On Mind and Education, Part 1
Join Host Michael Lerner in two conversations with cognitive psychologist, Harvard professor, and author Howard Gardner, who is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences.
A Celebration of Sympathetic Strings
Join us for the second in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, this time with Mariah Parker (piano, sauntur) and Matthew Montford (scalloped fretboard guitar). Held at the solstice and equinox, the concerts—and gatherings afterward—are designed to bring people together in a convivial setting around music which delights, inspires, and elevates the soul.
Words, Worry, Wonder
Join Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Rabbi Irwin Keller about his long-awaited volume of essays, memoir, and poetry: Shechinah at the Art Institute: Words, Worry, Wonder.
What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom
Join us for a new kind of collaborative learning experience hosted by Commonweal Narrative Director Susan Grelock Yusem.
Listening to the Soul of Conflict
Join TNS Host Serena Bian in conversation with Norma Wong, Zen priest and teacher about the art of war and conflict, who recently served to help facilitate a mutual path through the conflict between native culture and western discovery science during the construction of a telescope on Mauna Kea.
The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections
Recorded in 2024, this conversation is an overview and precursor to the Secret Body conversation series, with Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Jeffrey J. Kripal about his work of more than a dozen books about new consciousness.
In Service Towards Resilience
Join us for a unique conversation on resilience, with Michael Fischer, a volunteer for multiple organizations, amateur radio guru K6MLF, formerly an environmental executive and consultant, philanthropic director, and city planner. Our sound engineer, Ken Adams, jumps to the other side of the mic to host the conversation.
What Do We Know? Exploring Non-Western Approaches to Wisdom
In this conversation, join Host Susan Grelock Yusem and Nigerian-born “ambassador of entanglement” Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin in a conversation that begins a series about non-western approaches to wisdom.
Consciousness, Intuition, and Animal Communication
Join us for a conversation with intuitive animal communicator, Joanna Bornowski. Michael and Joanna talk about consciousness, accessing deeper states of intuition, and the innate human ability to be in conversation with the natural world.