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,…
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…
Rhys Lindmark is writing a book about how information flows and how it’s changing on the internet. In a series of salons, we will explore this content together, chapter by chapter,…
Come join David White for the beginning of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will begin by looking at several Asimov…
Join us for this special episode of our History of Love series where we'll build on the history of love to explore the future of love. To conclude our seven-month…
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…
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…
Are you interested in the foundational texts and topics that have shaped psychedelic use and research today? Join Alex Criddle and Ava for their series on Foundational Texts and Topics…
Join Jennifer A. Frey, associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the philosophy and literature podcast, Sacred and Profane Love, for the final installment…
Join Rachel in the conclusion of Understanding My ADHD series as we explore what Dr Gabor Maté writes about when he discusses what medications for ADHD can and cannot do.…
Louis Bijl de Vroe and Simon Ohler (that’s us) are philosophers and brothers in spirit. We are the founders of Spiritual Mischief, a podcast that combines culture, comedy, and ancient wisdom. In this salon series, we offer you a peek into our studies. Based on the eastern philosophy of The Dao, and the book that Dr. Jaap Voigt wrote on…
In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language, English has a past. More than many languages, English has changed dramatically over the years: the language as spoken just a thousand years ago would…
