Big Ideas
Big Ideas
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. Big Ideas airs Saturdays and Sundays at 4:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
Arthur I. Miller compares Einstein to Picasso. Miller is the author of a book entitled "Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, an... more
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and best-selling author, Dr. Norman Doidge, discusses the findings in his latest book, The Br... more
Howard Gardner is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the author of "Five Minds for the Future"... more
John Stape, the author of "The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad", outlines the ways in which his book, released to coincide ... more
Business journalist Andrea Mandel-Campbell, author of "Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson", discusses her views on why Canadi... more
Journalist Hamida Ghafour on her book "The Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing Afghanistan". more
Michael Eric Dyson, the author of "April 4, 1968", discusses the life and death of Martin Luther King as they pertain to r... more
Architect and author, Charles Jencks, presents a lecture based on his recent book "Critical Modernism: Where is Post-Moder... more
Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at Oxford University, delivers the 2008 Lionel Gelber Public Lecture on his award-win... more
