IDEAS Schedule for February 23 - 27

Update Preferences     Unsubscribe     Questions/Feedback Friday, February 20th 2015 Monday, February 23 YOU ARE HERE ...but how do you know exactly where you are?  And then how do you know how to get from there...to somewhere else?  IDEAS producer Dave Redel explores new ideas about why some people are wizards at navigation, while others get completely lost. Tuesday, February 24 WHO WROTE SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS? Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, conducts the trial of the century. An all-star cast of lawyers (and a few actors) examine the evidence about the Man from Stratford. It's an age-old question: did Shakespeare write the plays he's credited for? And if not him -- then who? Wednesday, February 25 THE WONDER OF THE WORLD: Frederick II, Part 2 He was a monarch like no other: he was a poet, a lover of science, and in his court multicultural collaboration and innovation were a matter of policy. Damiano Pietropaolo situates the life of Frederick II in his own day and highlights his achievements against the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and fractious Europe in our own day. Thursday, February 26 CONSENT TO HARM, Part 2 "Yes means yes. No means no."  Giving consent seems straightforward. But what we're allowed to consent to is actually deeply fraught territory. And it gets especially fraught when the question of sex enters the equation. The general rule of thumb under the eyes of the law is that a person cannot consent to harm. IDEAS producer Nicola Luksic meets with two women who challenge that understanding. Friday, February 27 MOSES ZNAIMER`S IDEACITY CONFERENCE - Extending Ourselves ideacity is a three-day gathering of minds held each June in Toronto, produced and presented by Moses Znaimer. IDEAS features highlights from last year's conference. In this episode: Higher, faster, stronger, and more daring. Speakers wonder just what are our physical limits. Ideas in the Afternoon - Friday, February 27 at 1:00 pm THE WONDER OF THE WORLD: Frederick II, Part 1 He was a monarch like no other: he was a poet, a lover of science, and in his court multicultural collaboration and innovation were a matter of policy. Muslim, Jewish and Christians courtiers formed what some historians have claimed was the first modern bureaucracy -- others have even called him the first European leader.Damiano Pietropaolo situates the life of Frederick II in his own day and highlights his achievements against the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and fractious Europe in our own day.