Explore with Joseline Yu the dangerous games played to test a knight's virtue in the Middle English romance poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. In place of fights to the death that readers of older epic poetry are familiar with, games are played in "Sir…
Join Tina Marsh Dalton for this inaugural salon in our Roots of Progress Fellows series. Insurance is vital to accessing modern medical care, but why is it so complex? In this salon, Tina will examine how we got here: why insurance first emerged, its (true) core purpose, and how it has evolved. We will travel across…
Hi, I’m Gina! I’m a therapist, avid learner and educator. I’ve spent time in many settings, ranging from mental hospitals to jails and schools and most recently I’ve been coaching entrepreneurs in AI on self-care and social connection. I’m extremely interested in the origins of electric connections! Using Joshua Wolf Shenk’s book Powers of Two,…
As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Razan Baabdullah has thought about what hope means for her, her patients, and her team during tough times. So, she wrote a piece about hope. Join her for a conversation on hope, optimism, honesty, and agency in healthcare and everyday life. Hope, often conflated with optimism, can guide us…
Join OSV fellow, William Zeng, in conversation with quantum researcher Asier Piñeiro Orioli as William discusses his efforts to fund and develop open-source quantum software and hardware! Quantum Computing holds the promise to revolutionize the world someday. However, the challenge of controlling matter at the quantum scale is formidable and requires a collective effort. What if anyone had…
3x startup founder turned exec coach Jason Shen joins creativity expert Herbert Lui for a conversation about how venture-backed startups navigate the uncertain leap from one direction to another in his new book The Path to Pivot: A Startup Playbook for Founders Who Want to Reboot Their Business. Most venture-backed startups will make one or…
Anyone who’s had an argument about politics with a friend may walk away wondering how this friend could possibly hold the beliefs they do. A few self-reflective people might even wonder about their own political beliefs after such an argument. Join Oliver Traldi in conversation with Bronwyn Williams for a discussion of Oliver's new book,…
Interested in cultivating your inner poet? Join us for Poems for Our Time where we'll slow down, explore contemporary poetry, and connect with our creativity. Hosted by writer, workshop facilitator, and meditation teacher, Grace Bialecki. Poetry is a place of solace, a place of mystery, a place where we can delve deeper into life’s questions and…
Join William Mankelow (podcast host, speaker, photographer and workshop facilitator) and Tommy Serafinski (outdoorsman, podcaster and speaker), co-hosts of the Have You Ever Considered…? Podcast where they discuss the following question: Is every single problem in the world down to the failure of education? During each episode of the podcast, William and Tommy adopted pen…
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,…
Join Interintellect Head of Engineering Timothy Lim for a first look at the new Interintellect platform.
Writer Henry Oliver joins researcher Thomas Arnold for a conversation on Henry's new book, Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life. An age of anxiety about the future keeps delivering a future of anxiety about age, but Henry Oliver's Second Act asks us to catch our breath. In…
