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.
- Date:
- Jan 22, 2020 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $22
1 ticket + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Michael Barbaro: 2020 Through a Jewish Lens
In Conversation with Jodi Rudoren
Michael Barbaro, host of The New York Times’ pillar podcast “The Daily,” and Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of The Forward will have a lively discussion of the 2020 political landscape. With primary voting about to start, and three Jewish candidates in the crowded Democratic field, they’ll talk about how the issues many Jews care about are playing out in the race and how they view the campaign as journalists — who are both Jewish.
Ezra Klein
In Conversation with Jamelle Bouie
In Why We’re Polarized, the editor-at-large and cofounder of Vox reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction and what that polarization has done to the way we see the world and one another.
Guest House
Film Screening
This feature documentary follows the stories of three women in a re-entry house as they attempt to acclimate to life after being released from incarceration and battling addiction. A Q&A with co-director Hannah Dweck and others connected to the film follows the screening.
Diane Rehm
In Conversation with Kojo Nnamdi
In When My Time Comes, the renowned radio host examines the right-to-die movement from human, medical, legal, and ethical perspectives, and explores the arguments both for and against the issue.
- Date:
- Feb 3, 2020 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Ticket: $22
1 ticket + 1 book: $40
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
Paul Krugman
In Conversation with Heather Boushey
In Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, the Nobel Prize–winning economist offers an accessible and compelling introduction to today’s major policy issues within the context of a wider debate in the 2020 election year.
Diane Keaton
In Conversation with Heather Moran
Keaton and her brother Randy were close at a young age, until Randy became troubled and reclusive, leading a life away from his sister’s and their family. Brother & Sister contemplates the inner workings of families and the bond between siblings, even when pulled far apart.