John McEuen {Co-Founder of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band} The Life I’ve Picked An Evening with John McEuen and The Circle Band: John takes the audience on his trip with the […]

Lerone Martin SOUL FORCE: THE CHALLENGE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING Lerone Martin is an associate professor of religious studies at Stanford and an award-winning author. He has been recognized for […]

Dan Tepfer FROM BACH TO NATURAL MACHINES: ALGORITHMS AS THE SHAPERS OF MUSIC Dan Tepfer is a pianist-composer. He has recorded and performed around the world and composed for various […]

Robert George RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE HUMAN GOOD Robert George is a McCormick professor of jurisprudence and the director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at […]

CAROLINE RANDALL SOUL FOOD AND THE COLLECTIVE CULTURAL MEMORY Caroline Randall Williams is an award-winning poet, young adult novelist, and cookbook author as well as an activist, public intellectual, performance […]

MATTHEW DESMOND POVERTY, BY AMERICA Matthew Desmond is a sociologist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and the founder and principal investigator of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. He is the author […]

Djangophonique is an award winning project that delivers the infectious joy, and expressive freedom that is at the heart of Django Reinhardt’s jazz manouche. With respect for the tradition and […]

KENDALL VANDERSLICE TABLE CONVERSATIONS: BUILDING COMMUNITY AS WE EAT Kendall Vanderslice is a baker, writer, and the founder of the Edible Theology Project, an educational nonprofit connecting the Communion table […]

LYDIA DUGDALE THE LOST ART OF DYING: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FACING OUR MORTALITY Dr. Lydia Dugdale is an internal medicine primary care doctor and a medical ethicist. She’s also a […]

NIALA BOODHOO LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM LISTENING Niala Boodhoo ’96 is an Axios journalist and podcast host, as well as guest host for 1A on NPR. She graduated from Calvin […]

TOMMY CALDWELL ROUTE FINDING FOR SUCCESS Tommy Caldwell is a talented rock climber, with numerous accomplishments in sport, traditional, and free climbing, big wall first ascents, and speed records. He’s […]

FELICIA WU SONG RESTLESS DEVICES: CHRISTIAN FORMATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD Felicia Wu Song is a cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life. She’s trained […]