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Private Notes
Mark Kingwell on Representations of the Intellectual in Everyday Life
Robert Adams lecture on Robert Sole's book "The Photographer's Wife" - a story of a happy marriage that overcomes trials of its own making.
Robert Adams on Zadie Smith's best-selling novel, White Teeth, set in Wilmsden, an overtly multicultural corner of London.
Christopher Buckley entertains with anecdotes about the difficulty of naming his book.
Michael Ignatieff discusses how much truth we can handle as a society and outlines some important truths and "impermissable lies" making specific references to South Africa's truth and reconciliation committees.
David Garland gives a talk entitled "the Culture of Control." Todd Gitlin discusses the media environment and rise of punditry that allowed George W. Bush to be elected.
Two Shades of Red Jello Biafra - Former punk rocker (The Dead Kennedys) & current political activist sounds off on all things left wing.
Alberto Manguel talks about the stories behind famous paintings, with particular focus on the portraits of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso. The lecture is based on Manguel's book Reading Pictures.
Allan Gregg on Politics, Media and the Public Good: A Cautionary Tale
Robert Buckman, Linden MacIntyre and Mark Kingwell discuss Canadian ethics.
Bernard Lewis discusses how the Islamic world has fallen from its previous glory.
Alexander Wendt on why a one state world is inevitable.
Robert Adams on Sheri Holman's novel The Dress Lodger, a Dickensian novel about 19th century England.
Robert Adams on the novel "Cause Celebre" by Helen Fielding
David Frum and Mark Starowicz debate the future of journalism.
Alexander Nehamas talks about how individual character defines our idea of what is beautiful.
Nobel Prize winner John Polanyi of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto discusses the world that science has built and the impact that science has had on society.
Author Stephen Clakson (Uncle Sam and US) and Michael Hawes of Queens University debate the power of multilateral trade agreements.
Bridget Campion, Abdallah Daar, Mary Jardine, Trudo Lemmens, Janet Rossant, Peter Singer on Stem Cell research
Noam Chomsky on American Middle East Policies, Israel, the World post 9-11.
Benjamin Netanyahu's lecture recorded in Winnipeg on September 9, 2002.
Robert Adams on the novel The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart
Robert Adams on the novel A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay
