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Ideas

CBC Radio

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.

Episodes

The Complexity of Cuteness

Nov 23 2020 • 55 MIN

The charms of cuteness seem obvious. Yet, from the Japanese fear of adulting to universal attractions of indeterminacy, the new field of Cute Studies reveals layers beneath a fluffy surface.

Render Unto Caesar: Render What? Unto Whom?

Nov 18 2020 • 55 MIN

"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." It's a lasting phrase that has touched off church-and-state and tax debates. This riposte to the religiou...

Roxane Gay: A Fierce and Vital Voice

Nov 17 2020 • 55 MIN

Warning: Content includes rape and profanity | Roxane Gay likes to joke that even her opinions have opinions — which comes in handy for her column in The New York Times. The Haitian-American writer...

CBC Massey Lecture #6: Retreat, Reform, Restraint

Nov 16 2020 • 55 MIN

In his 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert wants to get us thinking about how best to mitigate the harms of social media, and in doing so, construct a viable comm...

CBC Massey Lecture # 5: Burning Data

Nov 13 2020 • 55 MIN

What we don’t see — because it is so carefully hidden from the public eye — is the ecological impact of our social media usage and the wasteful consumption loop we’re trapped in, as we’re pushed to...

CBC Massey Lecture # 4: A Great Leap Forward...For The Abuse Of Power

Nov 12 2020 • 55 MIN

The initial vision of the internet was that it would empower individuals and expose the wrongdoings of state and corporate interests. But now the same technologies that had been used for public upr...