• Ideas

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Ideas

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  • 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.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • Food Security: Root Causes and Pathways to Change

    Food Security: Root Causes and Pathways to Change
    Nov 29 2023
    The cost of food is on the rise, and more Canadians are having a hard time knowing if they can afford their next meal. IDEAS hears from four leading experts in the field of food insecurity to explore the root causes and how our food systems can evolve to support us all.
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    54 mins
  • How philosophy plays a vital role in Canada's biggest ethical debates

    How philosophy plays a vital role in Canada's biggest ethical debates
    May 16 2024

    Arthur Schafer taught ethics to medical students in 1972. His 50-year career put the philosopher at the heart of major ethical debates like MAID. Schafer discusses the role of philosophers in addressing the increasingly complex ethical dilemmas confronting individuals and society as a whole.
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    54 mins
  • Historian uses Canadian prize money to buy drones for Ukraine

    Historian uses Canadian prize money to buy drones for Ukraine
    May 15 2024

    For Timothy Garton Ash, Europe is an idea—and an ideal—worth celebrating and preserving, even against all the forces acting against it right now. The historian, who won the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize, is using his prize money to buy drones for Ukraine in the war against Russia.
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    54 mins
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