2022
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.
June 2022
Much Ado About Mushrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms may be making a comeback within the medical community who have conducted clinical trials showing remarkable success in treating patients with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD.
May 2022
Legacies of Slavery
Historian David Hackett Fischer shines a light on the little-known history of how enslaved Africans and their descendants created new regional cultures and enlarged American ideas of freedom.
May 2022
Harnessing the Power of Seaweed
An increasing number of marine scientists, ecologists, entrepreneurs and foodies are beginning to appreciate seaweed’s remarkable properties.
May 2022
Can We Resist the Hijacking of Democracy in America and Beyond?
Russia’s terrible assault on Ukraine and the recent elections of pro-Putin regimes in Hungary and Serbia, coincide with a growing threat to American democracy from within its own borders.
April 2022
Can Having Good Friends Prolong Your Life?
Research is providing us with proof that having friends is beneficial, if not essential, to good health. But friendships are both a science and an art.
March 2022
Black History: On Rewind
To celebrate our newly digitized collection of eminent historical black orators, Cambridge Forum has teamed up with the Lincoln Institute to present a panel discussion.
February 2022
The Curse of the Smartphone
It is hard to imagine life without the ubiquitous smartphone. What negative effects is this dependency having on our behavior? What can we do about it? Paul Greenberg has some answers.
February 2022
Tick, Tick, and More Ticks
Brian Owens, an award-winning science journalist for Nature and the New Scientist, has investigated the causes, treatments, and controversy surrounding Lyme disease, an insidious but often overlooked disease.
January 2022
The Soundtrack of the World
For over 50 years, naturalist Bernie Krause has witnessed evidence of multiple environments being radically altered by human influence, and the resultant soundtracks or “biophonies” reflect chaotic alterations due to stress.
January 2022
Smell: An Olfactory Orgy
Research into olfaction, the science of what happens between the nose and the brain, has intensified due to the huge number of people who lost their sense of smell due to COVID.