Talks & Entertainment

Arianna Huffington

In The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, The Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief delves into the role that sleep plays–and how we can harness its power to improve every aspect of our lives, from our health and happiness to our job performance and relationships.

Andrew Solomon

In Conversation with Azar Nafisi

From the recipient of The National Book Award comes Far and Away, a collection of essays about places undergoing seismic shifts—political, cultural and spiritual—spanning seven continents and 25 years.

Bob Boilen

In Conversation with Carrie Brownstein

From the host and creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes , an oral history of modern music told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians.

Don DeLillo

In Conversation with Dana Spiotta

An ode to language and humanity, and a meditation on death and an embrace of life, Zero K contains DeLillo’s signature observations and sentences, his wry comedy, and his true love of language.

Running Club

Lace up your sneakers and hit the streets for a fun run around town, followed by a meal at a local eatery. Choose either a two-mile or four-mile route.

FiveThirtyEight Elections Podcast

The FiveThirtyEight team covers the 2016 presidential election, tracking the issues and “game-changers” every week. Through special reports, quick reaction and honest, credible data, the FiveThirtyEight team of Nate Silver, Jody Avirgan, Harry Enten, and Clare Malone report on the latest election news.

Chris Anderson

In Conversation with Guy Raz

In TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, the curator of TED shares how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, and sharing knowledge.

Born Survivors: A Holocaust Remembrance Day Celebration

Three mothers and their newborn babies survive the Holocaust. Seventy years later, Author Wendy Holden captured the mothers’ stories in Born Survivors. Holden and all three of the children will be here to share how their mothers defied the Nazis in order to give them life.

Distant Cousins

with Jonny Grave

The Los Angeles-based band brings their vibrant folk-pop sound to our Downstairs stage.

Angela Duckworth

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Angela Duckworth shares new insights from her decades of research on grit and explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success.