Preview: Big Ideas
 Big Ideas - Full program podcastABC Radio National presents material from Big Ideas web and TV to bring you the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. One single audio file of the whole program - good for continuous listening.Copyright: Copyright 2012, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Theology and the Future of Education Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:56 +1100
Playing With Dickens Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:13 +1100
Big Ideas 07 February 2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +1100 What’s Vladimir Putin’s relationship with the West and where does his descent into authoritarianism lead Russia? Former BBC correspondent Angus Roxburgh explains at the London School of Economics how the West failed to understand the fears and aspirations following the collapse of communism.
Big Ideas 06 February 2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +1100 The United States is in the grip of institutional paralysis, unable to tackle long term economic weaknesses which were obscured by a two-decade long period of hegemony following the cold war. And China's model of state run capitalism may not be sustainable. So believes Lionel Barber, editor of The Financial Times, who delivers the 2011 Lowy lecture.
Kevin Hart Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +1100 Many of us don’t really understand ‘forgiveness’—that’s the assessment of Australian poet and philosopher Kevin Hart delivering the Simone Weil Annual Lecture at the Australian Catholic University last year. He takes on some conventional ideas about forgiveness and picks up both on some prevalent versions of Christian forgiveness and on some contemporary philosophical ideas, including those of philosopher Jacques Derrida with the intention to put forgiveness in its place—along with justice. Kevin Hart suggests two ways of understanding forgiveness—there is 'lyrical forgiveness' and 'narrative forgiveness'. Find out more about what he means by that ...
The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:48:34 +1100 Are science and religion parallel activities? Can they ever come together? Today's guest The Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth Lord Jonathan Sacks believes that science is one thing, religion is another and they are like the twin hemispheres of the brain. Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean. Tonight he is in conversation with Dr Norman Swan at the Great Synagogue in Sydney.
Ray Kurzweil Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +1100 From heavy brick-sized mobile phones to multi-functional smart phones - technology has developed with an astonishing pace and one of the modern drivers of this race is Ray Kurzweil, one of America’s greatest thinkers and entrepreneurs. He is the inventor of optical character recognition, text-to-speech recognition technology and electronic keyboard instruments. At the Creative Innovation Conference in November last year, Ray Kurzweil talked about how creativity and innovation grow at an increasing pace and that in the not so far future medicine, biology, economy and social relationships will be subject to information technology and the law of exponential return.
Big Ideas 30 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +1100 Paul Barclay speaks with Aboriginal writer, Melissa Lukashenko and Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda.
The Rocks and the Riot Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:42:59 +1100 How does a poet pick his themes? And how does he marry tradition with novelty and creativity?
Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture: Katharine Brisbane Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +1100 What are the challenges facing the arts and the theatre today? Katharine Brisbane, the co-founder of Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, and founding chair of the cultural activist association Currency House, is critical of the arts for failing to resonate with their audiences. Just before her 80th birthday, she delivers the 2011 Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture 'In Praise of Nepotism'.
The 2011 John Bonython Lecture Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:56:34 +1100 What does it take to be a good leader and what is a good leader?
Tim Flannery Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +1100 Twenty-five years ago Tim Flannery was a young mammal scientist exploring remote Pacific Islands and discovering numerous new species. It was a hell of an adventure—and a far cry from his current role as federal climate commissioner. He talks about his new book Among The Islands.
Sunday 22 January 2012 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:05:00 +1100 How long do you want to live? A century? Or longer? There's a concerted effort underway within science and medicine to push the boundaries of the human lifespan to as long as a thousand years. In the last in this series, we're off to the 2011 Adelaide Festival of Ideas, where our panellists explore how long humans might conceivably be able to live - and at the implications for the planet.
Sunday 15 January 2012 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:05:00 +1100 Summer is of course a time of extremes in this country - a perfect opportunity to explore the extremes of the extraordinary universe we live in, with the help of astrophysicist Bryan Gaensler. Bryan has enjoyed a stellar career in Australia and the United States, and has now published his first book, Extreme Cosmos. Today he's in conversation with All in the Mind presenter Natasha Mitchell, at an event recorded at the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival.
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