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Is human intelligence overrated?
Our brains tell us human intelligence is unique in understanding this complicated world — that our intellects make us superior to animals. But after years of studying dolphins and other marine creatures, Justin Gregg has come to the conclusion that the human brain isn’t as great as it thinks it is.
Radio Ideas 6 hours ago
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How to get tickets to attend Alex Neve's 2025 CBC Massey Lectures
Radio Ideas July 14
IDEAS AFTERNOON
Polarizing times call for Nietzsche's practice of 'passing by'
Radio Ideas July 14
IDEAS SERIES
UN's Declaration of Human Rights is over 75 years old — time for a refresh
Radio Ideas July 11
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What new rights need to be included in the UN's Declaration?
Radio Ideas July 11
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Is our right to freedom of expression limitless?
Radio Ideas July 10

Why are refugee rights not protected equally?

Radio Ideas July 10

Is our right to privacy meaningless in this tech age?

Radio Ideas July 8

IDEAS AFTERNOON

Why are women still outsiders in the trades?

Radio Ideas July 7

How did the Taj Mahal turn into a bouncy castle?

Radio Ideas July 4

Behind the eyes and in the land: What Tom Thomson saw, and what he may have missed

Radio Ideas July 3

Demystifying the mysterious death of great Canadian painter, Tom Thomson

Radio Ideas July 2

Why Canadian patriotism right now isn't blind nationalism

Radio Ideas June 30

O Canada and beaver perfume: Joyce Wieland's art embodies the heart of Canadian pride

Radio Ideas June 30

IDEAS AFTERNOON

'We come from the sea': American artist Joan Jonas on the pull of oceans and Cape Breton

Radio Ideas June 30

Voices of a silenced history: inside Bulgaria's Gulag

Radio Ideas June 27

Why do people hate?

Radio Ideas June 25

Maria Chapdelaine: one of the most widely read French books you've never heard of

Radio Ideas June 24

How Jaws made us believe great white sharks are villains in real life

Radio Ideas June 23

IDEAS AFTERNOON

How the colour blue tells the story of Black history, from racism to joy

Radio Ideas June 23

Truth, reconciliation, democracy: Connie Walker's career connects them all

Radio Ideas June 20

How Latin translation made Western philosophers famous

Radio Ideas June 19

Inside our loneliness epidemic

Radio Ideas June 19

Perdita Felicien on how to navigate life's biggest hurdles

Radio Ideas June 17

IDEAS and Toronto's Crow's Theatre explore 'urgent' problems of our times

Radio Ideas June 17

Who's drawn to fascism? Postwar study of authoritarianism makes a comeback

Radio Ideas June 16

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