Big Ideas

Big Ideas

"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.cite web |url= http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas
title= Big Ideas Main Page|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=TVOntario] 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 Manjifact|date=April 2008 was succeeded by Canadian actor/director/playwright Andrew Moodie on 2006-01-07.

"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/Sunday and Monday morning.

In 2007, "Big Ideas" held its Best Lecturer competition for the second time. Dr. Michael Persinger, from Laurentian University, received the best-lecturer award. The 2008 competition is underway and the winner is to be announced 2008-04-05.

Podcasts of the current lectures are available through the "Big Ideas" website as well as from iTunes.

"Big Ideas" is also the name of an unrelated PBS series that originally aired in 2003 [cite web |url= http://www.thirteen.org/bigideas |title= Big Ideas|accessdate=2008-04-01|date= 2003-01-01|publisher=Educational Broadcasting Corporation] , as well as of a radio series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National.

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External links

* [http://www.tvo.org/bigideas/ TVOntario’s "Big Ideas" website]


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