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  • Francis Weller and Anderson Cooper

    Tending the Soul in Uncertain Times

    Join us along the wild coast of California, for an afternoon of dialogue, community, and ritual with author and soul activist, Francis Weller, and host of the All There Is podcast and CNN commentator, Anderson Cooper. This event was held live in September 2025 as a conversation and community grief ritual.

  • David Bailey

    Wonderstudies Book Release Party

    Join Commonweal archivist and poet David Bailey for the launch of his new book of poetry: Wonderstudies.

  • Ray Dorsey, Ted Schettler, and Host Kristin Schafer

    CHE Café: Why Parkinson’s Disease Is Preventable

    In this CHE Café conversation hosted by CHE Director Kristin Schafer, we will explore new approaches to Parkinson’s disease prevention. We will hear from Dr. Ray Dorsey, a co-author of The Parkinson’s Plan, and Dr. Ted Schettler, longtime researcher of environmental influences on aging and co-creator of Sam’s Story, the Story of Health ebook on environmental drivers of cognitive decline.

  • Christine Tulis

    Opening the Gate of the Heart: An Afternoon of Celtic Harp

    Join us for a special concert of original sacred music to free your imagination and open your heart to the celestial sounds of the Celtic harp. Christine Tulis shares songs inspired by the poetry of Rumi, other mystical saints, and her personal inner experiences. 

  • Shodo Harada Roshi, Chisan Storandt, Host Michael Lerner

    The Way of the Buddha

    Join us for a unique and precious experience of the Buddhist truth, the Buddhist way, and the Buddhist community with Shodo Harada Roshi and Chisan Storandt.

  • Shilpa Jain with Host Serena Bian

    Beyond Cancel Culture: on Healing, Conflict, and Community

    Join Host Serena Bian with community builder, facilitator, and writer Shilpa Jain for a conversation exploring how conflict can bring us into greater clarity, purpose, and alignment.

  • Jeffrey J. Kripal and Host Michael Lerner

    The Secret Body (Series)

    In this series, Author and Professor Jeffrey J. Kripal talks with Host Michael Lerner about his body of work—more than 13 groundbreaking books about the mystical and the erotic, the relationship of mind and matter, and parapsychological phenomena.

  • Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian

    The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects

  • Mind and Spirit

    Mend Your Mind and Reinhabit Your Greater Self with Visiting Scholar Jeanine Canty

  • Jerry Millhon and Host Elin Stebbins Waldal

    On a Roll: A Story of Change, Courage, and the Road Still Rising

    Join us for a live conversation with Jerry Millhon—father, life partner, friend, educator, and founder of Thriving Communities—as he reflects on the life-changing impact of a devastating bike accident. Together, they reflect on vulnerability, healing, perseverance, and the daily, courageous work of believing in what’s still possible.

  • Rachel Remen and Host Irwin Keller

    Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer

  • Manik Khan and Nilan Chaudhuri

    An Afternoon of Indian Classical Music

    Join us for the third in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, this time with Manik Khan (sarod) and Nilan Chaudhuri (tabla). 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. 

  • Rako Fabionar and Host Cassandra Ferrera

    Liberating Places

    Join Host Cassandra Lynn Ferrera with Rako Fabionar as they share about how they are personally and professionally engaging in place-based liberation work—and how the kinds of wayfinding and inhabited learning they are exploring to grow and deepen kinship might be of service to other place-based and bioregional projects.

  • Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

    Walk, Dream, Write: Writing Workshop 

    Join us for writing, dreaming, and discussion about the earth around us in this culminating event with our spring 2025 visiting scholar Craig Chalquist.

  • Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist with Host Susan Grelock Yusem

    Dreaming the Soul of the Earth: Re-imagination as a Remedy for Our Times

    Join TNS Host Susan Grelock Yusem in conversation with Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist about how we can approach land with curiosity and how we can work with our imagination to re-envision our relationship with the land all around us.