CBC = Happiness, .: no CBC?

As much as I heap glory and praise on Radio 4, most of the handful of things I've heard on the radio which have changed my life have been on the CBC. Even now, if there's something that keeps coming back to me all week, it's probably something that was on the CBC while I was doing my Saturday chores.* Radio 4 is great for Learning About Stuff (and comedy, and drama), and NPR has its bases covered in gratifying the American fixation on the Personal Narrative, but only the CBC, as far as I know, offers New Ways To Think About Things on a regular basis.

One of the best programs for this is Ideas, a weeknightly documentary series which presents shows on anthropology, sociology, ethnology, philosophy, science, interviews with modern 'thinkers' and artists, or even sometimes just evocative sound portraits of a place or time.

This is by no means a stand-out episode but I quite enjoyed listening to it last night, and as usual, have been thinking about it since:

Say No to Happiness - An exploration of the meanings of 'happiness,' whether the pursuit of it makes you a happier person, and its place in the human condition. (Kind of a lame synopsis but it's a complicated subject – if you can come up with a better one, be my guest!)


*If I wake up early enough to get my chores done before DNTO starts, which is less frequently than I'd like to be the case.