The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

The face of Toronto has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Downtown is now dominated by condos and office towers. And while new life has been breathed into once run-down buildings, there have also been failures. Producer David Mirvish tells Piya Chattopadhyay what Toronto's changing skyline means for the city's cultural landscape.

From the Vancouver Playhouse to Dancap Productions, curtains are falling on Canadian theatre. Producers are struggling to draw crowds to the box office as the tastes of the modern theatre-goer have evolved. David Mirvish joins The Agenda to discuss the state of Canadian theatre.

From the French Revolution to Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, many of our modern questions of food have become moral ones. Should I go organic? Meat or vegetables? Author Adam Gopnik joins Piya Chattopadhyay to explain our obsession with what we're putting in our mouths.

As human beings, food is something we need to survive. But food writer Adam Gopnik says we have a habit of turning our needs into desires. What are the origins of our modern attitudes toward food? Gopnik joins Piya Chattopadhyay to explain the history of the restaurant and why food has become more than just fuel.

Sanjay Gupta has reported from war zones and natural disaster sites. As a foreign correspondent, his obligation is to report the events around him as they unfold. But what are his obligations if an interviewee needs medical attention? How does he balance being a journalist and a doctor when faced with an Iraqi boy in need of brain surgery? Dr. Gupta sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss "Monday Mornings" and his approach to medical journalism.

The changes the internet has brought seem unfathomable. But for all of those developments, there is one area that hasn't changed: our interaction with government. Author Don Tapscott tells Piya Chattopadhyay says that instead of innovating and collaborating, government has lagged behind, becoming slow, out of date and bloated.

As the digital revolution reshapes the once stable ground of traditional media, a new landscape is unfolding. Author and technology advisor Don Tapscott tells Piya Chattopadhyay what will remain after this transition from old to new media.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is one of the most influential women in U.S. history. She was the first female Supreme Court justice, and has continued her influential work by founding a project that works to reintroduce the importance of civic education to American schools. Justice O'Connor tells Piya Chattopadhyay the importance of knowing your role as a citizen, and how her website iCivics is the 21st century way to get young students interested.

Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss why other countries should emulate Canada's model of democracy.

It's a collective message from prominent NHL players: "If you can play, you can play." Homophobia has no place in Canada's game. The You Can Play project was created to honour the memory of Brendan Burke. His father, Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke, sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to tell us how professional sports can move beyond the concept of a "gay athlete," to simply an "athlete."

Bruce Philp says we should stop blaming Madison Avenue and embrace branded marketing. He sees branded marketing as one of the few tools we have to make corporations behave. He tells Piya Chattopadhyay how we can change the world through brands.

Anglo-American capitalism isn't the only game in town. David Rothkopf sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to explain the advantages European and Asian models of capitalism have over the North American system.

Striking a balance between public and private power is in many ways is the defining challenge of our time. In his new book, "Power Inc.," David Rothkopf argues the way forward is to harness corporate resources in the service of individual nations. He joins The Agenda to discuss the balance between public and private.

The present distorts how we look at the past. As strange as it sounds now, the War of 1812 was a conflict between what historian Alan Taylor calls "kindred peoples," Canada and the United States. Alan Taylor tells Steve Paikin why the War of 1812 was really a civil war.

Canada did. No, America. No, Canada. The War of 1812 seems to have ended in a draw. The Agenda examines who really won, and what the war's legacy has meant for North America.