POSTHOC Salons LIVE w/ Susan MacTavish Best - Intimate Conversations on Topics of the Zeitgeist

Susan speaks to fashion and culture writer Christina Binkley. Christina writes about the business of culture and is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine. Formerly a staff writer and columnist for this newspaper, and a frequent on-air commentator, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Winner Takes All. She has critiqued fashion runways from New York to Milan and Paris, and often takes readers behind fashion's velvet curtains, with frequent forays into the arts and entertainment and the many quirky characters who set the pace for popular culture.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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What is our Los Angeles of today? There is so much more than meets the eye in LA. Susan speaks to Peter Lunenfeld, author of the urban portrait of LA called City at the Edge of Forever. Lunenfeld weaves together the alchemical city's art, architecture and design; juxtaposes its entertainment and literary histories; and moves from restaurant kitchens to recording studios to ultrasecret research and dev labs. Peter Lunenfeld is the vice chair of UCLA's Department of Design Media Arts and a faculty member in the Urban and Digital Humanities programs. He writes about the ways in which art, design and technology intertwine.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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10 Questions for Farrah Storr. Farrah is author of The Discomfort Zone and the EIC of Elle.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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Celebrities investing in the world of startups - that is the topic we'll be discussing with writer Zack Greenburg who has been covering Hollywood and the entertainment industry as an editor at Forbes. If you're interested in venture capital and angel investing, entrepreneurism, Hollywood, Silicon Valley and how these all converge at times .. tune in as we speak about Zack's latest book. “Exciting, well-researched chronicle of how a group of actors, athletes and artists have emerged as mega-successful venture capitalists. Their stories underscore the inspiring truth that great entrepreneurs can emerge from the most unlikely backgrounds … an un-putdown-able masterpiece.” —Steve Forbes  .. Zack is also author of 3 Kings, Michael Jackson, Inc. and Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind.

Pippa is a trend spotter who advises investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is ranked in the top 25 Most Influential Economists in the World and one of the top 10 of global experts on Geopolitics and she was ranked in the top 5 on the Most Powerful Women in Finance list, all in 2017. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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Discussing the world of songwriting with Grammy-nominated producer David Pramik (Selena Gomez, Mae Muller, Lauren Jauregui) and Brett Bassock (Founder, Renegade Songs, working with ARTY, Mae Muller and David Pramik).

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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Dr. Robert Brooks, psychologist, author and frequent commentator on resilience, motivation, school climate, a positive work environment, and family relationships. Dr. Brooks has written 18 books including The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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Our guest today is the queen of happiness research. If you have a book on happiness, she probably wrote it.  Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Lyubomirsky currently teaches courses in social psychology and positive psychology and serves as the Department of Psychology’s Vice Chair.  Lyubomirsky’s best-selling The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Penguin Press) is now translated and published in 23 countries, and The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, But Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t Make You Happy, But Does.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.

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" The most succinct definition of loneliness is failed solitude." - Prof. David Vincent  

Susan MacTavish Best speaks to Investigative Reporter at the Financial Times, Erika Solomon.   POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations. 

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Susan MacTavish Best talks with Daniel Handler, creator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions, published under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket.

POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations. 

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