One of the early organizers of Burning Man, Stuart Mangrum, discusses the psychogeography of the festival.

Cat Brooks of San Francisco’s Anti Police-Terror Project is joined in conversation by journalist Manolia Charlotin of The Media Consortium to discuss race, police violence, and criminal justice reform. This event was made in collaboration with public radio program Making Contact.

Peabody Award-winning author Richard Rodriguez is joined in conversation by CIIS writing professor Carolyn Cook for a discussion on writing and the writer's life.

Intergenerational trauma expert Mark Wolynn is joined in conversation by Richard Buggs, CIIS Dean of Alumni, to discuss how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how he works with patients to end the cycle.

CIIS Professor Brian Swimme explores why trying to make sense of the universe is one of the oldest projects around and how these questions lead us to regularly reinvent what it means to be human. This talk is part of our Big Ideas at CIIS series.

Author, teacher, and ecophilosopher Joanna Macy is known the world over for her workshops for social and environmental activists. She's joined in conversation by ecophilosophy teacher Renée G. Soule to discuss her life and work.

The authors of Algorithms to Live By, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, are joined in conversation by CIIS President Joseph Subbiondo to explore how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives. This conversation is part of our Technology and Consciousness Series.

CIIS Professor and author Carolyn Cooke explores reading and writing as important acts of consciousness. This talk is part of our Big Ideas at CIIS series.

Jerry Kaplan, a computer scientist and AI expert talks with Kal Spelletich, an artist who works with robotics about how humans might leverage this emerging technology creatively. This conversation is part of our Technology and Consciousness Series.

CIIS professor Craig Chalquist explores how myths jump out of the myth books and into our lives, inhabiting current events, our language, politics, and more.