2022-2023
September 2023
Living on Borrowed Time
Jeff Goodell’s latest book, The Heat Will Kill You First looks at the impact that rising temperatures will have on our lives and on our planet.
September 2023
Reclaiming Life From Work
Simone Stolzoff, journalist and author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work, considers the changing nature of work.
June 2023
Gunfight: Is Healthy Gun Ownership Ever Possible?
Ryan Busse, former executive at Kimber America, a major gun manufacturer and author of Gunfight talks about his battle with the gun industry which he says, has radicalized America.
June 2023
How Not to Kill Yourself
Suicide rates are rising at an alarming rate in America and the populations most at risk are no longer white middle-aged men, they are increasingly young people and minorities. What societal ills might be fueling this tragic trend?
May 2023
Plastic: Our Toxic Addiction
What can be done to break our toxic addiction to plastic, and to terminate its lethal global legacy?
May 2023
Challenging History: On the Streets of Newtowne
A new book aims to paint a more multi-dimensional view of the area charting its cultural influences and history starting ten thousand years ago, when indigenous people built communities there.
April 2023
Beauty or the Beast: The True Cost of ChatGPT
Recent concerns about the implications of artificial intelligence apps like Chat GPT have prompted journalists, academics, and entrepreneurs to seek a halt to the training of AIs. What do you think?
April 2023
Cartoonists, Racism, and Free Speech in a Threatened Democracy
What is the role of the cartoonist in the today’s convoluted world? Is it poking fun at the powerful, parodying the absurdities of life or acting as “a troublemaker”?
March 2023
Bringing Healing to the Homeless
Traci Kidder, author of Rough Sleepers, explores how a small but dedicated group of people have improved thousands of lives by facing homelessness rather than looking away.
March 2023
Fragile But Resilient
Daily we hear more dire news about the future of the planet. Christopher Preston believes all is not lost; there are some fragments of good news to note.
February 2023
Forgetting & Remembering: What Can We Do About It?
Why do we remember certain things and forget others? Research shows us that committing things to memory is far more complex than we imagine but so too is retrieving that information.
February 2023
The 64-Year Climate Change Cover-Up
Big oil knew about greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change more than half a century ago – but instead of sharing the information, they lied and undermined its veracity.
January 2023
Why Do We Need the Humanities?
At a time when interest and investment in the humanities is plummeting, and enrolment in STEM subjects is flourishing, we consider the human consequences of such a shift in direction.
January 2023
The Resurgence of the Independent Bookstore
More than 300 new independent bookstores have sprouted up across the country and another interesting development has accompanied this trend: the bookselling business has become much more diverse.
December 2022
Living a Good Enough Life
This forum challenges the notion that happiness should be life’s primary pursuit, arguing we might be better served by living well within our means and concentrating on leading a meaningful life instead.
November 2022
All About Medicare: Info Session and Q&A
Despite the information available to the public, many people still find themselves confused and in need of personal advice about Medicare benefits.
November 2022
Retire or Resist: The Pros and Cons of Working Longer
Many policymakers think it is logical—almost inevitable—that Americans will delay retirement and spend more years in the paid labor force.
October 2022
Healing Trauma With EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing is a novel method of treatment for helping people by aligning their “thinking brains” with their “emotional brains”, to help process traumatic events.
October 2022
The Art of Resistance: Visions and Voices of Change
Art provides a powerful expression for resistance both in word and image, and Peter Sacks uses both to great effect in his latest works.
September 2022
Heart to Heart: The Exquisite Machine
Cardiologist Sian Harding explores the latest scientific developments and mysteries of the heart including the latest cardiac health discoveries as well as the relationship between the emotions and heart function.
September 2022
Tyrants on Twitter
Author David Sloss shares his analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize social media platforms for the sole purpose of subverting the liberal international order.