Upcoming Programs

  • After Words with Jonathan Haidt

    After Words with Jonathan Haidt

    NYU professor Jonathan Haidt argues that technology is harming the social development and mental health of children.

  • <em>The State of Black Progress</em>

    The State of Black Progress

    Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) president Star Parker talks about her organization’s report on the progress that Black Americans have made in America.

Featured Programs

  • After Words with Jane Marie

    After Words with Jane Marie

    Journalist Jane Marie reported on how multilevel marketing (mlm’s) businesses make their profits. She was interviewed by Business Insider senior correspondent Emily Stewart.

  • After Words with Teresa Ghilarducci

    After Words with Teresa Ghilarducci

    New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai.

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  • <em>Artificial - A Love Story</em>

    Artificial - A Love Story

    New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil examined how artificial intelligence and art can connect the past and future through the lens of her family’s personal history, spanning three generations.

  • <em>Blood Memory</em>

    Blood Memory

    Writer Dayton Duncan looked at the history of the American buffalo, from prehistoric times to their co-existence alongside Native Americans, to their near extinction during western expansion efforts by early American settlers.

  • <em>Built from the Fire</em>

    Built from the Fire

    Journalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa’s Greenwood District also known as “Black Wall Street” through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre through today.

  • <em>You Will Own Nothing</em>

    You Will Own Nothing

    Former investment banker Carol Roth argued that global elites desire a future world where average citizens don’t own any assets or accumulate wealth. This virtual event was hosted by the Pacific Research Institute in California.

  • After Words with Coleman Hughes

    After Words with Coleman Hughes

    Writer and podcaster Coleman Hughes argued that the U.S. should move towards a colorblind approach to politics and race. He was interviewed by The Atlantic staff writer and author Thomas Chatterton Williams.

  • After Words with Donald McNeil

    After Words with Donald McNeil

    Journalist Donald McNeil spoke about what he’s learned from covering pandemics for 25 years for the New York Times. He was interviewed by Science Magazine senior correspondent Jon Cohen.

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