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About

David Cayley

Bernie Lucht has been the executive producer of Ideas since 1984. He is also the executive producer of Tapestry, the Sunday afternoon program of religious and spiritual exploration. Born and raised in Montreal, he earned a BA from Concordia University in 1966. That same year, he joined The CBC as a producer for Radio-Canada International, and in 1969 went on to produce Cross-Country Checkup. Later that year, Lucht left for West Africa to work as a CUSO volunteer teacher in rural Nigeria. He returned to Canada in 1971, starting work as a production assistant at Ideas, then rising to become the program's executive producer in 1984. Under his direction, Ideas has won many national and international awards.

Books by David Cayley

The CBC

How Canada's Public Broadcaster Lost Its Voice (and How it Can Get it Back)

by (author) David Cayley

Ivan Illich

An Intellectual Journey

by (author) David Cayley

Ideas on the Nature of Science

edited by David Cayley

The Rivers North of the Future

by (author) David Cayley
foreword by Charles Taylor

The Expanding Prison

The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives

by (author) David Cayley

George Grant in Conversation

by (author) David Cayley

Ivan Illich in Conversation

The Testament of Ivan Illich

by (author) David Cayley

The Age of Ecology

The Environment on CBC Radio's Ideas

by (author) David Cayley