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The Best Episodes of Big Ideas Season 2011

Every episode of Big Ideas Season 2011 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Big Ideas Season 2011!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 1 - Simon Winchester on The Man Who Loved China
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    #1 - Simon Winchester on The Man Who Loved China

    S2011:E1

    Journalist, broadcaster and bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the remarkable story of Joseph Needham, an eccentric English chemist who wrote a vast book on Chinese science which remains the longest book about China ever written in the English language

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  2. Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 2 - Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue
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    #2 - Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue

    S2011:E2

    Author, professor and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson delivers the 2010 Hancock Lecture. He discusses virtue from a contemporary perspective that both encompasses and extends beyond moral and religious contexts.

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  3. Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 3 - Chris Hedges on The Death of the Liberal Class
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    #3 - Chris Hedges on The Death of the Liberal Class

    S2011:E3

    Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges delivers a lecture on his latest book The Death of the Liberal Class. He argues that American liberalism, a once proud political tradition, is dead, having sold out to corporate interests and abandoned its original principles. The result is a breakdown of the very fabric of democracy.

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  4. Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 4 - Daniel Dennett: What Should Replace Religions?
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    #4 - Daniel Dennett: What Should Replace Religions?

    S2011:E4

    Noted atheist and secularist Daniel Dennett delivers his lecture "What Should Replace Religions?" Dennett is co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and a University Professor at Tufts University.

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  5. Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 5 - PZ Myers: Science and Atheism: Natural Allies
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    #5 - PZ Myers: Science and Atheism: Natural Allies

    S2011:E5

    Biology professor and well-known blogger PZ Myers on Science and Atheism: Natural Allies.

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  6. Big Ideas Season 2011 Episode 6 - Derek Walcott
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    #6 - Derek Walcott

    S2011:E6

    University of Toronto professor Christian Campbell talks to Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott about his remarkable life and work.

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Season 2011 Ratings Summary

"Simon Winchester on The Man Who Loved China" is the best rated episode of "Big Ideas" season 2011. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/2011. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue".