Catholic Southern Gothic

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Dr. Jennifer Frey (associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the literature, philosophy, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love), explores the fiction of mid twentieth century Catholic writer, Flannery O’Connor in a 6-part series. In this salon, we will explore the life of Flannery O'Connor and connect key…

$25.00

Generation X: Music

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In this new series, writer Sean Patrick Hughes explores the culture, events, and history of Generation X Generations are defined by many things. Their wars. Their politics. Their ideas and innovation. Their art. Nothing so much travels like a generation's sound though. Generation X, like all generations, had its own sound. We were the first…

$20.00

Nanotechnology and You: a Better Future One Atom at a Time

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In his salon, David White will engage in a discussion of nanotechnology foundations, applications, and impact on your life. Come to learn and discuss what nanotechnology means, how it can make your life better, and why it is taking so long to get here. Nanotechnology has the promise to make all of our lives immeasurably…

$10.00

The Ghosts of Friendships Past

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"Friendship plants itself as a small unobtrusive seed; over time, it grows thick roots that wrap around your heart. When a love affair ends, the tree is torn out quickly, the operation painful but clean. Friendship withers quietly, there is always hope of revival. Only after time has passed do you recognise that it is…

$20.00

A Field Guide to Internet Emotion > 6.0 Extra-Sensory Emotion

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Tech emotionographer Pamela Pavliscak hosts an 8-month Interintellect Salon series while writing her new book #Feels: How Technology is Changing Our Emotional Life for the Better.  Have you ever wondered why we feel compelled to note and name every new variation of sadness online? Or what you call that emotional hangover you can get after scrolling social…

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The Atriums of Pleasure – The History of Love: Antiquity

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Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát as she returns to the topic of last year's popular miniseries, A History of Love. In this second episode, we will talk about the poems and wars of antiquity, what it meant to move into big cities and build international empires, how big, hierarchical societies impacted loving and love-making, and…

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A Biography of the English Language

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Join linguist Colin Gorrie in the fifth salon in a series investigating language, this time spotlighting the history of the English language. In this salon, we'll turn back time to see how English once looked and sounded. We’ll look at how everything from the pronunciation to the grammar to the meaning of the words in…

$25.00