Ideas (radio show)

Ideas (radio show)

"Ideas" is a long running scholarly radio documentary show on CBC Radio One. Premiering in 1965 under the title "The Best Ideas You'll Hear Tonight," it is currently hosted by Paul Kennedy and is on between 9:05 and 10:00 each weekday evening.

The show describes itself as a radio program on contemporary thought. The subject matter of the shows varies, but music, philosophy, science, religion, and especially history are common topics. The show has won many plaudits for its quality and depth.

The series is notable for soliciting programming proposals from people who are not professional broadcasters, and having the successful applicants write and host their own documentaries (aided in production by CBC staff producers). Many "Ideas" programs are multi-part, with two, three, four, or more fifty-five minute programs devoted to a single topic. Transcripts and audio recordings of many programs are made available, and sold directly by the CBC.

Notable CBC staff producers who have been associated with the program include Bernie Lucht, Geraldine Sherman, and David Cayley. Individual programs are produced at CBC Radio One facilities across Canada. Documentarian William Whitehead also wrote or cowrote a number of shows for "Ideas".

A television version for CBC Newsworld, "Ideas on TV," was short-lived. The book "Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds", edited by Bernie Lucht, commemorated the series' 40th anniversary.

The show broadcasts Canada's annual Massey Lectures and Lafontaine-Baldwin Lecture. Audio downloads of many episodes are available from the CBC website, as well as via the CBC Ideas podcast, which was, by popular demand, one of the first to be included in the network's large podcasting initiative begun in 2005. Many episodes are also available for sale on audio CD.

Hosts

*Ken Haslam -1965 to mid 70s
*Russ Germain- mid 70s to 1983
*Lister Sinclair - 1983 to 1999
*Paul Kennedy - 1999 - to present

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/ Ideas website]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/podcast.html CBC Ideas Podcast website]


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