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| Friday, February 13th 2015 |
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Thomas King is best known as a novelist, but in 2012 he published a nonfiction book that went on to win some of this country's biggest literary awards. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America is a humourous but scathing account of the bad relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people on the continent. And it's one of the books in this year's Canada Reads competition. Shelagh Rogers spoke with Thomas King when The
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Inconvenient Indian was first published. He says the history of native people in North America proves the line between fact and fiction is often a blurry one. You can hear Shelagh Rogers’ interview with King Monday on The Next Chapter, at 1 p.m., 1:30 NT.
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New Canadian research suggests kids with autism are entirely unique from one another. Even in families where more than one sibling is autistic, the underlying genetics of the condition can be very different. Anna Maria Tremonti will talk to one mother whose two youngest sons couldn't be any more different, even though they've been diagnosed with the same type of autism. And scientists discuss how this new research changes their understanding of how we should diagnose
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those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and the need to develop tailor-made treatments. Don’t miss The Current, Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. NT.
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What's more challenging, to be very tall or very short? Six-foot-five-inch Sunee Dhaliwal tries to convince three-foot-six-inch Tanyalee Davis that he has a harder row to hoe. And right in the middle, as usual, is hilarious host Steve Patterson. That’s on The Debaters, Saturday at 1 p.m., 1:30 NT.
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Actor Kevin Costner reflects on playing the good guy and responds to concerns that many of his films — including his latest projects, McFarland and Black or White — reinforce racial stereotypes and the trope of the so-called 'white knight'. Join guest host Rachel Geise on Q, Tuesday at 10 a.m., 10:30 NT.
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1963 was a time of great change in the United States. CBC Radio commissioned a young writer named Austin Clarke to make a documentary about Harlem, to find out what conditions were like for the African-Americans who lived there. The documentary became a classic. You can hear part one on Rewind with Michael Enright, Thursday at 2 p.m., 2:30 NT. (Part 2 will air Feb. 26th)
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