Ghomeshi and presumption of innocence; Walter Robinson of Spotlight; The Beaver Hall Group; Retraction Watch

Charlie Angus, Jian Ghomeshi and the presumption of innocence - Michael's essay:  

Here's an excerpt. "The greatest attribute of our criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence. It is called the Golden Thread, and it means that any person charged with a crime is innocent in the eyes of the law until convicted by a court."

How revealing the Church's cover-up of child sex abuse by priests changed Boston forever: The film Spotlight tells the story of the team of journalists at the Boston Globe who won a Pulitzer for their investigation. It is nominated for 6 Academy Awards. Michael talks with Globe editor-at-large Walter Robinson (played by Michael Keaton in the film) about what it was like to pursue the story in a city where politics and daily life were dominated by the Catholic Church.

The Beaver Hall Group - an Alisa Siegel documentary: It took ten years of persuading, digging, searching and begging. But finally, the Beaver Hall Group is getting its due. Explosions of colour, astonishing portraits and a modernist take on the 1920's, set this group of artists on a dramatically different course from the Group of Seven. Not only that, half of them were women. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has just closed its hugely successful exhibition called "Colours of Jazz"; it is now heading out across the country. Alisa Siegel's documentary is called, "Who Gets To Be Remembered".

Meet The Cops of The Scientific Method: "Retraction Watch" is an online blog that keeps track of lying, cheating and occasionally stealing in the world of science. Michael's guest is its editor, Alison McCook.

Listener reaction: Mail about David Frum, Donald Trump, and Ira Basen's documentary, "Facebook: What's Not To Like?"