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Joyce Vance: Giving Up is Unforgivable

Unprecedented Move Trump’s Tactics Against Law Firms

Can a Deeply Divided America Survive as a Democracy?

Vali Nasr | Iran’s Grand Strategy

Joe Manchin: Dead Center

Time to Strengthen Local Health Ecosystems in California

Elon Musk | Power, Wealth + Controversy

Raising AI | An Essential Guide to Its Use

Mayor Daniel Lurie: “People Are Betting on San Francisco Again”

NYT’s Kenneth Vogel Exposes the Shadowy World of Foreign Lobbying in D.C.

How Low Birth Rates and Longer Lifespans Could Disrupt the Global Economy

Crystal Haryanto on Taylor Swift | An Icon in the Music and Business Worlds

Journalist Gil Duran on The Dark Side of Silicon Valley

An Empire of Ideas: How Ancient India Transformed the World

Event Recap | Discussion on Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid—and the Future of Foreign Aid

The Future Reimagined | Network States and Corporate Governance

Crystal Haryanto on Taylor Swift: An Icon in the Music and Business Worlds

The Nerd Reich: Tech Billionaires’ Plan for Corporate Autocracy

The Playbook of a Dictator: UC Berkeley’s Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and the Rule of Law

October Reprise: Week to Week Political Roundtable

Understanding the Complexities of Our New Global Landscape

Dr. Monica Gandhi: The Impact on American Science and Medicine of the Current Administration

Fall Literary Salon: Maxine Hong Kingston, Aimee Liu, Lily Hoang and Pete Hsu

Midsummer Political Roundtable: A Week to Week Special

Jimmy Wales: The Seven Rules of Trust

Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”

Wesleyan President Michael Roth: Why Higher Ed Should Stand up to Trump

Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA

The Science of Happiness

Hip-Hop Meditation: An Intriguing Evening of Music and Mindfulness

Time to Strengthen Local Health Ecosystems in California

Shaka Senghor: How to Be Free

Steven Pinker: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…

The 15th Annual Lundberg Institute Lecture: Cancer Commons

Angus Fletcher: Primal Intelligence

The Playbook of a Dictator”: UC Berkeley’s Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and the Rule of Law

Mary Roach with Cynthia Gorney | Replaceable you: Adventures in Human Anatomy

Jill Lepore: A History of the U.S. Constitution

Politics in September: Week to Week Political Roundtable

Humanities West Presents WWII’s Grand Alliance: The 80th Anniversary

The Future of Gun Violence Prevention, with Rob Bonta, David Hogg, & Leaders in the Fight for Safety

Vali Nasr | Iran’s Grand Strategy

Week to Week Politics Roundtable | August 18, 2025

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference

Greg Epstein: Beyond Tech Worship

Mary Trump on why she wrote her latest book "Who could ever love you?"

What Are We So Afraid Of? Educating During Turbulent Times

Banking on Purpose: A Fireside Chat with Darrel Hackett, President & CEO, BMO Bank N.A.

POSTPONED- A Nature Positive San Francisco Future: What’s Good SF! Summer Series

Dan Morain | Making History with Kamala Harris

Summit: United Against Hate Day

Mary Trump | Family Ties and Lies

Yuval Noah Harari and Tristan Harris: The Making and Unmaking of Humanity

H.R. McMaster | My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

"HOLLYWOODGATE" Film Screening and Q & A

Dean of U.C. Berkeley Law School Erwin Chemerinsky on why he wrote his latest book

People Power & Service Transforming the City: What’s Good SF! Summer Series

Women in the Workplace – The Path Ahead

Despite Headlines, V.C.’s, Top Engineering Talent & Innovation remain In The San Francisco Bay Area

Erwin Chemerinsky | No Democracy Lasts Forever