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Is This Your Only Life?

Presented by: Mark Johnston

March 11, 2026

The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia

Presented by: Jules Gill-Peterson

April 30, 2026

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December 11, 2025

Can a Liberal Polity Survive the Politics of Grievance?

by Mark Blyth

November 5, 2025

Three Ages and Three Intelligences: Exploit, Explore, Empower

by Alison Gopnik

Marta Moreno Vega

October 29, 2025

The Soul – Spirit is My Altar

by Marta Moreno Vega, PhD

October 7, 2025

Bringing Public Health to Light: Reimagining Impact Through Visibility, Voice, and New Pathways

by Katelyn Jetelina

September 24, 2025

Evolution and Animal Minds

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

April 9, 2025

The Moral Economy of Resource Extraction and the Future of Industrialization

by Helen Thompson

Agency, Urgency, and Hope: Science and Scientists Serving Society

by The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D.

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