Tagged Psychology
Wild Things: Papier-Mâché Workshop
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Come craft your own crazy creatures at this library workshop series guided by artist Henry Crane ! Participants will design, construct, and decorate papier-mâché animals,…
Wild Things: Papier-Mâché Workshop
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Come craft your own crazy creatures at this library workshop series guided by artist Henry Crane ! Participants will design, construct, and decorate papier-mâché animals,…
Wild Things: Papier-Mâché Workshop
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Come craft your own crazy creatures at this library workshop series guided by artist Henry Crane ! Participants will design, construct, and decorate papier-mâché animals,…
Dasha Kiper | Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregivers, and the Human Brain
In conversation with Dr. Jason Karlawish In partnership with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society The clinical consulting director of support groups at The CaringKind (formerly The Alzheimer's Association), Dasha Kiper has an MA in…
Emily Nagoski | Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
Emily Nagoski is the author of the New York Times bestseller Come as You Are , a self-help manual lauded by critics and readers for its ability to “offer up hard facts on the science of arousal and desire in a friendly and…
David Brooks | How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Acclaimed for his ability to “elevate the unseen aspects of private experience into a vigorous and challenging conversation about what we all share” ( San Francisco Chronicle ), David Brooks has written an op-ed column for The New York…
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D. | Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice
In conversation with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Endowed Lecture A professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for more than 40 years, Judith Lewis Herman , M.D., is one of the United States’…
Anand Giridharadas | The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
Ellis Wachs Endowed Lecture In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition A former longtime columnist and foreign correspondent for The New York Times , Anand Giridharadas is the bestselling author of …
Anna Badkhen | Bright Unbearable Reality: Essays
In conversation with Airea D. Matthews, 2022-2023 Philadelphia Poet Laureate and Co-Director of the Creative Writing Program at Bryn Mawr With an artist’s perspective and a ground-level view of people in extremis across the world,…
Michael Pollan | This is Your Mind on Plants
In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition One of the world’s foremost chroniclers of the intersection of the human and natural worlds, Michael Pollan is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of…
Patrick Radden Keefe | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
In conversation with Karen Heller, national features writer for The Washington Post, formerly a metro and features columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer , and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary. “A master of…
Donald Antrim | One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival
In conversation with Jonathan Franzen, bestselling author of Crossroads , Freedom , Purity , and The Corrections among other works of fiction and non-fiction. “A fiercely intelligent writer” ( The New York Times ), Donald Antrim is the…
Temple Grandin with Debra Moore | Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum
Dr. Temple Grandin is a philosophical leader and activist for both the animal welfare and autism advocacy efforts. She is a TIME Magazine Top 100 Hero, the author of more than 60 scientific papers, a sought-after public speaker, and…
Richard Powers | Bewilderment
In conversation with Andrew Ervin A “genuine artist … who can render the intricate dazzle of it all and at the same time plumb its philosophical implications” ( Esquire ), Richard Powers won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The…
Robin DiAngelo | Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
In conversation with Resmaa Menakem, bestselling author of My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Robin DiAngelo ’s New York Times bestseller White Fragility , a “methodical,…
Hala Alyan | The Arsonists’ City
In conversation with Alix Gerz, Vice President of Communications, Free Library of Philadelphia Hala Alyan’s novel Salt Houses , a “heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely” ( Dallas Morning News ) study of three generations in a Palestinian…
Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane | Under Our Roof: A Son's Battle for Recovery, a Mother's Battle for Her Son
In conversation with Action News anchor, Jim Gardner On the eve of the biggest professional risk of her life—running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives—Madeleine Dean discovered that her son, Harry Cunnane, was…
Ijeoma Oluo | Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist “A nuanced analysis of White male America” that “deftly combines history and sociological study with personal narrative” ( Washington Post ), Ijeoma Oluo’s So…
B. Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain | The Stressed Years of Their Lives: Helping Your Kid Survive and Thrive During Their College Years
In conversation wth Elizabeth Mosier A longtime faculty member at Drexel University, the Family Institute, and Widener University, B. Janet Hibbs is a renowned expert on family issues and partner relationships. A professor of psychiatry…
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | The Undocumented Americans
In conversation with Andrea González-Ramírez, Senior Writer at GEN and an Ida B. Wells fellow at Type Investigations. Read Ms. González-Ramírez's interview with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Originally from Ecuador, Karla Cornejo…
Frank B. Wilderson III | Afropessimism
Frank B. Wilderson III spent more than five years in South Africa, where he was one of two Americans elected to the African National Congress during the country’s transformation after apartheid. His books include Incognegro: A Memoir of…
Malcolm Gladwell | Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
With “an uncanny ability to simplify without being simplistic” ( Seattle Times ), Malcolm Gladwell synthesizes academic research and critical analysis with engaging prose and relatable anecdotes to fashion surprisingly counterintuitive…
Jonathan Safran Foer | We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Renowned for placing “his reader’s hand on the heart of human experience” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ), Jonathan Safran Foer is the bestselling author of the frenetically irreverent, emotionally urgent novels Everything Is Illuminated ,…