Ideas
CBC
IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time.With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring the IDEAS that make us who we are. New episodes drop Monday through Friday at 5pm ET.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Ideas podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Devil You Know, Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
Gwen Adshead
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time
Ian Williams
#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
LEVIATHAN
Thomas Hobbes
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Stolen
A Letter to My Captor
Lucy Christopher
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Gift of ADHD
How to transform your child's problems into strengths
Lara Honos-Webb
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
In Defying Hitler
A Memoir
Sebastian Haffner
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
Jennifer Grenz
#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Just Us
Claudia Rankine
#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Phenomenology of Perception
None
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thomas Common
#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Cosmic Connections
Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment
Charles Taylor
#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Power of Neurodiversity
None
Thomas Armstrong
#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Religion and Its Monsters
Timothy Beal
#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Beneath the surface
My Story
Michael Phelps
#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Anxious Politics
Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World
Shana Guderian
Bethany Albertson
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
South Africa, The Solution
None
Leon Louw
Francine Kendall
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Map of My Dead Pilots
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Colleen Mondor
