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.
Author and historian Margaret MacMillan delivers this year's Trinity College Larkin-Stuart Lecture. The topic of her 2-pa... more
Author and historian Margaret MacMillan delivers this year's Trinity College Larkin-Stuart Lecture. The topic of her 2-pa... more
Professor Neil Turok, Chair of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University presents his lecture "What Banged?" which exam... more
Walter Benn Michaels is the author of "The Trouble with Diversity". In both his book and this lecture he discusses the nee... more
In his lecture entitled "Trudeau's World: The Making of an Internationalist", historian and author John English, discusses... more
Author Roy MacSkimming discusses his fictional take on the life of Canada's first Prime Minister John A. MacDonald. more
Daniel Bell, Professor of Philosophy at Tsinghua University in Beijing presents a lecture on "China's New Confucianism". more
University of Toronto (Scarborough) psychology professor Gerald Cupchik delivers his competition lecture entitled Two Face... more
University of Ontario Institute of Technology professor Christopher diCarlo (Health Sciences and Criminology) delivers his... more
University of Windsor education professor Finney Cherian delivers his competition lecture entitled Unbinding Baby Elephants. more
