Episodes

  • Rebellion and Revolution

    Rebellion and Revolution
    Dec 21 2016
    Would the founding fathers have approved of Donald Trump? Probably not, says the panel in episode one of Great Ideas, a new RNZ podcast series in collaboration with Victoria University.
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    45 mins
  • Every Language Is a World

    Every Language Is a World
    Jan 7 2017
    Megan Whelan looks at how language shapes - and is shaped by - our understanding of the world, with Dr Sasha Calhoun, Professor Paul Warren and Associate Professor Stephen Epstein.
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    50 mins
  • Art, Fashion, and Literature

    Art, Fashion, and Literature
    Jan 14 2017
    Megan Whelan look at how revolutions shape - and are shaped by - fashion, literature and the visual arts, with Dr David Maskill, Dr Margaret Medlyn and Dr James Meffan.
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    51 mins
  • The Reformation

    The Reformation
    Jan 21 2017
    The Reformation has had a major influence on thought and ideas far and above its religious beginnings. Megan Whelan talks with Dr Geoff Troughton, Professor Kathryn Walls and Dr Derek Woodard-Lehman.
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    48 mins
  • Democracy and Its Discontents

    Democracy and Its Discontents
    Jan 28 2017
    "Government of of the people, by the people, and for the people" - so goes Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. But does that describe 21st century democracy?
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    53 mins
  • Darwin's Origin of the Species

    Darwin's Origin of the Species
    Feb 4 2017
    Charles Darwin's theories did not really 'come out of the blue'- there were others working with the same ideas and theories. Megan Whelan leads a discussion with Dr Rebecca Priestly, Associate Professor Joe Zuccarello and Professor Joe Bulbulia.
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    49 mins
  • You Have to Actually Climb Trees

    You Have to Actually Climb Trees
    Sep 27 2017
    In the first episode of Great Ideas season 2, Megan Whelan discusses the future of leisure with three experts from AUT. Once the robots have taken all of our jobs, what will we do with all that time?
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    34 mins
  • Find Your Niche

    Find Your Niche
    Oct 3 2017
    This week, Great Ideas looks at how technology might impact the work that we do, where we do it, and how we survive when we can't work.
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    35 mins