The Moment of Decision
What is a decision, and why does decision-making matter in politics, history, war, and public life? This panel examines how decisions differ...
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The Decision in History
Decision-making in history affects how societies understand power, responsibility, and change. Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of Hi...
What is a Decision?
Political decision-making affects governments and societies in important ways. Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the Uni...
The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson examines transgender identity and politics through the lens of American liberalism, arguing that...
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...
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...
Can a Liberal Polity Survive the Politics of Grievance?
Contemporary populism is almost everywhere; a right wing phenomena that focuses on a politics of white working class grievance. A set of gri...
The Squiggly Line with Katelyn Jetelina
How do you navigate a nonlinear, “squiggly line” career in science and public health? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and scientific...
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...
Public Health: How to Make the Invisible Visible with Katelyn Jetelina
Public health often works behind the scenes—preventing illness, protecting communities, and generating research that too often stays hidden...
Evolution and Animal Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith
Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciou...
This Fungus Turns Food Waste Into Cuisine
Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to turn food waste into culinary treats using a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. Visi...
The Times of Possibility
Legal scholar Annabel Brett explores the idea of “moral possibility”—the boundary between what laws demand and what people can realistically...
Times of Change: Possibility Virtue and a Democratic Politics of Time
Political theorist Annabel Brett of Cambridge University explores how the concept of “moral possibility” shapes law, politics, and public ob...
Seas the Day: A New Narrative for the Ocean
It's time for a new narrative for the ocean, one that reflects current scientific knowledge and acknowledges innovative new partnerships and...
Science in the White House: Integrating Solutions to the Triple Crises of Climate Change Loss of Biodiversity and Inequality/Inequity
Three major global challenges – climate change, loss of biodiversity and its benefits, and inequality and inequity among people – are typica...
Subjects and Citizens: The Possibility Condition Law and Democracy
There's a powerful idea in the history of European legal and political thought: that laws must be possible for people to follow. Annabel Bre...
The Moral Economy of Resource Extraction and the Future of Industrialization
The "energy transition" is actually a shift from relying on fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) to using metals to generate energy. Howev...
Forging a New Political System 2024 and Beyond
Historian and political commentator Heather Cox Richardson joins UC Berkeley professor of law and history Dylan Penningroth in a timely conv...
The Arc of Energy Justice: A Pursuit to Ensure Affordable Reliable and Clean Energy for All
We are at a critical moment in our society. While we advance efforts to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, across the globe, millions...