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IdeasWhy our long term relationship with the U.S. is doneAmerica is just not that into you anymore, says historian Marci Shore. It's not us — it's them. The Yale professor blames the U.S. for the failed relationship and warns the world that her own country can no longer be counted on to defend democracy, not even within its own borders. Shore has been studying the history of totalitarianism for nearly 30 years. She tells Nahlah Ayed why she relocated to Canada and how her knowledge of Eastern Europe informed her choice.2025-05-2254 min

World ReportThinking deeply about democracy? Check out 'IDEAS for a Better Canada'One week until voting day, Canada! At World Report, we know democracy doesn't happen in a silo. That's why we're recommending the IDEAS for a Better Canada series. IDEAS invites listeners to slow down, check their assumptions, and maybe even change their minds. And with another federal election approaching, Nahlah Ayed has been hosting cross-Canada discussions that focus on local solutions with the potential to inspire national change. The four-part series was made in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy.In today's episode: an audience in Edmonton considered ways to nurture healthier conversations...2025-04-2154 min

IdeasAttacking our biggest fear — political polarizationCanadians’ biggest fear for the country’s future is “growing political and ideological polarization,” according to a 2023 EKOS poll. As part of our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy), host Nahlah Ayed headed to the fast-growing city of Edmonton to talk about the creative ways local residents are working to find common ground. From video games to an engagement technique called “deep canvassing” used to bridge gaps across differences, we can learn a lot from Edmontonians on how to build a better democracy for Canada. 2025-04-2154 min

IdeasWhy PEI cares more than any other province about votingPEI has the highest voter turnout of any other province in Canada. Voting is fundamental to this community. Residents see firsthand how their vote matters — several elections were decided by 25 votes or less. In this small province, people have a personal and intimate connection with politicians. MLAs know voters on an individual basis and they feel a duty to their job. In our series, IDEAS for a Better Canada (produced in partnership with the Samara Centre for Democracy), Nahlah Ayed visits the birthplace of Confederation to hear how Prince Edward Islanders sustain the strong democracy they built.2025-04-2154 min

The Next ChapterFind out what books have held Terry O’Reilly ‘under their influence,’ three books for the restless wanderlusts, and moreTo celebrate two decades of Under the Influence, Terry O'Reilly shares the five most influential books in his life; former news anchor Elysia Bryan-Baynes recommends three books about leaving your home country to live and work abroad; Montreal musician Lubalin on aliens, existentialism and song-writing fuel; and what makes iconic television personality Jeanne Beker feel the most Canadian on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeFifth Business by Robertson DaviesTaken at the Flood...2025-04-0552 min

IdeasMontreal's Confederate past revealed, from sympathizers to raidsMontreal was a hotbed of spies and conspirators during the U.S. Civil War. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed and investigative journalist Julian Sher, author of The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln, tour Montreal’s past and present, tracing the city’s hidden Confederate past.2025-03-2854 min

IdeasWhy Massey Lecturer Ian Williams Stays Open to All Perspectives2024 CBC Massey lecturer Ian Williams speaks with IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed about the forces that have shaped him as a thinker and writer, from the encyclopedias he read as a child in Trinidad to his years as a dancer to the poetry of Margaret Atwood. "I believe in multiplicity," he says. William's Massey Lectures, What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time, will be available in our feed this coming Monday.2025-03-1454 min

IdeasBecoming Aaju Peter: A Guardian of Inuk Language and CultureAaju Peter was 11 years old when she was taken from her Inuk community in Greenland and sent away to learn the ways of the West. She lost her language and culture. The activist, lawyer, designer, musician, filmmaker, and prolific teacher takes IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed on a tour of Iqaluit and into a journey to decolonization that continues still.2025-01-2954 min

IdeasThis Way to Re-Enchantment, with Philosopher Charles TaylorCanadian philosopher Charles Taylor speaks to Nahlah Ayed about his life’s journey, from growing up in Montreal in the 1930s, his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, and why he turned to Romantic poetry to re-enchant our sense of the meaning of life in his book, Cosmic Connections.2025-01-0754 min

IdeasJoin IDEAS for our annual New Year's LeveeIt's a time of reflection and looking ahead. Host Nahlah Ayed invites IDEAS producers into the studio to share ideas they are working on for 2025. You’ll hear about income inequality, Nietzsche, the power of itch, the intrigue of the yellow traffic light and the fascinating story of Henry Box Brown — an enslaved man from Virginia who mailed himself to freedom.2024-12-3145 min

