Cited show

Cited

Summary: Experts shape our world. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. In every big story, you’ll find one; you’ll find a researcher, scientist, engineer, planner, policy wonk, data nerd, bureaucrat, regulator, intellectual, or pseudointellectual. Their ideas are often opaque, unrecognized, and difficult to understand. Some of them like it that way. On Cited, we reveal their hidden stories.

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 #5: Harm Reduction Under Attack | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00

Researchers, doctors, and public health advocates are up in arms about Bill C-2, aka the Respect for Communities Act, which they say is a direct attack on evidence-based harm reduction supplies and services. Find out more at http://citedpodcast.com/harm-reduction-attack/

 #4: Dissecting Bill C-51 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:55

Legal scholars across the country are protesting Prime Minister Harper's new anti-terror bill, Bill C-51. We explain why. Further, we speak with Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau, and we take you to protests all across Canada.

 #3: Who Killed Canadian History? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:05

From the Hertiage Minutes/Drake mashup, to Harper's grand historical narrative; we debate Canadian history and how it ought to be taught.

 #2: The Road from Foster Care to Hastings Street | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:40

There is a pipeline from Canda's broken foster care system to Canada’s poorest neighbourhood. And the government spied on the researcher who tried to do something about it.

 #1: 'Superpredators' Revisited | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:41:16

Jeff Coats was 14 years old when he kidnapped David Grenier. 20 years later, Jeff and David reflect on the crime and how it transformed their lives. More: http://citedpodcast.com/superpredator

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