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.
Alberto Manguel on the duality of Pablo Picasso's artistic brilliance and personal evil. more
Dr. Guy Proulx, Director of Psychology and NeuroRehabilitation at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care delivers a lectur... more
Kay Redfield Jamison of Johns Hopkins University gives a lecture about suicide drawing on the research from her book, Nigh... more
Lee Smolin of Perimeter Institute delivers his lecture, Why Does Science Work? more
Mark Kingwell delivers a lecture on Representations of the Intellectual in Everyday Life. Has pop culture ruined the intel... more
Zach Hall - Dean of Research at the School of Medicine of University of Southern California discusses, Neuroethics: A Chal... more
Dr. Leon Kass, Chair of the President's Council on Bioethics, examines the distinct ethical dilemmas that surround stem ce... more
Clifford Will delivers a lecture entitled, "Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein?s Theories Survive Today?s Scientific Scrutin... more
Wendy Steiner, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania presents a lecture based on her book The Trouble w... more
Arthur I. Miller compares Einstein to Picasso. Miller is the author of a book entitled "Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, an... more
