Fascism – From the Totalitarian State to Superiority Cult

Online

In the fourth salon of the Ideas That Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosted by Robert Nemeth, we will discuss the origins of fascism and how it appears in today’s world. Fascism, the far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power and strong regimentation of society and the economy rose to…

$20.00

Raising Free-Range Kids – SuperSalon with Lenore Skenazy

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In this SuperSalon, Lenore Skenazy — author of  Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow — will join Interintellect host and producer Maria Górska-Piszek to discuss childhood independence, anxious parenting, increasing control of everything children do, and how we can create conditions for them to cultivate agency and resilience. Can…

$20.00

Gudit: the Myth, Legends, and History of the Woman who Destroyed the Aksumite Empire

Online

Hello! My name is Andy, you probably know me as the host of the History of Africa Podcast. The Aksumite Empire was a fascinating empire that dominated East Africa for a millennium. Its hegemony came crashing down around the year 960, when a mysterious woman named Gudit destroyed the struggling empire once and for all,…

$10.00

A Living Economists Society Salon: Ben Bernanke, Money, and Banking

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The Dead Economists Society returns....except this time it is the Living Economists Society! Each month we will concentrate on the works of a particular living economist. Don't expect much esotery; the series will revolve around real-world economic and social issues! Our first living economist is none other than the newly minted Nobel Prize winner Ben…

$20.00

What Information Wants, Chapter 8: Internet Virals Run Amok

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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, and get an inside look at the author’s creative process. This is the 9th salon for Rhys Lindmark’s series on What Information Wants. Join us…

$20.00

Web3 and Cryptoeconomics: New Economic Fundamentals with Alex Tabarrok

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Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, joins hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow to discuss cryptoeconomics – the combination of cryptography and economics – which provides a lens into how web3 is opening up fundamentally new ways of trading, cooperating, and communicating This will be an exciting, accessible conversation on the foundations…

$25.00

Atlanta IRL: Sustaining the Flourishing!

Atlanta, GA GA

Join host Helen Nde, Atlanta-based, Cameroonian-born writer and artist for an IRL salon in Atlanta. How have we flourished during the last year? How will we ensure our continued flourishing in the future? How can the Interintellect community support this flourishing? In 2020, the first ever Interintellect IRL was held in Atlanta to discuss the…

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Science and Religion: Strangers, Friends or Foes?

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Hi, I am Arkadiusz Synowczyk and I study philosophy at Newcastle University (UK). I specialize in epistemology and philosophy of science. Come and join me to explore the relationship between science and religion!  Are religion and science in contact with each other? For example, are they in conflict? Are they independent from each other? For…

$10.00

How to be a Cartoonist

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Hello, I'm Clive Goddard, UK cartoonist and chair of the Professional Cartoonists' Organisation (PCO).  I've managed to earn a living for the last 25 years in the ever-shrinking world of gag cartoons in newspapers, magazines, and books. The glory days of cartoons in print are sadly behind us now, but it is still possible to…

$10.00