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Howard Gardner and Host Michael Lerner
On Mind and Education
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.
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Mariah Parker and Matthew Montfort Duo
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.
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David Sheff and Host Steve Heilig
Yoko
Join us for a conversation with author David Sheff about his new biography, Yoko, exploring how Yoko Ono coped under the most intense, relentless, and cynical microscope while being falsely vilified for the most heinous cultural crime imaginable: breaking up the greatest rock-and-roll band in history. Hosted by Steve Heilig.
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Rabbi Irwin Keller and Host Michael Lerner
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.
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Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care
We invite you to join the 2024 Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care, a gathering that bridges wisdom traditions with emerging frontiers in healing. This year's forum explores transformation through the intersections of integrative cancer care with consciousness and healing arts, featuring distinguished speakers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds.
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Norma Wong and Host Serena Bian
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.
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Jeffrey J. Kripal and Host Michael Lerner
The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections
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Michael Fischer and Host Ken Adams
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.
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Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin and Host Susan Grelock Yusem
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.
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Joanna Bornowski and Host Michael Lerner
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.
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Kevin Opstedal and Host Steve Heilig
Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas
Join Kevin Opstedal, author of Dreaming as One: Poetry, Poets and Community, in Bolinas, California, from 1967-1980, in conversation with editor, critic, and ethicist (and New School Host) Steve Heilig at the Bolinas Museum.
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Jerry Millhon and Host Michael Lerner
Storytelling for Thriving Communities: A Spiritual Biography
Join host Michael Lerner for an exploration of Jerry Millhon's life and work—his life journey to founding Thriving Communities and the many other projects he helped found or nourish in a life dedicated to service.
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Lisa Bero, Lariah Edwards, and Host Kristin Schafer
Protecting Scientists from Industry Intimidation
At a time when strong, independent science is more important than ever, corporations are ramping up attacks on scientists in the environmental health field. In this conversation, Dr. Lisa Bero and Dr. Lariah Edwards will share their own stories of industry intimidation, and reflect on steps needed to protect researchers and maintain scientific integrity. Hosted by CHE Director Kristin Schafer.
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Kalyanee Mam and Host Serena Bian
What Does Love Have To Do With It? Bringing Mystery to Peacebuilding (part 3)
In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with three people who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, and storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.”