Who says show and tell is just for kids? In Alma Cook's monthly miniseries, we'll discuss simple concepts in a collaborative way, using attendees' own selections from arts and culture as our springboard. Don't be afraid to bring your guitar, your dancing shoes, or your latest poem! Alma Cook is a singer-songwriter, business owner, and Braver Angels cultural ambassador.…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát continues her series A History of Love with an episode focusing on the Short Twentieth Century, from the sinking of the Titanic all the way to 9/11, the century when everything changed. No area of human life was left unchanged throughout the Short Twentieth Century. The period we started in corsets and…
Boswell's Life of Johnson is one of the greatest biographies ever written. It's a vast, vivid, precise account of the character of one of the great intellects and personalities of the…
Join founder Rob Paul to discuss alternatives to current audiobooks and the journey to his product, Audrey. Come learn how Audrey is making audiobooks better and how you can get paid to guide listeners through books you know and love. For anyone interested in audiobooks from either the recording or listening end, Rob Paul, the founder,…
Come join David White for the beginning of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will begin by looking at several Asimov short stories and establishing a general scaffolding for analyzing worlds very different from our own. Science fiction serves as an important culture touchstone and imaginative…
Have you read anything so good it made you want to share it? Would you like introductions to great books from fellow Interintellects? Join hosts Tim Wilcox and Sach Holden for a casual literary gathering. Unlike many of our other events with deep dives and extensive discussion, the emphasis here is simply on sharing and…
Join Jennifer A. Frey, associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the philosophy, literature, and theology podcast, Sacred and Profane Love as she continues her series of discussions on Flannery O’Connor and American Catholic fiction. In this salon, we will explore and discuss how O’Connor uses race, class, and…
Join Jennifer A. Frey, associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and host of the philosophy and literature podcast, Sacred and Profane Love, for the final installment of her six part series exploring the fiction of Flannery O'Connor, a self described "Hillbilly Thomist." In this salon we will explore how O’Connor understands…
In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language, English has a past. More than many languages, English has changed dramatically over the years: the language as spoken just a thousand years ago would…
In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language, English has a past. More than many languages, English has changed dramatically over the years: the language as spoken just a thousand years ago would…
Hello! I'm Matt Neapolitan, a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You can find me on Twitter. This Sunday, we'll be discussing Viktor Frankl's beloved reflection on finding meaning in suffering and how his concentration camp experience shaped a new school of psychology. We'll touch on themes as relevant today as in his own time: compassion, free…
Join cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman and Interintellect host Ava as we discuss creativity, flourishing, and self-actualization. Creativity and flow states are an important part of how we find meaning…
