The 3 Best Big Ideas (Audio) Podcast Episodes
1) Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on ,Until the End of the World"
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek delivers his contribution to the Nuit Blanche symposium inspired by Wim Wenders film, Until the End of the World.
2) Noam Chomsky on The Imperial Presidency
American author and political activist, Noam Chomsky, speking at a benefit for Canadian Dimension Magazine, delivers a talk entitled The Imperial Presidency. Recorded at University of Toronto on Nov 2...Show More
3) Leonard Susskind on the Black Hole Wars
Stanford University professor of Physics, Leonard Susskind, on ?The Black Hole Wars?, the scientific disagreement between Susskind and Stephen Hawking.
4) Robert Adams on the novel Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry.
Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry.
5) Christopher Hitchens on The Three New Commandments
Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, on The Three New Commandments.
6) Robert Adams on the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
7) Hazel Carby on 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...Show More
8) Robert Adams on Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
9) Thomas Merritt audio podcast
Thomas Merritt, Canada Research Chair in Genomics and Bio-informatics at Laurentian University 19s department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, on the extent to which our genetic makeup is responsible fo...Show More
10) Michael Shermer on Why People Believe Weird Things.
The editor of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, delivers a lecture on his book Why People Believe Weird Things.