CBC Radio One newsletter, Feb. 27, 2015

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Update Preferences     Unsubscribe     Questions/Feedback Friday, February 27th 2015 IDEAS There was a time when the word "impotent" rarely appeared in psychological literature. Today, ads for Viagra and erectile dysfunction are everywhere. Four decades ago, women rallied against pornography; today, porn is so accessible it can be viewed on a cell phone by 10-year-olds. Feminist and sexologist Leonore Tiefer first spoke with Ideas producer Mary O'Connell in 2007 about our "hypersexual" culture.   In an update of that interview, the activist and educator has more insights and a new cause: opposing a form of Viagra for women. Don’t miss Ideas with host Paul Kennedy, Tuesday at 9 p.m., 9:30 NT. SPARK What happens to all the stuff we put online? Some people are concerned that it ‘lives’ there forever. But what happens if it doesn’t? Google V.P. Vint Cerf worries about a ‘digital dark age’ — how all digital information could become meaningless if it's not properly preserved. Nora Young will talk to Dag Spicer of the Computer History Museum about what's at stake.  And she’ll take a look at tweet deleters — people who use software to automatically delete their tweets after a set period of time. Find out why some people are choosing make their tweets self-destruct, and what gets lost when you erase the digital past. That’s on Spark, Wednesday at 2 p.m., 2:30 NT. CROSS COUNTRY CHECKUP Youth unemployment in some parts of Canada is up to three times higher than the regular unemployment rate. But many businesses say they still struggle to find workers with the right skills. Are young people getting the post-secondary education they need? Join host Rex Murphy for Cross Country Checkup, live from Algonquin College in Pembroke, Ontario, Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. THE CURRENT Meg Hickling is a pioneer in sexual health education. She's spent 40 years educating kids about their bodies and teaching parents how to talk about sexual health; she thinks it’s time provinces like Ontario catch up to what's being taught in provinces like B.C.  Hickling will speak to Anna Maria Tremonti about public resistance to updating sex ed in schools, Tuesday on The Current at 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. NT. Q The Riot Grrrl movement was given a shot in the arm this year as the iconic group Sleater Kinney got back together to release their stunning new record, No Cities to Love. Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss will be in Studio Q to perform from the record and sit down for a chat with guest host Talia Schlanger. Tune in to Q on Wednesday at 10 a.m. & 10 p.m., 10:30 NT. MORE ON RADIO ONE