shared strategies to foster civil debate.You can listen to all of the IDEAS for a Better Canada series here:  https://link.mgln.ai/tmupPj

The Next Chapter from CBC Radio
Find out what books have held Terry O'Reilly ‘under their influence,' three books for the restless wanderlusts, and more

The Next Chapter from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 52:44


To celebrate two decades of Under the Influence, Terry O'Reilly shares the five most influential books in his life; former news anchor Elysia Bryan-Baynes recommends three books about leaving your home country to live and work abroad; Montreal musician Lubalin on aliens, existentialism and song-writing fuel; and what makes iconic television personality Jeanne Beker feel the most Canadian on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeFifth Business by Robertson DaviesTaken at the Flood by John GuntherTicket To Ride by Larry KaneCreativity, Inc. by Ed CatmullThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWe Meant Well by Erum Shazia HasanTo Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent by Lewis M. SimonsThe War We Won Apart by Nahlah AyedHeart on my Sleeve by Jeanne BekerYoko by David Sheff

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Becoming Aaju Peter: A Guardian of Inuk Language and Culture

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 54:08


Aaju Peter was 11 years old when she was taken from her Inuk community in Greenland and sent away to learn the ways of the West. She lost her language and culture. The activist, lawyer, designer, musician, filmmaker, and prolific teacher takes IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed on a tour of Iqaluit and into a journey to decolonization that continues still.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
This Way to Re-Enchantment, with Philosopher Charles Taylor

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 54:08


Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor speaks to Nahlah Ayed about his life's journey, from growing up in Montreal in the 1930s, his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, and why he turned to Romantic poetry to re-enchant our sense of the meaning of life in his book, Cosmic Connections.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Imprisoned Syrian Wrote Poetry Imagining the Fall of the Regime. Now it's Come True

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 54:08


For 14 years, Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar was imprisoned and tortured in a series of prisons. He found refuge in writing poetry. Now, the poems he wrote imagining the fall of the regime are coming true. He tells host Nahlah Ayed how the freedom within is greater than any prison.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Acclaimed Journalist Connie Walker on the Importance of Storytelling

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 54:09


She's one of Canada's most decorated journalists, having won a Pulitzer Prize, a Peabody and a Columbia-Dupont Prize for her podcast series, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's. Yet Connie Walker had been reluctant to feature stories about her family in her journalism. Until she realized her family's survival in residential schools embodies the defining reality for virtually all Indigenous Peoples in Canada. She discusses this with Nahlah Ayed at the Samara Centre for Democracy's annual, In Defence of Democracy live event.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
The Multiple Lives of CBC Massey Lecturer Ian Williams

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 54:07


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.

The Current
The couple who fought Nazis behind enemy lines

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 24:06


Sonia and Guy d'Artois were part of a secret force that parachuted into occupied France to help fight Nazis during the Second World War. In May, Nahlah Ayed told the story of their love affair — and their mission behind enemy lines — in her book, The War We Won Apart.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
The Role of Nonfiction in a World of Contested Truths: Writer Pankaj Mishra

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 54:07


Award-winning writer Pankaj Mishra argues that self-serving narratives of Western countries have masked agendas of imperialism and exploitation, resulting in widespread suspicion of liberal democracy itself. He is the winner of the 2024 Weston International Award, which he received in September. After delivering a talk, Mishra joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed onstage to have a conversation.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
How the Story of the Horse is the History of the World

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 54:08


Without us, horses would be nowhere, and vice-versa. It was a partnership — our brains and their braun — that truly changed the world. Historian Timothy Winegard, author of The Horse, tells Nahlah Ayed how the history of the horse is the history of humankind. 

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Brave New Worlds: The Right to Leave, Return and Seek Asylum, Part Three

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 54:07


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country." We also have a right to seek "asylum from persecution" in other countries. At a time when more people are forcibly displaced than at any other point in recorded history, Nahlah Ayed speaks with guests about where the rights to leave, return and seek refuge came from, and what they could mean today.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
Encore Presentation - D-Day 80 -- A Spy Story, a Love Story, a Canadian Story.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 41:11


Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on June 4th. One of my favourite journalists, Nahlah Ayed, brings to light a little-known Canadian story that centres around preparations for D-Day. It really is at its heart a love story, but it's also a spy story with all the twists and turns that both elements can deliver. Another D-Day special as this week marks 80 years since that historic day.

