Daniel Siegel with Luthern Williams

By Live Talks LA | May 31, 2023
Join us for a virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 6pm PT/9pm ET
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Daniel Siegel 
in conversation with Luthern Williams

discussing his book,
IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging

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Virtual event only (May 31) Tickets can be purchased here.
TICKETS:
$40 virtual admission + signed book 
(event available on video-on-demand for five days after it airs on May 31.  Signed books ship a week after the event.)
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Daniel Siegel explores the nature of how our experience of what we call “self” emerges across the lifespan. How do we build an inclusive understanding of self in relation to others that promotes well-being? 
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Dr. Daniel J. Siegel’s new book, Intraconnected: MWe (Me & We) as the Integration of Self, Identity and Belonging combines personal reflections with scientific discussions of how the mind, brain and our relationships shape who we are.
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Our culture may give us a message of separation as a solo, isolated self, Dr. Siegel says, but a wider perspective unveils that who we are may be something more—broader than the brain, bigger even than the body—and fundamental to social systems and the natural world.
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Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute. He is the founding editor of Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) and best-selling author of Awake, Mind, The Mindful Therapist, and The Mindful Brain.
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“In this personally engaging and philosophically illuminating work, Dr. Dan Siegel takes his unique explorations of the human experience of self and mind to a yet deeper level… Eloquently and expertly, he guides us back towards our true nature: intra- and inter-being with all others and all that is.”
—Gabor Maté, MD, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture 
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Luthern Williams is the Head of School at New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an Ed.M. in School Leadership from Harvard University. Luthern has over twenty-five years of experience as an administrator and English teacher in independent schools in New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles. Throughout his career, he has drawn on his extensive knowledge of education to align schools’ programs with their missions and to build educational models where all children thrive; learn love, respect, empathy, and compassion; and develop the tools to create a world based on the inherent dignity and worth of each individual. Luthern is deeply committed to democratizing meaningful access to high quality education for socio-economically disadvantaged students and developing schools, built on wellbeing, that are catalysts for societal transformation.

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Andy Cohen with Danielle Schneider & Casey Wilson

By Live Talks LA | May 24, 2023
Join us for a virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 6pm PT/9pm ET

Andy Cohen
in conversation with 
Danielle Schneider & Casey Wilson

discussing his book,
The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up
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Virtual event only (May 24) Tickets can be purchased here.
TICKETS:
$40 Virtual Admission + signed copy of the book
(includes opportunity to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days after it airs, so available thru May 29 at midnight)
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New York Times bestselling author Andy Cohen, everyone’s favorite busiest man in show business, goes from bottle service to baby bottles in a hilarious, heartwarming, and name-dropping account of the most important year of his life.
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From bottle service to baby bottles. Entertainer and best-selling author Andy Cohen returns to the Live Talks Los Angeles stage with his fifth memoir, The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up. How has having two kids changed Cohen’s once-glamorous existence? Hear what he has to say about shifting from the clubs to the playground as he digests the most important job of his life.
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Andy Cohen is the author of four New York Times bestselling books. He is the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens Live, Bravo’s late-night interactive talk show. He also serves as executive producer of the Real Housewives franchise and hosts the network’s highly rated reunion specials. He’s won an Emmy and two Peabody Awards for his work, and he lives in New York City with his two children. 
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He last appeared on the Live Talks stage in 2021 with his book Glitter Every Day: 365 Quotes From Women I Love in conversation with Amber Tamblyn. You can watch that talk here. And here’s the video from his earlier appearance with RuPaul in 2016 where they discussed Cohen’s bestselling Superficial.
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“Andy Cohen isn’t afraid to talk about anything in his life….the TV exec-turned-talk show host still manages to bring new meaning to the words “tell-all…” ―People (on Cohen’s Superficial)
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Danielle Schneider is a writer/performer with a background in improv and sketch comedy. Her credits with her writing partner, Dannah Phirman include Standing By, Cola Wars, Clone High, Black Monday, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, KenanandThe Hotwives of Orlandoand The Hotwives of Las Vegas.She most recently guest starred on Hacks and previously starred in Champaign Ill, and on Community.She previously recurred on Marry Mewhile also working as a staff writer on the show, and co-wrote and starred in the show Eye Candy. Her other television credits include Players, Happy Endings, How to Cheat on Your Wife,and Reno 911.Danielle’s film credits include Spring Breakdownand Step Brothers.She is co-host of the podcast B*tch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdownwith Casey Wilson.  Danielle also performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Casey Wilson is an actress, writer, director and podcaster who was last seen starring in Showtime’s Black Mondayand Apple TV+’s The Shrink Nextdoor. Casey was a featured player on SNL for two seasons and starred in ABC’s cult classic series Happy Endings. Her film roles include Gone Girland Bride Warsin which she also served as screenwriter. For the last seven years, Casey has co-hosted the hit podcast B*tch Sesh. She is author of a collection of essays, The Wreckage of My Presence.

