Sep 6, 2013
Robert Adams on the novel Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry.
1 hour 28 minutes
Podcast · Catalán Valenciano Activo
Big Ideas (Video)
TVO
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-bite television norm. The simple, bold concept is a victory of substance over style.
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Aug 23, 2013
Christopher Hitchens on The Three New Commandments
55 minutes
Aug 9, 2013
Robert Adams on the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
55 minutes
Jul 26, 2013
Hazel Carby on Belonging to Britain
53 minutes
Jul 12, 2013
Robert Adams on Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
1 hour 23 minutes
Jul 3, 2013
Thomas Merritt on genetics, talents and aptitudes
44 minutes
Jun 28, 2013
Michael Shermer on Why People Believe Weird Things.
54 minutes
Jun 21, 2013
Michael Fullan on Schools in Need of Re-Education
47 minutes
Jun 14, 2013
Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech
41 minutes
May 31, 2013
Michael Ruse on Is Darwinism Past its Sell-by Date?
49 minutes
May 17, 2013
Daniel Gottesman on Quantum Computing
54 minutes
May 17, 2013
Robert Adams on Herzog by Saul Bellow.
1 hour 26 minutes
May 3, 2013
Jeffrey Rosenthal on The Curious World of Probabilities
44 minutes
Apr 26, 2013
Simon Winchester on A Crack in the Edge of the World
55 minutes
Apr 19, 2013
Robert Adams on the novel No Great Mischief
1 hour 27 minutes
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