Thereby Hangs the Tale

Thereby Hangs the Tale

Robin Clegg uses short stories to entertain, inform and challenge you. Give him ten minutes of your time and you may be spurred into some new thinking!This show is brought to you by Canoe FM, community radio from the Haliburton Highlands!www.canoefm.com

Episodes

April 8, 2020 5 mins

<p>The Magician Sharup -a real magician living the magic to the limit, approaches the end.</p>

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<p>The Elephant in the Room - hard to see, but hard to avoid</p>

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April 8, 2020 5 mins

<p>Genetically Modified Food-Thumbs up or down?</p>

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March 11, 2020 5 mins

<p>Sillie Sellie - Celebrity forgets one of life’s lessons</p>

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March 11, 2020 5 mins

<p>Dr M Bishun - ambition can take you a long way, but only so far</p>

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March 11, 2020 5 mins

<p>That's Rich-what’s rich? Someone finds out</p>

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March 11, 2020 5 mins

<p>What's Unequal-are we equals? ....where yes, where not and why and why not</p>

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March 5, 2020 5 mins

<p>The Personality Chip - pioneering personality into home voice activated organizers.</p>

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February 25, 2020 5 mins

<p>An interstellar ship begins to break down.</p>

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February 21, 2020 4 mins

<p>A teacher decides to take his class to the moon</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

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February 13, 2020 4 mins

<p>Looking for Answers is a character who, well, keeps looking for answers.</p>

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January 27, 2020 4 mins

<p>Fatty and Skinny are a pair of opposites. Fatty believes in climate change, Skinny believes in climate denial. The proverbial ant and grasshopper meet again in Robin's modern fable that gives you equal parts entertainment and wisdom!</p>

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January 16, 2020 7 mins

<p>Robin brings his wry humour to the history of Canada. Covering some key figures and motivations behind confederation, Robin relates the formation of Canada with knowledge and affection.</p>

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January 14, 2020 9 mins

<p>A look at the turbulent and oft discussed decade of the sixties in two parts. Robin shares his memories of the early sixties, as well as the latter half of the decade, the years that would come to crystallize the spirit of the sixties in the public consciousness.</p>

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January 7, 2020 4 mins

<p>Ghastly wins a big container of fertilizer, and decides he's going to climb a pole. What a ghastly idea!</p>

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December 31, 2019 4 mins

<p>Looking at inflation, the falling value of money over time, leads Robin to ponder the worth of a dollar: Is it worth that much less now than it was 200 years ago, and what did we lose along the way?</p>

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December 24, 2019 5 mins

<p>Robin recounts the lives of the Algorithm Family, a mathematically-inclined family who seem to have an ever increasing effects on our modern lives!</p>

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December 18, 2019 3 mins

<p>A dialogue between the Earth and the Climate, wherein an aging earth airs it's complaints about those inconvenient creatures that like to call it home.</p>

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December 9, 2019 4 mins

<p>Robin tells the story of Planet X, the planet that had only one Christmas!</p>

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