In this SuperSalon, writer and music historian Harvey Sachs joins Interintellect host Linus Lu to discuss the life, impact, and resonances of the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini. Arturo Toscanini was…
In western society, we've begun collectively valuing the incorporation of self care into our routines. But how do we each make a "system" for re-energizing ourselves and finding joy and the will to be in awe of life every day? Join host Crystal Duan as we investigate into how to find energy in our everyday…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Come join David White for the next installment of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will be exploring the world of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and exploring what it means to be human in a world of lifelike androids. We will talk about humankind’s place in the…
Join Classicist Ashley Mehra and linguist Colin Gorrie to explore the roots of science fiction in the ancient world. In the second century Roman Empire, the Syrian satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote a short novel called A True Story (Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Latin: Vera Historia). In A True Story, the author reports a series of…
