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About Howard Burton

Host of Ideas Roadshow

Howard Burton is the founder of Ideas Roadshow and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com.

NBN Episodes hosted by Howard:

Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 19, 2021

On Atheists and Bonobos

Frans de Waal

Hosted by Howard Burton
On Atheists and Bonobos is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and primatologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, who is renowned for his work on the behaviour …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 18, 2021

Astrophysical Wonders

Scott Tremaine

Hosted by Howard Burton
Astrophysical Wonders is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Scott Tremaine, Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study and an internationally renowned expert …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 16, 2021

SETI

Astronomy as a Contact Sport

Jill Tartar

Hosted by Howard Burton
SETI: Astronomy as a Contact Sport is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jill Tarter, Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at SETI Institute and Former Director …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 15, 2021

The Epicurean Republic

Matthew Stewart

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Epicurean Republic is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning author and independent scholar Matthew Stewart. In his later years, Thomas Jefferson referred to “the …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 12, 2021

The Joy of Mathematics

Ian Stewart

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Joy of Mathematics is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and bestselling science and …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 11, 2021

Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals

Paul Steinhardt

Hosted by Howard Burton
We have developed two distinct books, Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals, and Inflated Expectations: A Cosmological Tale, based on Howard Burton’s in-depth, filmed conversations with Paul Steinhardt, the …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 9, 2021

Appreciating Analytic Philosophy

Scott Soames

Hosted by Howard Burton
Appreciating Analytic Philosophy is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Scott Soames, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at University of Southern California. Scott Soames is specialized in …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 8, 2021

Examining Time

Lee Smolin

Hosted by Howard Burton
Examining Time is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lee Smolin who is a faculty member of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. The basis of this …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 5, 2021

Quest for Freedom

Quentin Skinner

Hosted by Howard Burton
Quest for Freedom is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and intellectual historian Quentin Skinner, Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary University of London …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 4, 2021

Learning and Memory

Alcino Silva

Hosted by Howard Burton
Learning and Memory is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Alcino Silva, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Psychology at the David Geffen School of Medicine …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 2, 2021

Flourishing Through Spinoza

Hasana Sharp

Hosted by Howard Burton
Flourishing Through Spinoza is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Hasana Sharp, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. This conversation provides detailed insights into Hasana …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast November 1, 2021

Mind-Wandering & Meta-Awareness

Jonathan Schooler

Hosted by Howard Burton
Mind-Wandering & Meta-Awareness is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 29, 2021

Our Human Variability

Stephen Scherer

Hosted by Howard Burton
Our Human Variability is a comprehensive book based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Scherer, the GlaxoSmithKline Research Chair in Genome Sciences at the Hospital for …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 28, 2021

Mental Health

Policies, Laws and Attitudes

Elyn Saks

Hosted by Howard Burton
Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 26, 2021

The Consolations of History

Teofilo Ruiz

Hosted by Howard Burton
The Consolations of History is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Teofilo Ruiz, Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA. Teo Ruiz is a scholar of the …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 25, 2021

Religion and Culture

A Historian’s Tale

Miri Rubin

Hosted by Howard Burton
Religion and Culture: A Historian’s Tale is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 22, 2021

Apocalypse Then

The First Crusade

Jay Rubenstein

Hosted by Howard Burton
Apocalypse Then: The First Crusade is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 21, 2021

Criminal Justice

An Examination

Julian Roberts

Hosted by Howard Burton
Criminal Justice: An Examination is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. Julian Roberts is an international …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 19, 2021

The Cyclic Universe

Roger Penrose

Hosted by Howard Burton
In the last twenty years, cosmology has unexpectedly emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of modern science. From astoundingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 18, 2021

Sign Language Linguistics

Carol Padden

Hosted by Howard Burton
Sign Language Linguistics is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and renowned researcher of sign languages Carol Padden, the Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 15, 2021

Kant, Applied

Onora O’Neill

Hosted by Howard Burton
Kant, Applied is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Onora O’Neill, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a crossbench member of the …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 14, 2021

Democratic Lessons

What the Greeks Can Teach Us

Josiah Ober

Hosted by Howard Burton
Democratic Lessons: What the Greeks Can Teach Us is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 12, 2021

Exploring the Sikh Tradition

Eleanor Nesbitt

Hosted by Howard Burton
Exploring the Sikh Tradition is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Eleanor Nesbitt who is Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick and a …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 11, 2021

Harnessing the Sun

Jenny Nelson

Hosted by Howard Burton
Harnessing the Sun is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics and Head of the Climate Change mitigation team at the Grantham …