The Carceral State: A Spiritual Biography Continued

Join Janet Moses, MD, and Host Michael Lerner as they discuss the Bob Moses Conference on the Carceral State and continue their exploration of Janet’s life with her husband Bob Moses, the legendary civil rights leader. Watch or listen to the earlier conversation between Michael and Janet here.

Let’s Celebrate Gratitude

In a special presentation for the holidays, join us in welcoming Commonweal’s own Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and musician Karen Drucker: two feisty women of a certain age who have been friends for years. In this episode we sing together, hear stories together, and tell some of our own. 

Ecosocial Collapse and the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile (Spanish-only)

~In Spanish language only~ ~Co-presented by Commonweal New School and the Omega Network~ Dr. Maristella Svampa and Enrique Viale join Host Tom Kruse from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to explore “ecosocial collapse” in Latin America. They contextualize ecosocial collapse as part of the history of unjust extractive dynamics between Latin America and the Global North. […]

Rationing in the Polycrisis

Managing increasing demand for water, clean air, minerals, energy, and food is rapidly becoming one of our greatest challenges. What strategies are available to us? Are there alternatives to winners and losers? Join hosts Michael Lerner and Joan Diamond for a conversation about the issues of scarcity, justice, social order, and planetary limits.

Lara Bazelon and Host Lyons Filmer

Join Host Lyons Filmer in conversation with law professor, advocate, author, and mother Lara Bazelon about embracing imbalance when it comes to work, life, and motherhood. This is the second conversation in our Empowering Women series of conversations.

Rachel Naomi Remen and Host Michael Lerner

Join us for a conversation with Rachel Naomi Remen about her new children’s book, The Birth of the World: A Story about Finding Light in Everyone and Everything. This event was hosted in-person on the Commonweal land.

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