Ideas Books

Series produced by Craig Barfoot

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Ideas Books is a thoughtful interview program showcasing some of the world’s leading thinkers and their latest books. Covering a wide range of topics including science, politics, technology and history, our goal is to bring you conversations with authors whose books help us to understand the way the world works, give us a glimpse of what the universe is and reveal how our societies function.

Ideas Books is a conversation between the host, Craig Barfoot, and a different author each week, discussing their latest book and the ideas it raises. Quite simply said, we are chasing those Aha moments, those exciting insights that open our minds to new possibilities and new ways of understanding.

It's an internationally accessible show for thoughtful and curious people, no matter where you are in the world. It's a privilege to be able to speak to so many fascinating people about their ideas, and we hope you enjoy the conversations as much as we do.


14 Pieces

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Technology and Communications expert Meg Leta Jones discusses her new book, Ctrl + Z The Right to Be Forgotten which looks at the international deb...

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...

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  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with celebrated artist Enrique Martínez Celaya whose work you can find in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Th...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 1
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A conversation with Nobel Prize winner Alvin E Roth about his latest book. He reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activi...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 25:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with Award-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka about his latest book, Car Wars. The resurgence of the electric car in...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with renowned education writer Kevin Carey about the rapidly changing world of college that every parent, student, educator, and inves...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:00
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An interview with author Jedediah Purdy about his book, After Nature. He discusses the idea that nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Hence...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with fashion theorist Dr. Joanne Entwistle about her book, The Fashioned Body. The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with the author Jamie Holmes about his book, Nonsense. A look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it ca...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ideas Books: Jeremy Taylor
Interview with author Jeremy Taylor about his book, Body By Darwin. Jeremy Taylor argues in Body by Darwin, that we can trace the roots of many med...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek
Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe, a principle that has guided his pionee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:26
Caption: Ideas Books: Ernest Naylor, Moonstruck
Interview with biologist Ernest Naylor about his book, Moonstruck. Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has fea...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ideas Books: Will Atkinson
Interview with author Will Atkinson about his book, Class. The topic of class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
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An in-depth conversation with author Gavin Francis about his book, the human body and his life as a doctor. A beautiful conversation about celebrat...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:05
  • Purchases: 1