The Superhumanities
In part 10 of the Secret Body series of conversations, Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey Kripal about his book The Superhumanities.
Let’s Go Quiet
What are the technologies that help you navigate these times? Slowly, over our 50 years as an organization, Commonweal has naturally developed tools that help us work and live with more ease and grace. These are simple practices, including silence, deep hospitality, listening circles, and poetry. This summer exhibit shares a sense of these practices […]
Tending Our Future: Spirituality, Service, and the Art of Healing
Known for bringing loneliness and social connection into the national conversation, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins host Serena Bian at Commonweal’s New School to reflect on the deeper currents beneath his work. Beginning with his spiritual biography, we explore the questions, traditions, and experiences that shaped his understanding of service, healing, and what it means to belong.
Deep Healing and the Coming Transformation of Human Consciousness
Join us for a conversation exploring healing at a time of transformation—contemplating what Michael Lerner points to as the coming revolution in human consciousness and what it means for all of us as individuals, communities, and as a planetary species.
Medicine for the Long Dark: Conversation, Listening, Ritual
Join Francis Weller and Host Jaune Evans as we explore the medicine we need for the Long Dark, the medicine we bring to the Long Dark, and surprisingly, the medicine we find in the Long Dark. The event will include conversation with Francis, time to listen, and a community ritual to allow for receiving and “risking revelation.”
Eternal Song: Echoes of Resilience Across Indigenous Worlds
Join us for a conversation and film screening of Eternal Song, the first in a series of award-winning films that explore the devastating impact of colonization on indigenous people and lands, and cultures–and how our collective future depends on remembering the eternal song of existence which calls us back to our original sense of belonging. Co-presented with SAND (Science and Non-Duality) and Bolinas Film Festival.
How Flowers Made Our World
Join Host Susan Grelock Yusem in conversation with David George Haskell to talk about his new book, How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries.
The Ecology of Resilience
As part of Commonweal’s Omega Resilience Awards’ narrative research initiative, the Ecology Team of researchers led by Alejo di Risio—journalist, environmental consultant, and cultural strategist—set out to document emerging stories of resilience grounded in environmental stewardship, land connection, and sustainable practices across the Global South. In this conversation, Host Susan Grelock-Yusem will talk with Alejo to explore their journey and what they learned about ecological imagination, narrative as resistance, local wisdom at global scale, and the power of community. Following the conversation, join us for a live interactive dialogue with the full Ecology Research Team.
Radio Facility Tour with Richard Dillman
As part of Commonweal’s 50th anniversary year celebrations, please join the Maritime Radio Historical Society’s Richard Dillman (call name W6AWO), for this tour of the radio facilities in the “back half” of the Commonweal main building.