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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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    Michael Hardt on The Politics of Love and Evil

    Big Ideas presents Duke University Literary Theorist, Michael Hardt, discussing ...

    Big Ideas presents Duke University Literary Theorist, Michael Hardt, discussing The Politics of Love and Evil

    Aug 13, 2011 Read more
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    Joseph Emerson on The Quantum Tamers

    Joseph Emerson of the Department of Applied Math at the ...

    Joseph Emerson of the Department of Applied Math at the University of Waterloo on the documentary The Quantum Tamers which he co-produced at the Perimeter Institute

    Aug 6, 2011 Read more
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    John O'Leary on Popular, Informal Education

    Big Ideas presents John O'Leary, the President of Frontier College ...

    Big Ideas presents John O'Leary, the President of Frontier College on Popular, Informal Education: From the Archives of Frontier College

    Jul 30, 2011 Read more
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    The Age of Unequals: An Evening with Richard Wilkinson

    Armine Yalnizyan, Jordan Peterson, and Matthew Mendelsohn join epidemiologist Richard ...

    Armine Yalnizyan, Jordan Peterson, and Matthew Mendelsohn join epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson to discuss why equality is better for everyone, the theme of Wilkinson's book, The Spirit Level

    Jul 23, 2011 Read more
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    Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language

    University of Toronto Physics professor Robert K. Logan on The ...

    University of Toronto Physics professor Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language and the Emergence of Concepts

    Jul 16, 2011 Read more
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    Energy Blueprint - Equinox Summit: Energy 2030

    Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 - Energy Blueprint presentations

    Jul 14, 2011
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    Ensuring Electricity - Equinox Summit: Energy 2030

    Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 - Bill Rosehart, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Ted ...

    Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 - Bill Rosehart, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Ted Sargent and Walt Patterson discuss Ensuring Electricity: What Happens If the Lights Go Out?

    Jul 14, 2011 Read more
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    Marcus Chown on 10 Bonkers Things About the Universe

    Marcus Chown of New Scientist Magazine on his Top 10 ...

    Marcus Chown of New Scientist Magazine on his Top 10 Bonkers Things About the Universe

    Jul 9, 2011 Read more
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    Equinox Summit: Energy 2030, Panel on Efficiency

    A panel on Investing in Efficiency examines ways to manage ...

    A panel on Investing in Efficiency examines ways to manage energy demand and advance technological ideas that may improve efficiency at every stage of the energy system. Featured panelists are Linda Nazar, Jillian Buriak, Alan Aspuru-Guzik and Cathy Foley. The Equinox Summit was held at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, from June 5 - 9, 2011.

    Jul 7, 2011 Read more
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    Kevin B. Anderson, Janet Afary on The Seductions of Islamism

    Kevin B. Anderson and Janet Afary on their book The ...

    Kevin B. Anderson and Janet Afary on their book The Seductions of Islamism: Revisiting Foucault and the Iranian Revolution

    Jul 2, 2011 Read more
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