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09/12/09: Pt 3 - Maziar Bahari

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
A conversation with Maziar Bahari, a Canadian-Iranian reporter who was jailed, beaten and tortured for 118 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison.

09/12/09: Pt 2 - Nortel Redux

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
About a year ago, we introduced you to two Nortel workers who had survived 16 rounds of job cuts. They've survived three more since Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection. We find out if they're still standing.

09/12/09: Pt 1 - CIHR and Pfizer

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
The Canadian Vice President of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Canada has been appointed to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, a publicly funded body that gives grants to researchers and helps shape health policy. We ask if that's a conflict of interest.

08/12/09: Pt 3 - Olympic Village Documentary

Tue, Dec 8 Listen
Thousands of construction workers built Vancouver's Olympic Village. At least three of them were women. As part of our on-going series, Work In Progress, we meet them and find out how they coped with one of the most sexually skewed workplaces in Canada.

08/12/09: Pt 2 - Sir Harold Evans

Tue, Dec 8 Listen
A conversation with legendary British journalist Sir Harold Evans, the former editor of The Sunday Times and The Times and the former President of Random House. We talk to him about his six decades in journalism, the state of journalism today and his new autobiography, "My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times".

08/12/09: Pt 1 - Roblero Murder

Tue, Dec 8 Listen
Mexican anti-mining activist Mariano Abarca Roblero was shot to death outside his home in Chiapas two weeks ago. He had been an outspoken critic of a Canadian mining operation there and had been threatened before his death. We get the latest on the investigation into his murder and look at how it is affecting the debate around the effects of Canadian mining in Mexico.

07/12/09: Pt 3 - Management Myth

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
In his new book, The Management Myth, Matthew Stewart argues that the entire field of management consulting is built on a foundation of fraudulent experiments and MBA programs with no evidence to support their value. We talk to him, as part of our on-going series, Work In Progress.

07/12/09: Pt 2 - Taser International

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
Taser International continues to say that its stun gun won't damage a target's heart. But a court case in California paints a less decisive picture.

07/12/09: Pt 1 - Road to Copenhagen

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
The United Nations climate changed summit in Copenhagen kicks off today with significantly diminished expectations. We take a look back at some of the key events in the long and winding road to Copenhagen, a road that is littered with disappointments and lost opportunities.

04/12/09: Faith-based Prison

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
All over the world, Prison Fellowship reaches out to inmates trying to get them to embrace Jesus and change their ways. In some places, they even run their own sections in prisons. Now, there's a proposal to set-up Canada's first faith-based prison unit. But not everyone is embracing it.

04/12/09: Pt 2 - A Moment in Time

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
As we look towards the 20th anniversary of the murder of 14 women at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, we have a documentary about how that days' events propelled two women in directions they had never planned.

04/12/09: Pt 1 - Doctors with Criminal Records

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Earlier this week, patients at Dr. George Korol's clinic in Winnipeg were surprised to discover that Dr. Korol's license to practice medicine had been suspended twice and that he had spent 2 years in a California prison after he was convicted of arson and uttering threats. The College of Physicians and Surgeons in Manitoba knew about some of his past and in the wake of those revelations, we ask what Canadians should be permitted to know about their doctors.

03/12/09: Pt 3 - Letters

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
E-mails lifted from the server at the University of East Anglia have cast an unflattering light on the university's Climate Research Unit and sparked accusations of petty politics and less than pristine science. We assess the consequences in our letters segment.

03/12/09: Pt 2 - Guerrilla Diplomacy

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
In his new book, long-time Canadian diplomat Daryl Copeland calls for a radical rethinking of how we conduct diplomacy, an idea he calls Guerrilla Diplomacy.

03/12/09: Pt 1 - The Meaning of Gay

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
Writer, actor and long-time gay activist Sky Gilbert has announced his decision to "quit" being gay because he thinks the term and the culture that surrounds it has become so ubiquitous, mainstream and boring that it's now meaningless. We get him to explain and we find out what other gay activists think of his argument.

02/12/09: Pt 3 - Aviation Safety

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
There's been some disturbing testimony about the safety of Canada's passenger airplanes this week. Stories of illegal refueling, masking tape holding electrical cords in place and a shortage of inspectors. Critics say Canada's new airline safety system is to blame.

02/12/09: Pt 2 - Calvin Junior

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
The story of a 20-year-old native man who is falling through the cracks because of who he is, where he lives, and what he needs to keep living.

02/12/09: Pt 1 - Afghanistan Strategy

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
We assess U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and look at how it will impact Canada's role there.

01/12/09: Pt 3 - Bringing Kyle Home

Tue, Dec 1 Listen
A documentary about the imperfect options and difficult choices for young people growing up in Northern Ontario's first nations' communities.

01/12/09: Pt 2 - Munk Debates

Tue, Dec 1 Listen
Tonight the Munk Debates will tackle Be it resolved: Climate change is mankind's defining crisis and demands a commensurate response. Among the participants are George Monbiot, the author of Heat: How to Stop the World from Burning and Bjorn Lomborg, a professor at the Copenhagen Business School. They join us to debate what to do about climate change.

01/12/09: Pt 1 - Displaced Somalians

Tue, Dec 1 Listen
When Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia 15 months ago, she was working on a story about Somalis who had been pushed out of their homes by the conflict there. Since then, the problem has gotten worse. We pick up the story Amanda Lindhout set out to tell.

30/11/09: Pt 3 - Inside the Kingdom

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
It has been 30 years since Robert Lacey published his classic history of Saudi Arabia. A lot has happened since then. And now Robert Lacey is back for another look at a complicated and conflicted country in transition.

30/11/09 Pt 2: Bullying in the Workplace

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
An estimated five million Canadians face -- or have faced -- bullying in the workplace. The behaviour is entrenched. The effects can be devastating. And now the Ontario government wants to make it illegal.

30/11/09: Pt 1 - Women & Climate Change

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
Around the world, women are disproportionately affected by climate change. But they are under-represented in the high-level delegations that negotiate landmark agreements on the issue.

27/11/09: Pt 3 - Surrey Sikh Temple

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
An upstart group of young candidates in Surrey, British Columbia has taken over the leadership of the largest Sikh Temple in North America and upended their community's politics in the process. We hear from the newly elected President of the Temple.

27/11/09: Pt 2 - Rwanda War Crimes

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
We hear from survivors of the Rwandan genocide and find out how they feel about alleged perpetrators of the genocide facing trial in Canada rather than Rwanda.

27/11/09: Pt 1 - Facilitated Communication

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
Rom Houben was 20 years old when a car accident put him in what doctors thought was a coma. But now, 23 years later, his family says he is able to communicate with "facilitated communication". The technique is highly contentious and some experts say it's nothing but a hoax.

26/11/09: Pt 3 - Letters

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
It's mail day. We find out what you've had to say about Afghan detainees, credibility, climate change and reconciliation.

26/11/09: Pt 2 - Canadian Diplomatic Service

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin's controversial testimony about Afghan detainees has led some people to question the state of Canada's diplomatic service and ask if Canadian diplomats are really able to work honestly and speak freely. We assess those criticisms.

26/11/09: Pt 1 - Amanda Lindhout's Release

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
The Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout is safe and finally free after 15 months in captivity. We hear from Jim Loney who was captured for four months in Iraq. He tells us about the rollar coaster of emotions of a captive and the wrenching decisions surrounding ransom.

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