thinkspot Presents

In this special edition of thinkspot Presents, author and futurologist Jamie Metzl presents the virtual launch of his recently revised book Hacking Darwin. He is joined in discussion by famed geneticist Dr. George Church, physician-scientist Dr. Daniel Kraft, and Harvard Business School professor Debora Spar, as the group unpacks the current COVID-19 situation and its implications for health innovation in a post pandemic world.

In this week’s episode of thinkspot presents, Ralston College president and author Stephen Blackwood interviews writer and social critic Chloe Valdary. The conversation centers around the idea of compassion and its role in opening up the world for the disenfranchised and alienated among us, as the two also discuss Chloe’s Theory of Enchantment curriculum and its role in addressing America’s social discord.

Historian Robert Higgs’ book Crisis and Leviathan takes center stage in this pandemic-centric exchange between Mary Theroux and Graham Walker of The Independent Institute. Originally published in 1987, the work is seeing a resurgence in popularity with the emergence of COVID-19 and its subsequent implications for the growing influence of government in society’s fight against the virus. Theroux and Walker make a case for the book’s relevance as a prescient forewarning against state overreach.

Is spirituality compatible with capitalism? Bernie Sanders, Jay-Z, and Michael Vick feature prominently as points of conversation in this exploratory exchange between comedian Jamie Kilstein and writer/social critic Chloe Valdary. Through the lens of their personal experiences, the duo wrestles with the material-spiritual tension in contemporary society.

Join Bettina Arndt as she speaks with two parents of young teenage sons who suddenly announced they were transgender.