Social Justice & Activism - The Creative Process - Activists, Environmental, Indigenous Groups, Artists and Writers Talk Diversity, Equity and inclusion

How can we develop AI systems that are more respectful, ethical, and sustainable? - Highlights - DR. SASHA LUCCIONI

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“When people say, oh, yeah, AI is going to help everyone or change humanity or all these claims, they don't realize people don't have access to the ...

DR. SASHA LUCCIONI - Founding Member Climate Change AI - Climate Lead & AI Researcher - Hugging Face

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the pros and cons of AI’s integration into our institutions, political systems, culture, and society? How can we develop AI systems that ar...

How can enlightened self-interest advance social equity & climate action? - Highlights - DR. SHIV SOMESHWAR

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"My area of work is sustainable development with a focus on climate. And you can ask what does sustainable development mean? To put it very simply, it...

DR. SHIV SOMESHWAR - Fmr. European Chair for Sustainable Development & Climate Transition - Sciences Po

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do urbanization and rural development impact communities differently? How can we make public policy and enlightened self-interest advance climate ...

Artists, Activists & Anarchists Seize Wetlands from the French Republic: We Learn How

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with artists and activists Isabella Frémaux and ...

How can we reverse biodiversity loss and restore our ecosystems? - Highlights - THOMAS 
CROWTHER

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Global restoration really means finding and empowering the millions of local communities, indigenous populations, and farmers who are promoting biodi...

THOMAS CROWTHER - Ecologist - Co-chair of the Board for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - Founder of Restor

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Although they comprise less than 5% of the world population, Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. How can we support farmers,...

PETER DITLEVSEN - Professor of Physics, Ice, Climate & Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we reach the tipping points of climate change, how will our world change? Greenland has already lost 4,700 billion metric tons of ice, an amount th...

Does having too many choices make us unhappy? - Highlights - DR. BARRY SCHWARTZ

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Capitalism when it first developed was a very significant part of life, but it wasn't all of life. In other words, it had its place, but th...

DR. BARRY SCHWARTZ - Author of The Paradox of Choice & Why We Work

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does having too many choices make us unhappy? How can we learn practical wisdom?Dr. Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor Emeritus of S...

KOHEI SAITO on Degrowth Communism & the Need for Radical Democracy

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place...

SPEAKING OUT OF PLACE: BEN FRANTA on Weaponizing Economics - Big Oil, Economic Consultants & Climate Policy Delay

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with noted researcher and scholar Ben Franta about two new ar...

Genocide and Beyond: A Conversation with OMER BARTOV & PENNY GREEN

06 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liuand Azeezah Kanji are joined by state crime expert Penny Green and Holocau...

What’s it like to film a supernatural thriller in darkness at minus 17 degrees? - Highlights - FLORIAN HOFFMEISTER

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I drove for like a half an hour into absolute nothingness, and I left the car. It was three o'clock in the morning. It was minus 17 degrees and it ...

FLORIAN HOFFMEISTER - Cinematographer - True Detective: Night Country starring Jodie Foster & Kali Reis

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How does the place we’re born influence our beliefs? What would it be like to live in a world run by women, where it’s perpetually night, and the ...

International Law & Mass Violence: Colonial Roots & Practices

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Frédéric Mégret, Neve Gordon, and Nicola P...

How can we learn to speak the language of the Earth? - Highlights - TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I tried to go through the history that I know of and the studies that I have researched from where educational processes started. And usually, when...

TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE - Founder/Host of First Voices Radio - Founder of Akantu Intelligence

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we learn to speak the language of the Earth and cultivate our intuitive intelligence?Tiokasin Ghosthorse is a member of the Cheyenne River Lak...

Guernica & Gaza: Linking Antifascist Solidarity & Solidarity with Palestine

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Len and Hwei-ru Tsou, Taiwanese activists whose main commitmen...

21 Voices from Israel & South Africa: Why the Palestine Struggle Matters

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liutalks with Marthie Momberg, whose book 21 Voices from Israel and South Afr...

