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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Umberto Eco on Beauty and Ugliness
Internationally renowned author and philosopher, Umberto Eco, gives "An Illustrated ...
Internationally renowned author and philosopher, Umberto Eco, gives "An Illustrated Presentation on the History of Beauty and Ugliness", based on his two recent books "On Beauty" and "On Ugliness".
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Margaret Atwood's 2008 Massey Lecture
Author Margaret Atwood delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: Debt ...
Author Margaret Atwood delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth".
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Kirk J. Schneider on the mystery of being
Dr. Kirk Schneider explores therapeutic approaches to the mystery of ...
Dr. Kirk Schneider explores therapeutic approaches to the mystery of being in a lecture delivered at an International Conference on Personal Meaning.
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Ernesto Spinelli on death anxiety
Dr. Ernesto Spinelli delivers a lecture "Exploring Death Anxiety" at ...
Dr. Ernesto Spinelli delivers a lecture "Exploring Death Anxiety" at an International Conference on Personal Meaning
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Thomas Homer-Dixon on the stresses that could lead to the breakdown of world economies and political systems
Author and scholar, Thomas Homer-Dixon, explores the convergence of natural, ...
Author and scholar, Thomas Homer-Dixon, explores the convergence of natural, social, and economic stresses that could lead to the breakdown of world economies and political systems.
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Ron Deibert on Hacking Back: The Battle for Human Rights Online
Political science professor Ron Deibert looks at the issue of ...
Political science professor Ron Deibert looks at the issue of internet censorship and surveillance around the world.
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Richard Florida on how the creative class is impacting cities and society at large
Best-selling author, Richard Florida, describes how the creative class is ...
Best-selling author, Richard Florida, describes how the creative class is impacting cities, business and society at large.
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Mark Kingwell and Malcolm Gladwell on social change
University of Toronto philosophy professor and author, Mark Kingwell, and ...
University of Toronto philosophy professor and author, Mark Kingwell, and journalist Malcolm Gladwell square off in a lively debate about social change and how best to achieve it.
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Norman Doidge on The Brain That Changes Itself
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and best-selling author, Dr. Norman Doidge, discusses the ...
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and best-selling author, Dr. Norman Doidge, discusses the findings in his latest book, The Brain that Changes Itself, an examination of brain neuroplasticity.
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Hamida Ghafour on The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing Afghanistan
Journalist Hamida Ghafour on her book "The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits ...
Journalist Hamida Ghafour on her book "The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing Afghanistan".
