Big Ideas (Audio)
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Podcast Description
Big Ideas offers lectures on a variety of thought-provoking topics which range across politics, culture, economics, art history, science.... By nature of its lecture format, pacing and inquisitive approach, it is the antithesis of the prevailing sound-bite television norm. The simple, bold concept is a victory of substance over style. Big Ideas airs Saturdays and Sundays at 4:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
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Charles Taylor and Jonathan Sacks on The Future of Religion | Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, Charles Taylor and Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Jonathan Sacks discuss The Future of Religion in a Secular Age. The New Atheists, the state of marriage, the dangers of religion in the political sphere and the difference between religious thinking and magical thinking are all discussed. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ray Jayawardhana on Alien Planets | Author and astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discusses Alien Planets and his latest book Strange New Worlds. The lecture focuses on techniques for detecting planets orbiting distant stars. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert J. Sawyer on Humanity 2.0 | What will it mean to be human in the future? Uploading consciousness into virtual worlds and prolonging life through biotechnology are already being contemplated. Canada's leading science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer, offers his insights in a lecture entitled Humanity 2.0, produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus | Author, teacher and activist, Clay Shirky, discusses the visionary insights of Marshall McLuhan as well as his own ideas about the effects of new media and social networking on our society. Shirky's latest book Cognitive Surplus explores how new technology is unleashing a wave of creative production that he believes is transforming the world. Following the lecture, Shirky sits down for an interview with broadcaster Jesse Hirsh. The event was part of the McLuhan 100 series at the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront Centre. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Brooks on The Social Animal | In a lecture entitled How Success Happens, New York Times columnist and author, David Brooks, draws from the research in his latest book The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement. His lecture was delivered at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julie Payette, Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space | The Canadian Space Agency's Chief Astronaut, Julie Payette delivers a lecture entitled Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space: Research and Diplomacy. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Palestine and the Arab Spring - Bonus audio | Bonus audio - Moderator Mark Kingwell and panelists Michael Ignatieff and Ramin Jahanbegloo discuss Palestine and The Arab Spring as viewed through the writings of political philosopher Isaiah Berlin | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Homer-Dixon Q and A-Civilization Far From Equilibrium | Thomas Homer-Dixon answers questions following his lecture entitled Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, Complexity and Human Survival. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keith Devlin on Leonardo and Steve: How Fibonacci Beat Apple | Keith Devlin, Executive Director of the H-STAR Institute at Stanford University, discusses Leonardo and Steve: How Fibonacci Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Paikin on The Personal Price of a Political Life. | Steve Paikin, anchor and senior editor of TVO's series The Agenda with Steve Paikin, delivers the 20th annual Bell lecture entitled, The Personal Price of a Political Life. The lecture was recorded at Carleton University in Ottawa on November 16th, 2011. | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Ibbitson on the Collapse of the Laurentian Consensus | John Ibbitson, Ottawa bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, delivers a lecture on The Collapse of the Laurentian Consensus and the Rise of Ontario as a Pacific Province. This lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Armine Yalnizyan and William Watson on economic disparity | Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and William Watson, McGill economics professor, debate Inequality: A Threat to Democracy? This is the 2011 Keith Davey Forum on Public Affairs, moderated by political scientist Jeffrey Kopstein. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Liberty and the Arab Spring: Exploring Isaiah Berlin's Ideas | Moderator Mark Kingwell and panelists Michael Ignatieff and Ramin Jahanbegloo discuss the writings of political philosopher Isaiah Berlin as they pertain to Liberty and The Arab Spring | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gaspar Tamas on The Failure of Liberal Democracy | Hungarian philosopher, Gaspar Tamas,on The Failure of Liberal Democracy in Eastern Europe and Everywhere Else. His lecture was delivered at the Munk School of Global Affairs on September 20, 2011. Tamas is a prolific writer of essays with a wide-ranging and distinguished career in academics and government. He was also a leading figure in the East European dissident movements. | 11/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gabor Maté on The Human Face of Addictive Behavior | Drawing on his experiences with addicted patients from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Dr. Gabor Maté discusses how the medical and legal systems are failing in the so-called war on drugs. He reads from his book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, and suggests ways in which our approach to dealing with drugs and drug addicts could be improved. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hod Lipson on Programmable Matter: Shape of Things to Come | Hod Lipson of Cornell University discusses the future of 3-D printing in his lecture entitled, Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Janice Stein on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, Janice Stein, provides a summary and closing remarks at the event entitled 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ronald Pruessen on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | University of Toronto history professor, Ronald Pruessen, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret MacMillan on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | Oxford history professor, Margaret MacMillan, with her contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ron Levi on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | Academic Director for the Munk School of Global Affairs, Ron Levi, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill Graham on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | Bill Graham, Chancellor of Trinity College, University of Toronto, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Ignatieff on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | Writer, teacher, and former politician, Michael Ignatieff, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natalie Zemon Davis on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | University of Toronto history professor, Natalie Zemon Davis, with her contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ron Deibert on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | University of Toronto political scientist Ron Deibert, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Louis Century on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | University of Toronto graduate student, Louis Century, with his contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elspeth Brown on 9/11: Reflections after Ten Years | University of Toronto history professor Elspeth Brown with her contribution to 9/11: Ten Reflections after the Passage of Ten Years: An Opportunity to Contemplate and Remember. It was recorded on September 13, 2011. The event was produced by the Munk School of Global Affairs in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of the United States. