Multi-instrumentalist Ane Brun joins the Lyris Quartet to perform two haunting, mesmerizing songs: the cabaret-inspired "It All Starts With One" and folk-infused "You Light My Fire," with backing vocals from Rebecca Lichtenfeld.

US democracy needs repair — and care is the answer, says author adrienne maree brown in conversation with writer and activist Baratunde Thurston. In a sweeping discussion on what it means to be an active citizen, they unpack how to design a future for democracy where we all belong.

What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find out, so she sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries (and counting!) to document the stoves, bed, toilets, toys and more in households from every income bracket around the world. See ho...

Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the contours of her career, she calls for more authentic representation of different cultures in media -- and a shift in how we tell our stories. "Presence creates possibility," she says. "Who we see thriving in the wo...

As the world's climate patterns continue to shift unpredictably, places where drinking water was once abundant may soon find reservoirs dry and groundwater aquifers depleted. In this talk, civil and environmental engineer David Sedlak shares four practical solutions to the ongoing urban water crisis. His goal: to shift our water supply towards n...

The purpose of the talk is two-fold: - helping people to understand the critical importance of impact over intent (and how to get out of our feelings when we've caused harm) - how to listen for intent when people are genuinely making attempts to bridge the gap but don't have the appropriate language to move the conversation forward.

Words fail to us, so we just let the speaker introduce herself. I was born in Bologna, in the freezingly chill night of January 26tg, 1967. It was snowign. that's maybe why I love cold and can't bear the hot. And since I was nborn within 11th century Walls, I call my self "Petronian", not just Bolognese. But Bolognese people are my true love, al...

"Decolonial Daughter: A Roadmap to Liberation" *This talk contains strong language. Viewer discretion is advised. Lesley Ann Brown Trinidadian-American writer Lesley-Ann Brown explores motherhood, migration, identity, nationhood and how it relates to land, imprisonment, and genocide for Black and Indigenous peoples. Having moved to Copenhagen...