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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.
August 01, 2009Saskia Sassen on citizenship in the age of globalizationColumbia University professor of Sociology, Saskia Sassen, delivers her 2003 lecture on the concept of citizenship in the age of globalization....more54minPlay
July 25, 2009Maynard 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....more28minPlay
July 25, 2009Francis 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....more29minPlay
July 18, 2009Steven Pinker on his book The Blank SlateHarvard 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....more1hPlay
July 11, 2009Lawrence Freedman on his book A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle EastLawrence 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....more40minPlay
July 11, 2009June Carroll on Modern GeneticsDr. June Carroll of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto delivers her 2003 lecture on Modern Genetics....more27minPlay
July 04, 2009Janice Stein on the ethics of responsibility and accountabilityThe 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....more36minPlay
June 27, 2009John Polanyi on the world that science has builtWinner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of Toronto professor John Polanyi delivers his 2002 lecture on the world that science has built....more31minPlay
June 20, 2009Alexander Wendt on why a one state world is inevitableOhio State Political Science professor Alexander Wendt delivers his 2002 lecture on why he believes a one state world is inevitable....more40minPlay
June 13, 2009Philip Ball on Chemistry and Colour in ArtPhilip Ball outlines how developments in chemistry have impacted painters and the art world throughout history....more52minPlay
FAQs about Big Ideas (Audio):How many episodes does Big Ideas (Audio) have?The podcast currently has 306 episodes available.