The Great Philosophers: Utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill
Utilitarianism affects law, public policy, and social justice in important ways. Professor Peter Bolland explains how Jeremy Bentham and Joh...
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Rising Beyond Circumstance: Faith Resilience and the Power of Community with Jolinda Wade
Drawing from her remarkable life journey and her memoir, Conquering Me: A Memoir of Courage, Faith, and Transformation, pastor and author Jo...
From Talking Tools to Metahumans: Social Interaction Semiotic Skill and the Authority of AI Chatbots
As chatbots trained on Large Language Models become more sophisticated, their responses can sometimes seem uncanny, as if they come from a s...
The 2000-Year History of Rome and Its Lessons Today
Rome survived for 2,000 years. Edward Watts explores the long history of the Roman state and the lessons it offers for the modern world. Fro...
How to Not Know with Simone Stolzoff
In an age obsessed with expertise, certainty, and endless self-optimization, author and journalist Simone Stolzoff invites audiences to redi...
Religion in Motion: The Identity and World-Creating Powers of Religious Action
What does it mean to rethink religion from the ground up? University of Colorado's religious studies professor Sam Gill draws on biology, ph...
Climate Faith and Collective Responsibility with Bill McKibben
Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has helped shape how the world understands climate change. In this conversation with Marco Werman,...
Protecting Patients: Privacy-Preserving Computing in Patient Data
Privacy-preserving computation can help hospitals and researchers use sensitive health data without exposing it. Farinaz Koushanfar, Ph.D.,...
The Audacity of Listening with Carol Gilligan 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy
Carol Gilligan, professor at New York University, received the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, specifically in the field of Thought and...
Where Are We Now? Bias in Health AI
Bias in health AI can shape who gets care, how fairly risk is measured, and whether automation helps or harms patients. Karandeep Singh, M.D...
A Conversation with George Saunders - Writer's Symposium By the Sea 2026
New York Times bestselling author George Saunders is an American writer who won the Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Saunder...
Is This Your Only Life?
Embodiment affects how we understand personhood, moral status, and whether this life is our only life. Mark Johnston, Henry Putnam Universit...
Artificial Intelligence in (AI-Driven) Healthcare
AI in healthcare raises urgent questions about bias, privacy, and power. Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D., examines how AI systems can reproduce socia...
A Conversation with Jamaica Kincaid - Writer's Symposium By the Sea 2026
Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan-American writer known for her vivid, poetic prose and exploration of themes like colonialism, family, identit...
A Conversation with Judy Woodruff - Writer's Symposium By the Sea 2026
Widely regarded as one of the most respected figures in American broadcast journalism, Judy Woodruff is known for her decades-long career co...
Three Ages and Three Intelligences: Exploit Explore Empower with Alison Gopnik
A common model of AI suggests that there is a single measure of intelligence, often called AGI, and that AI systems are agents who can posse...
Indigenous Religious Traditions and Law in the Current Political Moment
How are Indigenous communities in the U.S. facing challenges to their ways of life in the current political moment? Focusing on questions co...
Paola Capó-García: Poet Laureate on Humor Intimacy and Voice in Poetry
Poetry becomes more approachable when it reflects everyday language, humor, and lived experience. San Diego Poet Laureate Paola Capó-García...
Incivility: Stress and Consequences
Rudeness is not just annoying. John O’Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," links everyday rudeness to stress and even broader...
The Soul – Spirit is My Altar with Marta Moreno Vega
Espiritismo traces its roots to the sacred knowledge of West and Central African peoples carried into the Americas by enslaved ancestors bet...