Allan Gregg in Conversation (Video)
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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Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's leading activists on a wide range of environmental and cultural issues. Atwood delivered this year's Massey Lectures, which have been collected in a new book called Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth.
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Salman Rushdie has been knighted by the Queen and for the second time, his novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of Booker Award. His latest novel is called The Enchantress of Florence.
A scientist and public health expert, Devra Davis is head of the Centre for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. In a provocative new book she argues that we have been too focused on treating cancer, while ignoring its environmental causes. It is called The Secret History of the War on Cancer.
A scientist and public health expert, Devra Davis is head of the Centre for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. In a provocative new book she argues that we have been too focused on treating cancer, while ignoring its environmental causes. It is called The Secret History of the War on Cancer.
With turmoil in Tibet as China prepares to host the Olympic games, the world's focus is on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Journalist Pico Iyer has known him personally for more than thirty years and now he's written a book about him called The Open Road: the Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
With turmoil in Tibet as China prepares to host the Olympic games, the world's focus is on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Journalist Pico Iyer has known him personally for more than thirty years and now he's written a book about him called The Open Road: the Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
She's been called Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare. Journalist, feminist, Muslim activist -- Irshad Manji is world renowned as an outspoken advocate for Islamic reform. Manji is the author of The Trouble with Islam Today and now she's come out with a new DVD, Faith Without Fear.
She's been called Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare. Journalist, feminist, Muslim activist -- Irshad Manji is world renowned as an outspoken advocate for Islamic reform. Manji is the author of The Trouble with Islam Today and now she's come out with a new DVD, Faith Without Fear.
