Free Agents: A Conversation on Free Will with Kevin J. Mitchell

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As science discovers more and more about the universe and human beings, many conclude that free will is an illusion. In 'Free Agents', leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell argues that there is a wealth of evidence to the contrary and presents an evolutionary case for the existence of free will. Join us and discuss the free…

Morning After the Revolution: A Conversation With Nellie Bowles

The Free Press reporter and head of strategy Nellie Bowles joins Interintellect founder Anna Gát for a conversation on Bowles' new book, Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History, and the process of undertaking journalist investigation of our culture's strangest and funniest political impulses. Nellie Bowles was previously a reporter at…

Death Over Coffee: Sunday Morning Contemplations – May 26

Join Maura McInerney-Rowley and Carolyn Gregorie to connect with kindred spirits and explore your relationship with death in a bi-weekly series. Gather with us every other Sunday for a cozy and intimate salon, where we delve into the latest edition of the Hello, Mortal newsletter. Embracing the concept of death contemplation as a wellness practice,…

I Feel Love: A Conversation with Rachel Nuwer on MDMA and Connection

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Rachel Nuwer, science journalist and author joins Alex Criddle and Michael 't Sas-Rolfes for a discussion of her most recent book: I Feel Love, MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World. Once vilified as a drug that would eat holes in user's brains, MDMA (also known as Molly or Ecstasy) is now…

Western Canon Book Club: Shakespeare’s inadequate kings: Prospero, Hamlet, Richard III.

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Writer Henry Oliver joins the Western Canon Book Club series for a salon about three unusual Shakespearean kings. What do Hamlet, Prospero, and Richard III have in common? They are all inadequate rulers. Prospero abandoned his dukedom for his library, Richard III is a criminal tyrant, and Hamlet is impolitic. Taken from three different stages…

Death Over Coffee: Sunday Morning Contemplations – June 9

Join Maura McInerney-Rowley and Carolyn Gregorie to connect with kindred spirits and explore your relationship with death in a bi-weekly series. Gather with us every other Sunday for a cozy and intimate salon, where we delve into the latest edition of the Hello, Mortal newsletter. Embracing the concept of death contemplation as a wellness practice,…

What Are Children For? Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman in Conversation with Tara Isabella Burton

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Join authors of What Are Children For?  (and editors at The Point) Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman and novelist/theologian Tara Isabella Burton for a conversation about parenthood, purpose, and the possibility of embracing a human future. What does the future of parenthood look like – and how do we make sense of its sacrifices in the modern world? …

New York IRL: Expansive Conversations – New York State of Mind

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Join writer and meditation teacher, Grace Bialecki, for the next episode of a new New York City IRL series, 'Expansive Conversations,' where we'll discuss poetry, authenticity, and self-actualization. How does the city we live in shape us a people and artists? We'll read poems about one writer's arrival to the New York City of the…

Death Over Coffee: Sunday Morning Contemplations – June 23

Join Maura McInerney-Rowley and Carolyn Gregorie to connect with kindred spirits and explore your relationship with death in a bi-weekly series. Gather with us every other Sunday for a cozy and intimate salon, where we delve into the latest edition of the Hello, Mortal newsletter. Embracing the concept of death contemplation as a wellness practice,…