Allan Gregg in Conversation (Audio)
Summary: For the past twelve years, contributing editor and host Allan Gregg has had in-depth conversations with some of the world's most prominent authors, artists, and cutting-edge thinkers. "Whether the subject is evolutionary paleontology or the culture of amateur hockey, whether our guests are household names like Adrienne Clarkson or Salman Rushdie, or less well-known but important thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell or Edward O. Wilson, our show endeavours to reach beyond the headlines to explore the forces that create the news," says Gregg. By investigating not merely the whats of current affairs but also the whys, Allan Gregg in Conversation tries to give viewers a context in which to understand the world around them.
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Xinran has often been referred to as China's answer to Oprah Winfrey. She became China's first radio agony aunt and the heartbreaking stories she heard from Chinese women have been collected in a new book, "The Good Women of China". (Originally aired March 2003)
Xinran has often been referred to as China's answer to Oprah Winfrey. She became China's first radio agony aunt and the heartbreaking stories she heard from Chinese women have been collected in a new book, "The Good Women of China". (Originally aired March 2003)
Jan Wong is the author of "Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now". The book chronicles Wong's disillusionment with China and Maoism. In 1972, during Mao's Cultural Revolution, Wong was one of only two western students to attend Beijing University. In 1988, she returned to China as a reporter for the Globe and Mail. By then, the country was under the capitalist reform of Deng Xiaoping, and Wong found a very different China. (Originally aired May 1996)
Journalist Jan Wong has spent many years in China. As as a student at Beijing University, she experienced China during the Cultural Revolution, and later as a reporter for the Globe and Mail, she witnessed Tiananmen Square. On the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic, Jan Wong returned to China to see how things have changed. (Originally aired September 1999)
Jan Wong is the author of "Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now". The book chronicles Wong's disillusionment with China and Maoism. In 1972, during Mao's Cultural Revolution, Wong was one of only two western students to attend Beijing University. In 1988, she returned to China as a reporter for the Globe and Mail. By then, the country was under the capitalist reform of Deng Xiaoping, and Wong found a very different China. (Originally aired May 1996)
Journalist Jan Wong has spent many years in China. As as a student at Beijing University, she experienced China during the Cultural Revolution, and later as a reporter for the Globe and Mail, she witnessed Tiananmen Square. On the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic, Jan Wong returned to China to see how things have changed. (Originally aired September 1999)
Social critic David Rakoff skewers the Bush administration and the excesses of American culture in his book of essays, "Don't Get Too Comfortable." Sadly, David Rakoff died on August 9th, 2012. (Original show aired November, 2005).
Social critic David Rakoff skewers the Bush administration and the excesses of American culture in his book of essays, "Don't Get Too Comfortable." Sadly, David Rakoff died on August 9th, 2012. (Original show aired November, 2005).
Former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed talks about the role of western Canada; his memories of working with Joe Clark, Stockwell Day and Jean Chretien and the "unite the right" campaign. (Originally aired April 2001)
Former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed talks about the role of western Canada; his memories of working with Joe Clark, Stockwell Day and Jean Chretien and the "unite the right" campaign. (Originally aired April 2001)
Ann Jones is the author of "Women Who Kill", which besides being a social history of women in America, features individual cases of female murderers, e.g. Lizzie Borden. (Originally aired April 1997)
Jungian psychologist James Hillman is the author of "The Force of Character and The Lasting Life". Hillman explains why he believes that a person's true character only emerges in old age. (Originally aired October 1999)
Ann Jones is the author of "Women Who Kill", which besides being a social history of women in America, features individual cases of female murderers, e.g. Lizzie Borden. (Originally aired April 1997)
Jungian psychologist James Hillman is the author of "The Force of Character and The Lasting Life". Hillman explains why he believes that a person's true character only emerges in old age. (Originally aired October 1999)
Wade Davis is the author of "Into The Silence", which tells the story of three expeditions to conquer Everest in the early 1920s. It also provides a social history of the time and attributes the characters of the explorers as having been forged by their experiences of World War I.