What makes a good life? - Highlights - ROBERT WALDINGER, Psychiatrist, Author, Zen Priest

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"One of the clearest things that we find in studying all of these lives is we know that every life has hardship, every life has sorrow, and nobody's h...

ROBERT WALDINGER - Co-Author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a good life? How important are relationships in helping us lead happy and meaningful lives?Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatr...

Does privacy exist anymore? Or are humans just sets of data to be traded and sold? - Highlights - WENDY WONG

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"One of the things that we need to remember is that we are data stakeholders and not data subjects. We're often called data subjects if you look at th...

WENDY WONG - Author of We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Does privacy exist anymore? Or are humans just sets of data to be traded and sold?Wendy H. Wong is Professor of Political Science and Principal's Rese...

Highlights - JULIAN LENNON - Singer-songwriter, Photographer, Doc Filmmaker, Exec. Producer of Common Ground

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Everything affects everything else. So it's key that we all take part in trying to make this place a better world for everybody. And, you know, when ...

JULIAN LENNON - Singer-songwriter, Photographer, Doc Filmmaker, Exec. Producer of Common Ground

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can the arts inspire us to lead lives of greater meaning and connection? What kind of world are we leaving for future generations?Julian Lennon is...

DUANE L. CADY - Philosopher, Author of Moral Vision: How Everyday Life Shapes Ethical Thinking & From Warism to Pacifism

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we resolve conflicts without compromising our ethics and moral vision? Each year, wars are being fought in our name or with our support that c...

HOWARD GARDNER - Author of A Synthesizing Mind & Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Co-director of The Good Project

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do we define intelligence? What is the point of creativity and intelligence if we are not creating good in the world? In this age of AI, what is t...

Speaking Out of Place: BILL McKIBBEN, Co-Founder of 350.org, Founder Third Act & CAROLINE LEVINE, Author of The Activist Humanist

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with legendary climate activist Bill McKibben and scholar Caro...

GLADYS KALEMA-ZIKUSOKA - Founder/CEO, Conservation Through Public Health - UN Champion of the Earth for Science & Innovation

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do some people face incredible tragedies and find within these experiences inspiration to improve the lives of others? Our guest today lost her gr...

MARY HAYASHI - Healthcare Advocate, Former Assemblymember - Author of Women in Politics

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A recent UN report shows that women are underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide. They say that women in executive government posit...

WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Hedi Viterbo and Dr. Jess Ghannam. ...

Highlights - UN Young Champion of the Earth GATOR HALPERN - Co-Founder & President of Coral Vita - Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Coral reefs are the most biodiverse habitat on the planet, despite covering less than 1 percent of the ocean area, over a quarter of all marine lif...

GATOR HALPERN - Co-Founder & President of Coral Vita - UN Young Champion of the Earth - Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coral reefs are the most biodiverse habitat on the planet, despite covering less than 1 percent of the ocean. Over a quarter of all marine life exists...

Highlights - LEAH THOMAS - Author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Learning about environmentalism in school, you look at specific figures like John Muir, etc. And I wanted people to also have that association when i...

LEAH THOMAS - Author of The Intersectional Environmentalist - Founder of IE Platform & @GreenGirlLeah

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She’s passionate about advocati...

Highlights - MICHAEL S. ROTH - President of Wesleyan University - Author of The Student: A Short History

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“So I wrote this book and it was a lot of fun because I had to learn so much. The book examines three iconic teachers: Confucius, Socrates, and Jesu...

MICHAEL S. ROTH - President of Wesleyan University - Author of The Student: A Short History

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the purpose of education? How are we educating students for the future? What is the importance of the humanities in this age of AI and the rap...

Highlights - SUSAN SCHNEIDER - Author of Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, Fmr. Distinguished Scholar, US Library of Congress

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“So it's hard to tell exactly what the dangers are, but that's certainly one thing that we need to track that beings that are vastly intellectually ...

