This week, explore the Supreme Court's latest decisions, dive into Shirley Jackson's unsettling fiction, debate taste and fulfillment over dinner, hear Brian Tyler Cohen and Don Lemon on politics after Trump, revisit America's long struggle over equality, and go behind the scenes of New York's transit history.
MONDAY, JULY 13
Law of the Land: The Supreme Court Year in Review examines the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions of the past term and their impact on American life.
Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner brings curious minds together over a shared meal to explore climate change, energy systems, and the technologies shaping a more sustainable future.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
Known for The Haunting of Hill House and "The Lottery," In Short: Shirley Jackson's "The Summer People" revisits one of the master's most unsettling stories in a discussion led by Lesley Finn.
The Anatomy of Taste: A Jeffersonian Dinner explores who defines "good taste" and how culture, memory, and experience shape our preferences through conversation over a shared meal.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
Bestselling author and MSNBC contributor Brian Tyler Cohen joins journalist Don Lemon to discuss How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World, examining how progressives should think about power and why Democrats have too often failed to use it.
Essayist Maris Kreizman discusses I Want to Burn This Place Down, reflecting on disillusionment with American institutions and what it means to become politically radicalized in your 40s.
THURSDAY, JULY 16
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Columbia historian Kim Phillips-Fein presents The Long Fight Against Equality in America, tracing 250 years of influential Americans rejecting the idea that all people are created equal.
Go behind the scenes of the city's beloved subway system at 50 Years of Transit Stories, where New York Transit Museum curators discuss the making of the museum's anniversary exhibition.
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