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alex Himelfarb on the consequences of tax cuts | How Did Taxes Become a Bad Word? The Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Alex Himelfarb, discusses why we should be investing more, not less, in our future. While today's political leaders exalt the benefits of increased tax-cutting, Himelfarb argues that further tax cuts will come with serious consequences, including cuts to services and deeper inequality. According to Himelfarb, what we need is nothing less than a re-think about what our future is worth. His lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leonard Susskind on The World As Hologram | Leonard Susskind of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics discusses the indestructability of information and the nature of black holes in a lecture entitled The World As Hologram. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex | Academic, author and political activist, Noam Chomsky, on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival. Chomsky's lecture was delivered at the Hart House Great Hall at the University of Toronto on April 7, 2011. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Homer-Dixon on Civilization Far From Equilibrium | Thomas Homer-Dixon presents his lecture Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, Complexity and Human Survival at the Equinox Summit - Energy 2030. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Gray on The Immortalization Commission | Philosopher and author, John Gray, on The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death. In the late nineteenth century and as a consequence of Darwinism, many thinkers turned to science to solve the riddle of death. Gray explores humankind's dangerous striving toward a scientific version of immortality. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Freeman Dyson on Living Through Four Revolutions | Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University delivers a lecture entitled, Living Through Four Revolutions. Dyson discusses Space Technology, Nuclear Energy, the Genome and the Computer Revolution. | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tariq Ramadan on Western Muslims after Oslo | Tariq Ramadan, the well-known, Swiss-born and controversial Muslim philosopher, offers a critique of the discriminatory nature of popular attitudes towards Muslims living in Europe and North America. His lecture was delivered at the Palais des Congres de Montreal on September 8, 2011. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeff Melanson on The Evolving Role of the Arts in Canada | What makes our cultural institutions thrive, what new challenges do they face, and how can we best support them? Arts administrator, Jeff Melanson, explores The Evolving Role of the Arts in Canada. His lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada and was recorded at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto on May 24, 2011 | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Keith on Technology, Energy and Nature | David Keith, speaking at the Equinox Summit, discusses Technology, Energy and Nature - Human Values and Open Choices. Professor Keith holds the Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment. | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount interviews novelist Sam Lipsyte | University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, in conversation with author Sam Lipsyte. The interview was taped following Mount's lecture on Lipsyte's novel Home Land | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrei Markovits on European Anti-Americanism | Big Ideas presents University of Michigan professor, Andrei Markovits, on European Anti-Americanism | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on Sam Lipsyte's novel Home Land | English professor, Nick Mount, provides insight into Sam Lipsyte's novel Home Land. The lecture was part of the Literature for Our Time series at the University of Toronto. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander Nehamas -individual character and ideas of beauty | Big Ideas presents Princeton University professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Alexander Nehamas, on how individual character defines our ideas of what is beautiful | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Mazur on Stopping Time | Eric Mazur, the Dean of Applied Physics at Harvard University, delivers a lecture entitled, Stopping Time. In it he breaks time down into it's smallest measureable components via photography and developments in laser technology. | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Hardt on The Politics of Love and Evil | Big Ideas presents Duke University Literary Theorist, Michael Hardt, discussing The Politics of Love and Evil | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joseph Emerson on The Quantum Tamers | Big Ideas presents Joseph Emerson of the Department of Applied Math at the University of Waterloo on the documentary The Quantum Tamers which he co-produced at the Perimeter Institute | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John O'Leary on Popular, Informal Education | Big Ideas presents John O'Leary, the President of Frontier College on Popular, Informal Education: From the Archives of Frontier College | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Age of Unequals: An Evening with Richard Wilkinson | Armine Yalnizyan, Jordan Peterson, and Matthew Mendelsohn join epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson to discuss why equality is better for everyone, the theme of Wilkinson's book, The Spirit Level | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language | University of Toronto Physics professor Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language and the Emergence of Concepts | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marcus Chown on 10 Bonkers Things About the Universe | Marcus Chown of New Scientist Magazine on his Top 10 Bonkers Things About the Universe | 7/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kevin B. Anderson, Janet Afary on The Seductions of Islamism | Kevin B. Anderson and Janet Afary on their book The Seductions of Islamism: Revisiting Foucault and the Iranian Revolution | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Renate Loll on the Quantum Origins of Space and Time | Renate Loll from Utrecht University's Institute for Theoretical Physics delivers a lecture on Searching for the Quantum Origins of Space and Time. The lecture was recorded at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, on May 5, 2010. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan Middleton on the History of Branding | Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, on The History of Branding | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War (Part 2) | Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, as he delivers part 2 of his lecture on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cory Doctorow Q and A on computer regulation | Big Ideas presents Cory Doctorow answering auestions following his lecture, Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peterson and de Sousa debate Living Without the Sacred | Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate Living Without the Sacred: Should John Lennon's Imagine Become Our Reality? The debate was hosted by the University of Toronto Secular Alliance, and sponsored by TVO's Big Ideas and the Centre for Inquiry Ontario. