The Soulcraft of Political Depolarization: Learning from the greats of philosophy and literature

Washington DC

NEW: The Philosophy of Depolarization series! Join Braver Angels' Director of Debates Jessie Mannisto, BA's Publius Fellow for Public Discourse Luke Nathan Phillips, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát in this inaugural event in the partnership between Interintellect and Braver Angels to explore how political depolarization could succeed and what we can learn from philosophy, literature,…

Bards & Heretics: Shakespeare and the Psychology of Secular Belief

Online

Join American journalist and critic Elizabeth Winkler (Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies) and novelist A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) for a salon exploring the secular religiosity behind literature's biggest taboo: the Shakespeare authorship question.  In celebration of the paperback publication of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, we will dive into…

$10.00

New York IRL: Expansive Conversations – Beginner’s Mind

New York NY

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 do you move through the world? And is there a way to see our daily routine with new eyes? This month, we'll explore the concept of…

What happened to the Internet? How a new wave of thinkers are rebuilding the web

Online

Are you stuck in passive consumption mode, overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information and struggling to feel at home on the Internet? Join Substack newsletter-er, tech humanist, and founder of Sublime Sari Azout. This is the first ever salon where she shares musings on the State of the Internet and the insights that led…

Death Over Coffee: The Positive Side of Death Anxiety

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, our salon provides…

The Philosophy of Crypto – Li Jin with Packy McCormick and Zoë Hitzig

Join crypto investor Li Jin in conversation with investor and writer Packy McCormick (The Great Online Game) and Harvard economist and poet Zoë Hitzig (Co-author of A Flexible Design for Funding Public Goods with Vitalik and Glen Weyl) for a discussion of the philosophic underpinning of crypto. We'll delve into John Rawls, political philosophy, and…

Hosting 101: From Topic Selection to Tone and Audience Management

Online

Join a FREE AND PUBLIC training session in the art of hosting with Arkadiusz Synowczyk. We’ll discuss all you need to know about hosting online: tone, topic selection, listing, promotion, and audience management!  No Interintellect host is born with the knowledge of how to create, promote, and run a successful, engaging online salon—but these skills are…

Free

Addiction and Disability

Online

Pursue the philosophical foundations of addiction in a series hosted by John T. Maier, psychotherapist and philosopher. This is the 3rd session in the philosophy of addiction series, and will focus on addiction and trauma. In the law, addiction is understood as a kind of disability. This view gives us an alternative picture of how to think…

$20.00