More people should listen to CBC radio for its magazine shows. Much like the public library, CBC radio is a wealth of knowledge often under appreciated. Not only do you learn about the world, but CBC reporters regularly win awards around the globe for their radio docuwork. Despite the ever-shrinking budget of the ceebs, it's a Canadian institution I fully believe in, heartily support and will love until my final days.
With that said, the current feature on 'Ideas' with Paul Kennedy is a three-part broadcast titled "Climate Wars".
Here is the synopsis:
About 2 years ago I noticed that the military in various countries, and especially in the Pentagon, were beginning to take climate change seriously. Now, it's the business of the military to find new security threats. It's also in their own self-interest, since they need a constant supply of threats in order to justify their demands on the taxpayers' money, so you should always take the new threats that the soldiers discover with a grain of salt. You know, never ask the barber whether you need a haircut.
But I did start to look into this idea that global warming could lead to wars. It turned into a year-long trek talking to scientists, soldiers and politicians in a dozen different countries. I have come back from that trip seriously worried...
- Gwynne Dyer
This might sound like an audiobook version of an inconvenient truth, but so far it has been much more focused on presenting the latest research and exploring little discussed consequences than it is about brow beating.
Not just "the world is ending" but having respected minds discuss how that might happen politically, culturally and environmentally helps really lay things out with a different perspective. Moreover, it explores both sides, weighing the consequences of ecoengineering, ecoterrorism and how both those evolutions are impacting the world on a political level for both good and in many cases, not so good.
Probably one of the most informative pieces of journalism about our current climate (literally and otherwise) that I've ever enjoyed.
I highly recommend you check it out.
4 comments:
Yeah! CBC Ideas subscriber.
I'd also recommend the Early Years one about Early Childhood Education and the debunking of all those learning DVDs.
The only thing I can't stand about Ideas is how... slow... they... talk.
I imagine that's how a discussion between two PhD's goes. Each mulls over his/her words as he/she speaks. It's like a conversation between tree ents. There's five minutes of exposition followed by eventually by the point. Takes frigging forever to communicate ideas.
-d
Hahaha Tree Ents! I'm so glad they took those chapters out of the movie. I have nothing really to comment on this post as i dont listen to CBC radio cuz i find it boring the majority of the time and i have a tendency to fall asleep while driving as it is. Although if they made it a tv documentary i'd probably watch it. On a totally unrelated matter I was clicking around the boob tube and saw that Grace Park is on another show. That benjamin bratt show the cleaner. I only watched 10mins cuz it was on at the same time as "obsessed".
I'm a big fan of their morning at afternoon rush hour music shows, a great mix of music genres that you don't hear on other stations ever.
i used to listen to some of their talk shows, but haven't recently. I recall someone doing a piece that was a ridiculously similar transcript of something Simon posted on his blog. i was so amused i texted him while on the highway.
Yes, the single person endangered animal fiasco.
I remember listening at the exact same time in my car thinking "THOSE BASTARDS STOLE MY BRAIN WAVES"
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