IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.
486 episodes transcribedYou've likely experienced it: that state of being in the groove, on a roll, lost in the process. It's what researchers call 'flow': a state intimately...
"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Canada's Prime Minster Mark Carney said in a recent speech at the World Economic Forum. The shif...
Our justice system was developed under the assumption that both parties in a dispute would each have a lawyer. But the reality is most Canadian's can'...
Marcell Wilson knows how to game the criminal justice system. He's been charged upwards of 30 times for what he says were “mostly violent crimes" and...
It depends on who you ask. Until recently empathy was generally considered a positive thing. But a growing number of mostly conservative voices believ...
"You're awakening a dragon. Public anger is stirring." A warning from Rutger Bregman to Silicon Valley. The historian is sounding the alarm over the e...
The potato and the Irish Famine of 1845 will forever be linked. But what's often overlooked is how deeply connected the potato was to British colonial...
We are all born. Birth is the story of all of us. So why aren’t we more curious about its history? That's what historian Lucy Inglis wanted to know. S...
What's the secret weapon to make political change happen? It's not a trick question, it's simple: perseverance, says BBC Reith Lecturer Rutger Bregman...
We live in an "age of immorality," argues historian and author Rutger Bregman, and the decay is everywhere."The moral rot runs deep across elite insti...
This podcast seeks answers to the question. If you are left-handed then you are part of the 10 per cent of humankind that detested craft time in eleme...
Think of science's most momentous developments in the 20th century — Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum physics, finding evidence of black holes...
"This is a hopeless situation but we are not helpless." This is what drives Sudanese journalist Yousra Elbagir's reporting on her homeland's forgotten...
"Those who remember the disappeared would also disappear." Under dictator Bashar al-Assad, grieving publicly in Syria was punishable. Now the silenced...
From the Hollywood motion picture, to life-saving vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus, to a staple in our closet: pants, we have a lot to thank horses...
Thanks to copyright laws, artists, writers and scientists can create without fear of theft. On an individual basis this protection is welcome. But in...
We gorge ourselves on the internet, smartphones, social media, information overload — all of it constantly sap us of our emotional and intellectual vi...
Holmes Rolston III began his career as a Presbyterian minister. But his love of the natural world — and his belief in evolution — didn't sit well with...
Would you 'doo-be-doo' if you know it would help bridge divides? Try vocal improvisation — singing sounds, rhythms and melodies. PhD candidate Erwan N...
What do you get when you take some of the classic Enlightenment values like reason, fairness, and justice, and substitute them with opinion, privilege...
