Michael Pollan

In Conversation with Ari Shapiro

In the New York Times bestseller This Is Your Mind on Plants—now out in paperback—Pollan radically challenges the way we think about all drugs, from psychedelics to tea and coffee, and explores the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants and their equally powerful taboos.

How to Design Your Best Online Dating Profile

With Logan Ury, Director of Relationship Science at Hinge

In this one-hour workshop, Logan Ury—behavioral scientist, dating coach, and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge—will share how to build a profile that represents you in a flattering and accurate way for your best first impression. From which photos are no-go’s to the wild world of voice prompts, you’ll leave with concrete tips to create a more matchable profile.

Logan Ury

In Conversation with Rabbi Aaron Potek

In How to Not Die Alone, Logan Ury—behavioral scientist, dating coach, and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge—draws on years of research to reveal the hidden forces that cause those mistakes and lays out how to change your behavior to achieve real results.

VIRTUAL: Henry Kissinger

In Conversation with Andrea Mitchell

In Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, the former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford examines six twentieth-century leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft and brings to life a unifying theory of leadership and diplomacy.

Mohsin Hamid

In Conversation with Wajahat Ali

From the New York Times bestselling author of Exit West comes The Last White Man, which follows the events set in motion when a man named Anders wakes up one day to find that his skin has suddenly turned dark, raising provocative questions about race, identity, and tribalism in a radically changing world.

Abdulrazak Gurnah

In Conversation with Tope Folarin

From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature comes Afterlives, which is a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of East Africa and illuminating a legacy of dislocation that is still with us today.

Randall Munroe

In Conversation with Derek Thompson

For the answers to the rest of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask, the New York Times bestselling author is back with What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

In Conversation with Soraya Chemaly

On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World offers a crucial new perspective to navigating conflict, applying an ancient framework to the country’s most painful contemporary issues—from systemic racism and the legacy of enslavement to the #MeToo movement and Native American land rights—as well as personal transgressions.

POSTPONED: Pete Souza

In The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency, Souza shares rarely seen photos and stories of life and work in the White House, the Situation Room, and more. You’ll go behind the scenes of consequential moments in the Oval Office, decisive meetings in the West Wing, and even some fun moments aboard Air Force One—all offering a fascinating look into the details that comprise the modern presidency.

RESCHEDULED DATE: Pete Souza

In The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency, Souza shares rarely seen photos and stories of life and work in the White House, the Situation Room, and more. You’ll go behind the scenes of consequential moments in the Oval Office, decisive meetings in the West Wing, and even some fun moments aboard Air Force One—all offering a fascinating look into the details that comprise the modern presidency.