Makes you think

  • Unheralded

    Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.

    "Unheralded" chronicles a week in the life of the "Lakefield Herald" - a local newspaper published in Lakefield, Ontario - and its role in the community.

  • Deadman

    Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.

    Witness the showdown between an ancient, peaceful way of life and the violent mythology of the Wild West.

  • Misguided Aid?

    Friday at 10:00 p.m.

    Dr. Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada, talks about outdated aid programs and the troubling shift towards militarism to solve global problems.

  • History Worth Watching

    February 2012

    Join our celebration of Black History month with documentaries, dramas, current affairs, kids programming and special features throughout February.

Issues that make you think

Blogs that make you think

The Inside Agenda Blog

The Incomparable Hart Pomerantz

Posted on February 6 by Steve Paikin

In my six years of hosting The Agenda, I've never had more difficulty coming up with an appropriate introduction than for Hart Pomerantz. Hart is a lawyer. But he's also a comedian. And he spent many years in show business, working with "Saturday Night Live's" Lorne Michaels, writing jokes for "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In," and Woody Allen, and appearing in some popular TV shows on the CBC decades ago. How do you introduce such a guy?

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Saturday Night at the Movies Blog

Movies To Stay Up Late For: Does Midnight always Mean Madness?

Posted on February 6 by Thom Ernst

I overheard a conversation during my morning commute: A young man was asking a young woman how her weekend was. She told him she didn't get much sleep because she got caught up in a movie airing late Saturday Night on TVO. The film was "The Machinist." She told the man how the film captivated her and she couldn't stop watching even though it meant going to bed at five in the morning. I couldn't have been prouder and it got me thinking: What movie would you stay up all night to watch?

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TVOParents Blog

Ontario Minister of Education Laurel Broten

Posted on February 6 by Cheryl Jackson

Minister Broten spoke about her new role very shortly after becoming minister at People for Education's annual conference in November, 2011. Together with her recent interview on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, we should get a pretty good idea of the future of education in Ontario, at least for the next four years.

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