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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Vaclav Smil on the future of the planet.
Can one planet survive the impact of a human population ...
Can one planet survive the impact of a human population of close to 9 billion people? Environment writer, Andrew Revkin, interviews author and distinguished professor, Vaclav Smil, about the promise and perils of the next fifty years. This talk was part of the Q2C festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo in October 2009.
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Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred
In his lecture entitled Reality and the Sacred, psychology professor, ...
In his lecture entitled Reality and the Sacred, psychology professor, Jordan Peterson, explores the human search for meaning in a chaotic world and how our perceptions and beliefs shape our sense of reality.
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P. Sainath on India in the Age of Inequality
Award-winning journalist Palagummi Sainath delivers a lecture at York University ...
Award-winning journalist Palagummi Sainath delivers a lecture at York University entitled Slumdogs versus Millionaires: India in the Age of Inequality.
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Cory Doctorow, on Copyright vs. Universal Access
Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture ...
Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture on Copyright vs. Universal Access. Subtitled, The State of Play in the Global Copyfight, this lecture was part of the Q2C Festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo.
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Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot
English professor Nick Mount analyzes T.S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, The ...
English professor Nick Mount analyzes T.S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, The Waste Land.
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Rupinder Brar on Exoplanets: The Search for Other Earths
Rupinder Brar from the Science and Physics Department at the ...
Rupinder Brar from the Science and Physics Department at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology presents his competition winning lecture entitled Exoplanets: The Search for Other Earths.
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David Gray on Open Economy Macroeconomics
David Gray from the Economics Department at the University of ...
David Gray from the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa presents his competition lecture entitled Open Economy Macroeconomics
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Nadia Habib on Reflections on Gender and Sexuality
Nadia Habib from the Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department ...
Nadia Habib from the Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Reflections on Gender and Sexuality.
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Bruce Meyer lecture
Bruce Meyer from the English Department at Laurentian University at ...
Bruce Meyer from the English Department at Laurentian University at Georgian College presents his competition lecture entitled The Four Phases of Yeats.
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Monika Havelka on Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox
Monika Havelka from the Biology Department at the University of ...
Monika Havelka from the Biology Department at the University of Toronto Mississauga presents her competition lecture entitled Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox.
