Big Ideas (Video) show

Big Ideas (Video)

Summary: 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.

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 Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:34:17

Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research and one of the organizers of the annual Ig-Nobel Prize ceremonies at Harvard University, discusses the work of scientists and academics that, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think".

 Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:34:17

Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research and one of the organizers of the annual Ig-Nobel Prize ceremonies at Harvard University, discusses the work of scientists and academics that, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think".

 Maude Barlow on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:50:45

Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The Council of Canadians, on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue of All.

 Maude Barlow on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:50:45

Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The Council of Canadians, on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue of All.

 Ken Cramer on Alfred Adler | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:40:32

Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of

 Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:58:32

Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?

 Ken Cramer on Alfred Adler | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:40:32

Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of

 Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:58:32

Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?

 Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:47:59

University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

 Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:47:59

University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

 Susannah Varmuza on the evolving field of Epigenetics | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:22:11

University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, 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.

 Susannah Varmuza on the evolving field of Epigenetics | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:22:11

University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, 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.

 Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:56:37

Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing with problems.

 Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:56:37

Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing with problems.

 Clare Hasenkampf on Chromosomes Dividing | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:44:16

Clare Hasenkampf of the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough presents her lecture Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters.

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