If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again – is this the strategy of the United States in Iran? While critics and commentators tackle the US war in Iraq hoping to find a workable solution to political stability and ethnic violence, recent pronouncements by US officials have been racheting up the pressure . . . → Read More: October 11, 2007: Church And State
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Here in Canada we often have the misconception that we have virtually unlimited amounts of water. We don’t usually think about the processes that go on in order to get the water to our homes, and we certainly don’t think about what happens to it after it goes down the drain. Unfortunately, almost everything . . . → Read More: August 23, 2007: Summer In A Jar In the summer months, extreme weather seems to be constantly in the news. In the past month we’ve heard about heat waves in Europe, snow in South America and flooding in southeast Asia – and the descriptions always come with a comparison to the hottest, coldest or wettest conditions on record. But we don’t . . . → Read More: August 9, 2007: Together We’re Better Matt Street discusses post-war immigration from the perspective of two of his grandparents, both of whom travelled by sea from England to Canada and arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax. Brittany interviews Rob Stewart about marine conservation issues. In particular, they look at the important role sharks play in maintaining ecosystem relationships in the . . . → Read More: July 26, 2007: Oceans, From Above And Below “Whatever it is, you can get it on eBay”. But what if IT is an illegal product from an endangered species? A recent study on the sale of ivory on eBay found numerous cases worldwide of ivory for sale that fell afoul of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, as well as . . . → Read More: July 12, 2007: Trails And Tails In a follow-up to our previous stories on global environmental change, Matt interviews a representative of the Climate Project started by Al Gore, which is an effort to to communicate climate change science to a larger number of people, going beyond his documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. Also, Nate dives into the world of . . . → Read More: June 28, 2007: The Blue Revolution Our first bilingual show! John Wall reports from Chicoutimi, Quebec where he has been taking part in a French immersion course for the past five weeks. The program, based at the Universite de Quebec a Chicoutimi (UQAC) and funded through the federal-provincial “Explore” bursary, involves intensive study of both French language and Quebecois culture. . . . → Read More: June 14, 2007: Parlons Francais! This week’s show focuses on how we perceive and subjectively experience the world around us. Matt Street chats with Mark MacLean, a Certified Trainer of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). They discuss how our view of the world is shaped by our own thoughts, words and gestures… “the map is not the territory!” John Wall and . . . → Read More: April 26, 2007: Perceiving Our World Carol discusses the climate change documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth” with Carleton professors Mike Pisaric and Patricia Ballamingie. They cover the film’s scientific highs and lows, discuss how critics have tried to discredit the film, and share their broader perspectives on how media coverage of climate issues affects both political and personal actions for . . . → Read More: April 19, 2007: Politics in the Arts An eclectic mix! In an extended version of ‘In Digestion’, Carol discusses bananas and the international food economy with Tony Weis of the University of Western Ontario. John Wall kicks off a series of features on social and environmental issues in popular movies by sharing his own research findings on how nature is represented . . . → Read More: April 5, 2007: Banana Production & ‘Nature’ In Films |
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