Talks & Entertainment

Reginald Dwayne Betts

CreativeMornings/DC

A poet and essayist, Dwayne Betts speaks about the impact of mass incarceration on American society as part of the Creative Mornings/DC breakfast lecture series.

CANCELED: Rachael Ray

In Conversation with Carla Hall

In Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life, the self-taught cook shares 125 new recipes and the memories that made her laugh out loud or cry through 25 thoughtful, personal essays.

Debbie Harry

With Chris Stein and Rob Roth

This event features Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in conversation with Blondie co-founder and renowned photographer Chris Stein, and multidisciplinary artist and director Rob Roth, sharing stories, photos, and more.

How to Stop a Civil War

With Jeffrey Goldberg, Caitlin Flanagan, Yoni Appelbaum, and Adam Serwer

With the ties that bind us fraying at alarming speed, join The Atlantic’s editors for a conversation about America coming apart—and prospects for rebuilding a more civil, functional, and unified society.

Alison Roman

In Conversation with Jessica Sidman

In Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over, the New York Times food columnist reinvents what it means to cook for company with low-stress and high-impact recipes designed to make your life easier.

Breaking Bread

Stories by Celebrity Chefs and Industry Insiders

Prominent chefs, food writers, editors, and other industry insiders tell true, personal stories about food, wine, business, and butter.

When Faith and Politics Collide

with Wajahat Ali, Peter Beinart, and Liz Bruenig

Journalists Peter Beinart, Wajahat Ali, and Liz Bruenig discuss how they bring their faith to bear in their work navigating and working to heal the frayed political and cultural terrains of today’s political landscape, in a conversation moderated by Rabbi Shira Stutman. 

FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast

The 2020 Democratic primary field is taking shape. Nate Silver, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen, and Galen Druke discuss how one of the most crowded presidential primary contests in history could play out.

Isabel Allende

In Conversation with David Epstein

 From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, A Long Petal of the Sea is an epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents as it follows two young people fleeing the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

The best-selling authors of Half the Sky and A Path Appears address the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure in Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope.