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Paul Wells on the Senate; Freeing the Innocent; A Thousand Eyes; A History of Poison

This week on the Sunday Edition for October 27, 2013:Michael's Essay: Zombies 'R Us  24 sec.Scandal in the Red Chamber: Paul Wells, author of "The Longer I'm Prime Minister" on the goings-on in the Senate, and how they reflect the character of Prime Minister Stephen Harper  4:58Barbie Nichols' essay: The Road to Damascus   32:53Freeing the Innocent: Founding members of The...
This week on the Sunday Edition for October 27, 2013:

Michael's Essay: Zombies 'R Us 24 sec.

Scandal in the Red Chamber: Paul Wells, author of " The Longer I'm Prime Minister" on the goings-on in the Senate, and how they reflect the character of Prime Minister Stephen Harper  4:58

Barbie Nichols' essay: The Road to Damascus   32:53

Freeing the Innocent: Founding members of T he Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted reflect on their 20-year history   39:25

Mail: Hans Kung on Assisted Suicide   1:19:06

Documentary: A Thousand Eyes -- Karin Wells brings us the story of Rumana Monzur, the UBC graduate student brutally attacked 2 years ago by her husband in Bangladesh. She's now blind, but determined to make a mark.  She's back at UBC in her first year of law school.  1:27:04

Mail: Our Harsh Logic, and Math is Beautiful   1:39:08

A HIstory of Poison: 
Michael talks to John Emsley, a chemist and historian about murderous molecules -- from the radioactive poison that killed a former Russian agent, to whether Hamlet's dad really died because poison was poured in his ear.  1:47:15








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