One of our most in-demand series is back! Sold out in past seasons, CBC Ideas now returns with five fresh and thought-provoking conversations, hosted by Nahlah Ayed.

How do authoritarian leaders use threats, illusions and force to seize and maintain power? And what does it take for truth and justice to prevail? Guided by host Nahlah Ayed, Ideas explores the rise and fall of four pivotal authoritarians and their regimes from recent world history, and asks what we can learn from their eventual downfall.