The Sunday Edition from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Summary: CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition is a lively three-hour program of conversation, documentaries and music. Michael Enright, an accomplished journalist and broadcaster, is the host and tackles everything from politics to pop culture, in Canada and around the world.
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Podcasts:
Tim Flannery on climate change: (00:00:31) In praise of the humble donkey: (00:28:43) Justice Lynn Smith: (00:41:11)
A salute to the losers - Michael's essay: (00:00:35) How much is Justin Trudeau like his famous father?: (00:04:28) Elegy for a campaign: (00:37:58) Elizabeth May: (00:40:40) Margaret MacMillan: (01:01:35) A letter from a listener: (01:25:18)
The politics of fear - Michael's essay: (00:00:34) What didn't you hear?: (00:05:27) Listener mail - Cities: (00:37:21) The failed promise of digital democracy?: (00:42:43) What's next if no party gets a majority?: (01:11:07)
Voting while disabled - Michael's essay: (00:00:33) The state of our cities: (00:04:54) Listener mail: (00:35:47) Cherry harvest: (00:41:04) Divisive campaign tactics: (00:48:17) Helen Weinzweig: (01:05:21)
Arsing around with the New York Times crossword (00:00:35) What are Canadian values and who decides? (00:04:41) Workers pay high price after marathon Crown Can strike (00:51:32) Listener mail (01:16:55) Bill Lee talks Blue Jay fever (01:23:26)
Yogi Berra (34 sec) Medicare (5:07) Alice in Wonderland (44:23) Mail (1:26:18)
Tweets and pols; Gay dads; German generosity; Speer's daughter; Women should stop saying "sorry"
Germany's warm embrace of Syrian refugees: Michael talks to Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper, about why Germany is flinging open its doors to refugees.
Michael speaks with author and columnist Sloane Crosley on why women feel the need to apologize.
We hear from listeners who both agree and disagree with Michael's essay, and others who were moved by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire's poem "Home".
Listeners on last week's discussion about the dearth of inspirational language in the ongoing election.
Michael on how we are turning into a nation of "hall monitors" who jump on every thoughtless remark ever made by a would-be politician.
The story of the first gay couple in Canada to co-adopt two children.
Stephen Lewis, Lorna Crozier and Joseph Heath join Michael to discuss why there's no poetry in our politics.
Ireland Park memorializes the waves of refugees who fled the Irish famine. It's a potent symbol of our history of sheltering "the wretched of the earth."
