The Big Ideas

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The Big Ideas podcast: Rousseau's 'Man is born free'

2012-07-1012:418

On the tricentenary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the Swiss-born French philosopher

The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'

2012-05-0909:494

Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic

The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle'

2012-03-2813:183

Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase

The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead'

2012-02-0414:043

What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement

The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars

2011-12-2713:162

Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age'

The Big Ideas podcast: EF Schumacher's 'small is beautiful'

2011-11-0912:031

Economist Andrew Simms and Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of Schumacher's 'Buddhist economics'

The Big Ideas podcast: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' - audio

2011-10-0612:141

Philosopher John Gray and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee are among those joining Benjamen Walker to consider the legacy of Smith's much-abused phrase

The Big Ideas podcast: the banality of evil

2011-08-1720:135

In the second of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests consider the impact and legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous phrase

The Big Ideas podcast: The medium is the message

2011-07-2010:356

In the first of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests discuss the communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and his most famous line

The Big Ideas podcast: coming soon

2011-07-1500:37

Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliche in order to analyse its true meaning. The Big Ideas podcast starts on 21 July 2011

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