As part of the Classes Without Quizzes series, McGill's Director of Opera Studies Patrick Hansen uses the theory of "multiple intelligences" put forth by Harvard professor Howard Gardner in 1983 to demonstrate how opera's various aspects combine to bring the show to life for an audience. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/music/P090192_CWOQ_Hansen.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/hansenthumb.jpg" /]

Society's rich mixture of religions presents countless opportunities to encounter and explore human culture, history and thought. In Canada and around the world, modern life requires us to consider how people and societies both make and express religious meaning. In this Classes Without Quizzes lecture, Dean Ellen Aitken (Faculty of Religious Studies) looks at religious traditions as an integral dimension of society and encourages analytical attentiveness to their meaning and expression, with examples drawn from the past and present, and from locales both near and far. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/lawandsociety/P090189_CWOQ_Aitken.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/aitkenthumb.jpg" /]

Join some distinguished members of the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute) and McGill's Faculty of Medicine as they share the latest research on what goes on between our ears for this episode of Classes Without Quizzes. Learn how cognitive functions - thought, perception, reason and memory - are affected by aging, stress, and conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. [flashvideo filename="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/health/P090193_CWOQ_Hamel.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/hamelthumb.jpg" /]

There is a proliferation of information about autism in the media and in research today. In this Classes Without Quizzes lecture, Professor Tara Flanagan discusses the things that we know, don't know, and misrepresent about autism. She also offers some practical solutions for improving the lives of individuals with autism. [flashvideo filename="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/health/P090194_CWOQ_Flanagan.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/flanaganthumb.jpg" /]

Loss of memory is one of the greatest challenges of aging individuals. In this session of Classes WIthout Quizzes, Dr. Clare McFarlane discusses some of the strategies that have been shown to help slow memory loss and the scientific research behind them. These methods include playing games that encourage strategy and problem solving (bridge, crossword puzzles, Sudoku) and maintaining an engagement in social, physical and intellectual activities throughout old age. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/health/P090187_CWOQ_McFarlane.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/mcfarlanethumb.jpg" /]

For the last 20 years, Colin and Lauren Chapman have conducted research to measure the extent to which human actions are having a negative effect on the forests and freshwater systems of the tropics, research which they summarize in this lecture for Classes Without Quizzes. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/environment/P090186_CWOQ_Chapmans.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/chapmansthumb.jpg" /]

Andy Nulman, former CEO of "Just for Laughs" is the special guest in this video, as Karl Moore brings his CEO Speakers series to Classes Without Quizzes. The two discuss the entertainment industry, communications media, creativity, leadership, and the place of laughter at the heart of it all. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/businessandleadership/P090185_CEO_Speaker_Nulman.m4v" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/12/nulmanthumb.jpg" /]

In this special Homecoming lecture Dean of Medicine and Vice-Principal, Health Affairs, Richard I. Levin moderates a panel discussion featuring some of the University’s most distinguished cancer researchers. [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/health/P090134_CWOQ_2008_Medicine.mp4" height=344 image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2009/04/levin.jpg" /]