David Cayley (1946 – June 10, 2026) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster based in Toronto. 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.
Cayley died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 80.
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Cayley, David. 2025. The CBC: how Canada’s public broadcaster lost its voice (and how to get it back) (2025) ISBN 978-1-998365-54-8 Toronto: Sutherland House, 2025
Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey (2021) ISBN 978-0-271-08812-9 (Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press)
Ideas on the Nature of Science (2009) ISBN 978-0-86492-544-2 (Toronto: Goose Lane Editions)
The Rivers North of the Future: The Testament of Ivan Illich (2005) ISBN 0-88784-714-5 (Toronto: Anansi Press)
Puppet Uprising (2003) ISBN 0-660-19006-0 (Toronto: CBC Radio Canada)
Corruption of Christianity Illich, Ivan (Author) Cayley, David (Editor) (2000) ISBN 0-660-18099-5 (Toronto: Anansi Press)
Northrop Frye in Conversation interviews with Northrop Frye (2000) ISBN 0-88784-525-8 (Toronto: Anansi Press)
Expanding Prison (1998) ISBN 0-88784-603-3 (Toronto: Anansi Press)
George Grant in Conversation interviews with George Grant (1995) ISBN 0-88784-553-3 (Toronto: Anansi Press)
Ivan Illich in Conversation interviews with Ivan Illich (1992) ISBN 0-88784-524-X (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.