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Big Ideas is a Canadian television series produced and broadcast by TVOntario, on the air since 2001. The program endeavours to be a showcase of public intellectual culture. It was conceived by Wodek Szemberg who continues to serve as producer of the program. The show features public lectures by acclaimed university educators and other distinguished guests. It is geared towards a general audience. Original host Irshad Manji was succeeded by Canadian actor, director, and playwright Andrew Moodie on January 7, 2006. Big Ideas currently airs on TVOntario every Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 4:00 P.M., with repeat airings at 5:00 A.M. Saturday and Sunday night. Podcasts of the current lectures are available through the Big Ideas website as well as from iTunes. Big Ideas is also a PBS series that originally aired in 2003. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Christopher Hitchens on The Ten Commandments
1212Michael Shermer on why people believe weird things
1163David Weinberger on Knowledge at the End of the Information Age
984February 2 2008: Steven Pinker
945Don Tapscott on the ways the Net Generation learn differently
916Steven Pinker on his book The Blank Slate
877Umberto Eco on Beauty and Ugliness
868February 23 2008: Oliver Sacks
849Harold Kushner on conquering fear
8410Noam Chomsky on international policy continuity in the wake of 9-11
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