Join Interintellect host and editor Timothy Wilcox along with fellow Interintellects for an afternoon of casual discussion in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. On what should hopefully be a wonderful Spring day, come for a nice outdoor hangout. We can meet and grab food at the recently re-opened Smorgasburg food market (located on the park's Breeze Hill),…
In this salon, Tanya Raj will lead a deep dive discussion on dreams and their various textures. Come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned ~Peter Pan Dreams are an integral part of our lives, whether we pay attention to them or not. As children we have dreamt of indescribable infinities;…
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…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát continues her series A History of Love with an episode focusing on the Long Nineteenth Century, from the French Revolution to the sinking of the Titanic. The only recent century more turbulent than the 20th must have been the one before it, the infamous nineteenth century, with its prudes and its colonists,…
Are you interested in the foundational texts and topics that have shaped psychedelic use and research today? Join hosts Alex Criddle and Ava for a monthly series on these fundamental ideas and texts that have shaped psychedelia. One of the most common topics surrounding psychedelics is ego dissolution: the notion that your ego dissolves and…
Join host Colin Gorrie as we read the great Old English epic poem Beowulf together, as part of the Reading Beowulf series. In this session, we'll end our journey with Beowulf in…
Hi, I am Simon Ohler. After four years of working at Twitch and building a thriving creator community in the German speaking region, I retreated for three years to live and think freely, and to transform into a philosopher and an artist. I’m now joining the ii as a salon host, starting with a mini-series on Living…
Join returning host Scott Davies in a typically wide-ranging and freeform discussion on the idea of liminal spaces, both physical and mental, and the effects these have on our personal lives and society at large. All are welcome and all perspectives are encouraged in this salon. Liminal Spaces are conventionally thought of as physical spaces…
This is the fourth salon in a six part series on Flannery O'Connor and American Catholic fiction, led by Dr. Jennifer Frey, associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the philosophy, literature, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love. Flannery O’Connor once wrote that "evil is not a problem…
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…
Hi, my name is Rohit. I invite you to join Vishesh Nagpal and I for our Salon. I believe in the power of stories and the magic they weave. At their heart, they bring us closer to the very essence of our true nature and the nature of the Universe! -Rohit In the African community,…
Join Inês Santos Silva in a salon where we’ll attempt to define what the good life is for each of us. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what a good life is for you? New ideas of happiness and fulfillment are constantly being imposed on us, but we rarely stop to think about what…
