Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast

Festival 2024 Playlist

Why We're Excited: Arguendo

WHY WE'RE EXCITEDThroughout the leadup to Festival 2014, Festival staff and volunteers will contribute a video and a few notes on events that we're particularly excited about. This week, Cathy...

Global Innovators: From Recession to Prosperity

How do companies innovate, and how do regional and national strategies incentivize creative growth? Connecticut has a history rich in innovation, from Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin to the...

The Politics of Food

Marion Nestle is a consumer activist, nutritionist, award-winning author, and academic who specializes in the politics of food and dietary choice. Her research examines scientific, economic, and...

If Mayors Ruled the World

Cities are home to more than half of the world's population, and are the primary incubators of the cultural, social and political innovations that shape our planet. Benjamin Barber, author of the...

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