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom | Noam Chomsky is one of America's leading scholars and intellectuals. He is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His lecture on Academic Freedom and the Corporatization of Universities was delivered at the University of Toronto Scarborough on April 6, 2011. | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler and Nationalism | Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai Richler and Canadian Cultural Nationalism. Mr. Foran recently won the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his book Mordecai: The Life & Times. | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War | Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Persinger on No More Secrets | Big Ideas presents Michael Persinger, winner of the 2007 Best Lecturer Competition, on Just Suppose You Could Know What Others Are Thinking: No More Secrets | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Armine Yalnizyan on Economics, Equality and Democracy | Senior economist Armine Yalnizyan examines how growing economic inequality and injustice is affecting our democracy. Her lecture, entitled Economics, Equality and Democracy, was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers | Big Ideas presents Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher W. diCarlo on The New Ethics | Big Ideas presents Christopher W. diCarlo, winner of the 2008 Best Lecturer Competition, on The New Ethics: A Synthetic Approach to Understanding Good and Evil. | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rod Carley on Theatre in the 21st Century | Big Ideas preents Rod Carley, winner of the 2009 Best Lecturer Competition, on Theatre in the 21st Century: Touchstone to Humanity | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Adams on Elie Wiesel's The Forgotten | Popular Welsh-born storyteller Robert Adams reviews Elie Wiesel's novel, The Forgotten, the profoundly moving story of an ailing Holocaust survivor who lives with disturbing memories and entrusts his son with a mysterious mission. Adams' talk was delivered at the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue on November 2nd, 2010, as part of Holocaust Education Week. | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy | Big Ideas presents 2010 Best Lecturer Competition winner Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy on Humankind's Perception of the Universe | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sara Seager on Exoplanets the Search for Habitable Worlds | Big Ideas presents Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discussing Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Adams on The Boomer Impact | Environics co-founder, leading pollster, and author, Michael Adams, delivers a lecture on the Boomer Impact, drawing on the insights and research in his latest book Stayin' Alive: How Canadian Boomers Will Work, Play and Find Meaning in the Second Half of Their Adult Lives. This lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada. | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hod Lipson on The Robot Scientist: Mining Experimental Data | Big Ideas presents Hod Lipson of Cornell University exploring his work in such areas as evolutionary robotics and programmable self-assembly, Lipson delivers a lecture entitled The Robot Scientist: Mining Experimental Data for Scientific Laws, from Cognitive Robots to Computational Biology. | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ian Hacking on The Mathematical Animal | Winner of the prestigious Holberg International Memorial Prize, University of Toronto philosophy professor, Ian Hacking, presents a lecture entitled The Mathematical Animal. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken | Big Ideas presents University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, on the graphic novel It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth. | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Sloan Wilson on Religion and Other Meaning Systems | Professor David Sloan Wilson, author of Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, delivers the annual Wiegand Memorial Foundation lecture entitled Religion and Other Meaning Systems. He examines how the experience of the religious believer differs from the secular thinker and argues that both can be understood in terms their particular meaning systems. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Adams on The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Big Ideas presents author and book reviewer Robert Adams as he discusses the novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Wilkinson on The Age of Unequals | One of Britain's leading social epidemiologists, Richard Wilkinson, looks at what it means to live in a new age of inequality. Wilkinson is the co-author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seth Lloyd on Quantum Life | Big Ideas presents Seth Lloyd of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology on Quantum Life, how organisms have evolved to make use of quantum effects. | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on his life and work | English professor, Christian Campbell, interviews Caribbean poet and playwright, Derek Walcott, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. Walcott discusses issues of identity, culture, and language in this illuminating conversation, filmed at Hart House Theatre on November 23, 2010. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Dalton on Mr. Deity podcasts & the morality of atheism | Big Ideas presents Brian Dalton on his Mr. Deity podcasts, the amorality of Christianity and the morality of atheism | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel C. Dennett on What Should Replace Religions? | Daniel C. Dennett, Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, on What Should Replace Religions? | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PZ Myers on Science and Atheism: Natural Allies | Biology professor and well-known blogger, PZ Myers, on Science and Atheism: Natural Allies. This lecture was delivered at the Humanist Canada/Atheist Alliance International 2010 Convention in Montreal. | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Hedges on Death of the Liberal Class | Journalist and author Chris Hedges delivers a lecture based on his book Death of the Liberal Class. Hedges argues that there are five pillars of the liberal establishment - the press, liberal religious institutions, labor unions, universities and the Democratic Party - but that these institutions have failed the constituents they purport to represent. | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue | University of Toronto professor and clinical psychologist, Jordan Peterson, delivers the 2010 Hancock Lecture entitled The Necessity of Virtue. He discusses virtue from a contemporary perspective that both encompasses and extends beyond moral and religious contexts. Through compelling stories and research, Dr. Peterson illustrates the necessity of virtue both for the individual and for society at large. | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Winchester on The Man Who Loved China | Journalist, broadcaster, and bestselling author, Simon Winchester, tells the remarkable story of Joseph Needham, an eccentric English chemist who wrote a vast book on Chinese science which remains the longest book about China ever written in the English language. Winchester 19s lecture on The Man Who Loved China was delivered at the Royal Ontario Museum on October 14, 2010. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Camille Paglia on The Future of Education | Educator and author, Camille Paglia, discusses The Future of Education at the 2010 Globe and Mail Open House Festival in Toronto. The event moderator is broadcaster, Valerie Pringle. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sean M Carroll on Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time | Sean M. Carroll of CalTech discusses how the direction of the arrow of time was defined by the Big Bang. He also speculates about what might have come before the Big Bang. The lecture is entitled The Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time. | 12/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Werner Bohleber on The Phenomenon of Adolescent Violence | German psychoanalyst, Werner Bohleber, on The Phenomenon of Adolescent Violence. