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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Alan Middleton on the History of Branding
Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, ...
Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, on The History of Branding
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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 ...
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
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Cory Doctorow Q and A on computer regulation
Cory Doctorow answers questions following his lecture, Why it's a ...
Cory Doctorow answers questions following his lecture, Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools
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Peterson and de Sousa debate Living Without the Sacred
Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate ...
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.
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Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom
Noam Chomsky is one of America's leading scholars and intellectuals. ...
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.
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War
Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best ...
Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War
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Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler and Nationalism
Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai ...
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.
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Armine Yalnizyan on Economics, Equality and Democracy
Senior economist Armine Yalnizyan examines how growing economic inequality and ...
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.
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Michael Persinger on No More Secrets
Big Ideas presents Michael Persinger, winner of the 2007 Best ...
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
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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 ...
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
