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Gordon Lightfoot has been called Canada’s Folk Laureate, and his melodic and soulful voice is unmistakable. He’s a modern-day troubadour with his evocative portraits of Canadian life and landscape. Rewind presents an hour of the words and music of Gordon

Rewind marks World AIDS day on December 1st. Rewind looks back at the early days of AIDS and its effect on gay men, on sexuality and on society in general.

The second hour in a look at one hundred years of the great November showdown, The Grey Cup. All about the Mud Bowl, the Fog Bowl, the Wind Bowl and the great rivalries between the East and the West.

It’s the hundredth anniversary of the Grey Cup, Canada’s annual battle for football supremacy. Rewind celebrates with two programs looking at some of the best stories, sounds and people.

Tom Wolfe and Garrison Keillor- two authors and their relationships with New York City -- one who loves the city, the other who can’t wait to get out.

An hour about Canadian comic strips and books. Over the years Canada has been home to an eclectic roster of cartooning talent from Johnny Canuck to Nelvana, Walter Frise to Lynn Johnston. In this hour of Rewind, a look at comics from Birdseye Centre to Su

A look back at the 1972 Presidential Election. Senator George McGovern battled incumbent Richard Nixon for the Presidential Office. It was the election that is now famous for the Watergate affair. Rewind will bring you sounds, ideas and interviews of th

Stuart MacLean on Morningside- the early days of one of Canada's great story-tellers. In 1984, a young journalist named Stuart McLean was hired on as a columnist for CBC Radio's weekly morning program Morningside with Peter Gzowski. His job was to bri

The Mad Men era of advertising comes to Rewind, with stories, interviews and questions like Is advertising an asset or a liability?”

Canada Calling- a program that first aired in 1945. In this, the inaugural broadcast, soldiers overseas for the Second World War heard a variety program that gave them a taste of home.

The story of the doomed Franklin expedition is one that has fascinated Canadians for more than 160 years. In 1845, English explorer John Franklin and his crew embarked on a search for the Northwest Passage. They disappeared, and were never heard from agai

It's the birth of CBC TV. At the start of a new season for Rewind, a look at the early days of radio's little brother. It was sixty years ago this month that the first Canadian television signals were beamed to eager audiences. CBC Television had hit the

Seventy-five years of war coverage. Since CBC first went to air, we have covered wars and conflicts around the world. Rewind has the last in the series of programs that looks at 75 years of CBC Radio. Michael Enright's co-host is Peter Armstrong, host of

Politics has been a mainstay of CBC Radio over its 75 years. On this show Michael Enright is joined by Anna Maria Tremonti, host of The Current. Listen to stories from the conscription crisis of the Second World War, through the baby bonus, medicare and t

To celebrate CBC's 75th birthday, a look at how aborginal issues have been covered on CBC Radio. Michael Enright's co-host is Darrell Dennis. Darrell is a native actor and writer and CBC Radio host. The coverage of aboriginal issues on CBC Radio in many w