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Five Things I've Learned About

Award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning of love from the life and thought of James Baldwin.

Five Things I've Learned About

Historian and author Steven Conn shares the Five Things He’s Learned about how Americans value and appreciate the places we inhabit and the futures we can imagine for them.

Five Things I've Learned About

Entrepreneur, professor, MacArthur Fellow, and President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron Dworkin shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the life-changing power of...

Five Things I've Learned About

Film-maker and producer James Fox shares the Five Things He’s Learned about all that’s certain – and all that remains unknown – in light of the U.S. Defense Department’s continuing investigation...

Five Things I've Learned About

Writer, editor, speaker, and broadcaster Pauline Frommer and Five Things She’s Learned about the ways in which new places and experiences teach us that the person we are at home isn’t the only being we...

Five Things I've Learned About

Multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni shares the Five Things She’s Learned about understanding and surviving the moral injury individuals suffer when forced to witness an event that...

Five Things I've Learned About

Writer, author, and professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. shares the Five Things He’s Learned about keeping connected to the voices and visions of our country’s past – and about James Baldwin’s America...

Five Things I've Learned About

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, writer, and teacher Phil Klay shares the Five Things He’s Learned about American citizenship – what it means, the obligations it places upon us, and the uglier way our shared...

Five Things I've Learned About

In this free, 90-minute class, Dr. Jennifer Mercieca shares the Five Things She’s Learned about the increasing weaponization of our public discourse – and about steps we can each take today to rebuild...

Five Things I've Learned About

Hospice and palliative care specialist Dr. BJ Miller shares the Five Things He’s Learned anew about living and preparing for death after this year of shared loss, challenge, and renewal.

Five Things I've Learned About

Election expert, speaker, and Lincoln Project advisor Trygve Olson shares the Five Things He’s Learned about American democracy’s essential and lasting role as the inspiration and beacon of hope for all...

Five Things I've Learned About

Speaker, researcher, and UCSF Clinical Professor Andrew Penn share the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapy is revolutionizing medical treatment for hard-to-treat...

Five Things I've Learned About

Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Jerry Saltz shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the remarkable advances that have refashioned art and the art world – and why today we’re living in one of...

Five Things I've Learned About

In this free class, best-selling author and former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the coordinated forces working to end American democracy as we know it –...

Five Things I've Learned About

Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain share the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways artificial intelligence is helping writers find new ways to develop their ideas and cultivate their creativity.

Five Things I've Learned About

Adobe Research Lab veteran Matt Strain shares the Five Things He’s Learned about getting started in the emerging, exciting world of artificial intelligence.

Five Things I've Learned About

Journalist and author James Surowiecki shares the Five Things He’s Learned about how the Internet is reshaping the way we learn and think – and why, for all of its promise, social media seems to be...

Five Things I've Learned About

Acclaimed producer, executive, professor, and author Jonathan Taplin shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the tenuous link between media and democracy – and what the continuing convergence of...

Five Things I've Learned About

Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman shares the Five Things He’s Learned about this critical time in history from his years engaging with Russia’s military and political leadership.

Five Things I've Learned About

Author and critic Alissa Wilkinson shares the Five Things She’s Learned about shaping her voice and perspective in support of the art she loves.

Five Things I've Learned About

Ex-Republican political strategist, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, and best-selling author Rick Wilson shares the Five Things He’s Learned about what we can do right away to ensure that America...

Five Things I've Learned About

Investigative journalist Larissa Zimberoff shares the Five Things She’s Learned about how technology is reshaping our food and reimagining our food system – and what these changes mean for people who...

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