Thanks to Brian Coulton the KnowMore Lectures are in today's Metro.
Stevens hour-and-a-half lectures demystify otherwise confusing topics to reveal easily
understandable ones, using pared down layman terms and examples at a digestible pace.
Students also aren’t used to the addition of laughs to lecture. Describing the Cold War in a lecture on communism versus capitalism as, “a big c— -swinging contest on the international stage” plus character impersonations and improvised audience interaction are commonplace in Stevens’ optimistic, often-hysterical delivery.
That's me, I'm Stevens!
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Testimonials
Read what real people are saying about the KnowMore lecture series:
"Peter brought Frederich Nietzsche back from the dead in an entertaining and educational fashion." -FB
"Remember your favorite teacher and how you'd hang off of their every word no matter what they were saying? Peter Stevens could kick their ass, and he's a way better speaker. And funnier. " -MS
"it has not been since Gilgamesh that a soul quite like this has emerged to protect the minds of his people against straying from the true path of knowledge..." -MVD
"Remember the song lyric 'killing me softly with your words', well that's how I used to think of lectures, but now that I've heard Peter Stevens it's more like 'I saw the sign'. Just not performed from a crap band like Ace of Base, more like from a wicked band like The Cardigans." -SW
"Imagine your older brother, but much smarter and with 50% fewer noogies." -LR
"Peter brought Frederich Nietzsche back from the dead in an entertaining and educational fashion." -FB
"Remember your favorite teacher and how you'd hang off of their every word no matter what they were saying? Peter Stevens could kick their ass, and he's a way better speaker. And funnier. " -MS
"it has not been since Gilgamesh that a soul quite like this has emerged to protect the minds of his people against straying from the true path of knowledge..." -MVD
"Remember the song lyric 'killing me softly with your words', well that's how I used to think of lectures, but now that I've heard Peter Stevens it's more like 'I saw the sign'. Just not performed from a crap band like Ace of Base, more like from a wicked band like The Cardigans." -SW
"Imagine your older brother, but much smarter and with 50% fewer noogies." -LR
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Nietzsche at the torontoist.com
Introduction to Nietzsche is featured in the torontoist's events. Ian McGrenaghan wrote this wonderful promo:
LECTURE: You're in the middle of the second date when she reaches across the table, strokes your hand, and coos soothingly, "Do we not smell anything yet of God's decomposition? Gods too decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves?" Sorry my friend, you can't quote The Simpsons to get you out of this one. Fear not—humorous, straight-forward educator Peter Stevens has started the KnowMore Lecture Series to help you. Expand your mind and free yourself from using Toronto Life references and Wikipedia to bolster dinner party conversations. This week's topic: Nietzsche. 46 Noble Street, Unit 102, today and tomorrow 8–9:30 p.m., pay-what-you-can.
LECTURE: You're in the middle of the second date when she reaches across the table, strokes your hand, and coos soothingly, "Do we not smell anything yet of God's decomposition? Gods too decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves?" Sorry my friend, you can't quote The Simpsons to get you out of this one. Fear not—humorous, straight-forward educator Peter Stevens has started the KnowMore Lecture Series to help you. Expand your mind and free yourself from using Toronto Life references and Wikipedia to bolster dinner party conversations. This week's topic: Nietzsche. 46 Noble Street, Unit 102, today and tomorrow 8–9:30 p.m., pay-what-you-can.
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