ideacity On The Air

Conrad Black - History of Canada

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author and historian Conrad Black discusses the Canadian political identity of Canada and the history of our great nation.

Peter Nowak & Nicholar Carr - Humans 3.0 Don’t Fear the Future & What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are we conditioned by the media to be pessimists? In this talk author Peter Nowak discusses how the media is using technology to condition us and why ...

Marc & Jodie Emery - Marc’s Return

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us for the first time since his release from prison Marc Emery has joined us once again at ideacity along with his wife and fellow marijuana a...

Kevin Bales - Modern Slavery

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Kevin Bales ventures into areas with active slavery in the modern world. In his talk he discusses how slaves are being used to damage the envir...

Andrew Keen - The Failure of the Digital Revolution

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Andrew Keen tells us that we should worry about what “the network” is changing and why we should be angry about the growing inequality and ...

Liz Primeau - The Myths and Magic of Garlic

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Garlic is deeply rooted in history for both health purposes as well as mythical purposes. Watch author and garlic expert Liz Primeau as she discusses ...

Stephen Morris ‘Dr. Freeze’ - Mysterious Science of Icicles

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all know icicles but what mysteries lie beneath them? Scientist Stephen ‘Dr. Freeze’ Morris tells the audience about his research on icicles an...

Tim Clark - The Old Farmer’s Almanac

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Tim Clark discusses how they develop The Old Farmer’s Almanac and explains some of the myths and wisdom which are inserted into the book come...

Simon Garfield - Love Letters

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author and letter expert Simon Garfield imparts on the audience the importance of letter writing in our current technology driven era. Drawing from hi...

Dr. David Jenkins - The Vegan Advantage

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Developer of the Glycemic Index Dr. David Jenkins became a vegetarian when his mother tried to feed him his pet chicken as a teen. In his talk he disc...

Dr. Amy Lehman - Mission Drift

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Amy Lehman describes herself as a contrarian. Watch her empowering talk discussing some of the problems surrounding the aid and development sector...

Simcha Jacobovici - The Lost Gospel

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Naked archeologist Simcha Jacobovici unpacks his theories about Mary Magdalene, Jesus and what has been named ‘The Lost Gospel.’

Rick Hansen - Visible & Invisible Barriers to Success

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this inspiring talk Rick Hansen discusses with the audience how he learned to view his wheelchair as a vehicle for freedom and encourages others to...

Dr. Olga Kovalchuk - Combatting Age & Age Related Disease

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In her talk Dr. Olga Kovalchuk discusses her work in epigenetics and how we need to work towards a customized treatment for cancer depending on indivi...

Miranda Esmonde-White - Aging Backwards

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former ballet dancer Miranda Esmonde-White and founder of essentrics. In her talk she discusses how we can reverse aging with her program and how you ...

David Steinberg - 18 Year Old Crossword Prodigy

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the age of 14 David Steinberg published his first crossword in the New York Times. In his talk, he discusses his venture into crossword building an...

Josef Penninger - The Fog of Knowledge

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In his daily work in genetics Josef Penninger plays on the piano of life from studying everything from curing the common cold to helping develop a cur...

Art McDonald - Nobel Prize Winning Update

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hot off the heels of his 2015 Nobel Prize win in Physics Art McDonald from the Sudbury SNO lab returned for his second ideacity talk on the mysterious...

Ric Esther Bienstock - Sex & Organ Trades

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ric Bienstock has been making investigative documentaries for about 20 years. She is drawn to "the dark side", topics like porn, Ebola, sex traffickin...

Jim Harris - Disruptive Innovation Turning Industries Upside Down

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“For the same reasons we need to profoundly change to save our planet, we need to profoundly change to save our businesses.” These are the words o...

Ian Brown - 60: The End or the Beginning

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Author and feature writer Ian Brown has recently turned 60. This recent life change has led him to wonder: is this the beginning of the end or just th...

Dr. Michael Greger - How Not To Die

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are the most of us eating our way to an early grave with our North American style diet? Doctor, nutrition specialist and author Michael Greger says ye...

Sam Van Aken - The Tree of 40 Fruit

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine a tree that produces 40 different varieties of stone fruits including peaches, plums, cherries and almonds. This was the dream of Sam Van Aken...

F. H. Buckley - Restoring the Promise of America

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Born in Canada but an American citizen by choice, author and political science expert F.H. Buckley believes that Canada’s political system is gettin...

James Delgado - Archaeology in the Final Frontier: The Ocean

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by watching Star Trek as a kid Dr. James Delgado decided that he too wanted to explore new and exciting worlds… just not in space. Acting a...