IdeasImprisoned Syrian Wrote Poetry Imagining the Fall of the Regime. Now it's Come TrueFor 14 years, Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar was imprisoned and tortured in a series of prisons. He found refuge in writing poetry. Now, the poems he wrote imagining the fall of the regime are a reality. He tells host Nahlah Ayed how the freedom within is greater than any prison.2024-12-1954 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1449: Ottawa Senators Win Again, CFL Chatter and Year-End Fight Talk Around The UFCwe roll on here on Tall Can Audio as one of our favourites Steve Bunda arrives in the TCA Studio for some talk about Christmas traditions, Ontario craft beers, why the Ottawa Senators hot run feels different this time, where the CFL might sign it's next TV deal, some big news making waves in the UFC and plenty more.Follow Steve Bunda on your favourite social media platform @SteveBunda91TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed...2024-12-191h 15

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1448: Leafs Goaltending Woes & NFL's Netflix Deal Creates ChaosLee Versage & Matt Robinson have a little Ontario craft beer and discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending issues and why the team seems to be misleading their fans so often.Later talk turns to the NFL and their desire to play Christmas Day games on Netflix. Is it really worth the sacrifices for some of the league's top players?TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart: https://amzn.to/3D3V35...2024-12-1831 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1447: Sabres, Islanders & Rangers Battle For Worst Team In New York, Sens Huge Road Trip & MoreLee Versage & Matt Robinson discuss the huge issues around the New York Islanders, New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres and which team is most likely to get their sh*t together.Plus later the guys wonder outloud about what the bare minimum the Ottawa Senators can get away with on this brutal road trip.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart: https://amzn.to/3D3V35l Deryck W...2024-12-1854 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1446: Sens Surge, Leafs Sputtering, Jays Delays & So Much MoreHa! Just kidding! When we say so much more we mean almost nothing more. It's just these topics!Matt and Rob fire up another week of TCA knee-deep in our various holiday craft beer calendars, the Ottawa Senators come damn close to using a local EBUG, the media hoopleheads try to roast the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending tandem, the Toronto Blue Jays slowly improve while frustrating their fans and some other stuff too.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2Vyh 2024-12-161h 41

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1445: Andrew Stoeten On Yimy Garcia, Jordan Romano, Andres Gimenez, Bo, Vlad & What's Next For The Toronto Blue JaysOur buddy Andrew Stoeten from TheBatFlip.ca joins Matt Robinson to discuss what the Toronto Blue Jays accomplished at the MLB Winter Meetings.Were they actually serious about Juan Soto? Are they still in on Corbin Burnes? Does the acquisition of Andres Gimenez from the Cleveland Guardians make sense?Plus more thoughts on Jordan Romano's comments about the Jays on his way out the door, bringing back Yimy Garcia and which big bats Toronto could still be in the market for.Follow Stoeten's work here: https://stoeten.substack.com/Listen to...2024-12-1352 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1444: Grumpy Old Men On Sens, Leafs v Devils, NFL Playoff Drive, Blue Jays at Winter Meetings +MoreLee Versage and Matt Robinson check in for a couple of craft beers to discuss why the Ottawa Senators can't win 3 in a row, what the Leafs win over the Devils says about Toronto's recent play, the Brady Tkachuk noise, Lee's disinterest in The Simpsons element of the Dallas Cowboys / Cincinatti Bengals game, the NFL stretch drive, the Toronto Blue Jays moves at MLB Winter Meetings and more.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We...2024-12-121h 21

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1443: Quick Hitter: Busy Day For Toronto Blue Jays At MLB Winter MeetingsMatt Robinson checks in for a quickie pod after the Toronto Blue Jays make news at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings by signing Yimy Garcia and trading for Andres Gimenez from the Cleveland Guardians.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart: https://amzn.to/3D3V35l Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) - Walking Disaster: https://amzn.to/3Zbwxa1 Alan Shipnuck - LIV & Let Die: https://amzn.to/3CP...2024-12-1120 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1442: Sens' Pizza Line Underwhelms, New York Rangers Turmoil, Soto, Demko & More***Screew It***Content warning: The boys finish off the show discussing the possibilities for Juan Soto to the Toronto Blue jays. Hours after the show was posted it was announced he would be signing with the New York Mets.Rob Christy and Matt Robinson fire up another week of TCA with tons on the agenda including a huge week of news in the non-sports universe, craft beer winners and losers, why the Ottawa Senators Pizza Line Reunion was so underwhelming, the New York Rangers get rough in trading Trouba but keep Shesterkin, why the Vancouver...2024-12-091h 39

