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Rabih Alameddine

Five Things I've Learned About

Being Grumpy

View the archive of this 90-minute class from internationally-acclaimed writer Rabih Alameddine, and discover the few things he’s learned about the elasticity of identity and imagination.

Louise Aronson

Five Things I've Learned About

Elderhood

View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, educator, professor of medicine, and Pulitzer Prize Award finalist Louise Aronson and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about improving our shared...

Sari Botton

Five Things I've Learned About

What Aging Means to Oldsters

View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author, editor, and teacher Sari Botton, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about getting older by inviting people to share their own personal...

Myisha Cherry

Five Things I've Learned About

The Social Uses of Anger

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Myisha Cherry and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential roles that rage and anger play in public life – and in our...

Nina Collins

Five Things I've Learned About

Women and Aging

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, speaker, and founder Nina Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the richness and promise that shape the second half of women’s lives.

Liza Donnelly

Five Things I've Learned About

Creativity

View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning cartoonist Liza Donnelly and discover the Five Things She’s Learned from a lifetime of drawing and writing, and from the fulfillment that comes with looking...

Aaron Dworkin

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How Social Change Really Happens

View the archive of this 90-minute class from entrepreneur, professor, MacArthur Fellow, and President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron Dworkin, and discover the Five Things...

Thomas Dyja

Five Things I've Learned About

How to Live in a City

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writer and historian Thomas Dyja and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how we can use our city’s structures and energies to improve our well-being...

Pauline Frommer

Five Things I've Learned About

The Power of a Life-Changing Vacation

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, editor, speaker, and broadcaster Pauline Frommer, and discover Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which new places and experiences teach us that the...

Janine di Giovanni

Five Things I've Learned About

Moral Injury and its Personal Consequence

View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about understanding and surviving the moral injury individuals...

Timothy Hampton

Five Things I've Learned About

Cheerfulness

View the archive of this 90-minute class from professor Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the historic roots of cheerfulness, and about how our control this essential tool of...

Joe Henry

Five Things I've Learned About

by Song

View the archive of this 90-minute class from songwriter, singer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning record producer Joe Henry, and discover the ways he’s found that the process and progress of our lives – like...

Paul Irving

Five Things I've Learned About

The Upside of Aging

View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and senior fellow at the Milken Institute Paul Irving and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how each of us can make the most of the unprecedented...

Pico Iyer

Five Things I've Learned About

The Art of Stillness

View the archive of this two-hour class from internationally-acclaimed writer Pico Iyer and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about opening up space in our heads, and in our days.

Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro

Five Things I've Learned About

Deepening the Creative Flow

View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from their own experience — and from the experience of...

Elizabeth Lesser

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How the Hero’s Journey Changes When Women are the Storytellers

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author and Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what happens when women trust their...

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Five Things I've Learned About

Making Love Work

View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about deepening her ability to love others, and the practical steps that help her...

BJ Miller

Five Things I've Learned About

Living and Dying During the Pandemic

View the archive of this two-hour class from hospice and palliative care specialist Dr. BJ Miller, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned anew about living and preparing for death after this year of shared loss,...

Allison Moorer

Five Things I've Learned About

What Memoir Demands. And All it Makes Possible.

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer/songwriter, producer, and author Allison Moorer, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about sharing her family’s stories in prose and in song – and...

Andrew Penn

Five Things I've Learned About

Psychedelic Science and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

View the archive of this 90-minute class from speaker, researcher, and UCSF Clinical Professor Andrew Penn, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapy is...

Dr. Ken Robbins

Five Things I've Learned About

Aging and Dementia

View the archive of this 90-minute class from doctor, psychiatrist, and medical director Dr. Ken Robbins, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the latest, most effective care for individuals suffering from...

Jerry Saltz

Five Things I've Learned About

How to Look at Art

View the archive of this 90-minute class from Pulitzer-Prize winning art critic and New York magazine columnist Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how artists and art lovers become really...

Bob Thurman

Five Things I've Learned About

Wisdom, Bliss, and Openness

View the archive of this two-hour class from scholar, writer, translator, and teacher Bob Thurman, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about achieving reliable and lasting happiness during his lifetime...

Brooke Warner

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How Women Writers Thrive

View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned during her nearly two decades of leading and championing women-only publishing about the...

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