Butterscotch

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Described as a solo act with a band in her throat, beatbox and jazz musician Butterscotch helped us open the third day of ideacity 2016. In this emoti...

Ron James - Canadian Comedy King

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ron James left Canada to find the American dream however once he arrived he decided to head back to Canada and found the Canadian dream instead and is...

Alex Cuba & Nikki Yanofsky

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us again after a 9 year gap (which felt like only a minute!) Canadian Jazz, Pop and Soul musician Nikki Yanofsky performs some traditional sta...

Mark Essig - Pork: Then & Now

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our relationship with pork is a story of both love and loathing. These thoughts from pig historian Mark Essig could not ring more true as he guides so...

Daniel Clarke Bouchard, Justin Gray & Colette Baron-Reid - Homage to Classical Indian Music with Intuitive Guided Meditation

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of IDEACITY ON THE AIR, we feature performances by the very talented Daniel Clarke Bouchard, Colette Baron-Reid and Justin Gray.

Doug Vakoch & David Brin: Active METI Panel

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We feature a debate on whether or not we could initiate contact with Extraterrestrial beings. This debate features Astrobiologist and President of MET...

Kathleen Richardson & David Levy - Love & Sex with Robots

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A debate on ‘Sex with Robots’ featuring AI Expert - David Levy and Roboethicist - Kathleen Richardson.

Jules Howard - Slugs and Creepy Crawlies

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Author and Zoologist Jules Howard has a love affair with slugs. While working on his most recent book Jules made a vow to himself to be a deviant and ...

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - Searching for Sex

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz comes to ideacity to talk about his research on Google search data. Through his findings he has narrowed in on matters of sex...

Robert Mies - Bat-Man

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bat expert and founder of the Organization for Bat Conservation Robert Mies joined us at ideacity to educate and debunk many of the myths about our ni...

Christa Couture - Cyborg Chanteuse & Barbara Alink - Bike Mobility Aid

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“We’re not invincible, we’re all mortal and that is what we have in common with each other.” -Barbara Alink. The Alinker is for everyone who ...

Helena Tomas - It’s All Linear B to Me

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Archaeologist and language expert Helena Tomas wants to do the incredible: She wants to decipher the worlds most ancient language Linear A. In this g...

Michael Cohen - The Business of Ideas: Innovation in Retail

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Cohen (JD/MBA) is an innovation leader at LoyaltyOne in the Gravity Labs division which focuses solely on innovation by leveraging research, e...

Dr. Christelle Gedeon - Breaking Down Barriers

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

2019, Business & Entrepreneurship, Health & Longevity, Politics & Activism, Science & Technology Presented By: Dr. Christelle Gedeon Dr. Christelle G...

Bruce Linton - Beyond Edibles

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Linton is the founder of Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) and co-founder of Tweed Marijuana Incorporated. He has been driving the Company’s ove...

Mary Walsh - Redefining How We Think of Aging

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Walsh created and starred in This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular take on current affairs. In her ideacity talk, Mary challenges the ...

Yonatan Winetraub - A Journey to the Moon

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yonatan Winetraub, co-founder of SpaceIL, an Israeli organization working to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon, came to ideacity’s anniversary...

Dr. Bob Richards - Moon, Mars & Beyond

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Bob Richards, co-founder and CEO, of Moon Express returns to ideacity to give us the latest update. Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with ...

Peter Laufer - Dreaming in Turtle

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures. Peter Laufer speaks to ideacity about ...

Mark Halpern - The New Philanthropy

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Halpern, CEO of WEALTHinsurance.com®, helps successful business owners, professionals and families with tax-efficient insurance strategies for e...

Anna Van Acker - Unlocking the Cancer Treatment Within You

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Van Acker has over 25 years of wide-ranging experience as a pharmaceutical executive at Merck. Anna is dedicated to the optimization of Merck’s...

Dr. Avery Broderick - Seeing the Unseeable

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Avery Broderick, an astrophysicist who holds the Delaney Family John Archibald Wheeler Chair at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Wat...

Alexander Tsiaras - Personalized Medicine: Empowering the Story of You

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Tsiaras has developed a new personalized health platform, StoryMD. StoryMD, is a single, unified platform that translates all your health an...

Wade Davis - A Story of Colombia

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Wade Davis, an Honorary Citizen of Colombia, talks about his passion and the people of this beloved nation. "...two generations of Colombians forced t...