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Kaplan on Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians | Craig Kaplan discusses origami, tiling patterns and other areas of art where mathematics and computers have had a significant impact. The lecture, entitled Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians, was deliverd at the Quantum to Cosmos Festival. | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art historian Francis Broun on The Art of Sir Edwin Landseer | Art historian Francis Broun presents his lecture entitled Genius Denied: The Art of Sir Edwin Landseer. It was recorded at the Women's Art Association in Toronto on May 24th, 2010. | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William R. Newman on Why Did Isaac Newton Believe in Alchemy | Indiana University professor of History and Philosophy of Science, William R. Newman presents his lecture, entitled Why Did Isaac Newton Believe in Alchemy? Through historical documents and experiments that demonstrate alchemical processes, this lecture explains why one of the most insightful scientists in history was convinced that alchemical transformations were scientifically plausible. It was delivered at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, on October 6th, 2010. | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Reality | A panel discussion on climate science and climate justice with the world 19s foremost climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, as well as Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, and Clayton Thomas-Muller, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Tar Sands Campaigner. The event moderator is Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux. | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Hansen on Human-Made Climate Change | Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute delivers a lecture on Human-Made Climate Change: A Moral, Political, and Legal Issue. | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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S. James Gates, Jr. on Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis? | S. James Gates Jr., Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland, discusses the question "Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?" | 11/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on Sylvia Plath's Ariel | As part of the Literature for Our Time series, University of Toronto English Professor Nick Mount examines Ariel, Sylvia Plath's posthumously published collection of poems | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stewart Brand on his book Whole Earth Discipline | Stewart Brand delivers a lecture focusing on his book Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bhikhu Parekh on secularism and the role of religion | Lord Bhikhu Parekh is Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the Universities of Westminster and Hull and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of several books in political philosophy including Rethinking Multiculturalism and A New Politics of Identity. This lecture on Secularism and the Role of Religion in Public Life was hosted by the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto on April 6, 2010. | 11/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Mighton on The Ubiquitous Bell Curve | John Mighton of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences delivers a lecture on The Ubiquitous Bell Curve: What It Does and Doesn't Tell Us. The talk focuses on JUMP Math and Mighton's work helping teachers learn how to excite students about mathematics. | 10/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Adams on The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Robert Adams discusses Mohsin Hamid's 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was short listed for the Booker Prize. | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Terry Eagleton on Marxism as a Theodicy | British literary and cultural theorist, Terry Eagleton, delivers a lecture at York University entitled Is Marxism a Theodicy? | 10/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Terry Eagleton on the metaphysics of terror | Big Ideas presents British cultural theorist, Terry Eagleton, on The Metaphysics of Terror. This archival lecture was originally part of a 4-part series and recorded at the University of Toronto in January 2004. | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Lintott on The Galaxy Zoo | Chris Lintott of the University of Oxford discusses The Galaxy Zoo, an internet-based program for enlisting the help of amateur astronomers in cataloguing other galaxies. | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tariq Ramadan | The Swiss-born Muslim philosopher gives a lecture based on his recent book In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad. | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeremy Rifkin on The Empathic Civilization | Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, and author of The Empathic Civilization, spoke on global environmental issues at the Tulip Festival in Ottawa on May 16, 2010. | 10/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeff Rubin and Andrew Nikiforuk on the future of oil | Authors Jeff Rubin and Andrew Nikiforuk discuss The Future of the Oil Economy, with moderator Paul Waldie. This panel was part of the 2010 Globe and Mail Open House Festival. | 10/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam | Somali-born author Ayaan Hirsi Ali delivers the 2010 Donner Canadian Foundation Lecture. Her lecture is based on her book Nomad: From Islam to America, A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations. | 9/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ruth Wisse on Getting Serious about Jewish Humor - 2004 | Ruth Wisse delivers her lecture entitled Getting Serious about Jewish Humor recorded at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto, in November, 2004. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gerard t'Hooft on Science Fiction and Reality | Gerard t'Hooft, a Nobel Laureate from Utrecht University, delivers a lecture on Science Fiction and Reality at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario on May 7, 2008 | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Blackburn on Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed - 2005 | Simon Blackburn discusses his book Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed. The lecture was delivered at the University of Toronto, in May, 2005 | 9/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Pink on his book A Whole New Mind - 2005 | Daniel Pink delivers a lecture discussing his book A Whole New Mind at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, in June, 2005. | 8/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Berger on the Social Ethics of Music | Stanford University professor, Jonathan Berger, presents a range of compositions, including his piece called Jiyeh, written in response to an ecological disaster arising from an act of war, in this profoundly moving lecture (and accompanying auditory soundscape) reflecting on the idea of socially responsible music. | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ralph Wood on JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis - 2004 | Ralph Wood delivers a lecture entitled Tolkien and Lewis: Friends and Combatants. It was delivered at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto, in September, 2004. | 8/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Irene Khan on poverty and human rights | Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International, argues that economics solutions alone cannot end the problems of poverty. She believes that poverty is first and foremost a problem of human rights, and therefore to tackle global poverty we need to focus on the human rights abuses that keep people poor. