7 JAN 2019 · Today we’re continuing our liberal arts segment with our presentation, Greek to Him: An Odyssey. According to Dwight Garner in the New York Times, Daniel Mendelsohn’s latest book is “a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading—and reliving—the Odyssey. Mr. Mendelsohn wears his learning lightly yet superbly. What catches you off guard about this memoir is how moving it is. It has many things to say not only about Homer’s epic poem, but about fathers and sons. This panel features Daniel Mendelsohn author and critic at the New York Review of Books and The New Yorker in conversation with Corby Kummer, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, restaurant critic, and author. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

3 JAN 2019 · Today we’re continuing our liberal arts segment with our presentation on Molecular Food. Have you Mastered sous vide, grilling and air frying? Harold McGee, author of “On Food and Cooking” is here to tell you the secrets behind each process. He is joined in conversation with Corby Kummer, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, restaurant critic, and author. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

31 DEC 2018 · Today we’re continuing our liberal arts segment with our presentation, Psychedelics: How to Change Your Mind. Psychedelics have come a long way from Timothy O’Leary’s day. When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. This panel features Michael Pollan, food activist and author of “How to Change Your Mind” in conversation with Corby Kummer, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, restaurant critic, and author. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

27 DEC 2018 · Today we’re beginning our liberal arts segment with our presentation, In a Different Key: The Story of Autism Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction in 2017, In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, tells the story of the first child ever to receive the diagnosis. That child is still alive. Two award-winning journalists will tell his extraordinary story while they unpack the history of this often misunderstood condition and the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. “Spellbinding“ (Washington Post), “remarkable” (Wall Street Journal), “vivid” (New York Times). This panel features John Donvan, co-author of “In a Different Key: The Story of Autism” Newscaster for ABC News and Host and Moderator for Intelligence2 Debates, and Caren Zucker, co-author of “In a Different Key: The Story of Autism” journalist and producer for ABC and PBS. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

24 DEC 2018 · Today we have a presentation from our health and medicine segment our panel, Immunotherapy: New Hope for Cancer. There has been an explosion in our knowledge about cancer. Our understanding of genetic mutations has illuminated how cancer is born, grows and metastasizes. Therapies that target cancer mutations and components of the immune system have changed how we treat and even prevent cancer. Recently, the convergence of cancer genetics and the immune system has brought about even more promising results that have had a profound impact on cancer patients’ lives. This panel features Stefanie Joho, Oncology Researcher, patient advocate, and consultant, alongside Luis Diaz, the head of the division of solid tumor oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate and Former Director of the National Cancer Institute. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

20 DEC 2018 · Today we’re continuing our environmentalism segment with our discussion, The (Felicitous) Future of Conservation. For the first time ever in the Anthropocene, there is a possible renaissance of nature. A hundred years from now, the Earth could be inhabited by fewer people, with little extreme poverty and most living in towns and cities. These trends require a historical perspective that is difficult to adopt if one is focused on immediate threats and captivated by apocalyptic futures. But there is hope. As in London during the Blitz, vigilance and exertion are required, but we need not panic or despair because the weight of history is on our side. This panel features Joe Walston, Vice President for Global Conservation at the Wildlife Conservation Society in conversation with Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate and Former Director of the National Cancer Institute. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw

18 DEC 2018 · Today we’re beginning our environmentalism segment with our presentation on The Wizard and the Prophet. From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493, an incisive portrait of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow’s world. This panel features Charles Mann, author and correspondent for The Atlantic, Science and Wired in conversation with Corby Kummer, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, restaurant critic, and author. Find more information at: https://kentpresents.org Videos of the presentations and discussions can be found at our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSTb4J7gZpeqNXfe9IpRpw