The Barber of Seville CONDUCTOR–James Lowe Johnathan McCullough–Figaro Join Michael in studio to talk Lyric Opera and the wonderful upcoming classic, The Barber of Seville. For more information, please visit- […]

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Religion scholar Joseph Laycock says that even though D&D was once a source of a moral panic, there is nothing satanic about it. Tapestry producer Arman Aghbali brings us the story of one player's attempt to resurrect his character and the spiritual challenge that occurred along the way.

Likening the 100-year-old hospital gown to a prisoner's orange jumpsuit, a prominent British doctor says the "alien, open-at-the-back garment" is in desperate need of a redesign. 

A program pairing a police officer with a mental health worker in Hamilton has reduced the apprehension rate under the Mental Health Act from 75 per cent of calls police respond to for people in crisis to 17 per cent.

Most Canadians are secure knowing that they benefit from universal health care. All you have to do is walk into a clinic or hospital and you will be treated. For an estimated 500,000 people who live and work among us, it’s a different reality.

Susie Goulding knows what it's like to have long COVID. She's been dealing with symptoms since March 2020 and has been pushing governments to better recognize long COVID.

As a little girl, Jennifer Fotheringham was shushed for asking about cancer. As a grown woman, she was dismissed for asking about a mammogram. Now as a cancer survivor, she knows not to be silenced.

Iain White’s mother says her son and other dietary aides are unsung health-care heroes of the pandemic because they plate, prep and serve food to residents while offering connection and companionship.

The American author of Pew spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about writing a novel that examines faith, forgiveness and identity politics.

The German writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel, who chaired the International Booker Prize jury, in 2015.

The academic and author spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about his provocative new novel, Immigrant, Montana.

Climate change and insects, and designing Canada’s lunar rover

Farming fish lose their fertilizer and inoculation against misinformation.

Polar pre-primate, Black in science update and domestication and taming.

A sandwich inspired water filter and 19 ways of looking at consciousness.

"The Einstein Show" marked 100 years since his publication of four papers that changed the laws of physics

For many of us, summer is the time for things like beaches, bike rides, and BBQs. For some scientists, however, summertime is also when they are at their busiest, travelling to remote locations to get up close and personal with nature.

LEDs are found in our phones, TVs, lightbulbs and cars, but this technology is also revolutionizing film and television production.

The pandemic has driven consumers online for everything from groceries to outdoor heaters. But e-commerce experts caution that online sellers are netting not just revenue, but a treasure trove of personal data, too.

On today's social media platforms, people speak in code to elude algorithmic censors, an example of how improvisation reshapes language.

Elvira Kurt and Graham Chittenden have no time to waist when they discuss if belts are superior to suspenders. Then, should everyone move to Hamilton? Gavin Stephens and Ron Sparks bring the Hammer down on each other in their debate for this Ontario city.

It’s the premiere of The Debaters’ 19th season and this is one for the bever-ages! Dave Hemstad and Lisa Baker are in Newfoundland trying to burst each other’s bubble when they decide if Coke is superior to Pepsi. Then, are family doctors overrated? Clifton Cremo and Martha Chaves checkup on these medical professionals.

Myles Anderson and Sean Lecomber troll with the punches when they discuss whether kids should use social media. Then, are stripes superior to polka dots? Rob Pue and Kathleen McGee refuse to be clothed-minded with their patter on these patterns.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh tells CBC Radio's The House that he’s not looking to force an election this fall if the Liberal government follows through on commitments to help women and other marginalized groups affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.

On this week’s show: Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc talks federal funding to get kids back to school safely. Former leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis discusses the future of the Conservative Party and her role in it, and two Canadians weigh in on where the party goes from here. Then, retiring Senator Lillian Dyck discusses her legacy and The House looks back at a week of continuing unrest over police brutality in the United States.

Facebook faces a $2 billion lawsuit over hate speech; Expanse co-author Ty Franck on the role of nuclear fusion in sci-fi universes and the real world; making sense of the connection between respiratory virus outbreaks and invasive Strep A bacterial infections; a theatre director's bid to bring British holiday 'pantos' to Canada; Israeli documentary Tantura confronts an alleged massacre in a Palestinian village; and more.

Comedian Matt Rogers wants Mariah Carey to crown him Prince of Christmas; the best TV of 2022 and what to catch up on over the holidays; why The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best retelling of Scrooge’s story; Revival 69, the improbable rock show that put Canada on the map and helped end the Beatles; and more.

The Day 6 music panel runs down the best pop music of 2022, Hamilton's music director Alex Lacamoire, Bruce Springsteen's original manager Mike Appel on getting the Boss signed to CBS and more.

A childhood full of Christmasses in Wales has left IDEAS producer Tom Howell pining for a certain kind of nostalgic poem this winter. So he turns to poets to put into words a strange feeling of homesickness, nostalgia, and yearning in his documentary, Fireside and Icicles.

Scientists agree that dogs evolved from wolves and were the first domesticated animals. But exactly how that happened is hotly contested. IDEAS contributor Neil Sandell examines the theories and the evolution of the relationship between dogs and humans.

Celebrated Turkish writer Ahmet Altan was freed on April 14, 2021, after international pressure helped secure his release. He’d spent four years and seven months in prison. This episode by IDEAS producer Mary Lynk won an Amnesty International Canada Media Award for outstanding human rights reporting.

In 1919, Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton embarked on a solo mission to paint the World War One battlefields of France and Belgium. A century later, documentary maker Alisa Siegel speaks to the artist's biographer, historians, and art historians to resuscitate Mary Riter Hamilton's art, life, and legacy.

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On International Fruit Day, one of the world's largest fruit producers did something very cheeky. It published a letter to His Holiness seeking apple absolution.

It originated in Tibet. Then made its way onto a yacht. Then took over Canada. How the classic board game of Yahtzee came to be.

[Written by Stephen Wright] Some of the island’s promising boxers competed in the inaugural Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] Development League tournament at Whitney Institute on Saturday [March 9]. The event featured sanctioned fights, masters, corporate and charity bouts, and open sparring for elite and youth competitors. In the men’s junior contests, Qeir Ypaeraguire, of Controversy […]

[Written by Stephen Wright] It’s been exactly 21 years since Bermudian boxer Teresa Perozzi made her professional debut. Perozzi defeated American Nicole Conant by split decision at The Aladdin in Las Vegas in a four-round light-heavyweight contest on March 21, 2003. The southpaw retired almost ten years ago after losing by technical knockout to Kali […]

Some of the island’s promising boxers will compete in the second Bermuda Boxing Development League tournament at Whitney Institute today [May 4]. The event is expected to feature sanctioned fights, masters, corporate and charity bouts, and open sparring for elite and youth competitors. It runs from noon to 4 pm. The BBF hopes to hold […]

Bermudian amateur boxer Adrian Roach said he had to “dig deep” during his bout against Canadian Taverio Stewart in Fight Fest at the Bermuda College at the weekend. Roach earned a split-decision win in the headline contest on the card, which featured local fighters such as Jaylon Roberts, Bruce Perinchief and Ngai Franklin against Canadian […]

Timberlake’s third solo album is all mood and no tension, exclusively foreplay fare.

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