SUSAN SCHNEIDER - Director, Center for the Future Mind, FAU, Fmr. NASA Chair at NASA

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will AI become conscious? President Biden has just unveiled a new executive order on AI — the U.S. government’s first action of its kind — requi...

Speaking Out of Place: LIZA BLACK & JOSEPH PIERCE discuss When “Natives” Aren’t: The Epistemic & Communal Violence & Re-storying

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Joseph M. Pierce and Liza Black about th...

Highlights - APRIL GORNIK - Artist, Environmentalist, Co-founder of The Church: Arts & Creativity Center

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The current climate situation is so overwhelming to people. This is a scale of problem that we have never encountered before. We talk about World War...

APRIL GORNIK - Artist, Environmentalist, Co-founder of The Church: Arts & Creativity Center

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this fractured world, how do the arts build community, understanding, and inspire change? How does art help us define who we are and our place in t...

Highlights - DEAN SPADE - Professor at SeattleU’s School of Law - Author of Mutual Aid, Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I want to see movements that embolden our tactics. Like people blocking oil pipelines all over the world. That's what's required now. Asking endles...

DEAN SPADE - Author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Dean Spade is an organizer, speaker, author, and professor at Seattle University's School of Law, where he teaches courses on policing, imprisonmen...

Highlights - ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ - Host of Climate Connections - Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of the Environment

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"So the why really depends on where you are. People are not all the same. There is no such thing as the public. There are many, many, m...

ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ - Founding Director of Yale Program on Climate Change Communication - Host of Climate Connections

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is the founder and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale...

Speaking Out of Place: VEENA DUBAL discusses how Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash…use algorithmic wage discrimination against their workers

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Professor Veena Dubal about how such companies have expo...

SUCHITRA VIJAYAN · FRANCESCA RECCHIA · ANAND TELTUMBDE

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with the founders of the Polis Project—Such...

Speaking Out of Place: JUNE CHOI, YANNAI KASHTAN & BELINDA RAMIREZ on the Coalition for a True School of Sustainability

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with June Choi, Yannai Kashtan, and Belinda Ramírez from the...

Highlights - RICK BASS - Author & Environmentalist - “Why I Came West”, “For a Little While”

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"So it's just a great joy to be passing this guitar made from the wood of an 800-year-old tree around to musicians and asking them to play a song of r...

RICK BASS - Environmentalist & Story Prize Award-winning Author of “Why I Came West”, “For a Little While”

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Bass, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for his memoir Why I Came West, was born and raised in Texas, worked as a petroleum geologist...

Speaking Out of Place: LIZA FEATHERSTONE on Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA)

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Liza Featherstone about Build Public Renewables Act. It’...

Highlights - NAN HAUSER - Whale Researcher - Director, Cook Islands Whale Research - President, Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"I don't think a lot of people realize how absolutely important whales are, and not just because they're beautiful and they make people happy, but wha...

Highlights - JIM SHEPARD - Award-winning Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, The World to Come, Like You’d Understand, Anyway

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Once the Columbine shooting happened, I remember thinking that discussion that we had would have been very different if that kid had had access to au...

JIM SHEPARD - Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, The World to Come starring Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can literature help us extend our empathic imaginations? How can writing and reading expand our curiosity and compassion for people in situations ...

Speaking Out of Place: SARA AHMED discusses The Feminist Killjoy Handbook

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Sara Ahmed about her new book, The Femin...

The Subversive Seventies: A Conversation with Political Theorist MICHAEL HARDT

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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ROB VERCHICK - Leading Climate Change Scholar - Author of The Octopus in the Parking Garage

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Verchick is one of the nation’s leading scholars in disaster and climate change law and a former EPA official in the Obama administration.&...

Highlights - LESLEY HUGHES - Lead Author, IPCC 4th, 5th Assessment Reports - Biology Professor, Macquarie University

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Australia is generally considered one of the most vulnerable developed countries to the impacts of climate change, and I've been in the climate scien...

