History and society Investigations and reports
La vie est un carnaval
2023
Sophie Fouron and her colleagues have fun as they take us on a journey of discovery with their guests. Together they build bridges between the many different cultures that thrive within Quebec society.
History and society | Investigations and reports
Episode 11
47 min
Jean-François Breau
Kevin tries his hand at basketball thanks to the Midnight Sports initiative and Manuel offers lesson in the basics of haggling. Elkahna discovers the carnivals of the world and Sophie interviews the singer and musician Jean-François Breau.
Episode 10
47 min
Marwah Rizqy
Neev analyses the trend for Asian squats and Elkahna celebrates Têt, the Vietnamese New Year. Sophie enjoys a chat with the MP Marwah Rizqy and Tatiana has a no-holds-barred talk about menstruation here, elsewhere and all the way to Timbuktu.
Episode 9
47 min
Mélissa Bédard
Manuel organises a traditional Egyptian dinner whilst Isabelle compares the different teaching methods used around the world. Neev explains all about the Sabbath and Sophie interviews the singer Mélissa Bédard.
Episode 8
47 min
Patrick Masbourian
Tatiana discovers Ukrainian folk dancing and Corneille takes a look at the trend for skin-lightening creams. We explore the different ways of driving around the world with Kevin, whilst Sophie has a chat with the presenter Patrick Masbourian.
Episode 7
47 min
Marina Orsini
Elkahna prepares to learn to play the Bolivian flute and Corneille explores the symbolism of horses around the planet. We also discover all about chicha with Neev and Sophie enjoys a chat with actress and media personality Marina Orsini.
Sophie Fouron and her colleagues have fun as they take us on a journey of discovery with their guests. Together they build bridges between the many different cultures that thrive within Quebec society.
With nearly 5,000 kilometres of coastline, Madagascar is the fifth largest island in the world; protecting its marine resources is a major mission. Women join in the fight. At the crossroads of the Mozambique and Indian Ocean canals, meet with the new guardians of the ocean.
Climate change is threatening the Pacific Islands: by the end of the century, some atolls may disappear. The inhabitants of Uvea and Vanuatu are trying to resist by launching a race against time. Scientists, guides, fisherman, lawyers, activists, elected representatives... We meet the guardians of a paradise not yet lost.
When we meet Bijoux in Yaoundé, she has just survived another lynching. Just like Shakiro, LGBTQIA+ activist. This is the story of two people who feel like "women in a man's body" and who highlight their humanity to us at a time when homophobic and transphobic violence continues on every continent.
Surrounded by experts, scientists, explorers, or simple fishermen, the astrophysicist and ecologist Hubert Reeves, who passed away in 2023, proposes to identify what threatens the ocean today and exposes the latest discoveries on the intelligence of animals and ocean ecosystems.
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.
When you're a French-speaker in Canada today, can you still identify with being French-Canadian? Comedian and broadcaster Pascal Justin Boyer, a Quebecker by birth and Franco-Ontarian by adoption, asks himself this question and travels across the country to meet people who can shed light on it.
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
