Join us for our third book talk with writer and long-time organizer Daisy Pitkin, who has chronicled her experiences of building a union with industrial laundry and garment workers in her book, On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union. We will talk to her about…
Join the Juilliard musicians/composers Daniel Hass and Jameel Martin—and self-discovered composer Ulkar Aghayeva—for a discussion about the joy and challenge of writing music. If you are interested in music and writing more broadly—and how they connect—follow the rest of the Words and Sounds series. “Composing is a difficult business. “Desperately difficult,” says the devil in…
JUST STARTING A NEW CAREER? ENJOY THIS SPECIAL TICKET DISCOUNT - ALL PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO RemoteUkraine, helping refugees find employment online. This SuperSalon is part of a ten-part series called The Future Of, launched in partnership with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. What does "WFH" mean for mothers? How can a…
In this SuperSalon, AI & technology safety expert Irene Solaiman (ex-OpenAI, currently at Hugging Face) will spark discussion around AI & ethics, values and natural language processing, and fairness and algorithms. The SuperSalon is hosted by ii member and digital wellbeing researcher Nastasia Griffoen (GEMH Lab | University of Twente) together with AI artist and…
Interintellect host and mentor Visakan Veerasamy hosts a fireside chat about frames and framing. How do we direct our attention? What do we focus on? What are the parameters of that focus? What's inside the frame, and what's not? *** 🗓 ii Calendar 📋 Code of Conduct – (Image is Hands Framing New York Harbor, by John Baldessari,…
For all hosts new and old (and prospective!): Have you always wanted to start and need a pair of eyes on your salon ideas? Do you have a salon coming up and want to give it your best? Do you want a second opinion on possible event types? Join Interintellect editor Tim to discuss the…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát continues her series A History of Love with an episode focusing on the Short Twentieth Century, from the sinking of the Titanic all the way to 9/11,…
Boswell's Life of Johnson is one of the greatest biographies ever written. It's a vast, vivid, precise account of the character of one of the great intellects and personalities of the…
Do you have an upcoming salon? Or questions how the process works? Join Interintellect team member Liza to discuss how your salon is set-up, what's possible, and what you should…
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,…
In this salon, mathematician-turned-massage-therapist Elena Polozova and somatic coach James Mayfield will share that it’s totally possible to talk to your body. And also, they’ll guide you through doing it…
Join members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the…