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kay Redfield Jamison on her book Exuberance - 2004 | Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her book Exuberance: The Passion for Life - 2004 | 7/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Steiner on the history of Literacy - 2002 | Author George Steiner, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November 2002) at York University in Toronto, delivers a lecture on the history of literacy. | 7/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on Eden Robinson's novel Monkey Beach | Nick Mount discusses Eden Robinson's debut novel Monkey Beach which was nominated for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award. | 7/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gerald Cohen on Rescuing Conservatism | Political philosopher Gerald Cohen presents the 2008 Centre for Ethics Public Lecture (University of Toronto). His topic is "Rescuing Conservatism: A Defence of Existing Value". | 7/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Malcolm Gladwell on Blink - 2005 | Malcolm Gladwell discusses his bestselling book Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking | 7/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mel Hurtig on The Truth about Canada | Mel Hurtig delivers a lecture based on the findings in his book, The Truth about Canada, which illuminates some of the truths and myths about Canada. | 7/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Susan Sontag on modern literacy - 2002 | Author Susan Sontag, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November 2002) at York University in Toronto, delivers a lecture on modern literacy. | 6/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Schmidt Q&A - The Universe from Beginning to End | Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University answers questions following his lecture entitled The Universe from Beginning to End | 6/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Schmidt on The Universe from Beginning to End | Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University delivers his lecture entitled The Universe from Beginning to End. The lecture explores the geometry and age of the universe to give us a picture of the effects of Dark Energy. | 6/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Edward Shorter on the history of sex - 2005 | Edward Shorter delivers a lecture discussing the history of sex and his book Written in the Flesh at Hart House at the University of Toronto - September, 2005. | 6/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charles Sabine & Sydney Brenner on The Personalized Genome | Charles Sabine & Sydney Brenner speak at the Gairdner Symposium on The Personalized Genome in Toronto (October 30, 2009) | 6/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Adams on Booker Prize winning novel The White Tiger | Teacher, writer and critic, Robert Adams, reviews Aravind Adiga's Booker prize-winning novel, The White Tiger. Corruption, murder, and a series of letters composed by a former chauffeur allow the novel to explore India's caste system and how it's been affected by the country's economic miracle. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vaclav Smil on the future of the planet. | Can one planet survive the impact of a human population of close to 9 billion people? Environment writer, Andrew Revkin, interviews author and distinguished professor, Vaclav Smil, about the promise and perils of the next fifty years. This talk was part of the Q2C festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo in October 2009. | 5/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred | In his lecture entitled Reality and the Sacred, psychology professor, Jordan Peterson, explores the human search for meaning in a chaotic world and how our perceptions and beliefs shape our sense of reality. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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P. Sainath on India in the Age of Inequality | Award-winning journalist Palagummi Sainath delivers a lecture at York University entitled Slumdogs versus Millionaires: India in the Age of Inequality. | 5/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cory Doctorow, on Copyright vs. Universal Access | Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture on Copyright vs. Universal Access. Subtitled, The State of Play in the Global Copyfight, this lecture was part of the Q2C Festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo. | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot | English professor Nick Mount analyzes T.S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, The Waste Land. | 4/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rupinder Brar on Exoplanets: The Search for Other Earths | Rupinder Brar from the Science and Physics Department at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology presents his competition winning lecture entitled Exoplanets: The Search for Other Earths. | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Gray on Open Economy Macroeconomics | David Gray from the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa presents his competition lecture entitled Open Economy Macroeconomics | 4/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nadia Habib on Reflections on Gender and Sexuality | Nadia Habib from the Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Reflections on Gender and Sexuality. | 4/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Monika Havelka on Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox | Monika Havelka from the Biology Department at the University of Toronto Mississauga presents her competition lecture entitled Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox. | 3/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Meyer lecture | Bruce Meyer from the English Department at Laurentian University at Georgian College presents his competition lecture entitled The Four Phases of Yeats. | 3/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virginia Walker lecture audio podcast | Virginia Walker lecture audio podcast | 3/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best Lecturer 2010 nominee Rupinder Brar | Rupinder Brar from the Faculty of Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology presents his competition lecture entitled Exoplanets: The Search For Other Earths. | 3/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best Lecturer 2010 nominee Sohail Rashid | Sohail Rashid from the Psychology Department at Ryerson University presents his competition lecture entitled Birth Order and Personality. | 3/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best Lecturer 2010 nominee Karolyn Smardz Frost | Karolyn Smardz Frost from the History Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Fugitive Sources: Uncovering Toronto's Underground Railroad Connections. | 3/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eleanor MacDonald on Are We Postmodern? | Eleanor MacDonald from the Political Studies Department at Queen's University presents her competition lecture entitled Are We Postmodern? | 3/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Joordens on Teaching Critical Thinking | Steve Joordens from the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto Scarborough presents his competition lecture entitled You Can Lead Students to Knowledge, But How Do You Make Them Think? | 3/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BIG IDEAS: Nick Mount audio podcast | As part of his Literature for Our Time series, English professor Nick Mount discusses Virginia Woolf?s novel To the Lighthouse. | 2/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Ruse asks Is Darwinism Past its Sell-By Date? | At the 2009 Darwin conference entitled Origin of Species at 150, philosophy professor Michael Ruse asks Is Darwinism Past its Sell-By Date? | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Francis Broun | Art historian, Francis Broun, delivers an informative and entertaining lecture on the sculptures of Michelangelo. Broun is a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Studies at the Ontario College of Art | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dambisa Moyo on Innovating Away from Aid | In her best-selling book, Dead Aid, economist Dambisa Moyo, argues that aid to Africa breeds corruption and dependence and should be replaced with more innovative ways of financing, including capital markets and microfinance. Her lecture, Innovating Away from Aid, was delivered at the University of Waterloo. | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sean B. Carroll | The theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin but important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these three adventurers are chronicled by Sean B. Carroll, author of the book Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species. | 1/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harold Kushner | Author Harold Kushner on his latest book Conquering Fear | 1/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wade Davis | Anthropologist and author, Wade Davis, delivers the 2009 Massey Lecture The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. Davis explores the importance of the myriad and diverse cultures of the world and the impact on all of us when a culture disappears. | 1/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Diamandis on promoting radical scientific breakthroughs through his X Prize foundation | Dr. Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, a non-profit initiative focused on designing and launching large incentive prizes, such as the Google Lunar X PRIZE, to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. This lecture entitled The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it Yourself! was delivered at the Quantum to Cosmos science festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo. | 1/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Mount on Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot | University of Toronto English professor Nick Mount discusses Samuel Beckett?s controversial play Waiting For Godot. | 12/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Adams on the Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip | The author of A Love of Reading, acclaimed book reviewer Robert Adams, discusses the Man Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones. | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nathan Glazer on democracy and diversity | Harvard sociologist and noted public intellectual, Nathan Glazer, presents the 2009 Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture entitled Democracy and Diversity: Dealing with Deep Divides. | 12/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Howard Gardner on excellence in education | Harvard psychologist and author, Howard Gardner, best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, delivers a lecture based on his book Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet. | 12/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shel Israel on Twitterville | Influential blogger, Shel Israel, shares insights from his book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods. | 11/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Shermer on why people believe weird things | Editor of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, delivers an entertaining lecture on his book Why People Believe Weird Things. | 11/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Liaquat Ahamed on his book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World | The author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, Liaquat Ahamed, discusses the connections between the world's financial decision makers in the period leading up to the Great Depression and their counterparts in the current global financial crisis. | 11/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Camille Paglia on religion | Describing herself as an atheist who defends religion, academic and author, Camille Paglia, argues that an understanding of world religions and their symbols is essential to fully understanding human civilization and our place in the universe. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Marrus (Pt. 2) on great moments in great trials | The second part of the lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials examines Nicolae Bukharin and the Moscow Show Trials and the 1945 Nuremberg Trials. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Marrus on great moments in great trials | The first of this two-part lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials looks at the libel trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895. | 10/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Leakey on Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth | Richard Leakey, professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook University in New York is best known for his paleontological work in Africa. His lecture, entitled Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth deals with wildlife conservation and was recorded at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on May 30th, 2009. | 10/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leonard Mlodinow on randomness and his book The Drunkard's Walk | Leonard Mlodinow, of the California Institute of Technology is the author of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. His lecture on the subject of randomness was presented by the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario on May 6th, 2009. | 10/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lawrence Krauss on dark matter, dark energy and the end of the universe as we know it | Lawrence Krauss is a professor in the Department of Physics at Arizona State University. His lecture entitled Life, the Universe and Nothing was recorded at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto on March 27th, 2009. | 10/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Hitchens on The Ten Commandments | Christopher Hitchens, author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, delivers a lecture at the Royal Ontario Museum entitled The Three New Commandments in conjunction with the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls. | 10/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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J Ralston Saul, Naomi Klein and others, on leadership | John Ralston Saul, Margaret MacMillan, Naomi Klein and Adam Gopnik reflect on what constitutes a good leader and why some leaders thrive while others fail. | 9/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas King on stories and the Native Canadian experience | The author of The Truth About Stories, Thomas King, delivers his 2003 Massey Lecture entitled, What Is It About Us that You Don?t Like? | 9/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noam Chomsky on international policy continuity in the wake of 9-11 | MIT professor of Linguistics, Noam Chomsky, delivers his 2002 lecture on international policy continuity in the wake of 9-11. | 9/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leonard Susskind on the Black Hole Wars | Stanford University professor of Physics, Leonard Susskind, on ?The Black Hole Wars?, the scientific disagreement between Susskind and Stephen Hawking. | 9/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elizabeth Abbott on her book A History of Mistresses. | Author Elizabeth Abbott on her 2003 book A History of Mistresses. | 8/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elaine Dewar on her book The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality. | Author Elaine Dewar delivers her 2002 lecture about her book The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality. | 8/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret MacMillan on her book Paris 1919 | The author of Paris 1919, Margaret MacMillan, delivers her 2003 lecture Making Peace is Harder than Making War. | 8/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Niall Ferguson on his book Empire | Harvard University professor of History, Niall Ferguson, delivers his 2002 lecture on the lessons the US ought to learn from the British Empire experience in the Middle East. | 8/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Saskia Sassen on citizenship in the age of globalization | Columbia University professor of Sociology, Saskia Sassen, delivers her 2003 lecture on the concept of citizenship in the age of globalization. | 8/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Francis S. Collins on The Genome and Your Future (Part 1) | The leader of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis S. Collins delivers his 2003 high school lecture entitled The Genome and Your Future. | 7/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maynard Olson on The Genome and Your Future (Part 2) | Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine, Dr. Maynard Olson delivers his 2003 lecture, companion piece to the Francis S. Collins lecture The Genome and Your Future. | 7/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven Pinker on his book The Blank Slate | Harvard University Psychology professor, Steven Pinker