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| Friday, February 27th 2015 |
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THE ENRIGHT FILES - Memories of the US civil rights movement
Michael Enright speaks with long-time US Congressman John Lewis who is a former leader of the civil rights movement. He recalls the epochal march for black voting rights from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery 50 years ago this month. And Toronto filmmaker Paul Saltzman tells of going to Mississippi in the 1960s to help the civil rights cause, being beaten by a Ku Klux Klan member, and more than four decades later, trying to reconcile with the man who assaulted him.
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SEX AND THE SISTERHOOD
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 can be viewed on a cellphone by 10 year-olds. Feminist and sexologist,Leonore Tiefer first spoke with IDEAS producerMary O'Connell in 2007 about our "hypersexual" culture. In this updated episode, the activist and educator has more insights and a new cause: opposing a Viagra for women
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ZIONISM FROM WITHIN, Part 1
Since appearing on the international stage in the 19th century, Zionism has evoked extreme positions across the political spectrum. And nowhere have its meaning and aims been more hotly debated than amongst Zionists themselves. Frank Faulk speaks with self-described Zionists about the movement's troubled history and the current struggle over its meaning.
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END OF THE DIAL
Newspapers, publishing and the recording industry may all be in deep trouble from online media. But pronouncements about the death of radio are premature. Contributor Garth Mullins believes we're actually witnessing the dawning of a radio renaissance.
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MOSES ZNAIMER`S IDEACITY CONFERENCE - Augmenting Ourselves
ideacity is a three-day gathering of minds held each June in Toronto, produced and presented by Moses Znaimer. In this episode: Humans love tools, and speakers explore new devices for doing things -- maybe even leaving the earth.
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Ideas in the Afternoon - Friday, March 6 at 1:00 pm
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD: Frederick II, Part 2He 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 -- some 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.
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