Big Ideas (Video) Podcast
1) 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.
2) Christopher Hitchens on The Three New Commandments
Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, on The Three New Commandments.
3) 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
4) 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.
5) Thomas Merritt on genetics, talents and aptitudes
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
6) 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.
7) Michael Fullan on Schools in Need of Re-Education
Michael Fullan of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education delivers a lecture entitled Schools in Need of Re-Education
8) Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech
Christopher Hitchens voices his opinion on the subject of the Hart House Debating Club debate: Be it resolved: Freedom of speech includes the freedom to hate.
9) Michael Ruse on Is Darwinism Past its Sell-by Date?
Michael Ruse is professor of the philosophy of biology at Florida State University. In this lecture he addresses the question Is Darwinism Past its Sell-by Date?
10) Robert Adams on Herzog by Saul Bellow.
Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the 1964 novel Herzog by Saul Bellow.