How do Psychedelics Work?

Are you interested in the foundational texts and topics that have shaped psychedelic use and research today? Join hosts Alex Criddle and Ava for a monthly series on these fundamental ideas and texts that have shaped psychedelia. Neuroscientists Robin Carhart-Harris and Karl Friston have proposed a neurological framework for understanding how psychedelics work called the…

$20.00

Evolution of human musicality: music as a transformative technology of the mind

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Join Ani Patel, a neuroscientist whose work focuses on music cognition, music-language relations, rhythmic processing, and cross-species studies of music cognition. His book, Music, Language, and the Brain, challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Hosts of the Words and Sounds series will lead a discussion and Q&A with Dr. Patel,…

$10.00

The Future of Spirituality: Are Synthetic Psychedelics and Consciousness Hacking the New Meditation?

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Synthetic psychedelics? Magnetic brain stimulation? How will technology's ability to measure, augment, or even radically alter our brains shape the future of spirituality? Join Lauren from the Science and Innovation unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, based in San Francisco. Her work focuses on mobility, urban agtech, crypto, and precision mental health. She…

$15.00

The Great Stewardess Rebellion | Book Talk with Nell McShane Wulfhart – New Labor Book Series #4

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Join our next virtual talk on Thursday, June 23, in our new(ish) series with authors of books on labor and organizing. This month, we’re speaking with journalist Nell McShane Wulfhart about her new book, The Great Stewardess Rebellion. We will also be joined by Kara Dupuis, a Delta flight attendant actively organizing with the Association…

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Flannery O’Connor on Race, Southern Manners, and Class

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Join Jennifer A. Frey, associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the philosophy, literature, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love as she continues her series of discussions on Flannery O’Connor and American Catholic fiction. In this salon, we will explore and discuss how O’Connor uses race, class, and…

$25.00