Michael Ellsberg: The College-Industrial Complex and the Future of Higher EducationMichael Ellsberg, Author, The Education of Millionaires; Blogger, Forbes.com Our education system is imploding, and self-education may be a key component of what will replace it. Ellsberg has spent the last two years interviewing the world’s most successful people who did not complete college—including WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and Facebook’s Sean Parker. Read more »
William J. Clancey: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers SOLD OUT; WAIT-LIST BELOW
Chief Scientist, Human-Centered Computing Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center and Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
For more than eight years, scientists have been doing fieldwork on Mars, the first overland investigation of another planet. Read more »
Eisenhower's Legacy: Country over Party Daniel Sharp, CEO, The Eisenhower Foundation
Though the United States faces difficult economic and foreign policy issues right now, during the 1950s far starker fears were faced, with the onset of the nuclear age, a hostile and powerful communist bloc, a still economically devastated Europe, and a population boom worldwide that looked like it would outrun our resources. Read more »
Jena LaFlamme: The Key for Finding and Keeping Love
Jena LaFlamme, creator Jena Wellness Center and PleasureCamp.com
A special Valentine's program to explore the greatest missing ingredient in finding and keeping love: pleasure! Learn how and why the more pleasure you take in your life, the more appealing you will be to your partner (or date) and the more your love will shine and sizzle. Join us for a light-hearted evening with lectures and interactive exercises for singles and couples of all stripes. Read more »
Coffee Story Ethiopia: A Food Crop. A Nation. Its New Future. Majka Burhardt, Author, Coffee Story: Ethiopia; Climber; Guide
Ethiopia is fighting to shed its history and public image of drought, famine and war by embracing the heritage and potential of its defining crop: coffee, one of the world’s 10 most-valued commodities. Read more »
David John Scheffer, LL.M., Professor of Law; Ambassador at Large, War Crimes Issues; Author, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals Read more »
While most know him as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt from the hit television series "M*A*S*H," Farrell has been a fierce advocate for progressive political causes for decades, using his celebrity to speak out on important human rights issues. In this capacity he has served as a board member for Human Rights Watch, and he has been the president of Death Penalty Focus for more than 15 years. Read more »