John Fowler - Cannabis 2.0: How Can it Lead to Global Prosperity?

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Fowler is the Founder and President of The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc., one of the largest and fastest growing Canadian Licensed Producers of ...

Jim Harris & Asa Mathat - Disruption in the Era of Exponential Change & Take Better Photos with Your Phone!

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Harris is a one of North America’s foremost thought leaders, management consultants and authors on disruptive innovation. Association magazine r...

Diane Francis (with introduction from Libby Znaimer) - Surviving Cancer

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Libby Znaimer is a prominent Canadian journalist specializing in politics, health, and lifestyle issues. Libby also writes a regular column for Zoomer...

Hon. Irwin Cotler - The Resurgent Global Authoritarianism & the Retreat of Democracies: Through the Lens of Political Prisoners

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Irwin Cotler speaks at ideacity's 20th anniversary conference in a session called "Democracy & Freedom of Speech vs. Disinformation in the age of Surv...

Marie Henein - Rule of Law

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marie Henein speaks about the Rule of Law during ideacity's 20th anniversary conference in a session called "Democracy & Freedom of Speech vs. Disinfo...

Tarek Fatah - Is My Religion Stifling Freedom of Speech?

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tarek Fatah, journalist, writer, broadcaster & liberal activist, talks about freedom of speech and religion in the Canadian context today at ideacity ...

Martine Rothblatt - Flying Cars & Artificial Organs

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martine and Moses talk about viable ways people can live longer – or perhaps even forever – thought growing transplantable organs with customized ...

Dr. Mark Liponis - Can Money Buy Health?

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Liponis has distilled his 3 decades of wonder into writing, as the author of three books, Ultraprevention (2005), UltraLongevity (2007), and The H...

Joan E. Taylor - What Did Jesus Look Like?

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joan Taylor – leading expert on the world of Jesus with a historical and archaeological focus – joins ideacity to unveil the appearance of Jesus C...

Sue and Jim Waddington - In the Footsteps of the Group of Seven

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In their retirement, the Jim and Sue Waddintons trekked the Canadian landscape to find over 700 of the places where the legendary Canadian landscape a...

Janice Stein - Is Technology Rebordering the World?

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Janice Stein, Founding Director & Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy talks to the ideacity’s audience about whether Technolo...

Mayor Hazel McCallion - Good Governance

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Mayor of Mississauga Extraordinaire Hurricane Hazel McCallion.

Dr. Geordie Rose - Synthetic Minds, Cooperation and the Future of Humanity

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rose, founder of Sanctuary AI, returns to ideacity to share his theory of understanding minds and how that is applied to AI. “…every thought ...

Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger - The Promise & Challenges of Treating Rare Disease

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Wong-Rieger argues that rare diseases actually aren’t as rare as you may think. As a rare disorders advocate and activist, she talks about the ...

Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger - The Promise & Challenges of Treating Rare Disease

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Wong-Rieger argues that rare diseases actually aren’t as rare as you may think. As a rare disorders advocate and activist, she talks about the ...

Cam Battley - Post-Legalization: Progress Made & What’s To Come

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cam Battley is chief corporate officer at Aurora Cannabis, a producer of medical cannabis and cannabis oils. He talks at ideacity 20th anniversary co...

Cam Battley - Post-Legalization: Progress Made & What’s To Come

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cam Battley is chief corporate officer at Aurora Cannabis, a producer of medical cannabis and cannabis oils. He talks at ideacity 20th anniversary co...

Anna Porter - Anti-Semitism Worldwide

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this ideacity 20th anniversary conference talk, Anna Porter gives perspective and a very powerful chilling account on the state of anti-semitism to...

Anna Porter - Anti-Semitism Worldwide

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this ideacity 20th anniversary conference talk, Anna Porter gives perspective and a very powerful chilling account on the state of anti-semitism to...

Dr. Peter M. Blecher - Medicinal Cannabis in the Workplace

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Patients are not looking to get high. They are looking to get well.” Pain management specialist and cannabis advocate, Dr. Peter M. Blecher is ...

Dr. Peter M. Blecher - Medicinal Cannabis in the Workplace

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Patients are not looking to get high. They are looking to get well.” Pain management specialist and cannabis advocate, Dr. Peter M. Blecher is ...

Tim Linhart - Ice Music

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Linhart speaks about working with ice as an artistic material and creating ice music.

Tim Linhart - Ice Music

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Linhart speaks about working with ice as an artistic material and creating ice music.

Don Tapscott - A Social Contract for the Digital Age

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don Tapscott speaks about the need for a new social contract for living in the new digital age, so that you, and only you, are in control of your data...

