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Joan Donovan and Emily Dreyfuss: Meme Wars Show editorially warning
Just how dangerous are memes? The power of memes has grown and is now a weapon used to push disinformation, spread ideologies, and deepen partisanshi…
3 years, 7 months ago
How We Can Reduce the Power of False Narratives
In this third part of our series on conspiracy theories and other false narratives, we'll look at actions society can take to defend itself. We'll fo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Brian Dahle: Republican Candidate for California Governor
California State Senator Brian Dahle is the Republican candidate for governor. He is making his first visit to The Commonwealth Club to discuss his p…
3 years, 7 months ago
Susan Rogers: What the Music You Love Says About You
Why do you fall in love with some music, and not with other music? And why do those you love sometimes fall in love with music you don't?
Susan Rogers…
3 years, 7 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast
With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. November’s elections will determine which pa…
3 years, 7 months ago
Director James Burrows: Man of a Thousand Stories
It would be difficult to overstate the influence on American television of director James Burrows. Co-creator of Cheers, he also directed 237 of the …
3 years, 7 months ago
Max Fisher: Social Media and the Havoc on Our Minds
Do we really understand the reach and impact that social media has on our lives? We all have a vague sense that social media can be bad for our minds…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jann Wenner: The Rolling Stone Generation
Jann Wenner has had an outsized impact on Bay Area history, music, popular culture and the world of magazines.
In 1967, with the founding of Rolling S…
3 years, 7 months ago
Michelle Wilde Anderson: Reimagining Wealth Equity in America
Decades of cuts to local government amidst rising concentrations of poverty have wreaked havoc on communities left behind by the modern economy. Some…
3 years, 7 months ago
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser: The Donald Trump White House Years
From its chaotic beginning to the violent finale, the Trump presidency was filled with moments ranging from the unthinkable to the deadly serious. Th…
3 years, 7 months ago