The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

After a 35-year political career Bob Rae is leaving politics. Bob Rae tells Steve Paikin why he's leaving politics, what he will do next and what is next for the future of the Liberal Party of Canada.

For nearly four years, he has been Washington's man in Canada. Last month he announced the end of his tenure as the 29th United States Ambassador to Canada. Outgoing Ambassador David Jacobson sits down with Steve Paikin to reflect on his time in Canada.

We've all had run-ins with the occasional rude person - someone refuses to give their seat to a pregnant woman on a subway car; a biker knocks over a pedestrian on the sidewalk. But is it etiquette that's changed, or are we just ruder than we've ever been?

The Cape Farewell project began in 2001 to initiate a cultural response to climate change. This led to the creation of an international, not-for-profit programme that seeks to engage the public on climate change by bringing together scientists with artists and provoke a cultural shift on issues relating to the environment. Cape Farewell's founder David Buckland sits down with Steve Paikin for a feature interview.

Ta'Kaiya Blaney is an environmentalist, who also happens to be 12 years old. She joins Steve Paikin to talk about her commitment to addressing climate change.

Artist Robert Bateman sits down with Steve Paikin to discuss his career and art, and his current project, connecting children with nature.

From a former Lord to the merits and drawbacks of choosing to go childless, The Agenda brings you our Week in Review.

In spite of significant social pressures to have children, a growing number of couples are choosing to remain "childless by choice." For many people the cost of raising kids is a major factor in their choice, but having fewer children also has economic implications for society. To breed, or not to breed, that is the question.

Marla Sokolowski of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research explores how the hardships that some children face, including poverty, poor nutrition or neglect, can lead to biological changes that make them more susceptible to health problems - changes that they may then pass along to their own kids.

As protests and social unrest spread from a public park in Istanbul to cities and towns throughout Turkey, The Agenda examines the leadership of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and assess his triumphs, troubles and Turkey's future.

Filmmaker Ann Shin sits down with Steve Paikin for a feature interview to discuss her new documentary airing on TVO, "The Defector: Escape from North Korea," which follows two North Korean defectors and their smuggler on a perilous journey through northern China to freedom in South Korea. Shin discusses the making of the film and the dangers facing defectors who escape the Hermit Kingdom.

Criminal defense attorney Pat Harris has defended some famous (and infamous) clients over the years. That experience showed him how the law works, and how it sometimes doesn't. Pat Harris sits down with The Agenda to detail why he believes these flaws are corroding the American justice system.

A media mogul. A captain of industry. A member of the British House of Lords. A correctional inmate. And now Conrad Black is widely regarded as a solid historian. His newest book is called "Flight of the Eagle: A Strategic History of the United States." He visits The Agenda to talk about American history, his past and his future.

US criminal defense attorney Pat Harris talks about representing some of his more famous clients, including Michael Jackson, and whether or not Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can get a fair trial.

With news of secret surveillance programs and deleted emails, the conflict between the demand for transparency and the need for secrecy is heating up again. Are the expectations around government transparency reasonable or do citizens need to accept some opacity in order for government to do its job?