NEXT AIR DATE: Thursday, November 26 2009

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Listen to a podcast of past episodes from the Munk Centre and check out the post-show web chat:May 28 2009 |
In Quest of More Justice Ontario's human rights tribunals: adjudicating injustice ... or hurt feelings?
April 30 2009 |
Toronto: World Class or Second Class? In 1987, the actor Peter Ustinov called Toronto, New York run by the Swiss. Is it a description that still fits?
February 26 2009 |
Our Illicit Addictions Fighting for a drug-free society or managing our addictions in a complicated world?
January 29 2009 |
Politics in the Classroom The role of professors: transmitters of knowledge or drivers of social change?
November 27 2008 |
Aboriginal Identities at a Crossroads? With more than half of Canada's First Nations now living off-reserve, can the traditional way of life be maintained?
October 30 2008 |
Free Market - Mirror or Distortion? An anthropological take on the free market system: Do free markets accurately reflect human nature?
September 25 2008 |
The Left - Too Many Parties? With 4 parties vying for your vote, what's a centre-left voter to do?
April 24 2008 |
Interrogating "Torture" From coercion to torture in an age of terror.
March 27 2008 |
Is Faith Inevitable? Given that we can't understand everything, do we invoke God to fill those gaps in our knowledge?
February 28 2008 |
"Pak-Ghanistan" How do the troubles of Pakistan and Afghanistan affect each other ... and Canada's mission to Kandahar?
January 31 2008 |
Women in Politics - Is sexism to blame for the lack of women in politics? Or do women themselves simply have other priorities?
November 29 2007 |
Missed Opportunities? - Israel and Palestine: 60 Years On - could history have unfolded differently?
October 25 2007 |
Richard Gwyn | Historic Apathy? - Do Canadians know - or care - about the people who created this country?
September 27 2007 |
MMP vs. FPTP - Everything you ever wanted to know about Ontario's upcoming referendum on electoral reform but were afraid to ask.
April 26 2007 |
The Future of Education in a Digital World - If we had a clean slate, what would a brand new education system look like?
March 29 2007 |
The Psychology of God - In the beginning God created heaven and earth...well, that may have been
our beginning. But when did God start planning this project?
February 22 2007 |
The Long Goodbye to GDP - With climate change on our minds, are there real reasons to re-think the goodness of growth?
January 18 2007 |
How Many Roads to Multiculturalism? - Immigrants don't only adapt to us, they change us, too. But is there such a thing as too much change?