HERstory on the Rocks
Book Episode with Nahlah Ayed about The War We Won Apart

HERstory on the Rocks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024


Join Katie & Allie as they talk about The War We Won Apart: THE UNTOLD STORY OF TWO ELITE AGENTS WHO BECAME ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED COUPLES OF WWII

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The Current
Could Nova Scotia host a retirement home for whales?

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 19:15


Two orcas, Wikie and Keijo, could soon retire from a French marine park to become the first residents of a proposed whale sanctuary in Port Hilford, N.S. Guest host Nahlah Ayed hears about the logistics of building a first-of-its-kind, 40-hectare enclosure in the open bay — and why critics worry Nova Scotia's harsher weather might make it too difficult to maintain.

The Current
What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Trump

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 8:56


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that presidents are entitled to immunity with some limits, but one dissenting justice warns the decision makes the president “a king above the law." Guest host Nahlah Ayed talks to law professor and Supreme Court expert Eric Segall.

The Current
Growing threat of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 19:37


Fears that missile fire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah could lead to a full-scale war in Lebanon are growing. Close to 500 people have been killed in the hostilities so far and several countries have urged their citizens in the country to leave. Dahlia Scheindlin and Hussein Ibish join guest host Nahlah Ayed to discuss what might lead to all-out war, and what needs to be done to de-escalate tensions.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
If international laws against genocide exist, why don't they work?

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 54:07


We have laws against genocide, defined as "the deliberate attempt to erase a national, ethnic, religious or racial group." But how do we make them stick? IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed speaks with scholar William Schabas about the history of the UN Genocide Convention and what needs to change.

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The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)
Finding Solutions for IPV in Ontario

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 15:39


What can be done to curb intimate partner violence? Then, what are the economics behind liberalizing alcohol laws in Ontario? Is women's sports finally coming into its own. And journalist Nahlah Ayed talks about her new book.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)
Two Secret Agenda and Their Untold Love Story

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 27:45


Ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, journalist and author, Nahlah Ayed tells the story of two elite agents working for Britain's Special Operations Executive in France during the Second World War. "The War We Won Apart" is constructed from hours of unpublished interviews and archival and personal documents to recount the love story of a British woman, Sonia Butt and a French-Canadian soldier, Guy d'Artois who fought the war apart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
D-Day 80 -- A Spy Story, a Love Story, a Canadian Story.

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 43:34


One of my favourite journalists, Nahlah Ayed, brings to light a little-known Canadian story that centres around preparations for D-Day. It really is at its heart a love story, but it's also a spy story with all the twists and turns that both elements can deliver. Another D-Day special as this week marks 80 years since that historic day.

The Current
The couple who fought the Nazis behind enemy lines

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 24:11


Sonia and Guy d'Artois were part of a hidden force that parachuted into occupied France to help fight the Nazis during the Second World War. Nahlah Ayed tells the story of their love affair — and their mission behind enemy lines — in her new book The War We Won Apart.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Starting a global conversation to restore civility and liberal democracy

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 54:08


Civility is under threat, authoritarianism and autocrats are on the rise and there's an erosion of institutional trust. Three pre-eminent speakers join IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed to discuss how Canada and other countries can promote respect and protect liberal democracy. 

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
The Life and Times of Salman Rushdie

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 54:08


Salman Rushdie sees reality through the lens of time. There are the months after the nearly-fatal attack of August 2022 that he details in his memoir Knife. And the decade following the Iranian state's February 1989 fatwa against him. In this conversation with Nahlah Ayed, he describes hinge moments in his uncannily storied life.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Ghost Citizens: Jamie Chai Yun Liew

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 54:08


What do ghost stories capture about the experience of being stateless? IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed speaks with lawyer and scholar Jamie Chai Yun Liew on how states create “ghost citizens” — and keep them living in limbo.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Russian Opposition Activist Garry Kasparov: Winter is Here