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1441: Legendary Broadcaster Paul Romanuk on Hockey Canada, World Juniors, Spangler Cup & MoreOne of our favourite shows of the year is always touching base in December with legendary Canadian sports broadcaster Paul Romanuk to talk some "Holiday Hockey."First we chat with Paul about his new book (linked below) before getting in to the way Hockey Canada chooses it's rosters after some controversy this week around World Juniors and 4 Nations Face-off selections. With the WJC just weeks away in Ottawa, we ask Paul to compare the tournaments he worked in Canada vs the ones in Europe. And finally we get in to the reasons why the Spangler Cup is...2024-12-0642 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1440: Matt "Snubs" Everyone, 4 Nations Rosters, World Juniors, Golden At-Bats & More.Lee Versage and Matt Robinson battle through the snow to bring you a brand new edition of the podcast - safely tucked in their own homes. Lots to cover including the things that are bugging both guys today, Matt rips the media for their "snubs", Lee is irritated with the Ottawa Senators, World Juniors camp announcements sour multiple fanbases, Canada's choices for their 4 Nations Face-off roster leave people scratching their heads, Major League Baseball considers a huge rule change and plenty of other nonsense.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri...2024-12-051h 20

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1439: Sens Reuniting The Pizza Line, PWHL Opening Weekend, Avalanche Look Desperate & MoreBonus bob! Rob sticks around for a Tuesday edition of Tall Can Audio with Matt Robinson as they discuss what went right and what went wrong on the first weekend of PWHL action this season, the idea of hiding Dany Heathley's return to the Ottawa Senators under a safety blanket of Alfie and Spezza, whether the Colorado Avalanche have reached a point where they need to do something crazy about their goaltending and plenty more.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2Vyh 2024-12-0348 min

IdeasAcclaimed Journalist Connie Walker on the Importance of StorytellingShe’s one of Canada’s most decorated journalists, having won a Pulitzer Prize, a Peabody and a Columbia-Dupont Prize for her podcast series, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s. Yet Connie Walker had been reluctant to feature stories about her family in her journalism. Until she realized her family's survival in residential schools embodies the defining reality for virtually all Indigenous Peoples in Canada. She discusses this with Nahlah Ayed at the Samara Centre for Democracy's annual, In Defence of Democracy live event.2024-12-0254 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1438: Rob Returns Beardless, Rangers Damage Themselves For No Reason, Canada Soccer's Drone-Gate claims another victim +MoreRob is back in studio with Matt Robinson to kickstart a new week of Tall Can Audio discussing Day 1 of the Ontario Craft Beer Advent Calendar, why he shaved his beard off, the New York Rangers self-inflicted wounds, John Herdman parts ways with Toronto FC under questionable circumstances and plenty more.TCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart: https://amzn.to/3D3V35l D...2024-12-0259 min

Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports TalkTCA Ep1437: Cyber Monday Week TCA Gift Guide & Studio Tour0:00 Intro.3:35: Books17:43: Odds & Ends / Electronics25:50: Podcast GearTCA Gift Guide.Books.Nazem Kadri - Dreamer: https://amzn.to/3Oz2VyhNahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart: https://amzn.to/3D3V35l Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) - Walking Disaster: https://amzn.to/3Zbwxa1 Alan Shipnuck - LIV & Let Die: https://amzn.to/3CPt1L5Home and Away - Mats Sundin: https://amzn.to/4gbAkelBob Woodward - WAR: https://am...2024-12-0253 min

IdeasThe Role of Nonfiction in a World of Contested Truths: Writer Pankaj MishraAward-winning writer Pankaj Mishra argues that self-serving narratives of Western countries have masked agendas of imperialism and exploitation, resulting in widespread suspicion of liberal democracy itself. He is the winner of the 2024 Weston International Award, which he received in September. After delivering a talk, Mishra joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed onstage to have a conversation.2024-10-3154 min

The Talking Raven"Creativity...is the only way we can save the world!"Dr. Janne Cleveland joins us to explore the wonderful world of the creative arts! Learn more about how a degree in Social Sciences can help you transform the ideal into the achievable. Plus, we use the story of Kate Beaton to illustrate why your passion and your career are not mutually exclusive! To learn more about Kate Beaton, please listen to this episode of the CBC podcast Ideas with Nahlah Ayed.2024-10-0840 min

The Bridge with Peter MansbridgeEncore Presentation - D-Day 80 -- A Spy Story, a Love Story, a Canadian Story.Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on June 4th. One of my favourite journalists, Nahlah Ayed, brings to light a little-known Canadian story that centres around preparations for D-Day. It really is at its heart a love story, but it's also a spy story with all the twists and turns that both elements can deliver. Another D-Day special as this week marks 80 years since that historic day. 2024-09-0441 min

IdeasBrave New Worlds: The Right to Leave, Return and Seek Asylum, Part ThreeThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country." We also have a right to seek "asylum from persecution" in other countries. At a time when more people are forcibly displaced than at any other point in recorded history, Nahlah Ayed speaks with guests about where the rights to leave, return and seek refuge came from, and what they could mean today.2024-09-0454 min