LESLEY HUGHES - Lead Author of IPCC 4th & 5th Assessment Reports - Director of Climate Council of Australia

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now in the 21st century, with an abundance of renewable technologies, why is the world still using 18th-century energy technology? How can each of us ...

Highlights - JAMES BROWNING - Founder & Exec. Director, F Minus Research & Advocacy Group

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The fossil fuel industry is very good at propaganda. They are also very good at targeting students and environmentalists. And they surround themselve...

JAMES BROWNING - Founder of F Minus: Calling for Divestment from Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Why are fossil fuel lobbyists also allowed to work for communities, schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations being harmed by the climate crisi...

Speaking Out of Place: MANIJEH MORADIAN discusses This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Manijeh Moradian about her book, This Fl...

Speaking Out of Place: TIM HEWLETT - Co-founder of Scientist Rebellion, Activist, Astrophysicist

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews climate activist, astrophysicist and co-founder of Scient...

Speaking Out of Place: ANTHONY ARNOVE & HALEY PESSIN discuss Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"We have to create alternative institutions to understand history. And to have conversations about how we can intervene because these conversations ar...

Highlights - Actress CATHERINE CURTIN (Orange is the New Black) & Artistic Director KATE MUETH (Director, Educator, Choreographer)

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Women's Prison Association is a fabulous organization that everybody should be aware of. And they do things in the fall like Pack your Book Bag and t...

Actress CATHERINE CURTIN (Stranger Things) & Artistic Director KATE MUETH (Neo-Political Cowgirls)

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we make art? What can the performing arts teach us about how to engage in dialogues to overcome conflict and division?Our guests today are actr...

Highlights - STEPHANIE FELDSTEIN - Population & Sustainability Director, Center for Biological Diversity

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Capitalism is an inherently unsustainable system the way that it is being practiced now. It is an economy that is based on infinite growth, even thou...

STEPHANIE FELDSTEIN - Author of The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World & Take Action: Save Life on Earth


22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we take inspiration from our love for animals to protect wildlife and change the world? How can we take action and start making changes in our...

Speaking Out of Place: SILVIA FEDERICI discusses Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji interview renown scholar, activist, and writer Sil...

Highlights - Nobel Peace Prize-winning Climate Scientist MARK HOWDEN - Director, Climate Change Institute at ANU - Vice Chair of IPCC

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"We live in a diverse world, and we're in a funny time where we sometimes see the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. And I think what we need...

MARK HOWDEN - Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Director, Climate Change Institute at The Australian National University

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our window to adapt to a warming world is narrowing quickly. What it will take to avert the climate crises? Mark Howden is Director of the Climate Cha...

Highlights - ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Athlete, Actor, American, Activist - Conversation with Editor DIAN HANSON

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"As Arnold Schwarzenegger says, 'We don't have Republican air. We don't have Democrat water. We all breathe the same air. We all have the same water. ...

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Athlete, Actor, American, Activist - Conversation with Editor DIAN HANSON

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Why I was different from all the other boys in my town I cannot tell you. I was simply born with the gift of vision.” – ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGERIs...

Highlights - SUE INCHES - Fmr. Director, Maine Department of Marine Resources - Fmr. Deputy Director, State Planning Office


08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Our culture and the way that we carry out capitalism is that we have allowed businesses to create a mess. And then the taxpayers are the ones that pa...

SUE INCHES - Author of Advocating for the Environment: How to Gather Your Power and Take Action

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sue Inches is an advocate, author, and teacher. She has worked in public policy for over 25 years, serving as the Deputy Director of the State Plannin...

Highlights - DAVID FENTON - Author of The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons From 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The activists need to pay attention to mass awareness. Political change is a function of gaining political power through mass awareness, mass mobiliz...

DAVID FENTON - Founder of Fenton Communications, Author of The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons From 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we effectively communicate that we're moving beyond climate change to a state of climate crisis? The trapped heat energy on Earth is equal to ...

SIMON DALBY - Author of Pyromania: Fire and Geopolitics in a Climate-Disrupted World

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wildfire season is starting earlier and lasting longer due to global warming across the world. What will we do to save the world on fire? How can we c...