delivers a lecture on the modern denial of human nature with a specific focus on his 2003 book The Blank Slate. | 7/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lawrence Freedman on his book A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East | Lawrence Freedman is a professor of War Studies at King?s College London and the author of A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East. The lecture was recorded at Toronto?s Munk Centre for International Studies on March 31st, 2009. | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June Carroll on Modern Genetics | Dr. June Carroll of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto delivers her 2003 lecture on Modern Genetics. | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Janice Stein on the ethics of responsibility and accountability | The Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies, Janice Stein, delivers her 2002 lecture on the ethics of responsibility and accountability in North American society. | 7/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Polanyi on the world that science has built | Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of Toronto professor John Polanyi delivers his 2002 lecture on the world that science has built. | 6/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander Wendt on why a one state world is inevitable | Ohio State Political Science professor Alexander Wendt delivers his 2002 lecture on why he believes a one state world is inevitable. | 6/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philip Ball on Chemistry and Colour in Art | Philip Ball outlines how developments in chemistry have impacted painters and the art world throughout history. | 6/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Fulford on A World Reconfigured: Politics and Perceptions Since 9-11 | Canadian author, journalist and broadcaster Robert Fulford delivers his 2003 lecture A World Reconfigured: Politics and Perceptions Since 9-11 | 6/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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J.B. Mackinnon, Alisa Smith, and Adria Vasil on the environment | The authors of The 100-Mile Diet and Ecoholic deliver lectures on eating and living sustainably, in Part 2 of The Green Summit. | 5/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Homer-Dixon and Chris Turner on the environment | Authors Thomas Homer-Dixon and Chris Turner deliver lectures on issues including climate change, green energy, and creating the foundations of a sustainable future, in the first of the 2-part special, The Green Summit. | 5/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don Tapscott on the ways the Net Generation learn differently | The author of Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott, refutes the belief that the internet is turning today's youth into "the dumbest generation". Tapscott illustrates how the net has changed the way people learn and offers suggestions on how to tap into the expertise that the Net Generation possesses. | 5/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Ralston Saul on what defines Canada as a nation | John Ralson Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, critically influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. | 5/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gwynne Dyer on global warming and his book Climate Wars | Journalist and historian, Gwynne Dyer, discusses his book Climate Wars, outlining the impact that climate change is likely to have on international relations. Dyer focuses particularly on the military conflicts that he sees resulting from global warming. | 5/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leo Panitch on the lessons of Marxism | Leo Panitch delivers this year's Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture entitled "Still a Marxist After All: Lessons and Insights for our Time". | 5/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hazel Carby on the British slave trade and the question of identity for people of West Indian heritage in the U.K. | In her lecture, Belonging to Britain, Hazel Carby looks at the historic relationship between England and Jamaica, including the history of the slave trade in Bristol and the complex question of identity for those of mixed British and West Indian heritage. Carby is a professor of African American Studies and American Studies at Yale University. | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bernard-Henry Levy's | Philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Levy critiques present-day leftist politics for its anti-liberalism, anti-Americanism, and for being soft on radical Islamism. | 4/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Merv Mosher - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Statistics: What's the Point? | Merv Mosher from the Kinesiology and Health Science department at York University in Toronto is profiled and delivers his lecture entitled, Statistics: What's the Point? | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rod Carley - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Adapting Shakespeare within a Modern Canadian Context | Top ten finalist, Professor Rod Carley, from the Communication Arts department at Canadore College in North Bay is profiled and delivers his competition lecture entitled, Adapting Shakespeare Within a Modern Canadian Context. | 3/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clare Hasenkampf - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters | Clare Hasenkampf from the Biological Sciences department at the University of Toronto Scarborough delivers her competition lecture entitled "Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters". | 3/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Darryl Davies - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Explaining Crime | Darryl Davies from the Sociology and Anthropology department at Carleton University in Ottawa delivers his competition lecture entitled "Explaining Crime". | 3/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shawn Lehman - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Primate Infanticide: Adaptation or Social Pathology? | Shawn Lehman from the Anthropology department at the University of Toronto St. George delivers his competition lecture entitled "Primate Infanticide: Adaptation or Social Pathology?" | 3/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Stevens - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Milton's Satan | Paul Stevens from the English department at the University of Toronto St. George delivers his competition lecture entitled "Milton's Satan". | 3/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doug Richards - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Stretching: The Truth | Doug Richards from the Physical Education and Health department at the University of Toronto St. George delivers his competition lecture entitled "Stretching: The Truth". | 3/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Allard - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Frankenstein: Five Ways | James Allard from the English Language and Literature department at Brock University in St. Catharines delivers his competition lecture entitled "Frankenstein: Five Ways". | 3/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anton Allahar - Best Lecturer Finalist - on Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? | Anton Allahar from the Sociology department at the University of Western Ontario in London delivers his competition lecture entitled "Why Isn't the Whole World Developed?" | 3/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew Bellamy - Best Lecturer Finalist - on A Watershed Moment: Canada and the Second World War | Matthew Bellamy from the History department at Carleton University in Ottawa delivers his competition lecture entitled "A Watershed Moment: Canada and the Second World War". | 2/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toby Miller on electronic waste | Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Toby Miller, examines the environmental impact of our obsession with technology. | 2/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jean Bethke