David Cayley

David Cayley (born 1946) is a Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster. He is known for documenting philosophy of prominent thinkers of the 20th century – Ivan Illich, Northrop Frye, George Grant, and René Girard.

His work has been broadcast on CBC Radio One's programme Ideas.

List of works

• Cayley, David. 2025. The CBC: how Canada’s public broadcaster lost its voice (and how to get it back) (2025) Toronto: Sutherland House, 2025
• Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey (2021) (Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press)
• Ideas on the Nature of Science (2009) (Toronto: Goose Lane Editions)
• The Rivers North of the Future: The Testament of Ivan Illich (2005) (Toronto: Anansi Press)
• Puppet Uprising (2003) (Toronto: CBC Radio Canada)
• Corruption of Christianity Illich, Ivan (Author) Cayley, David (Editor) (2000) (Toronto: Anansi Press)
• Northrop Frye in Conversation interviews with Northrop Frye (2000) (Toronto: Anansi Press)
• Expanding Prison (1998) (Toronto: Anansi Press)
• George Grant in Conversation interviews with George Grant (1995) (Toronto: Anansi Press)
• Ivan Illich in Conversation interviews with Ivan Illich (1992) (Toronto: Anansi Press)

Ideas on the Nature of Science

Edited transcripts from the radio series have been turned into a book, published in 2009 by Gooselane Press as Ideas on the Nature of Science.

How To Think About Science episodes

References

External links

• "Review of The Rivers North of the Future"
• "Outdoor rinks hostage to icy political calculation" article in Toronto Star