Speaking Out of Place: SUSAN ALBUHAWA discusses “Palestine Writes”

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews award-winning novelist and activist Susan Albuhawa about ...

Speaking Out of Place: JEFF CHANG discusses the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision on Affirmative Action

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews journalist., activist, and public intellectual Jeff Chang...

“Beyond Kafkaesque”: Will Hassan Diab Receive Justice?

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980, the synagogue in Paris was bombed, killing four and injuring 40 others. Over four decades later, French authorities settled on one suspect, d...

Speaking Out of Place: CHING-IN CHEN & KATE HAO discuss the cancellation of the Asian American Literary Festival 2023

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Ching-In Chen & Kate Hao about the cancellation of th...

Speaking Out of Place: JENNIFER JACQUET discusses The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Jennifer Jacquet, who is an Associate Professor in the&nb...

Highlights - JERICHO BROWN - Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet - Editor of How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"This is a book for anyone who is a student of the craft. More particularly, though, this is a book for younger and newer Black writers in undergradua...

JERICHO BROWN - Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet - Editor of “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill”

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you find your voice? As a writer, how do you take what you know and what you believe to share your stories with the world? How do we let young ...

ELLIOT LEE - Alt Pop Singer/Songwriter, LGBTQIA+ Openly Non-binary - Autism Awareness Advocate

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever experienced the feeling of being alone and not having a community? How can we build an atmosphere of inclusion and greater understanding...

Highlights - TOM LIN - Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu - Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 2022

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"I think so much of acceptance by foreign countries as immigrants, I think, lies with this ideal of assimilation. And assimilation in one respect, it'...

TOM LIN - Author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu - Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 2022

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we retell the story of America? In the United States of Amnesia, why does the Western celebrate cowboys but not all people who built this coun...

Highlights - MARK MASLIN - Author of How To Save Our Planet: The Facts - Professor, Earth System Science, UCLondon

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"The Chicago School in the 1970s said: Capitalism has been doing really well. What we need to do is take their training wheels off and get rid of regu...

MARK MASLIN - Author of How To Save Our Planet: The Facts - Professor, Earth System Science, University College London

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Can we imagine a world where we leave half the earth to the natural environment and use the other half for ourselves? Can we change history and protec...

Speaking Out of Place: CYNTHIA G. FRANKLIN discusses “Narrating Humanity: Life Writing and Movement Politics from Palestine to Mauna Kea”

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Cynthia Franklin about her new book, Narrating Humanity: ...

Highlights - SERGEI GURIEV - Political Economist - Provost of SciencesPo - Co-author of Spin Dictators

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"I think young people should not panic. I think we are in a very difficult situation. But we do have amazing technology. We do have a way to invent mo...

SERGEI GURIEV - Economist - Provost of SciencesPo - Co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is a spin dictator? What does tyranny look like in the 21st century? Why is populism on the rise? And how do we reinvent democracy?Sergei Guriev ...

Highlights - JASON deCAIRES TAYLOR - Sculptor, Environmentalist, Creator of Underwater Museums

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"It's always difficult to generalize about my work because obviously, they're very different in each location. Sometimes I'll witness some particular ...

JASON deCAIRES TAYLOR - Sculptor, Environmentalist, Creator of Underwater Museums

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if museums weren’t confined to buildings but could be part of the natural world? What if sculptures could not only celebrate our oceans, but al...

JEFFREY SACHS - Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia - President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the path to peace for the war in Ukraine? Is America still powerful enough to impose global order? The US has just 4.1% of the world's populat...

ANTHONY WHITE - Artist - What is the Role of Artists in Society?

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What role do the visual arts play in drawing upon history, activating democracy, and asking questions about what culture can do?Australian artist Anth...

MARGE PIERCY - NYTimes Bestselling Novelist, Poet & Activist

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marge Piercy’s 17 novels include NYTimes Bestseller Gone To Soldiers; National Bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women; the classics Wom...