2021
December 2021
Art as a Prescription for Culture
Michael Bobbitt of the Mass. Cultural Council and Catherine Carr Kelly of Central Square Theater tackle the issue of whether or not the arts are a key asset? How much do they contribute to the economy?
December 2021
The Art of Possibility
Benjamin Zander, renowned conductor of the Boston Philharmonic orchestra and Boston Youth Philharmonic orchestra, will discuss the everyday miracles that can happen despite catastrophe.
November 2021
What I Learned in Prison
Journalist Chris Hedges has been teaching classes in drama, literature, philosophy and history in a program offered by Rutgers University to inmates in the New Jersey prison system.
December 2021
Eco-Anxiety
Does the future plight of the planet keep you up at night? You’re not alone. Journalist Arno Kopecky and Professor Theresa Marteau discuss some of the options we have available to us
October 2021
The Day the World Stops Shopping
What are we willing to give up in order to save the planet? And what would happen to our economies and our lives if we seriously committed to consuming fewer of the Earth’s resources?
October 2021
The Truth at The Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul
James Carroll explores what has broken the modern Catholic Church as chronicled in The Truth At The Heart Of The Lie.
September 2021
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Du Mez traces how a militant ideal of white Christian manhood has come to pervade evangelical popular culture in America.
September 2021
How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion
Psychologist David DeSteno discusses some fascinating findings from his latest book How God Works.
July 2021
What Have We Learned From the First Covid Wave?
COVID-19 has proved to be the biggest global public health in history. Although it has posed the same threat across the globe, countries have responded very differently and some are faring better than others.
June 2021
Has the Pandemic Made the World Better?
Despite the damage and carnage, the pandemic accelerated our ingenuity and innovation and good things happened. What good things will you keep from 2020?
June 2021
Relationship Rollercoaster
What relationships did you acquire or lose in the past year? Has your emotional life shifted irrevocably? Join our discussion and tell us about your experiences over the past year—for better or worse.
May 2021
The End Of The Office?
How will the pandemic affect your work, life, and home? Some people can’t wait to get back to the office but 80% don’t want to or would prefer a hybrid schedule. All of us must consider the future of our workplaces going forward.
April 2021
Severe Information Disorder: Can We Restore a Healthier Information Economy?
Many of the problems we face in the world today—the global pandemic, the economic crisis, political violence of the kind that rocked the US Capitol in January—are the result of our severe information disorder. How do we create a universe of truthful and verifiable information, available to everyone? We are […]
April 2021
Coming to Our Senses: Empathy
MIT Professor Sherry Turkle helps us understand how we might rejuvenate our senses and flex our empathy muscles once again.
March 2021
Green Growth: A Guide to Post-Pandemic Economic Sustainability
Can we achieve healthy growth that is more regenerative than wasteful, more equitable than unjust? Per Espen Stoknes and L. Hunter Lovins offer blueprints for an inspiring regenerative economy.
February 2021
The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World
Susan Liautaud shows how ethics can be used to create a sea change of positive decisions that can ripple outward to our families, communities, workplaces, and the wider world.
February 2021
Women and Leadership
Hear a powerful call to action for achieving equality in leadership from Julie Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, as she reflects on her new book Women and Leadership.
January 2021
Markers and Reminders: MLK to BLM
Cambridge Forum partners with the Harvard Square Business Association to examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and Black Lives Matter’s impact on the history of Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.
January 2021
How To Think Long-Term In A Short-Term World
It’s time to trade in shortsightedness for long-term thinking. That’s according to author and philosopher Roman Krznaric, who writes about the power of ideas in his new book The Good Ancestor.