One more incredible season on @interintellect_! We're a cultural institution dedicated to the most important public conversations of our times. Join any of our incredible salons to share, learn, challenge yourself, make new friends, and talk to the greatest minds of the world. No culture war -- only the best ideas. Missed a salon? Head to our YouTube channel to watch a recap: youtube.com/@interintellect @FukuyamaFrancis @lea_ypi @DAcemogluMIT @j_amesmarriott @simonmontefiore @Ada_Palmer and many more fantastic discussions await!

Consider this your unsolicited invitation to become someone who writes.✍️📜 No literary ambitions, no need to call yourself a writer, just a blank page, and the challenge of bringing one piece of poetry or prose to the next session. Join host @MrJFMoreno to take up the challenge. interintellect.com/salons/a-…

German contemporary painter Genc Mulhaxha joined host Stephanie Louie for a fascinating SuperSalon to discuss his painting "Peaceful Hours", exploring intimacy, quiet longing, and how art mirrors the fragile acceptance of everyday life.

Books don't always play nice. D.H. Lawrence wrote "Women in Love" as a battlefield where connection feels like high-stakes survival. It strips away cozy romance to look at what happens when freedom and attachment collide.❤️‍🔥 Join our founder and CEO @TheAnnaGat to break down one of modernism's wildest texts. interintellect.com/salons/dh…

Forget history textbooks...the real power move is staying relevant at every bistro worldwide.🥗

We’ve built a world that makes it harder and harder to sit still with a book, @j_amesmarriott thinks we’re underestimating what that means. He joins @HalderAlaka to discuss his new book, "The New Dark Ages", and what happens to our culture when reading loses its place in it. Come join! interintellect.com/salons/th…

JUST LISTED.📅 New York has no shortage of places to meet someone. Finding a setting where you can actually get to know them is another story. 🌆🎨 Interintellect founder @TheAnnaGat is bringing members together for a visit to the Met’s Krasner / Pollock exhibition. A little art, a walk through the galleries, and conversation that doesn’t have to compete with loud music or a dating app algorithm. interintellect.com/salons/fi…

Nuclear energy still carries the weight of its reputation. Science creator and "Rad Future" author Isabelle Boemeke (@Isodope) joined Interintellect CEO @TheAnnaGat for a SuperSalon on the myths surrounding nuclear power, what past accidents really teach us about safety, and how next-generation reactors could help build a cleaner, more energy-abundant future. They also explored the questions of waste, costs, and what renewables alone can’t yet provide.

Somewhere between memory and imagination, the story of who we are begins to unravel. In "Coda", Steven Seidenberg takes this idea on a strange, funny journey through memory, identity, and the limits of language. Join him and philosopher Andrea Hiott for a conversation about the stories we tell ourselves and what happens when they start to fall apart. interintellect.com/salons/wa…

JUST LISTED.📅 Journalism didn’t lose the public’s trust overnight, and rebuilding it will take more than better headlines. Substack cofounder @hamishmckenzie joins @HalderAlaka to discuss his new book, "How to Save the Media", exploring what went wrong with journalism, why independent publishing matters, and what it will take to rebuild trust. interintellect.com/salons/ho…

TODAY.✨️ For years, your calendar belonged to someone else. Now the hours are yours. Join host @DaleYuzuki for a conversation about life after full-time work, the causes we choose, and what it means to spend our time on something beyond ourselves. Bring a small act of generosity, a story, or a new idea of what you want this next chapter to be about. 🌱 interintellect.com/salons/wh…

Borders don’t draw themselves. Empires fall, ideas collide, and individuals leave their mark on the map. Historian @simonmontefiore joins writer and host Irina Dumitrescu to trace the people and power struggles behind the modern Middle East, drawing on his new book, "The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East." 🗺️📚 Come join! interintellect.com/salons/wh…

Comes with a complimentary existential crisis.💁‍♂️

Author Jerome E. Copulsky joined our founder @TheAnnaGat for an IRL salon in Manhattan to discuss his book "American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order." They explored how religious loyalists viewed the American Revolution not just as a political rebellion, but as a spiritual one.

We built machines that talk like they care. Now we’re inviting them into our most intimate moments. MIT scholar @STurkle joins host @weschow to explore the strange new terrain of AI companionship and her latest book, "Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines". What happens to human connection when being understood no longer requires being known? interintellect.com/salons/ar…

Getting to Mars is one thing. Keeping a crew healthy, resilient, and functional millions of miles from earth is another.👽 🛸 Former NASA chief scientist Mark Shelhamer joins writer and editor @bsgallagher to rethink the science of deep-space survival, from spacecraft ecosystems to human performance. What needs to change before we make the journey? Explore the ideas behind their new book, "Are We Ready for Mars?". interintellect.com/salons/ar…