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Cuba grapples with the uncertain future of a national symbol, the cigar
For many people around the world, Cuban cigars are a luxury. But for Cubans, they’ve symbolized the country’s rich history and culture. Now as an economic crisis is gripping the country and people are leaving, the cigar is a bellwether of Cuba's uncertain future.
Radio Ideas February 28
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Our Bodies, Our Cells: An audio exploration of life's building blocks
Radio Ideas February 27
LISTEN
The UN at 80: Successes, hopes, failures, and challenges
Radio Ideas February 26
LISTEN
Remember the last time Canada feared the U.S. would swallow it up?
Radio Ideas February 25
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We're all just winging it: improvisation in jazz, comedy and life
Radio Ideas February 24
IDEAS AFTERNOON
Dreaming of Better: Living with bipolar disorder
Radio Ideas February 24

Where does today's anti-elitism come from? Antisemitism, says Adam Gopnik

Radio Ideas February 21

How the outdoors inspired women to become trailblazers

Radio Ideas February 21

Why Anglo fans argue poet Émile Nelligan deserves iconic status beyond Quebec

Radio Ideas February 20

As biodiversity declines, researchers race to name millions of species unknown to science

Radio Ideas February 20

Writer Adam Gopnik on the evolution of antisemitism into anti-urbanism

Radio Ideas February 19

Swinging and singing: How the violin speaks to us

Radio Ideas February 17

IDEAS AFTERNOON

'So much more to learn:' Inuk rights defender Aaju Peter on becoming a student again

Radio Ideas February 18

Why some women are saying 'I don't' to unequal marriages

Radio Ideas February 14

CBC podcast host Geoff Turner delves into his troubled relationship with alcohol

Radio Ideas February 13

Rights vs Deservingness: How we decide who is in and who is out

Radio Ideas February 12

North on North: Stories from the only independent publisher in the Canadian Arctic

Radio Ideas February 10

IDEAS AFTERNOON

How Henry Box Brown escaped slavery in a box and became a subversive magician

Radio Ideas February 10

Trailblazer and activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a force in Canada's Black history

Radio Ideas February 7

Indigenous journalist calls for a revolution to address the failure of reconciliation

Radio Ideas February 6

'Here lived Chava Rosenfarb' : A profile of the Canadian Yiddish writer

Radio Ideas February 5

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

Radio Ideas February 4

IDEAS AFTERNOON

Big Zodiac: the soaring popularity — and profits — of astrology

Radio Ideas February 3

Could group therapy help cure the mental health crisis?

Radio Ideas January 31

Loving your country in the 21st century (Step Two)

Radio Ideas February 3

Becoming Aaju Peter: A guardian of Inuk language and culture

Radio Ideas January 29

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