Hazel Carby looks at the historic relationship between England and Jamaica, including the history of the slave trade in Bristol and the complex question of identity for those of mixed British and West Indian heritage.

Robert Adams on Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Jul 13th, 2013 1h 23m

Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.

Thomas Merritt audio podcast

Jul 3rd, 2013 44m 37s

Thomas Merritt, Canada Research Chair in Genomics and Bio-informatics at Laurentian University 19s department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, on the extent to which our genetic makeup is responsible for our talents and aptitudes.

Michael Shermer on Why People Believe Weird Things.

Jun 29th, 2013 54m 15s

The editor of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, delivers a lecture on his book Why People Believe Weird Things.

Michael Fullan on Schools in Need of Re-Education

Jun 22nd, 2013

Michael Fullan of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education delivers a lecture entitled Schools in Need of Re-Education

Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech

Jun 15th, 2013 21m 21s

Christopher Hitchens voices his opinion on the subject of the Hart House Debating Club debate: Be it resolved: Freedom of speech includes the freedom to hate.

Michael Ruse on Is Darwinism Past its Sell-by Date?

Jun 1st, 2013 49m 36s

Michael Ruse is professor of the philosophy of biology at Florida State University. In this lecture he addresses the question Is Darwinism Past its Sell-by Date?

Robert Adams on the novel Herzog by Saul Bellow.

May 18th, 2013 1h 26m

Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the 1964 novel Herzog by Saul Bellow.

Simon Winchester on A Crack in the Edge of the World

Apr 27th, 2013 55m 30s

Simon Winchester on his book A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.

Robert Adams on the novel No Great Mischief

Apr 20th, 2013 1h 28m

Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel No Great Mischief by Alastair MacLeod.

Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on ,Until the End of the World"

Apr 13th, 2013 1h 4m

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek delivers his contribution to the Nuit Blanche symposium inspired by Wim Wenders film, Until the End of the World.

Robert Adams on the novel The Corrections

Apr 6th, 2013 1h 22m

Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the novel The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.

Salmon Akhtar on The Trauma of Geographical Dislocation

Mar 23rd, 2013 52m 23s

Salmon Akhtar on The Trauma of Geographical Dislocation, how immigration can affect a person's mental health.

Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us

Mar 23rd, 2013 56m 50s

Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing with problems.

Steven Pinker on The Blank Slate

Mar 16th, 2013 59m 40s

Harvard University psychology professor, Steven Pinker, dicusses his book The Blank Slate.

Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research

Mar 9th, 2013 34m 31s

Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research and one of the organizers of the annual Ig-Nobel Prize ceremonies at Harvard University, discusses the work of scientists and academics that, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you

Maude Barlow on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue

Mar 2nd, 2013 50m 57s

Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The Council of Canadians, on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue of All.

Julia Belluz on social media's impact on health decisions

Mar 2nd, 2013 49m 20s

Journalist Julia Belluz looks at the impact of social media on decisions about health in the Annual Hart House Hancock Lecture. Her lecture, entitled Who Lives and Who Dies: Will Social Media Decide?, was delivered at the Hart House Great Hal

Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness

Feb 23rd, 2013 58m 14s

Kwame McKenzie, Medical Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?

Ken Cramer on Alfred Adler

Feb 23rd, 2013 40m 42s

Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of

Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land

Feb 16th, 2013 48m 16s

University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

Susannah Varmuza on the evolving field of Epigenetics

Feb 9th, 2013 22m 28s

University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, discusses the evolving field of Epigenetics and what research into such things as mouse coat colour is telling scientists about the age-old "nature versus nurture" debate.