Ottawa's Festival of Ideas Since 1997

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Podcast • Episode 28 • Today
The Challenges Facing Canada in Protecting the Well Being of Children
Featuring Kim Hellemans and Jane Bertrand
Podcast • Fri Dec 4
Breathing Life into Art and Art into Life, The Art of Is
with Stephen Nachmanovitch
Live Online Event • Thu Dec 10 • 7:00pm
One Page: Wow No Thank You
Samantha Irby

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Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
Youth
Episode 27 • Fri Nov 27
Student Activism and the Climate Crisis
Featuring Vidya Shah and Alexis Benns
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Youth
Episode 15 • Tue Nov 24
Education and Social Mobility
with Andy Hargreaves
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17
Yes, It's Systemic
Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Music
Sun Nov 15
She Come By It Natural
with Sarah Smarsh
Podcast
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Episode 21 • Wed Nov 11
Fighting for Peace
Featuring Tim Cook and Scott Anderson
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6
A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:
Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Sun Nov 1
Entangled Life
with Merlin Sheldrake
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Sun Oct 25
The Education of an Idealist
with Samantha Power
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Poetry
Sun Oct 25
The Lost Spells
with Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20
Letting Go of Anxiety
with Tara Henley
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Oct 18
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
with Margaret MacMillan
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Tue Oct 13 • 7:30pm
Ending Inequality
with Thomas Philippon
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Sun Oct 11
One on One
With Pico Iyer
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Mon Oct 5 • 7:30pm
Missing from the Village
with Justin Ling
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Mon Sep 28 • 7:30pm
Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos
with Steven Heighton
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
Sun Sep 27
Commanding Hope
with Thomas Homer-Dixon
Podcast
Non-Fiction
Science
Memoir
Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25
Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain
Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman
Podcast
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18
Marathon of Hope
with Darrell Fox
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Sep 13
Magdalena: River of Dreams
with Wade Davis
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Tue Sep 8 • 7:30pm
Nerve
with Eva Holland
Pre-Recorded Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Sun Sep 6
Twilight of Democracy
with Anne Applebaum
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Sun Aug 23
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
with Gaia Vince
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
History
Memoir
Sun Aug 23
A History of My Brief Body
with Billy-Ray Belcourt
Pre-Recorded Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Thu Jun 4
Virtual Book Launch: On Pandemics
With Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Live Online Event
Politics
Non-Fiction
Tue May 26 • 1:00pm
Ending Poverty
With Hugh Segal