In a powerful act of remembrance, a group of Canadians participated in a pilgrimage to the Netherlands to commemorate their fathers, grandfathers and uncles who helped to liberate the country from the Nazis. Producer Alisa Seigel shares their journey. *This episode originally aired on May 1, 2023.

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Folge vom 06.06.2024A Walk of Remembrance: Honouring Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands
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Folge vom 05.06.2024On Culture Wars in ChristianityThe 'culture wars' have been a staple of modern politics for decades now. They are especially entrenched within Christian communities. Philosopher and author James K. A. Smith has a radical prescription to move beyond this: the church needs more mystics.
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Folge vom 04.06.2024China's Cultural Revolution: a history that remains widely unknownThe Cultural Revolution is everywhere felt in China today, but rarely if ever talked about openly. But prize-winning historian Tania Branigan tries to fill in the historical silences with voices both past and present in her book, Red Memory.
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Folge vom 30.05.2024Papyrus: Exploring the Invention of the BookThe book may well be the greatest invention since the wheel, according to author Irene Vallejo. She traces the history of this miraculous invention with a book of her own, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World.