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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 app... more
FAQs about Big Ideas (Audio):How many episodes does Big Ideas (Audio) have?The podcast currently has 306 episodes available.
September 23, 2011David Keith on Technology, Energy and NatureDavid 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....more57minPlay
September 16, 2011Nick Mount interviews novelist Sam LipsyteUniversity 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...more22minPlay
September 09, 2011Andrei Markovits on European Anti-AmericanismBig Ideas presents University of Michigan professor, Andrei Markovits, on European Anti-Americanism...more1h 2minPlay
September 02, 2011Nick Mount on Sam Lipsyte's novel Home LandEnglish 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....more43minPlay
August 26, 2011Alexander Nehamas -individual character and ideas of beautyBig Ideas presents Princeton University professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Alexander Nehamas, on how individual character defines our ideas of what is beautiful...more52minPlay
August 19, 2011Eric Mazur on Stopping TimeEric 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....more57minPlay
August 12, 2011Michael Hardt on The Politics of Love and EvilBig Ideas presents Duke University Literary Theorist, Michael Hardt, discussing The Politics of Love and Evil...more50minPlay
August 05, 2011Joseph Emerson on The Quantum TamersBig 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...more53minPlay
July 29, 2011John O'Leary on Popular, Informal EducationBig Ideas presents John O'Leary, the President of Frontier College on Popular, Informal Education: From the Archives of Frontier College...more26minPlay
July 22, 2011The Age of Unequals: An Evening with Richard WilkinsonArmine 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...more38minPlay
FAQs about Big Ideas (Audio):How many episodes does Big Ideas (Audio) have?The podcast currently has 306 episodes available.