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 54:08


In 2015, Garry Kasparov's book Winter is Coming warned that the West's hesitant policies towards Russia's Vladimir Putin encouraged his authoritarian tendencies. Nearly 10 years later, Putin's army is still fighting in Ukraine, and at home, he's shut down virtually all dissent. Nahlah Ayed speaks with Garry Kasparov.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Astra Taylor: The Hidden Truth of the World

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 54:08


Writer and political organizer Astra Taylor is the 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer. She speaks with Nahlah Ayed about key moments in her intellectual coming-of-age, from her early life in the “unschooling” movement to her involvement with Occupy Wall Street. *This episode originally aired on Sept. 7, 2023.*

Front Burner
Israel's occupation scrutinized at the Hague

Front Burner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 31:45


This week, the International Court of Justice wrapped up a set of historic hearings into the legality of Israel's decades-long occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.The proceedings were requested by the UN General Assembly back in 2022, and so the timing of them — almost five months into Israel's bloody war with Hamas — is in essence coincidental. But many believe that finding a resolution to this question is fundamental to securing a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.While many are familiar with the term “occupation” in relation to this conflict, it's another thing to understand the specific legal meaning of that term, or its practical implications. Or why Israel argues that this term doesn't actually apply to them.Today we're going to explain all of that, and then look at how these questions played out at these recent hearings at the UN's top court. We're joined by Nahlah Ayed, host of the CBC Radio show Ideas. Among other things, Nahlah was previously a foreign correspondent based in the Middle East, and she has covered other cases at the Hague, most recently one relating to the conflict in Gaza.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcriptsTranscripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
IDEAS in the Hague: A Question of Genocide

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 54:07


Last week, South Africa and Israel were at the International Court of Justice with two starkly opposed versions of the conflict in Gaza: South Africa's legal team argued Israel's actions there violate the Genocide Convention. Israel's lawyers argued it is acting in self-defence. The court must first decide whether to order emergency measures to stop the violence until it considers the bigger question. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed was in the Hague. This episode features excerpts from the two-day hearings.

The Current
Sea otters return to Haida Gwaii and 50 years since the US Endangered Species Act

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 19:22


Sea otters have returned to the Haida Nation after years without the animals living alongside the people. Marine planning manager at the Council of the Haida Nation, Niisii Guujaaw, tells The Current's guest host Nahlah Ayed that the return of sea otters to the region marks an exciting shift for conservation in the area. Plus, the vice president of science, knowledge and innovation at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada James Snider explains why 50 years after the implementation of the US Endangered Species Act, scientists are calling for more immediate action on saving animal populations.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Exploring Inner City Winnipeg

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 54:08


The inner city isn't just a place — it's an idea. And in Winnipeg, it's an idea whose meaning and future have been fiercely contested. Nahlah Ayed joins Owen Toews, author of Stolen City, for a walking tour of inner-city history — and speaks to Indigenous organizer and “inner-city builder” Kathy Mallett.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Is artificial intelligence intended to serve human welfare or Big Tech?

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 54:08


There's a lot of hope, hype and fear around artificial intelligence. That it'll solve the climate crisis, or turn us all into paper clips. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed speaks to two tech experts about the promise and perils of AI, as part of the Provocation Ideas Festival.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Trust Talks: The Future of Journalism in a Digital World

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 54:09


Three Canadian media bosses face explain why their institutions are losing people's trust. Toronto Star vice-president Irene Gentle, the CBC's Brodie Fenlon, and Global News' Sonia Verma joined moderator IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed to discuss how media outlets can regain the trust of the audience.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln by Julian Sher

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 54:08


Montreal was a hotbed of spies and conspirators during the U.S. Civil War. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed and investigative journalist Julian Sher, author of The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln, tour Montreal's past and present, tracing the city's hidden Confederate past.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Astra Taylor: The Hidden Truth of the World

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 54:08


Writer and political organizer Astra Taylor is the 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer. She speaks with Nahlah Ayed about key moments in her intellectual coming-of-age, from her early life in the “unschooling” movement to her involvement with Occupy Wall Street.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Bonus | Introducing the 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer: Astra Taylor