IdeasThe Life and Times of Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie sees reality through the lens of time. There are the months after the nearly-fatal attack of August 2022 that he details in his memoir Knife. And the decade following the Iranian state’s February 1989 fatwa against him. In this conversation with Nahlah Ayed, he describes hinge moments in his uncannily storied life. *This episode originally aired on April 30, 2024.2024-08-1254 min

HERstory on the RocksBook Episode with Nahlah Ayed about The War We Won ApartJoin Katie & Allie as they talk about The War We Won Apart: THE UNTOLD STORY OF TWO ELITE AGENTS WHO BECAME ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED COUPLES OF WWII 2024-07-0900 min

IdeasInternational laws against genocide exist: so why don’t they work?We have laws against genocide, defined as "the deliberate attempt to erase a national, ethnic, religious or racial group." But how do we make them stick? IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed speaks with scholar William Schabas about the history of the UN Genocide Convention and what needs to change.2024-06-2854 min

The Bridge with Peter MansbridgeD-Day 80 -- A Spy Story, a Love Story, a Canadian Story.One of my favourite journalists, Nahlah Ayed, brings to light a little-known Canadian story that centres around preparations for D-Day. It really is at its heart a love story, but it's also a spy story with all the twists and turns that both elements can deliver. Another D-Day special as this week marks 80 years since that historic day. 2024-06-0443 min

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Front BurnerIsrael’s occupation scrutinized at the HagueThis week, the International Court of Justice wrapped up a set of historic hearings into the legality of Israel’s decades-long occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.The proceedings were requested by the UN General Assembly back in 2022, and so the timing of them — almost five months into Israel’s bloody war with Hamas — is in essence coincidental. But many believe that finding a resolution to this question is fundamental to securing a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.While many are familiar with the term “oc...2024-02-2931 min

Nothing is ForeignNothing is Foreign Introduces: The CBC Ideas Series - The Idea of HomeIdeas with Nahlah Ayed is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. Can you ever truly go home again? At a time when more people have been forcibly displaced from their homes than at any other time in history, IDEAS explores what it means to return years — or decades — later. This is the first episode in the new five-part series, The Idea of Home. More episodes of Ideas are available at smarturl.it/cbcideas 2022-06-1854 min

Empire Club of CanadaRemembrance Day Reflection: The Story of the World War 2 SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE | Nov 10, 2021The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Remembrance Day Reflection: The Story of the World War 2 SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) Today, hundreds of thousands of young people are responding to a global crisis - that of climate change and ecological collapse. In the 1930s, the world also faced a global crisis - the rise of militant imperialist and racist ideologies, in particular the rise of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. Then, in World War 2, in the 1940s, hundreds of young men and women – including Canadians - became secret underground agents and...2021-11-101h 01

Life JoltIntroducing: Ideas from the Trenches: The Resilience of Incarcerated WomenIdeas with Nahlah Ayed is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In this episode, you’ll hear from PhD student Rachel Fayter who was incarcerated for more than three years. She draws from her experience and the relationships she formed in jail to inform her ‘groundbreaking’ research into the resilience of criminalized women. More episodes of Ideas are available at smarturl.it/cbcideas 2021-06-2155 min

FoundIdeas about ThucydidesIn this excellent episode from the Ideas podcast, Nahlah Ayed explains how the plague of Athens struck in 430 BC, violently killing up to half of the Greek city's population. Thucydides was on hand to document the grim symptoms, as well as the social and psychological fallout. His vivid account holds enduring lessons for us during pandemic times today. Find more Ideas at https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15783785-thucydides-part-2-lessons-plague-athens 2020-11-2255 min

The Secret Life of CanadaIntroducing: IdeasHosted by award-winning veteran of foreign reporting, Nahlah Ayed, Ideas is a podcast that dives deep into contemporary thought and intellectual history - a meeting ground for anyone itching to understand where we are, and how we got here. There are more single-person households in Canada than ever before, but there remains a lingering stigma that still follows the single woman today. This episode examines how throughout history, single women have been vilified, ostracized and shamed. More episodes are available at http://smarturl.it/cbcideas 2020-08-0800 min

The Media ShowGlobal perspectives on the news businessIn a special edition of the show recorded in Edinburgh at the 2018 News Xchange conference, Amol is joined by Nahlah Ayed, CBC foreign correspondent, Phil Chetwynd, AFP global editor-in-chief and Iman Rappetti, eNCA presenter.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper Assistant Producer: Steven Williams 2018-11-1427 min

Back StoryWalking Across a Continent: Nahlah Ayed and The Refugee Crisis, 2015Nahlah Ayed was on the front lines of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.2015-11-0215 min