View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the way that great poems work to surprise us, transcend...

View the archive of this two hour class from poet, fiction writer, and essayist Kim Addonizio, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the opportunities that personal writing offers writers and readers –...

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.

View the archive of this 90-minute class from Isabel Allende, one of the most widely read and acclaimed authors in the world, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing fiction, discovering your...

View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover Five Things He’s Learned about failure’s essential role in success – and about the necessity of reframing our...

View the archive of this two-hour class from bestselling writer and teacher Steve Almond, and discover the Five Things he’s Learned about the powerful emotions that serve as the engines of our storytelling – and...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from author and activist Ashton Applewhite and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about ageism – and about cheering up, pushing back, and living the life you want to...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished biologist, professor, and author, Steven Austad, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from researching the lives of animals in the wild about human...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, producer, and mother Julianna Baggott, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the good, beautiful, weirdly-efficient blur that can streamline your...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed scientist, professor, and author Dr. Nir Barzilai and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the scientific hacks that can improve your health, increase...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated film historians and writers Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the people and values that shaped the movie...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from singer-songwriter Perla Batalla, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential role women played again and again in Leonard Cohen’s life and music.

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cara Black, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that a strong sense of place anchors readers and...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed teacher, scholar and public historian David W. Blight and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that biography can help us better learn about...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning and value of freedom by studying the life and writing...

View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning of love from the life and thought of James Baldwin.

View the archive of this two-hour class and discover the Five Things singer-songwriter Hayes Carll has learned about songwriting – through five great songs that helped give voice to his heartaches, joys, and...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – from her unique position at start of his music career to...

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.

View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated President and Publisher of the HarperOne Group, Judith Curr, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the power of storytelling and the joys of...

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...

View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning writer and teacher Andre Dubus III, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about why writing happens best when we summon the faith and the nerve to get...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, editor, and scholar Camille Dungy, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that creativity arises from the soil of our most...

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...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, professor, and Director of the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center at UCSF, Elissa Epel, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the ways that transforming...

View the archive of this two-hour class from poet, novelist, songwriter, and teacher Joseph Fasano and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how poetry works – and how poetry helps us all become better...

View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and Executive Director of National Writing Month Grant Faulkner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what happens when you apply the principles and...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press, and discover the Five Things They’ve...

View the archive of this two-hour class from writer, editor, and educator Sarah Fay, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what it means to write our stories of illness, injury, and recovery.

View the archive of this 90-minute class from film-maker and producer James Fox, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that’s certain – and all that remains unknown – in light of the U.S....

View the archive of this 90-minute class from social entrepreneur and author Marc Freedman and discover Five Things He’s Learned about the great things that happen when generations come together.

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...

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Robbie Fulks and discover Five Things He’s Learned about some of the essential elements that enable...

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer-songwriter, troubadour, and author Mary Gauthier, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about song’s unique power to bring hope in the face of deep trauma...

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George, and discover how the Five Things She’s Learned about self-editing can help you to recognize what works in your own...

View the archive of this two-hour class from the author of How to Be a Travel Writer, Lonely Planet’s best-selling guide to travel writing, Don George, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what makes...

View the archive of this two-hour class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing — and appreciating — narrative non-fiction and...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about keeping connected to the voices and visions of our country’s...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning writer and director James Gray, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the personal and professional craft of moviemaking.

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, scholar, and teacher Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from a lifetime of listening to the greatest songwriter of our time: How some of...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed author and film critic Molly Haskell, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about loving film and film criticism during the golden age of film appreciation.

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...

View the archive of this two-hour class from award-winning author and teacher Ann Hood, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to bring the characters, conflicts, and plot points that keep you up at...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from experience about the Art of the Interview.

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.

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...

View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling author Steven Johnson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the critical tools innovative thinkers use to nurture their creative practice – and...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed historian and writer Catherine Grace Katz, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to uncover and share the stories that challenge our ideas of...

View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential elements of a great mystery, and the rewards they make possible for...

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about creating memorable characters who come to life for her readers.

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed journalist and historian Carol Kino, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the rewards and challenges that shaped life for American women after World...

View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and speaker Stephanie Land, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing that breaks down walls and encourages empathy toward others – and about how...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed songwriter, producer, and arranger John Lissauer, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the inspiration, writing, and recording of some of Leonard...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from distinguished scientist, researcher, and professor Gordon Lithgow and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about scientists’ remarkable recent efforts to slow aging...

View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed author and editor Phillip Lopate — the celebrated central figure in the revival of the American essay —, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed music critic Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the women whose important work provides new ways to understand and enjoy the...

View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed music critic and opera insider Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned that make it easy to appreciate and enjoy this essential art form.

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,...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Roosevelt Montás and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the transforming power of the Great Books—and why the ideas and passions...

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...

View this two-hour class from acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of help as you share...

View the archive of this two-hour class from Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the joys of returning to their favorite stories and short-story writers. They look at...

View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how great writers create remarkable movement...

View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how worrying less, chilling out, and...

View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling writer and teacher Richard Panek, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the spirit of discovery and exploration – and the process by which great...

View the archive of this two-hour class from novelist and host of “The Page One Podcast” Holly Payne, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about a book’s critical first page – and about how you can ensure...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from Academy-Award-winning writer and director Alexander Payne in conversation with Richard Peña, and discover the Five Things He Thinks He’s Learned about writing,...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from global-film community tastemakers Richard Peña and Phillip Lopate, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about cinema’s rich history — and about the many...

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...

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...

View the archive of this two-hour class from Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about all that happens each time we encounter a work of art – and why...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from classical music composer, critic, teacher, and thought leader Greg Sandow, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the contemporary cultural shifts reshaping...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Dutch founding of New York City shaped the world’s most...

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about diving into your past and bringing the story you find there to life.

View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, journalist, biographer, and singer-songwriter Sylvie Simmons, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – and all she still learns from...

View the archive of this two-hour class from grief expert and author Claire Bidwell Smith, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about reconciling the anxiety and loss that accompanies grief – and about the...

View the archive of this two-hour class from writers and teachers Laurie Stone and Richard Toon and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned about the ways that great writing delivers genuine pleasure for the reader...

View the archive of this two-hour class from Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways artificial intelligence is helping writers find new ways to develop...

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to honor your desire to create and see your projects through –...

View the archive of this two-hour class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to write about ideas – how to take complicated concepts and make them...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Internet is reshaping the way we learn and think – and why, for all of...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed producer, executive, professor, and author Jonathan Taplin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the tenuous link between media and democracy –...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from multi-award-winning photojournalist Nicole Tung, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about photos’ unique power to inform, to connect, and to document...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from President and Chief Executive Officer of the Buck Institute Dr. Eric Verdin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about aging and immunity by studying Covid-19 –...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about this critical time in history from his years engaging with...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from award-winning documentary filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland — and her special guest Penelope Tree—, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about documenting and...

View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what agents, editors, and publishers look at when considering a new manuscript –...

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...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about putting out the message you most want to share in the new year.

View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated author Sam Wasson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about Hollywood’s second golden age, and the ways that those few gorgeous years in the late...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from photographer, archivist, curator, and teacher Lewis Watts, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about photography’s power to trace, preserve, and celebrate the...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated writer and raconteur Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, and...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from celebrated poet, writer, and professor Matthew Zapruder, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about honoring family as a source of creative inspiration – about...

View the archive of this 90-minute class from investigative journalist Larissa Zimberoff, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how technology is reshaping our food and reimagining our food system –...