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Mar 5, 2024
Fragile Neighborhoods
Dinner at the Square with Seth Kaplan

Oct 17, 2023
Collective Illusions
Dr. Todd Rose, author of “Collective Illusions”

Sep 27, 2022
Subversive Friendships for Divided Times
Subversive Friendships for Divided Times

May 10, 2022
Intellectual Humility in a Polarized World
with Dr. Kurt Gray

Mar 8, 2022
…and the pursuit of happiness
with Arthur Brooks

Feb 25, 2021
Let Friendship Redeem the Republic
“Founding a democracy, rather like living in a democracy, can be very tough on friendship.” — Patricia Nelson Limerick

Feb 4, 2021
A Divided Union: Structural Challenges to Bipartisanship
Former U.S. Representatives Jolly and Murphy prove that cooperation across the aisle is possible in Congress.

Jan 14, 2021
The Reunited States
We’ll meet the people behind the compelling stories in a film that gives us hope.

Jan 28, 2020
A Local Press
The Goliath of national dysfunction, and the David of local community

Apr 16, 2019
Respect + Rebellion: The state of debate on campus
Fewer millennials believe it’s essential to live in a democracy. Uh oh.

Jan 29, 2019
Truth + Trolls: Fourth Estate, First Amendment, Fake News
A lie will travel halfway around the world…