The best — and worst — ideas of the last six decades
JUN 5, 202654 MIN
The best — and worst — ideas of the last six decades
JUN 5, 202654 MIN
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<p>Sometimes the universe hands us a gift. Over the past year, our podcast listeners spent a total of 526,915 hours listening to our program. That's 21,954.8 days and that translates to 60 years of listening to us. So what better way to mark<em> IDEAS</em>' 60th year then to look back on the highlights and lowlights of the past six decades. To give you a hint on some of the picks, on the bad list: online identity management. Trickle down economics. On the good: Free Trade. Girl Bosses. Apparently open borders is still an open question.</p><p><br></p><p>Panelists Jamie Liew, a University of Ottawa law professor and novelist; University of Toronto philosopher, Joseph Heath; and the Canadian Shield Institute’s, Vass Bednar, joined<em> IDEAS</em> producer Mary Lynk on stage, in front of a live audience at the Isabel Bader Theatre for this episode — the last in our special series celebrating our 60th anniversary.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to more episodes:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/V1tEat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The time when a guest said, "I love you!"</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/cM74jy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>How an IDEAS episode on traffic changed a doctor's practice</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/C8wGds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>CBC Massey Lecturers reveal how the talks changed them</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/LS1eR7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>How IDEAS saved a listener from sending a regrettable email</strong></a></p>