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What you'll read this season

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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About

Isabel Klee

American Scoundrel

Kai Bird & Susan Goldmark

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Adam Grant

Live, private interviews with the authors. Not a public podcast. Not a rehearsed lecture. You get a front-row seat to the conversation as it happens. Every session is recorded to your archive if you can’t make it live.

This Season's Expert Sessions

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Jessica Tarlov on people you disagree with

Jessica Tarlov argues politics for a living, outnumbered four to one on live TV — and walks away with her argument and her relationships intact. In this workshop, she teaches you how.

Book cover for The U.S. Constitution by Melissa Murray

Melissa Murray on the US Constitution

Law professor Melissa Murray has built a career on making the Supreme Court understandable to people who never went to law school. In this conversation, she'll show you how to read the Constitution for yourself, amendment by amendment, instead of waiting to be told what it says.

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Angela Duckworth on the hidden power of situations

Angela Duckworth wrote the book on grit, then found that grit isn't always enough — what's within arm's reach, who you spend time with, and even your zip code shape how well you do. In this conversation, she'll show you the four elements of a situation that works — and why the answer to burnout is often changing your situation rather than yourself.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock on moral leadership

Raphael Warnock believes democracy is a spiritual practice — that a vote is a kind of prayer, and that America's failures on guns, poverty, voting rights, and the climate are failures of moral imagination rather than resources. In this conversation, he'll show you what it means to bring your deepest convictions into public life without turning them into a weapon.

Lonnie Bunch III on preserving history

Dr. Lonnie Bunch is the director of the Smithsonian, and helped build the National Museum of African American History and Culture from the ground up. This is an urgent conversation about what it means to protect and preserve America’s shared history.

Book cover for How Bright The Path Grows by Marcia Chatelain

Marcia Chatelain on the women who made the March on Washington

The 1963 March on Washington was organized, scored, and sung by Black women whose names never entered the story, from Eva Jessye, who designed the day's musical program, to Anna Hedgeman, who fought late in the planning for a tribute to Black women's work. Marcia Chatelain spent years recovering their lives, and in this discussion, she'll share her fascinating findings.

Book cover of The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell on gun violence in America

Malcolm Gladwell wanted to know why the wealthiest country on earth has a homicide rate similar to the world's poorest ones. In this conversation, he'll show you what America has misunderstood about its own most pressing social problem, and as a result, why it does not understand how to fix it.

Also Included

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Governerd Craft Nights

Bring whatever you’re working on. The group provides the company.

Live Conversations

An unscripted, open-floor discussion. Bring your questions about politics, the books we're reading, or just how to navigate the news cycle. It’s a chance to chat directly with Sharon and the community without an agenda.