2019
December 2019
How to Start a Revolution
Writers Lauren Duca and Martin Lukacs, author of The Trudeau Formula, discuss collective action and non-violent protest with members of the climate action group, Extinction Rebellion.
November 2019
Appalachia: A Cultural Crossroads
This forum features performances by Revels musicians Jake Blount and Libby Weitnauer exploring the history and roots of traditional music of Appalachia.
October 2019
On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein makes the case that we will rise to the existential challenge of climate change only if we are willing to transform the systems that produced this crisis.
October 2019
Kochland
If you want to understand how we destroyed unions in this country, how we widened the income divide, how we stalled progress on climate change, and how corporate America bought the influence industry, you have to understand the story of Koch Industries.
September 2019
The End of Meat?
Can Americans survive without their hamburgers? This juicy question raises many fundamental issues: nutritional, moral and environmental.
September 2019
Chinese Democracy in Crisis: The New Long March
In light of the escalating developments in Hong Kong with pro-Democracy demonstrators becoming increasingly galvanized in response to the Chinese government’s crackdown, we examine the current situation both inside and outside mainland China with regard to human rights.
June 2019
Fake news vs facts: living in a post-truth world
Are we living in a post-truth world where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? Lee McIntrye discusses our modern dilemma.
May 2019
Poetry Fuels Democracy
Former poet laureate Richard Blanco reads from his new book How To Love A Country.
March 2019
How to Be Happy
Happiness is a choice you make. So writes John Leland who reflects on the timeless subject in his new book Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old.
January 2019
Living With Robots
Judith Shulevitz, from the Atlantic Monthly, and Maxim Pozdorovkin, filmmaker of The Truth About Killer Robots discuss the future of robots.
January 2019
Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism reveals what is at stake for our digital future and how we can reclaim control by harnessing the power of indignant citizens, journalists and policymakers.