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Season 2005
Alain de Botton discusses his book Status Anxiety which examines our fears over what others think about us and about how we are judged to be either a success or failure.
Alain de Botton discusses his book Status Anxiety which examines our fears over what others think about us and about how we are judged to be either a success or failure.
Leonie Frieda on Catherine de Medici
Leonie Frieda on Catherine de Medici
Jeffery Paine on Re-enchantement: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West
Jeffery Paine on Re-enchantement: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West
Linda McQuaig - Author of "It's the Crude Dude"
Linda McQuaig - Author of "It's the Crude Dude"
Thomas Homer-Dixon on The Ingenuity Gap
Thomas Homer-Dixon on The Ingenuity Gap
2005x6
Lloyd Axworthy on Navigating a New World: Canada's Globa
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Lloyd Axworthy - Author of "Navigating a New World: Canada's Global Future"
Lloyd Axworthy - Author of "Navigating a New World: Canada's Global Future"
Romeo Dallaire - Author of "Shake Hands with the Devil"
Romeo Dallaire - Author of "Shake Hands with the Devil"
Irshad Manji on her book The Trouble with Islam
Irshad Manji on her book The Trouble with Islam
Naomi Klein of her book Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
Naomi Klein of her book Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
Noam Chomsky delivers a lecture entitled "The Imperial Presidency" at a benefit for Canadian Dimension Magazine.
Noam Chomsky delivers a lecture entitled "The Imperial Presidency" at a benefit for Canadian Dimension Magazine.
Allan Antliff on his book Only a Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology
Allan Antliff on his book Only a Beginning: An Anarchist Anthology
As part of the Living Literacies conference Susan Sontag addresses the subject, The Crisis in Literary Studies.
As part of the Living Literacies conference Susan Sontag addresses the subject, The Crisis in Literary Studies.
Bjorn Lomborg of Aarhaus University (Denmark) and author of "The Skeptical Enviromentalist" talks about the Copenhagen Consensus.
Bjorn Lomborg of Aarhaus University (Denmark) and author of "The Skeptical Enviromentalist" talks about the Copenhagen Consensus.
Elaine Dewar on her book The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality
Elaine Dewar on her book The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality
2005x15
Michael Ignatieff, American Exceptionalism and Human Rights
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Michael Ignatieff on American Exceptionalism and Human Rights
Michael Ignatieff on American Exceptionalism and Human Rights
Ronald Wright on A Short History of Progress
Ronald Wright on A Short History of Progress
Soli Ozel of Istanbul Bilgi University on Turkey and the Global Context
Soli Ozel of Istanbul Bilgi University on Turkey and the Global Context
Ahmet Evin on Turkey and EU Accession
Ahmet Evin on Turkey and EU Accession
Longin Pastursiak (President of the Senate of the Republic of Poland) on A New World Order
Longin Pastursiak (President of the Senate of the Republic of Poland) on A New World Order
Mel Hurtig on his book Rushing to Armageddon.
Mel Hurtig on his book Rushing to Armageddon.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, Charles Taylor, on Religion and Violence.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, Charles Taylor, on Religion and Violence.
Ruth Wisse on Serious Thoughts on Jewish Humour.
Ruth Wisse on Serious Thoughts on Jewish Humour.
Arthur Herman on his book To Rule the Waves - How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World.
Arthur Herman on his book To Rule the Waves - How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World.
Istvan Deak of Columbia University on Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna: Three Capitals on the Itinerary of the Soviet Red Army
Istvan Deak of Columbia University on Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna: Three Capitals on the Itinerary of the Soviet Red Army
Architect Daniel Libeskind on Breaking Ground
Architect Daniel Libeskind on Breaking Ground
Philip Ball on Chemistry and Colour in Art.
Philip Ball on Chemistry and Colour in Art.
Liam Kennedy of School of History at Queen's University (Belfast) on Cry Holocaust: The Great Irish Famine and the Jewish Holocaust.
Liam Kennedy of School of History at Queen's University (Belfast) on Cry Holocaust: The Great Irish Famine and the Jewish Holocaust.
Charlotte Gray, Author of "The Museum Called Canada"
Charlotte Gray, Author of "The Museum Called Canada"
Geoff Heinricks, author of A Fool and Forty Acres, and Gina Mallet, author of Last Chance to Eat
Geoff Heinricks, author of A Fool and Forty Acres, and Gina Mallet, author of Last Chance to Eat
Tariq Ramadan on The Ethics of Citizenship, Democracy and the Future of Islam
Tariq Ramadan on The Ethics of Citizenship, Democracy and the Future of Islam
2005x31
Alan Dershowitz on Two Peoples, Two States, One Reality
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Alan Dershowitz on Two Peoples, Two States, One Reality
Alan Dershowitz on Two Peoples, Two States, One Reality
Malcolm Gladwell on his book Blink: Thin-slicing, Snap Judgments, and the Power of Thinking Without Thinking.