 

 

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Andrew Rannells with Danielle Schneider (Cancelled)

By Live Talks LA | May 22, 2023
Join us for an in-person & virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, May 22, 2023, 8pm
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Andrew Rannells
in conversation with Danielle Schneider 
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discussing his book, 
Uncle of the Year: & Other Debatable Triumphs
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William Turner Gallery
at Bergamot Arts Station
2525 Michigan Ave E-1,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(Free parking available at the venue)
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Unfortunately, our event with Andrew Rannells has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. Ticket holders: please check your email.  Tickets will be refunded.

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From the star of The Book of Mormon and Girls, candid, hilarious essayson anxiety, ambition, and the uncertain path to adulthood that ask: How will we know when we get there?
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You don’t have to be a Broadway die-hard to find the observations of Andrew Rannells’ amusing and insightful. In the performer’s latest memoir, Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs, he finds himself wondering why, despite his success, he still feels like an anxious twenty-year old.
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A gay man who never thought about having kids, Rannells discovers how important children are when he falls in love with a man with two of his own. He writes about dating, aging, mental health, bad jobs, and life’s unexpected detours, peeling away the filter of “adulting” and challenging us to take a long look at who we’re pretending to be—and who we want to become.
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Tony-award nominee Andrew Rannells has starred in The Book of Mormon, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamlton, Falsettos, and more. On screen he’s appeared in, among many others, Girls, The New Normal, and Welcome to Chippendales. He’s made his directorial debut adapting one of his Modern Love essays for Amazon Prime.

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“With Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells continues his hot streak as one of the wisest, most tender, and funniest writers of our generation. With the unsparing eye of David Sedaris and the social wisdom of Nora Ephron, he tackles the most foundational questions of growing up (and up and up) with a sweetness that also makes you laugh (literally) out loud.”—Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl
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Danielle Schneider is a writer/performer with a background in improv and sketch comedy. Her credits with her writing partner, Dannah Phirman include Standing By, Cola Wars, Clone High, Black Monday, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, KenanandThe Hotwives of Orlandoand The Hotwives of Las Vegas.She most recently guest starred on Hacks and previously starred in Champaign Ill, and on Community.She previously recurred on Marry Mewhile also working as a staff writer on the show, and co-wrote and starred in the show Eye Candy. Her other television credits include Players, Happy Endings, How to Cheat on Your Wife,and Reno 911.Danielle’s film credits include Spring Breakdownand Step Brothers.She is co-host of the podcast B*tch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdownwith Casey Wilson.  Danielle also performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

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Dave Barry with Paul Levine

By Live Talks LA | May 16, 2023
Join us for an in-person & virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 6pm PT/9pm ET
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Dave Barry 
in conversation with Paul Levine
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discussing the writing life and his new novel,
Swamp Story
 
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VIRTUAL EVENT TICKETS, May 16 (click here)
TICKETS:
$40 Virtual Admission ticket + signed copy of Swamp Story 
(books ship one week after event, US orders only
*virtual event available on video-on-demand for five days, thru May 21) 

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Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author and actual Florida Man Dave Barry returns to our stage with his latest—Swamp Story, a Florida caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering away from a gator.

You’re guaranteed to laugh as Barry tells us about life as a humorist on the ground down in Florida and how it inspired his latest novel. In short, Swamp Story tells the tale of a woman trapped in the Everglades and how she’s terrorized by an ex who’s a reality TV star, a TikTok mob—and a presidential hopeful.

Dave Barry is the author of more bestsellers than you can count on two hands, including Lessons from Lucy, Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Turns Forty, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up. A wildly popular syndicated columnist best known for his booger jokes, Barry won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He lives in Miami.

Dave was the first event at Live Talks Los Angeles in 2010 and was interviewed by Jane Smiley. He has appeared several times on our stage, most recently in conversation with Alan Zwiebel, and one of his earlier appearances was in conversation with Matt Groening.

