We tend not to talk about death much in North America. Maybe we just don’t have the words to contain something so visceral. Maybe images are a better way to explore or express our mortality, and our feelings about it.
Cartoonist, author and illustrator Bruce McCall tells Jim Fleming that the same economic pressures attract Canadians and he compares Canadian and American culture.
Philosopher David Chalmers is famous for outlining the "hard problem of consciousness." He says the materialist framework of science will never be able to explain subjective experience.
You can listen to the EXTENDED interview - and find the transcript - here.
Legal scholar Cass Sunstein believes humans are innately irrational.
Barack Obama talks with Steve Paulson about his self-image and success.
Is the experience of wonder always unexpected? Or can we create opportunities for wonder?
Internationally acclaimed sound, video and installation artist Janet Cardiff weighs in.
You can also hear the extended interview with Cardiff here.
Jessica Disu (FM Supreme) talks about using hiphop as a positive force to deliver messages of peace and non-violence.
Veronica Rueckert took a crash course from DJ Puzzle (Jason Donnelly) and talked to Stephen Weber.
