Without us, horses would be nowhere, and vice-versa. It was a partnership — our brains and their braun — that truly changed the world. Historian Timothy Winegard, author of The Horse, tells Nahlah Ayed how the history of the horse is the history of humankind.

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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 3pm ET.
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Folge vom 10.09.2024How the Story of the Horse is the History of the World
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Folge vom 06.09.2024Brave New Worlds: Rights for the Future, Part FiveIf the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were rewritten today, what rights would we add to strive for a more just world? In the final episode of our five-part series, IDEAS looks beyond our fractured present and tries to imagine what new rights we need for our own millennium.
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Folge vom 05.09.2024Brave New Worlds: The Rights to Free Thought and Free Expression, Part FourThe right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression is especially resonant in our own time. In his novel 1984, Orwell proposed a future of “thought-crime” and in many places that day has arrived. IDEAS continues our series about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in this episode explores the history and future of free expression.
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Folge vom 04.09.2024Brave New Worlds: The Right to Leave, Return and Seek Asylum, Part ThreeThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country." We also have a right to seek "asylum from persecution" in other countries. At a time when more people are forcibly displaced than at any other point in recorded history, Nahlah Ayed speaks with guests about where the rights to leave, return and seek refuge came from, and what they could mean today.