“I’m frankly tired of Dave Barry being so funny. Yet, he’s done it again to the benefit and delight of all of us. A hilarious new work.”—Steve Martin

The author of twenty-three novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote twenty episodes of the CBS military drama JAG and co-created the Supreme Court drama First Monday starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. The international bestseller To Speak for the Dead was his first novel and introduced readers to linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter. His 2023 novel Early Grave was termed a “witty and complex legal thriller” by Publishers Weekly.  He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Solomon vs. Lord series of legal capers. 

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Simon Winchester with Ted Habte-Gabr

By Live Talks LA | May 15, 2023
Join us for an in-person & virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, May 15, 2023, 8pm
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An Evening with
Simon Winchester
in conversation with Ted Habte-Gabr,
Founder & Producer of Live Talks Los Angeles

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discussing his book, 
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

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William Turner Gallery
at Bergamot Arts Station
2525 Michigan Ave E-1,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(Free parking available at the venue)
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Face masks recommended
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PURCHASE TICKETS FOR MAY 15 EVENT (click here) 
TICKETS: 
$46  General Admission ticket + signed Book*
$20  General Admission ticket
*Tickets include access to watch the virtual version of the event 
that airs on May 21 at 3pm PT/6pm ET..
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PURCHASE VIRTUAL EVENT ONLY TICKETS, MAY 21 (click here)
TICKETS:
$40 Virtual Admission ticket + signed book 
(books ship one week after event, US orders only
virtual event available on video-on-demand for five days, thru May 26) 
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From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes. In Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic, Simon Winchester examines how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds.

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With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things—no need for math, no need for map-reading, no need for memorization—are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness? And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?
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Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were bestsellers. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He lives in western Massachusetts.
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“The acclaimed Winchester leaps nimbly from cuneiform writings through Gutenberg to Google and Wikipedia as he examines … how we acquire, retain, and pass on information—and how technology’s current capability to do those things for us might be threatening our ability to think.” — Library Journal

 

 

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Rainn Wilson with Valarie Kaur

By Live Talks LA | May 15, 2023
Join us for a virtual
Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, May 15, 2023, 6pm PT/9pm ET
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This event was taped with an audience on May 7, 2023

Rainn Wilson
in conversation with Valarie Kaur
 

discussing his book,
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
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Virtual event (May 15) Tickets can be purchased here.
TICKETS:
$40 Virtual Admission ticket + signed book 
(books ship one week after event, US orders only
virtual event available on video-on-demand for five days, thru May 19) 


Actor, producer, writer, and New York Times bestselling author Rainn Wilson, cofounder of the media company SoulPancake, explores the benefits of spirituality as a means to creating solutions for an increasingly challenging world.
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You may know Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute on TV’s “The Office.” But he’s also a writer, thinker and media executive. In his new book, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution, he talks about the need for profound healing that can only be provided by faith and the sacred. Sparked by his personal struggles with loss, addiction and mental health, Wilson delves into ancient wisdom for answers to life’s deepest questions.
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Rainn Wilson is a three-time Emmy nominated actor best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on NBC’s The Office. Besides his many other comedic and dramatic roles on stage and screen, he is the co-founder of the media company SoulPancake and host of the docuseries Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, coming early summer on Peacock. Rainn is the author of The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy, as well as the coauthor of SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Oregon and California with a lot of animals, his wife and son.
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“… the insightful exploration of spirituality that we desperately need right now. As we all seek answers amidst an unceasing news cycle of chaos and doom, Rainn Wilson’s SOUL BOOM funnily but gently and lovingly opens a door to a deeper way to process all that is happening around us..”—TV host Lisa Ling .
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“Serving up a delicious smorgasbord of existential philosophy, self-reflection, social science, and Star Trek, Rainn Wilson explores the missing role of spirituality in the modern world. It will light up your brain, warm your heart, and tickle your funny bone.”—Adam Grant, New York Times. bestselling author of Think Again
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Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of the #1 LA Times Bestseller SEE NO STRANGER. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, she has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. In Fall 2022, President Biden honored Valarie at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, naming
her as one of 16 leaders whose work is healing America. Her work has ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, she leads the Revolutionary Love Project to inspire and equip people across America to build the beloved community..
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Rainn Wilson photo credit: Kwaku Alston Peacock TV 2023 Peacock TV LLC

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