Malcolm Gladwell on his book Blink: Thin-slicing, Snap Judgments, and the Power of Thinking Without Thinking.
2005x33
Longxi Zhang on The Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability
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Longxi Zhang of City University of Hong Kong: The Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability
Longxi Zhang of City University of Hong Kong: The Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability
Journalist Christopher Hitchens lectures about Iran, North Korea and Iraq, otherwise known as the Axis of Evil.
Journalist Christopher Hitchens lectures about Iran, North Korea and Iraq, otherwise known as the Axis of Evil.
2005x35
Jeffrey Simpson on Canada's Global Agenda At Home and Abroad
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Jeffrey Simpson on Canada's Global Agenda At Home and Abroad
Jeffrey Simpson on Canada's Global Agenda At Home and Abroad
John Kenneth Galbraith on Legacy for the 21st Century
John Kenneth Galbraith on Legacy for the 21st Century
2005x37
High Style: Cultural Politics and the History of High Heel
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Elizabeth Semmelhack, the curator of the Bata Shoe Museum on High Style: Cultural Politics and the History of High Heel
Elizabeth Semmelhack, the curator of the Bata Shoe Museum on High Style: Cultural Politics and the History of High Heel
Michael Adams, author of Fire and Ice: The US, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values.
Michael Adams, author of Fire and Ice: The US, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values.
Taiaiake Alfred on Native Self Government
Taiaiake Alfred on Native Self Government
L'Oreille Fine Performance and Culture of New Music - Linda Catlin Smith, Gary Michael Dault, John Bentley Mays, Mark Kingwell, Wayne Koestenbaum, Jordan Peterson, Russel Smith, Jan Zwicky
L'Oreille Fine Performance and Culture of New Music - Linda Catlin Smith, Gary Michael Dault, John Bentley Mays, Mark Kingwell, Wayne Koestenbaum, Jordan Peterson, Russel Smith, Jan Zwicky
2005x41
David Bornstein on The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship
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David Bornstein on The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship and the Rise of the Citizen Sector
David Bornstein on The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship and the Rise of the Citizen Sector
Wade Rowland on Greed Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We let It Happen
Wade Rowland on Greed Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We let It Happen
Tariq Ali on his book Street-fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
Tariq Ali on his book Street-fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
Steve Coll on Ghost Wars: The secret History of the CIA, Afghnistan and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Union to Sept 10/01
Steve Coll on Ghost Wars: The secret History of the CIA, Afghnistan and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Union to Sept 10/01
University of Toronto professor Todd Lawson on Islam and the Life of the Mind.
University of Toronto professor Todd Lawson on Islam and the Life of the Mind.
Daniel Pipes on Radical Islam and the War on Terror
Daniel Pipes on Radical Islam and the War on Terror
Bishop John Shelby Spong on The Sins of Scripture: Beyond Texts of Hate to the God of Love.
Bishop John Shelby Spong on The Sins of Scripture: Beyond Texts of Hate to the God of Love.
2005x48
Menachem Brinker on The Miracle of the Revival of Hebrew
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Menachem Brinker on The Miracle of the Revival of Hebrew
Menachem Brinker on The Miracle of the Revival of Hebrew
David Lindberg on The Floretine Heretic
David Lindberg on The Floretine Heretic
Simon Blackburn on Is Truth Worth the Fuss? A Guide for the Perplexed.
Simon Blackburn on Is Truth Worth the Fuss? A Guide for the Perplexed.
Warren Thorngate lectures on "The Economics of Attention"
Warren Thorngate lectures on "The Economics of Attention"
Michael Collins lectures on "In Search of Elegance"
Michael Collins lectures on "In Search of Elegance"
Michael W. Higgins gives a lecture on saintliness.
Michael W. Higgins gives a lecture on saintliness.
Dan McIntyre gives a lecture on language and consciousness.
Dan McIntyre gives a lecture on language and consciousness.
Rob Bowman gives a lecture on the cultural history of the song "Try a Little Tenderness"
Rob Bowman gives a lecture on the cultural history of the song "Try a Little Tenderness"
Mark Kingwell on his book Nothing for Granted
Mark Kingwell on his book Nothing for Granted
Arne Kislenko on World War II and Russia
Arne Kislenko on World War II and Russia
Barry Callaghan on his book of essays, Raise You Five
Barry Callaghan on his book of essays, Raise You Five
Robert Adams on the novel The Island Walkers
Robert Adams on the novel The Island Walkers
2005x60
Season finale
Robert Adams on Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane
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Robert Adams on Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane
Robert Adams on Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane
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