In the November 1st episode of Ideas with Nahlah Ayed titled "The Year 1789: More Than One Revolution", Prof William Nelson discusses the French Revolution along with Karen Valihora, Professor of English, York University, and Darryl Dee, Professor of History, Wilfred Laurier University. Together they talk about how the year 1789 was what Salman Rushdie calls a , when many things were up for debate and change, from systems of measurement to architecture to gender roles to true meaning of freedom and human rights and much more.