Elshtain on religion and democracy | "Religion and Democracy: Antagonists or Allies?" is the topic of the 2008 Seymour Martin Lipset Memorial Lecture. | 2/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Weinberger on Knowledge at the End of the Information Age | The author of "Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder", David Weinberger, delivers a lecture entitled "Knowledge at the End of the Information Age". In this talk Weinberger argues that the internet is both profoundly weird, and deeply familiar. He claims that, by changing the way we receive information from the broadcast era's one-way monologue into a multi-directional conversation, the internet has humanized information. | 2/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maude Barlow on the global water crisis | Barlow argues that access to safe drinking water should be a basic human right and makes a compelling case for why the global water crisis will be the greatest environmental and human crisis of this century. | 1/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lewis Lapham on education | Lewis Lapham laments the state of the American education system. | 1/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Umberto Eco on Beauty and Ugliness | Internationally renowned author and philosopher, Umberto Eco, gives "An Illustrated Presentation on the History of Beauty and Ugliness", based on his two recent books "On Beauty" and "On Ugliness". | 1/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret Atwood's 2008 Massey Lecture | Author Margaret Atwood delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". | 1/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ernesto Spinelli on death anxiety | Dr. Ernesto Spinelli delivers a lecture "Exploring Death Anxiety" at an International Conference on Personal Meaning | 12/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kirk J. Schneider on the mystery of being | Dr. Kirk Schneider explores therapeutic approaches to the mystery of being in a lecture delivered at an International Conference on Personal Meaning. | 12/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Homer-Dixon on the stresses that could lead to the breakdown of world economies and political systems | Author and scholar, Thomas Homer-Dixon, explores the convergence of natural, social, and economic stresses that could lead to the breakdown of world economies and political systems. | 12/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ron Deibert on Hacking Back: The Battle for Human Rights Online | Political science professor Ron Deibert looks at the issue of internet censorship and surveillance around the world. | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Florida on how the creative class is impacting cities and society at large | Best-selling author, Richard Florida, describes how the creative class is impacting cities, business and society at large. | 11/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Kingwell and Malcolm Gladwell on social change | University of Toronto philosophy professor and author, Mark Kingwell, and journalist Malcolm Gladwell square off in a lively debate about social change and how best to achieve it. | 11/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Norman Doidge on The Brain That Changes Itself | Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and best-selling author, Dr. Norman Doidge, discusses the findings in his latest book, The Brain that Changes Itself, an examination of brain neuroplasticity. | 6/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hamida Ghafour on The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing Afghanistan | Journalist Hamida Ghafour on her book "The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing Afghanistan". | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marina Nemat on her book Prisoner of Tehran | A lecture by Marina Nemat, author of "Prisoner of Tehran". | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charles Jencks on Critical Modernism: Where is Post-Modernism Going? | Architect and author, Charles Jencks, presents a lecture based on his recent book "Critical Modernism: Where is Post-Modernism Going?" | 5/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Collier on The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It | Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at Oxford University, delivers the 2008 Lionel Gelber Public Lecture on his award-winning book, ?The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It?. | 5/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret MacMillan on History: The Next Secular Religion Part 2 | Author and historian Margaret MacMillan delivers this year's Trinity College Larkin-Stuart Lecture. The topic of her 2-part lecture is "History: The Next Secular Religion?" | 5/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret MacMillan on History: The Next Secular Religion Part 1 | Author and historian Margaret MacMillan delivers this year's Trinity College Larkin-Stuart Lecture. The topic of her 2-part lecture is "History: The Next Secular Religion?" | 5/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John English on Trudeau’s World: The Making of an Internationalist | In his lecture entitled "Trudeau's World: The Making of an Internationalist", historian and author John English, discusses Trudeau's path to political prominence and influence, particularly in the domain of international affairs. | 4/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Bell on China’s New Confucianism | Daniel Bell, Professor of Philosophy at Tsinghua University in Beijing presents a lecture on "China's New Confucianism". | 4/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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216 |
Oliver Sacks on his book Musicophilia | World-famous neurologist and author, Oliver Sacks, discusses his latest book, Musicophilia, a look at how music can impact on the brain. Sacks' love of music is well known, and now he turns his attention to his patients for whom music can be both treatment and affliction. He describes the power of music to move us, to heal, and to haunt us. | 2/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven Pinker on The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature | Harvard psychology professor, Steven Pinker, presents a talk on his latest book, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. | 2/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ariel Garten on the neuroscience of conflict | Psychotherapist and artist, Ariel Garten, explores the neuroscience of conflict. | 11/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Kuwabara on emerging models of urbanization and sustainability | Award-winning architect, Bruce Kuwabara, discusses emerging models of urbanization and sustainability that are transforming Toronto and other major Canadian cities. | 11/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 219 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Uneven
Some episodes are fascinating lectures. Some are duds. Almost all of them start out with zero introduction, so you may well not even know who is speaking. I suggest subscribing, but know that some weeks it won't be worth your time.
A favorite
This program(me) is a terrific addition to my podcast menu and one of the three that I most look forward to new installments of. Another reviewer noted the lack of introductory info- the program begins where the lecture begins. I, for one, think that is a lot of fun especially because from one show to the next there is absolutely NO continuity in subject matter. The show might be described as an upper-level university-course grab-bag. Hilarious concept, and unlike other reviewers, I have not found any of the lectures dull in topic or mode of approach, nor have I found any of the arguments poorly reasoned. I am a big fan of randomness and of learned discourse. Jackpot!
some of these are outstanding
Some of these lectures are very interesting and the presentations compelling. They are just the sort of programs I hoped to discover when I bought my IPod, replete with ideas, writing and even humor that make travel enjoyable.
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