The Big Ideas
By guardian.co.uk
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Podcast Description
Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliché in order to analyse its true meaning
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The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society' | Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle' | Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead' | What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars | Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age' | 12/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: EF Schumacher's 'small is beautiful' | Economist Andrew Simms and Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of Schumacher's 'Buddhist economics' | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' | Philosopher John Gray and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee are among those joining Benjamen Walker to consider the legacy of Smith's much-abused phrase | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: the banality of evil | In the second of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests consider the impact and legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous phrase | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: The medium is the message | Audio: In the first of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests discuss the communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and his most famous line | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: coming soon | Audio: Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliche in order to analyse its true meaning. The Big Ideas podcast starts on 21 July 2011 | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Well done. More please.
A nice summary of significant concepts. The first episode was a bit too short and even the second could have been fleshed out. Even so, I look forward to more episodes.
informative but all too brief
there's alot more to be said in these.. and by leaving stuff out they can be misleading about the intentions of some ideas. all in all it's a great show.
