Death On-Screen in the Digital Age - Michael's Essay; Justin Trudeau; Mail: Universities; Naomi Klein; Doc - Librarian to the Maestro
This week on the Sunday Edition for September 14, 2014, with Michael Enright...
This week on the Sunday Edition for September 14, 2014, with Michael Enright
Death On-Screen in the Digital Age - Michael's Essay: (2:18) Public executions, beheadings and domestic violence are all available on our screens today, but what is the price of watching? Michael shares his thoughts.
Justin Trudeau: (6:38) The Liberal Party of Canada was bruised and battered, holding just 34 seats in the House of Commons when Justin Trudeau took over as leader. Since then, the Liberals have been on a roll. They've won seats in by-elections, and nearly took one in the Conservative stronghold of Calgary. Polls show them consistently ahead of the NDP, the Official Opposition. On the eve of a new session of Parliament, Justin Trudeau joins Michael for a wide-ranging conversation about family, politics, international affairs, women's rights and much more.
Mail: (35:36) We share some of the reaction to Ira Basen's documentary, "Class Struggle", which examined how the modern business model of Canadian universities means that they are kept afloat by low-paid contract teachers.
Naomi Klein: (41:53) Michael talks to the author and activist whose new book This Changes Everything, makes the compelling case that we cannot stop climate change unless there is a collective social and political mind shift.
Documentary - Librarian to the Maestro: (1:25:54) Canadian Robert Sutherland oversees millions of sheets of music that belong to New York's Metropolitan Opera. Sutherland is in charge of making sure that conductor James Levine, his soloists and all the singers and instrumentalists, have the music they need to make magic on-stage.