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 6:54


We're thrilled to announce that this year's Massey lecturer is Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, writer and political organizer who was born in Winnipeg and currently lives in the United States. She speaks with Nahlah Ayed for a sneak preview of her lecture series, "The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart." You can find more information on our website, cbc.ca/ideas.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Eugenic thinking has never gone away

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 54:08


Eugenics is seen as a 19th-century idea put into horrific 20th-century practice. But the attraction to breeding “better” humans has a long and persistent history, says Adam Rutherford. The geneticist and science podcaster explains, in conversation with host Nahlah Ayed.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Almost New Year's Levee 2023

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 54:08


Happy almost New Year!! Nahlah Ayed, IDEAS contributors and producers bring you our annual New Year's Levee as they prepare for the 2023 season. This year Kamal Al-Solaylee shares his insights on the Queen of Sheba. We'll also hear about ghost neutrinos, pseudo-archeology, war metaphors and restorative justice.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

The winter solstice is the longest night of the year. And that's what makes it the perfect time to slow down, move inwards, and reflect. CBC Music's In Concert host, Paolo Pietropaolo joins Nahlah Ayed to showcase music he feels captures the spirit of the winter solstice.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Peter Stursberg Lecture: Giancarlo Fiorella of Bellingcat_

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 54:08


In a world that's increasingly hostile to journalists, Bellingcat has become an internationally respected organization uncovering the truth about wrongdoing. Giancarlo Fiorella, a senior investigator with Bellingcat delivered the 2022 Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondent Lecture in an event moderated by IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Inherited Memories of Partition: Aanchal Malhotra

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 54:08


It's been 75 years since the Partition of India — a rupture that still shapes the lives of those born in its wake. Oral historian Aanchal Malhotra speaks with Nahlah Ayed about how the inherited memory of Partition continues to shape people's politics, identities, curiosities and fears.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
In Defence of Democracy: Naheed Nenshi

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 54:08


Democratic backsliding is speeding up. Is there a way to revive civic engagement and resilience and push back against public apathy? IDEAS host, Nahlah Ayed talks to former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi about the possibility of renewing civic purpose in Canada, as part of a public lecture hosted by the Samara Centre.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Iran: Bänoo Zan, a War Correspondent in Verse

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 54:07


Leaving Iran in 2010 was the first time translator and poet Bänoo Zan was able to fully inhabit a self-described role as "war correspondent in verse." In this conversation with host Nahlah Ayed, the writer in residence at the University of Alberta explores the role of poetry in such moments of upheaval in her home country.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Maria Ressa: ‘Last two minutes of Democracy'

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 54:08


Nobel laureate and renowned journalist Maria Ressa warns that we're in the "last two minutes of democracy." She delivered the 2022 Beatty Lecture at McGill University and then joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed to discuss what can be done to change the course against disinformation.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka on fighting a new set of 'internal colonialists'

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 54:08


Wole Soyinka has gone from political prisoner to Nobel Laureate in Literature. His writing, brimming with wit and rage, bears witness to the tragedy and triumphs of his native Nigeria. He spoke with Nahlah Ayed about power, the corruption of language, and his first novel in almost 50 years.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Crime, Punishment, and Alternative Forms of Justice

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 54:08


The demographics of Canada's prison population are far out of line with the rest of Canada. As part of the Provocation Ideas Festival and the Toronto International Festival of Authors, Nahlah Ayed hosts a panel discussion on challenges facing the legal system, and how to build a better court.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
On Decline: Revisiting Andrew Potter's Prognosis

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 54:08


In September 2021, Andrew Potter spoke with IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed about his book, On Decline. He argues that our entire civilization is in a slow, grinding descent into diminished prospects for a better world. We asked the author to return this month to assess how the past nine months have affected his grim prognosis.

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Lynne Viola and the Window of Ukraine

Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 54:08


An intricate portrait of secret Soviet operations in Ukraine during Joseph Stalin's rule, from Canadian historian Lynne Viola. She speaks to Nahlah Ayed about the legacy of Stalin's “Great Terror,” Russian suppression of Ukrainian nationalist sentiment, Vladimir Putin's new war on history, and that time when the KGB came knocking on her door... and asked her out on a date.