Big Ideas Video
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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January 26 2008: Israel-Palestine: 60 Years On
An hour-long version of the special series, "Israel-Palestine: 60 Years ...
An hour-long version of the special series, "Israel-Palestine: 60 Years On", which originally aired on The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
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Eric Thurman on microcredit
Microcredit expert and consultant, Eric Thurman, discusses the ideas behind ...
Microcredit expert and consultant, Eric Thurman, discusses the ideas behind his book, "A Billion Bootstraps".
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H. Jay Melosh on what killed the dinosaurs
H. JAY MELOSH: What killed the dinosaurs? And is humanity ...
H. JAY MELOSH: What killed the dinosaurs? And is humanity headed for a similar fate? These questions are addressed by H. Jay Melosh, a Professor of Theoretical Geophysics at the University of Arizona, in this lecture entitled, "Death of the Dinos: Giant Impacts and Biological Crises". With the help of sophisticated computer simulations Melosh presents his "hot" new theory on the KT extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago.
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Ariel Garten on the neuroscience of conflict
Psychotherapist and artist, Ariel Garten, explores the neuroscience of conflict.
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Bruce Kuwabara on models of urbanization
Award-winning architect, Bruce Kuwabara, discusses emerging models of urbanization and ...
Award-winning architect, Bruce Kuwabara, discusses emerging models of urbanization and sustainability that are transforming Toronto and other major Canadian cities.
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Robert Adams on Brick Lane
Robert Adams gives his assessment of "Brick Lane" by Monica ...
Robert Adams gives his assessment of "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali. Short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize, the novel is a finely textured picture of Bangladeshi immigrants in contemporary London.
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Robert Adams on the Booker Prize winning novel Disgrace
Robert Adams discusses J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel, Disgrace.
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Robert Adams on The Corrections
Robert Adams offers his opinions on Jonathan Frazen's critically acclaimed ...
Robert Adams offers his opinions on Jonathan Frazen's critically acclaimed novel The Corrections. It tells the story of an American family's disintegration and metamorphosis in modern America.
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Robert Adams on The Kite Runner
The irrepressible Robert Adams presents an enthralling review of Khaled ...
The irrepressible Robert Adams presents an enthralling review of Khaled Hosseini's, The Kite Runner. The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of a friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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Susannah Varmuza on epigenetics
University of Toronto Zoology researcher Susannah Varmuza who discusses the ...
University of Toronto Zoology researcher Susannah Varmuza who discusses the evolving field of Epigenetics and what research into such things as mouse coat colour is telling scientists about the age-old "nature versus nurture" debate.
