Past Events

September 30

Tom Patchett with Jerry Stahl

What do Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart and the Muppets have in common? Tom Patchett, whose new, irreverent memoir looks at his storied Hollywood career.

September 28

Connie Chung with Lisa Ling

Trailblazing broadcast journalist Connie Chung pulls no punches in her sharp, witty memoir that chronicles her incredible life and career.

September 28

Deepak Chopra with Irwin Miller

In Digital Dharma, Chopra navigates the balance between technology and expanded awareness, explaining that while AI cannot duplicate human intelligence, it can vastly enhance personal and spiritual growth.

September 22

Liane Moriarty with Dana Schwartz

Liane Moriarty’s “Here One Moment” is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery.

September 16

Daniel J. Levitin with Stewart Copeland

Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of “This Is Your Brain on Music” Daniel J. Levitin reveals the deep connections between music and healing.

July 23

Simon Rich with Kristen Schaal

From the Thurber Prize–winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. ​

July 22

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with Tim Meadows

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventionally honest, personal, and funny account of her remarkable life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping and assassination plot.

June 29

Dr. Anthony Fauci with Sean Penn (virtual event)

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents.

June 25

Walter Mosley with Conor Dougherty (virtual event)

From “master of the genre” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia—blinding him to reason and risk.

June 13

Eric Weiner with Rainn Wilson

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, The Geography of Bliss is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is.
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