Big Ideas offers lectures on a variety of thought-provoking topics which range across politics, culture, economics, art history, science....
Arts, Education
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The leader of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis S. Collins delivers his 2003 high school lecture entitled The Genome and Your Future.
Steven Pinker on hi...
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Harvard University Psychology professor, Steven Pinker delivers a lecture on the modern denial of human nature with a specific focus on his 2003 book The Blank Slate.
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Harvard University Psychology professor, Steven Pinker delivers a lecture on the modern denial of human nature with a specific focus on his 2003 book The Blank Slate.
June Carroll on Mod...
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Dr. June Carroll of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto delivers her 2003 lecture on Modern Genetics.
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Dr. June Carroll of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto delivers her 2003 lecture on Modern Genetics.
Janice Stein on the...
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The Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies, Janice Stein, delivers her 2002 lecture on the ethics of responsibility and accountability in North Amer...
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The Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies, Janice Stein, delivers her 2002 lecture on the ethics of responsibility and accountability in North American society.
John Polanyi on the...
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Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of Toronto professor John Polanyi delivers his 2002 lecture on the world that science has built.
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Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of Toronto professor John Polanyi delivers his 2002 lecture on the world that science has built.
Alexander Wendt on ...
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Ohio State Political Science professor Alexander Wendt delivers his 2002 lecture on why he believes a one state world is inevitable.
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Ohio State Political Science professor Alexander Wendt delivers his 2002 lecture on why he believes a one state world is inevitable.
Philip Ball on Chem...
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Philip Ball outlines how developments in chemistry have impacted painters and the art world throughout history.
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Philip Ball outlines how developments in chemistry have impacted painters and the art world throughout history.
Robert Fulford on A...
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Canadian author, journalist and broadcaster Robert Fulford delivers his 2003 lecture A World Reconfigured: Politics and Perceptions Since 9-11
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Canadian author, journalist and broadcaster Robert Fulford delivers his 2003 lecture A World Reconfigured: Politics and Perceptions Since 9-11
J.B. Mackinnon, Ali...
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The authors of The 100-Mile Diet and Ecoholic deliver lectures on eating and living more sustainably.
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The authors of The 100-Mile Diet and Ecoholic deliver lectures on eating and living more sustainably.
Thomas Homer-Dixon ...
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Authors Thomas Homer-Dixon and Chris Turner deliver lectures on a range of environmental issues including climate change, green energy, and creating the foundation...
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Authors Thomas Homer-Dixon and Chris Turner deliver lectures on a range of environmental issues including climate change, green energy, and creating the foundations of a sustainable future.
Don Tapscott on the...
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The author of Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott, refutes the belief that the internet is turning today's youth into "the dumbest generation". Tapscott illustrates how...
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The author of Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott, refutes the belief that the internet is turning today's youth into "the dumbest generation". Tapscott illustrates how the net has changed the way people learn and offers suggestions on how to tap into the expertise that the Net Generation possesses.
John Ralston Saul o...
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John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, critically influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas.
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John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, critically influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas.
Gwynne Dyer on glob...
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Journalist and historian, Gwynne Dyer, discusses his book Climate Wars, outlining the impact that climate change is likely to have on international relations. Dyer...
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Journalist and historian, Gwynne Dyer, discusses his book Climate Wars, outlining the impact that climate change is likely to have on international relations. Dyer focuses particularly on the military conflicts that he sees resulting from global warming.
Leo Panitch on the ...
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Leo Panitch delivers this year's Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture entitled "Still a Marxist After All: Lessons and Insights for our Time".
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Leo Panitch delivers this year's Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture entitled "Still a Marxist After All: Lessons and Insights for our Time".
Hazel Carby on the ...
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In her lecture, Belonging to Britain, Hazel Carby looks at the historic relationship between England and Jamaica, including the history of the slave trade in Brist...
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In her lecture, Belonging to Britain, Hazel Carby looks at the historic relationship between England and Jamaica, including the history of the slave trade in Bristol and the complex question of identity for those of mixed British and West Indian heritage. Carby is a professor of African American Studies and American Studies at Yale University.
Bernard-Henry Levy's
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Philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Levy critiques present-day leftist politics for its anti-liberalism, anti-Americanism, and for being soft on radical Islam...
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Philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Levy critiques present-day leftist politics for its anti-liberalism, anti-Americanism, and for being soft on radical Islamism.