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Are you ready for Darwin Day?

Dara wrote 11 months ago: Thursday February 12 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.  Do you have your par … more →

Tags: Lectures, History, Science, University Podcast, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin Lectures

Happy 200th Birthday to Charles Darwin

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Charles Darwin was born February 12, 1808, and in honor of his birthday Darwin lovers the world over … more →

Tags: Courses, Lectures, History, Science, University Podcast, Charles Darwin, Evolution, In OUr Time

What would John Maynard do?1 comment

Dara wrote 1 year ago: John Maynard Keynes (right) and Harry Dexter White at the Bretton Woods Conference. Image credit* Jo … more →

Tags: Lectures, Economics, distance learning, Economic Crisis, john maynard keynes, Robert Skidelsky, Martin Wolf

Codebreakers of Cambridge

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Bletchley Park: site of the famous British codebreaking effort during World War II. Image credit* Ta … more →

Tags: Lectures, History, University Podcast, distance learning, bletchley park, Christopher Andrew, codebreakers, University of Cambridge

The Ascent of Money

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Just in time for the market crash and economic crisis of 2008, Harvard history professor Niall Fergu … more →

Tags: Lectures, History, Economics, Books, Economic Crisis, Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money

A brief history of financial panics

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Today was what passes for a good day on Wall Street — the Dow Jones industrial average only we … more →

Tags: Courses, Lectures, 5-star professors, History, Economics, University Podcast, distance learning, Brad DeLong, financial crisis

Ready for a break? Try meditation1 comment

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Are you spending too much time worrying about (pick one or several): job security, the financial cri … more →

Tags: Psychology, Lectures, health, Science, University Podcast, distance learning, meditation, Mindfulness, Diana Winston

What killed the dinosaurs? Are we next?2 comments

Dara wrote 1 year ago: It’s one of the great scientific mystery stories of all time, and paleontologist Peter Ward te … more →

Tags: Lectures, Idea of the Week, Science, distance learning, The Teaching Company, Dinosaurs, Global Warming, mass extinction, Peter Ward

The return of Confucianism

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Not too long ago, anyone suspected of promoting Confucian ideas in the People’s Republic of Ch … more →

Tags: Courses, Lectures, 5-star professors, History, Philosophy, Asian Studies, brian walker, Confucianism, daniel bell

How to Create Lecture Podcasts

stevesadler wrote 1 year ago: If you want to combine text, graphics, audio, video and animation from existing files to create a Le … more →

Tags: HOW TO?, scate ignite professional, create lecture podcasts

Hartman Institute update

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Alan Abbey, website director of the Shalom Hartman Institute, wrote in to announce that the institut … more →

Tags: Lectures, Jewish Studies, Shalom Hartman Institute

Quantum physics made relatively simple

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Nobel laureate Hans Bethe, one of the giants of 20th-century physics, was present at the birth of th … more →

Tags: Lectures, History, Physics, Science, distance learning, Hans Bethe, quantum physics

Lectures from Shalom Hartman Institute4 comments

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a treat for fans of Jewish Studies lectures. The Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, … more →

Tags: Jewish Studies, Lectures, Religion, David Hartman, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Maimonides, Shalom Hartman Institute, Yossi Klein-Halevy

"The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less"

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Too much choice can make us miserable. That’s what Psychologist Barry Schwartz, a professor at … more →

Tags: Psychology, Lectures, 5-star professors, Idea of the Week, Barry Schwartz, Google Tech Talks

"The Return of History and the End of Dreams"

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Almost 20 years after the end of the Cold War, we can look back and ask, did the promised new era da … more →

Tags: Idea of the Week, International Relations, Lectures, Robert Kagan

Did tea cause the industrial revolution?3 comments

Dara wrote 1 year ago: For photo credit see bottom of post. Anthropologist Alan Macfarlane of Cambridge University has an i … more →

Tags: Lectures, 5-star professors, Idea of the Week, Anthropology, University Podcast, Alan Macfarlane, Tea, Industrial Revolution

The important differences between shame and guilt

Dara wrote 1 year ago: In everyday parlance shame and guilt are pretty much the same thing.  They are the painful emotions … more →

Tags: Psychology, Lectures, Idea of the Week, University Podcast, shame and guilt, June Tangney

Education and Training Podcasts you Can Learn From

emapey wrote 1 year ago: List of podcasts directories: LearnOutLoud PodcastAlley PodcastDirectory Odeo Open Culture Cool Podc … more →

Tags: open learning, Lifelong Learning, Open Courseware, learning podcasts

Israel at 60: Where have all the heroes gone?

Dara wrote 1 year ago: Jewish Bookweek 2008 was over in March, but the audio recordings of the sessions are still making th … more →

Tags: History, Lectures, Literature, Books, Israel


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