Ideas
IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time.
With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring the IDEAS that make us who we are.
New episodes drop Monday through Friday at 5pm ET.
Latest Episode
#3: How a dispute can lead to unity (20.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- #2: What we can learn from our conversations with strangers 19.08.2025
- #1: Why we need to have a conversation about conversations 18.08.2025
- What a cultural genocide took from Indigenous people in Canada 15.08.2025
- How inequality is undermining liberal democracy 14.08.2025
- Why the power of technology relies on an adaptive mindset 13.08.2025
- How to think for ourselves — is it even possible? 12.08.2025
- A better world needs to be built on empathy: human rights scholar 11.08.2025
- Making space for moments of joy in dark times 08.08.2025
- Why is it so hard to embrace leisure time? 07.08.2025
- Why music — even sad music — is 'inherently joyful' 06.08.2025
- Why philosophy needs to ditch class, and go to a pub 05.08.2025
- How to flourish in a broken world 04.08.2025
- A lesson in hope and why we need to slow down 01.08.2025
- Who owns Outer Space? 31.07.2025
- Making the case for what a university could and should be 30.07.2025
- Why are women still outsiders in the trades? 29.07.2025
- Why doesn't our healthcare include the well-being of doctors? 28.07.2025
- How poetry offers insight into the meaning of life 25.07.2025
- How a novel saved the Inuktitut language from disappearing 24.07.2025
- Decades on, David Suzuki sees the same problem: human-first mindset (via Front Burner) 23.07.2025