Don Tapscott - A Social Contract for the Digital Age

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don Tapscott speaks about the need for a new social contract for living in the new digital age, so that you, and only you, are in control of your data...

Topher White & Derek Riedle - Defending the Rainforest & Changing the Face of Cannabis Culture

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Topher White speaks about defending the rainforest and Derek Riedle speaks about changing the face of cannabis culture.

Topher White & Derek Riedle - Defending the Rainforest & Changing the Face of Cannabis Culture

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Topher White speaks about defending the rainforest and Derek Riedle speaks about changing the face of cannabis culture.

Jane Metcalfe - The Neobiological Revolution

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Metcalfe speaks about the Neobiological Revolution.

Jane Metcalfe - The Neobiological Revolution

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Metcalfe speaks about the Neobiological Revolution.

Alex Tapscott - Blockchain Breakdown

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Tapscott speaks about the circumstances that lead to the creation of Blockchain.

Alex Tapscott - Blockchain Breakdown

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Tapscott speaks about the circumstances that lead to the creation of Blockchain.

Salim Ismail - Death of Corporations

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Salim is the best-selling author of Exponential Organizations, a sought-after business strategist, and a serial entrepreneur. ExO Works was founded to...

Salim Ismail - Death of Corporations

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Salim is the best-selling author of Exponential Organizations, a sought-after business strategist, and a serial entrepreneur. ExO Works was founded to...

Bruce Duncan & Bina48 - Diversity in AI

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bina48 and Bruce Duncan came to ideacity to speak about Diversity in AI. Bruce is responsible for the ongoing development of Bina48, the world’s fir...

Bruce Duncan & Bina48 - Diversity in AI

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bina48 and Bruce Duncan came to ideacity to speak about Diversity in AI. Bruce is responsible for the ongoing development of Bina48, the world’s fir...

Dr. John Ostrem - iPal the Social Robot

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Ostrem has over 25 years experience developing new technology and bringing products to market, most recently iPal®. iPal is an affordable so...

Dr. John Ostrem - iPal the Social Robot

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Ostrem has over 25 years experience developing new technology and bringing products to market, most recently iPal®. iPal is an affordable so...

Mark Palatucci - Meet Cozmo

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder of Anki, Mark Palatucci is the brains behind COZMO the robot and many other technologies at Anki and Copera. Mark joined us at ideacity to ...

Mark Palatucci - Meet Cozmo

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder of Anki, Mark Palatucci is the brains behind COZMO the robot and many other technologies at Anki and Copera. Mark joined us at ideacity to ...

Rob Nail - AI Overview

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With a background in building automation equipment and robotics for cancer research and drug discovery, Rob brings a unique entrepreneurial and global...

Rob Nail - AI Overview

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With a background in building automation equipment and robotics for cancer research and drug discovery, Rob brings a unique entrepreneurial and global...

Dianne Whelan - 500 Days in the Wild

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"It's not where you travel, it's what you carry in your heart." Dianne Whelan is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and multi...

Dianne Whelan - 500 Days in the Wild

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"It's not where you travel, it's what you carry in your heart." Dianne Whelan is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and multi...

Matthew Fisher - The Last Foreign Correspondent

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Fisher is one of Canada’s last foreign correspondents and in his 2017 talk, he speaks about the injustice being done people, in particular, ...

Matthew Fisher - The Last Foreign Correspondent

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Fisher is one of Canada’s last foreign correspondents and in his 2017 talk, he speaks about the injustice being done people, in particular, ...

Ethan Brown and Peter Brown - Meat in the Anthropocene

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Brown is the co-founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, the world’s first plant-based burger that looks, cooks, and tastes like fresh ground beef. At ...

Ethan Brown and Peter Brown - Meat in the Anthropocene

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Brown is the co-founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, the world’s first plant-based burger that looks, cooks, and tastes like fresh ground beef. At ...

Nick Halla - Impossible Foods

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What makes meat unique? Believe it or not, it took five years of research for Impossible Foods to find out. And as the company’s first employee, Nic...

Nick Halla - Impossible Foods

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What makes meat unique? Believe it or not, it took five years of research for Impossible Foods to find out. And as the company’s first employee, Nic...

Rick Smolan - The Good Fight

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Smolan is a New York Times best-selling author and former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer, best known as co-creator of the Day in...

Rick Smolan - The Good Fight

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Smolan is a New York Times best-selling author and former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer, best known as co-creator of the Day in...