Big Ideas Audio
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-bit
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Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex
Academic, author and political activist, Noam Chomsky, on the State-Corporate ...
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.
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Thomas Homer-Dixon on Civilization Far From Equilibrium
Thomas Homer-Dixon presents his lecture Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, ...
Thomas Homer-Dixon presents his lecture Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, Complexity and Human Survival at the Equinox Summit - Energy 2030.
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John Gray on The Immortalization Commission
Philosopher and author, John Gray, on The Immortalization Commission: Science ...
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.
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Freeman Dyson on Living Through Four Revolutions
Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University delivers a lecture ...
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.
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Tariq Ramadan on Western Muslims after Oslo
Tariq Ramadan, the well-known, Swiss-born and controversial Muslim philosopher, offers ...
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.
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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 ...
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
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David Keith on Technology, Energy and Nature
David Keith, speaking at the Equinox Summit, discusses Technology, Energy ...
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.
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Nick Mount interviews novelist Sam Lipsyte
University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, in conversation with ...
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
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Andrei Markovits on European Anti-Americanism
Big Ideas presents University of Michigan professor, Andrei Markovits, on ...
Big Ideas presents University of Michigan professor, Andrei Markovits, on European Anti-Americanism
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Nick Mount on Sam Lipsyte's novel Home Land
English professor, Nick Mount, provides insight into Sam Lipsyte's novel ...
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.
