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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Grandest Challenge Symposium Pt 2 featuring James Orbinski
Our second installment of The Grandest Challenge Symposium features James ...
Our second installment of The Grandest Challenge Symposium features James Orbinski, author of An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century. Following Dr. Orbinski's lecture he is joined in conversation by moderator Gillian Findlay.
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Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer on The Grandest Challenge
Taking it's name from the book The Grandest Challenge: Taking ...
Taking it's name from the book The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village, this symposium features the book's authors, Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr. Peter Singer.
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Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan: A ...
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village, speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium and is interviewed by moderator Carol Off.
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Doug Richards on Stretching: The Truth
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at ...
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at University of Toronto St. George on Stretching: The Truth. Richards discusses the science and the fiction of the benefits of stretching prior to exercise.
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Iain McGilchrist on the divided brain's impact on our world
Dr. Iain McGilchrist is a renowned psychiatrist and author. Drawing ...
Dr. Iain McGilchrist is a renowned psychiatrist and author. Drawing from his book, "The Master and his Emissary", McGilchrist explores how the divided brain is shaping modern civilization. His lecture was delivered at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, on March 7, 2012.
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Don Kurtz on Stellar Seismology
Don Kurtz, of the University of Central Lancashire, discusses asteroseismology ...
Don Kurtz, of the University of Central Lancashire, discusses asteroseismology in a lecture entitled Songs of the Stars: The Real Music of the Spheres. He explains how sound waves are helping to locate distant Earth-like planets, study solar storms and explain what happens in the core of stars.
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Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet Freedom and Security
Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, discusses her book Consent ...
Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, discusses her book Consent of the Networked which examines issues of internet freedom and security. MacKinnon looks at Internet regulation in China, how Social Media affected the Arab Spring and the fight over SOPA.
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Northrop Frye on The Shape of the Bible
Renowned literary theorist, Northrop Frye, delivers the second lecture in ...
Renowned literary theorist, Northrop Frye, delivers the second lecture in his famous course on The Bible and Literature. The lecture is entitled "The Shape of the Bible".
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Northrop Frye on An Approach to the Bible
Renowned literary theorist Northrop Frye presents the first lecture in ...
Renowned literary theorist Northrop Frye presents the first lecture in his course on The Bible and Literature. The lecture is entitled "An Approach to the Bible".
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William D. Phillips: Time and Einstein in the 21st Century
William D. Phillips, who works with the U.S. National Institute ...
William D. Phillips, who works with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, demonstrates the cooling potential of liquid nitrogen, the laser-based technique known as "optical molasses" and shows how magnetic bottles can help science built more accurate atomic clocks.
