The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Ontario's Public Media ...
The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Ontario's Public Media Broadcaster.
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Peter Toohey: Jealousy, Virtuous Vice
Stories of jealousy stretch across the ages. It's a recurring ...
Stories of jealousy stretch across the ages. It's a recurring theme in mythology and literature. "The green-eyed monster, which doth mock," as Iago puts it in Shakespeare's Othello, has evolved with us, despite the pain and suffering it causes. Peter Toohey, professor of classics in the department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, offers a defense of the not-always-deadly sin in his book "Jealousy." He sits down with The Agenda in the Summer to discuss how this emotion helps us as much as it harms.
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Rich Terfry: The Amazing Tales of Buck 65
Musician Rich Terfry, a.k.a Buck 65 and host of CBC ...
Musician Rich Terfry, a.k.a Buck 65 and host of CBC Radio 2's Drive, joins The Agenda for a feature interview on his new memoir "Wicked and Weird: The Amazing Tales of Buck 65," a candid, funny and often harrowing look at the experiences that went into building Terfry's alter ego. From ambitions of playing professional baseball to travelling the world as Buck 65, Terfry shares his struggles and reflects on his wicked and weird life.
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Timothy Caulfield: Cult of Celebrity
Timothy Caulfield, author of "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? ...
Timothy Caulfield, author of "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash" returns to The Agenda in the Summer to discuss the impulse to become famous, and the lengths people will go to reach for the stars. He'll also examine the ramifications of celebrities using their soap box to promote social change.
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Timothy Caulfield: Are Celebrities Bad for Your Health?
In "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture ...
In "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash," author Timothy Caulfield explores the influence celebrities have on our health. Are cleanses, detoxes, and going gluten-free the path to a healthier body? Why do we associate being beautiful with being happy? He joins Piya Chattopadhyay for a feature conversation. Caulfield is also professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health as well as research director of the Health Law and Science Policy Group at the University of Alberta.
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Plum Johnson: They Left Us Everything
Author Plum Johnson's memoir "They Left Us Everything" draws a ...
Author Plum Johnson's memoir "They Left Us Everything" draws a family portrait centered around the mementos and artifacts that make up a person's life. After nearly 20 years of caring for her elderly parents, Johnson and her brothers begin to deal with the grief and solace of their loss, as well as the selling of their family home and its valued possessions. Johnson joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss how she dealt with loss, and the legacy she was left with. Johnson is also the winner of this year's RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction.
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Edmond Dixon: Why Are Boys Behind in School?
Why are boys falling behind girls in the classroom? That's ...
Why are boys falling behind girls in the classroom? That's the mood among some parents and educators struggling to get their male students engaged with learning. Edmond Dixon, author of "Helping Boys Learn," shares six secrets to get boys motivated in the classroom and other lessons he's learned from his 30-plus years in teaching.
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Katherine Young: The Trouble with Men
Katherine K. Young, co-author of "Replacing Misandry: A Revolutionary History ...
Katherine K. Young, co-author of "Replacing Misandry: A Revolutionary History of Men," returns to The Agenda for the second part of her conversation with Piya Chattophyay. Young explains how the role of men was changed by the sexual and reproductive revolutions of the 20th century. She also explains how these changes shaped the way we view masculinity and fatherhood.
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Mona Eltahawy: An Arab Sexual Revolution?
Mona Eltahawy returns to The Agenda in the Summer for ...
Mona Eltahawy returns to The Agenda in the Summer for the second part of her conversation with Piya Chattopadhyay on her book "Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution." She explains how her feminism evolved, why she supports the ban on face veiling that exists in some countries, and why people in the Middle East need to talk more openly about sex.
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Mona Eltahawy: Headscarves and Hymens
Author and journalist Mona Eltahawy's essay "Why Do They Hate ...
Author and journalist Mona Eltahawy's essay "Why Do They Hate Us?" was a searing indictment of a culture of misogyny and outright hatred of women in the Middle East that sparked major controversy when it was published in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. She expands on that thesis in her book "Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution," arguing that the Arab world desperately needs to end its oppression of women. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay for a feature interview.
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Shantha Rau Barriga: Disability Rights Around the World
Shantha Rau Barriga, Director of Disability Rights for Human Rights ...
Shantha Rau Barriga, Director of Disability Rights for Human Rights Watch, joins Piya Chattopadhyay for a feature conversation on the global state of rights for people with disabilities. She highlights the challenges and superstitions that mar the lives of people with disabilities in countries like Ghana, Russia and India, and highlights some of the successes in bringing greater visibility to the issue.
