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19/11/09: Pt 3 - Climate Change Cover-Up

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
In his new book, James Hogan argues that climate change skeptics are using the same tactics that the tobacco industry used to in order to create confusion about the science around climate change. We talk to him and to one of Canada's leading climate change skeptics.

19/11/09: Pt 2 - Letters

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
It's mail day. We hear your thoughts on politics, hunger, science, the Catholic Church and comparing Sudbury, Ontario to the moon.

19/11/09: Pt 1 - Malalai Joya

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
In 2005, she was the youngest person elected to the new Afghan parliament. But she was suspended from that parliament in 2007 for criticizing Afghanistan's warlords. Despite several assassination attempts, she continues to speak her mind.

18/11/09: Pt 2 - Malcolm Gladwell

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
Writer Malcolm Gladwell on ketchup, hair dye, hedge funds, the pill and why we should all be more curious. His latest book is called: "What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures". *** Due to music rights this segment has been edited to make it available as a podast. ***

18/11/09: Pt 2 - Vitamin Eh Documentary

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
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18/11/09: Pt 1 - Golden Rice

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
The United Nations' World Summit on Food Security wraps up today. And we're asking whatever happened to Golden Rice ... a genetically engineered rice with high levels of Vitamin A that was supposed to save millions of children in the developing world.

17/11/09: Pt 3 - Vatican & Alien Life

Tue, Nov 17 Listen
Close Encounters of a very different kind. The Catholic Church is sponsoring conferences on alien life and evolution. And an astronomer who works for the Vatican says Galileo was the exception, not the rule.

17/11/09: Pt 2 - Women of Zimbabwe

Tue, Nov 17 Listen
We talk to Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, two Zimbabwean women who have been jailed because of their political activity as the co-founders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise, a grassroots movement dedicated to the empowerment of Zimbabwean women.

17/11/09: Pt 1 - 9/11 Zeitgeist

Tue, Nov 17 Listen
The decision to hold the trial of the alleged September 11th conspirators in New York City has alarmed many New Yorkers and re-enforced still raw emotions about the attacks. We debate whether holding the trials in New York City is the right decision.

16/11/09: Pt 3 - Sudbury Mining Town

Mon, Nov 16 Listen
Steelworkers at the Inco mine in Sudbury have been on strike since July. The city has seen strikes before but this time the community support for the workers is showing how divided the community is about the role its past will play in its future.

16/11/09: Pt 1 & 2 - World Hunger

Mon, Nov 16 Listen
Diplomats, bureaucrats and activists are gathering in Rome for the World Food Summit. And the number of hungry people in the world has topped one billion for the first time. We hear individual stories of people's experiences going hungry and look at the wide variety of causes, effects and potential solutions. We also speak with the UN Special Rapporteur on The Right To Food.

13/11/09: Pt 3 - Geo-Engineering

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
What to do about the damage that's already been done. Even if Copenhagen is a stunning success, it won't undo what we've done to the planet over the last couple of centuries. But the Royal Society of Science has some controversial ideas about what might help.

13/11/09: Pt 2 - The Maldives

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
A conversation with the Vice President of The Maldives, a country that is a collection of 26 coral Islands in the Indian Ocean with an average elevation of two metres above sea level and the first country to commit to a zero carbon footprint.

13/11/09: Pt 1 - Copenhagen Conference

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
We talk to Andrew Weaver, a prominent member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about what's at stake at the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen, talks meant to develop a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

12/11/09: Pt 3 - Letters

Thu, Nov 12 Listen
Listener thoughts on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the future of farming in Canada and a lesson from Yertle the Turtle. Plus, a conversation with German actor Walfriede Schmidtt about East German anxieties 20 years later.

12/11/09: Pt 2 - Linden MacIntyre

Thu, Nov 12 Listen
The CBC's Linden MacIntyre on the value of trust and why it's such a recurring theme in his journalistic work and his latest novel, The Bishop's Man, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize this week.

12/11/09: Pt 1 - H1N1 & Work Relations

Thu, Nov 12 Listen
Weighing the ethics, economics and etiquette of staying home sick during the H1N1 flu pandemic. Employees are caught between staying home and leaving their colleagues to pick up the slack or going to work and infecting them.

11/11/09: Pt 3 - Legalizing Marijuana

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
For more than 75 years, war has been the dominant metaphor for American drug policy. But tough economic times have left some wondering if outlawing marijuana is really worth the trouble and whether there might be a nice cash grab in being able to tax it.

11/11/09: Pt 2 - The Currie Libel Trial

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
We talk to Justice Robert Sharpe about his new book, The Last Day, The Last Hour. In it, he revisits the 1928 Currie Libel Trial, a sensational courtroom drama that focussed on the actions of a Canadian commander who continued to send his troops into battle even through the final hours before the armistice that ended WWI.

11/11/09: Pt 1 - Northern Rescues

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
After three days stranded on an ice flow about 50 metres square, a 17-year-old boy from Coral Harbour, Nunavut has been rescued. But even though it was successful, the rescue has drawn attention to the lack of formal search and rescue operations throughout Canada's north.

10/11/09: Pt 3 - Outsourcing Journalists

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
The Toronto Star has contracted out some of its editorial positions in a bid to cut costs. Several American newspapers have outsourced editorial positions as well. The newspapers say it's necessary in order to cut costs. But many people think the practice is hurting journalism.

10/11/09: Pt 2 - Antony Beevor on D-Day

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
Celebrated historian Antony Beevor re-visits the beaches of Normandy and the story of D-Day, one of the most pivotal moments in modern history.

10/11/09: Pt 1 - Judging Juries

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
We go to court today where accusations are flying over who might be guilty of judging the juries. New laws and practices are changing the way jurors are chosen in some provinces and that's raised concerns about the Crown's potential to tilt juries.

09/11/09: Pt 3 - Berlin Wall

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We talk to Sylke Schumann, a journalist and translator who grew up in East Germany. When the wall fell, her whole way of life collapsed with it and lifted the veil over some difficult family secrets.

09/11/09: Pt 2 - Kevin Page

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Kevin Page has picked fights with the federal government over the cost of Canada's mission in Afghanistan and the likelihood that Ottawa will stay in the black. Now, Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer has seen his own budget cut by a third.

09/11/09: Pt 1 - H1N1 & Trust

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Problems with the delivery of the H1N1 flu vaccine - from long lineups to allegations of professional athletes jumping the queue - have tested people's patience and their faith in government and public institutions. We ask about the long-term effects on Canadians' trust.

06/11/09: Pt 3 - Nuture Shock

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Po Bronson, the co-author of a new book offers some new thinking about raising children and why so many parental instincts may be wrong.

06/11/09: Pt 2 - Brighton Bombing & Forgiveness

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Twenty-five years ago, IRA activist Patrick Magee planted a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. We bring together the man who planted the bomb and the daughter of one of the people it killed, to talk about memory, forgiveness and peace.

06/11/09: Pt 1 - Fort Hood Shooting

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
It was the deadliest act of violence committed on a US military base in American history. We get an update on the tragic shooting in Fort Hood, Texas.

05/11/09: Pt 3 - Letters

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
It's mail day. We hear your thoughts on citizen justice, long-term disability insurance and the future of the family farm ... just to name a few topics in our mailbag today.

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