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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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam
Somali-born author Ayaan Hirsi Ali delivers the 2010 Donner Canadian ...
Somali-born author Ayaan Hirsi Ali delivers the 2010 Donner Canadian Foundation Lecture. Her lecture is based on her book Nomad: From Islam to America, A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations.
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Ruth Wisse on Getting Serious about Jewish Humor - 2004
Ruth Wisse delivers her lecture entitled Getting Serious about Jewish ...
Ruth Wisse delivers her lecture entitled Getting Serious about Jewish Humor recorded at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto, in November, 2004.
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Gerard t'Hooft on Science Fiction and Reality
Gerard t'Hooft, a Nobel Laureate from Utrecht University, delivers a ...
Gerard t'Hooft, a Nobel Laureate from Utrecht University, delivers a lecture on Science Fiction and Reality at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario on May 7, 2008
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Simon Blackburn on Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed - 2005
Simon Blackburn discusses his book Truth: A Guide for the ...
Simon Blackburn discusses his book Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed. The lecture was delivered at the University of Toronto, in May, 2005
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Daniel Pink on his book A Whole New Mind - 2005
Daniel Pink delivers a lecture discussing his book A Whole ...
Daniel Pink delivers a lecture discussing his book A Whole New Mind at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, in June, 2005.
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Jonathan Berger on the Social Ethics of Music
Stanford University professor, Jonathan Berger, presents a range of compositions, ...
Stanford University professor, Jonathan Berger, presents a range of compositions, including his piece called Jiyeh, written in response to an ecological disaster arising from an act of war, in this profoundly moving lecture (and accompanying auditory soundscape) reflecting on the idea of socially responsible music.
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Ralph Wood on JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis - 2004
Ralph Wood delivers a lecture entitled Tolkien and Lewis: Friends ...
Ralph Wood delivers a lecture entitled Tolkien and Lewis: Friends and Combatants. It was delivered at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto, in September, 2004.
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Irene Khan on poverty and human rights
Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International, argues that ...
Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International, argues that economics solutions alone cannot end the problems of poverty. She believes that poverty is first and foremost a problem of human rights, and therefore to tackle global poverty we need to focus on the human rights abuses that keep people poor.
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Kay Redfield Jamison on her book Exuberance - 2004
Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her book Exuberance: The Passion for ...
Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her book Exuberance: The Passion for Life - 2004
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Nick Mount on Eden Robinson's novel Monkey Beach
Nick Mount discusses Eden Robinson's debut novel Monkey Beach which ...
Nick Mount discusses Eden Robinson's debut novel Monkey Beach which was nominated for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award.
