Lecture Archive
- 2025
- Sal Khan, Reimagining Education and the Tools We Use
- Dr. Todd Boyd (aka Notorious PhD): Name, Image, and Likeness
- Harper Steele, Television and Film Comedy Writer
- An Evening with Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Art of Cancer Research
- Andrew Rea, Creator of Binging with Babish
- In Conversation with Erin Brockovich
- Zeynep Tufekci: Why We Can't Fact-Check Our Way Out Of Misinformation
- 2024
- Don Hall: From Iowa to the Academy Awards
- Ettore "Big E" Ewen
- Literary Legends: Tracy Kidder
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "Strongmen: Why People Follow Them and How They can be Defeated"
- Joy Harjo, Sandra Cisneros, and Juan Felipe Herrera: (Re)Claiming History and Guiding Change Through Story
- An Evening with Author, Entrepreneur, and Digital Creator John Green
- An Evening with Composer and Technologist Ed Newton-Rex
- A Fireside Chat with Chasten Buttigieg
- An Evening with Ragen Chastain: The World is Messed Up, You Are Fine
- An Evening with Bradley Tusk: Lessons from the Front Lines of Disruption
- Geneva Lecture Series: David Brooks and Anne Snyder
- 2023
- Jelani Cobb: The Half-Life of Freedom, Race, and Justice in America Today
- An Evening with TikToker and Podcaster Brittany Broski
- Happy People are Annoying: A Conversation with Josh Peck
- The Moment Demands an Explanation-- The Daily is on a Mission to Find it - Michael Barbaro
- LGBTQ+ Equality and Civil Rights - Jim Obergefell
- An Afternoon with Joy Reid
- 2022
- Reimagining Criminal Justice Systems Through Eyes That Have Cried - Alexander McLean
- Moving Beyond Land Acknowledgements and Token Representations - Adrienne Keene
- The Providers: Film Screening and Discussion - Chris and Ann Ruge
- Deaf Gain: How Being Different Can Be a Benefit - Dr. Joseph J. Murray
- Iowa Literary Legends: Lan Samantha Chang - Lan Samantha Chang
- How Corruption Spawns International Crises, Not Least of Which Is Ukraine - Sarah Chayes
- A Lecture with Jake Shimabukuro: Ukulele Virtuoso and Composer - Jake Shimabukuro
- An Evening With Gabby Douglas - Gabby Douglas
- Iowa Literary Legends: T.C. Boyle - T.C. Boyle
- Bill Nye
- The Iowa Writers' Workshop presents: An Evening with Author Min Jin Lee - Min Jin Lee
- War Is Never The Answer - Kathy Kelly
- Global Energy Trends & Transition: Featuring Dr. Michael Webber - Dr. Michael Webber
- Negotiating in Their World: Learning to Never Split the Difference - 2022 Notable Iowan: Chris Voss
- More Than a "Bachelorette" - Rachel Lindsay
- Who Should Foot the Bill of Healthcare? - A Debate on National Health Insurance
- Racial Reproductive Justice - Loretta J. Ross
- Science and Stories: A Magnificent Combination - Dr. Theanne Griffith
- Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol - Holly Whitaker
- 2021
- Michelle Alexander
- First, Right, and Credible: Communicating Effectively to Address a Public Health Crisis - Dr. Vin Gupta, M.D., M.P.A
- Academy Award Nominated Short Films Hunger Ward and Lifeboat
- Be Where Your Feet Are - Life Lessons Shared by Comedian David Lee Nelson and UI Health Care Physicians from His Journey with Colon Cancer
- Noam Chomsky
- Rural Roots To NBA Hoops - Nick Nurse
- A Conversation On Climate Science, Policy And Justice - Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
- Dan Levy
- From The Oasis Falafel Kitchen To Your Home - Oasis Co-owners: Naftly Stramer And Ofer Sivan
- Ibtihaj Muhammad
- The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, A Discussion On Race And Medical Ethics - Lacks Family Members Veronica And Jeri
- Trumpism And The Republican Party: What’s Next? - Michael Steele
- Spillover: The Global Threat Of Emerging Infectious Diseases - David Quammen
- 2020
- Addressing Racial Health Disparities in America - Patrice Harris
- Ain't I A Woman: My Journey to Womanhood - Laverne Cox
- Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein
- Race and the Media: How the Media shapes race issues and influences our beliefs - Eric Deggans & Venise Berry
- In Conversation about 1619 and the Legacy that Built a Nation - Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Ordinary Person, Extraordinary Change: How to Affect the Masses - Adam Braun
- Fixing a Broken Refugee System: A Case of Palestine Refugees - Dr. Akihiro Seita
- An Evening With Susan Rice - Susan Rice
- from social movement to social impact: Putting an End to Sexual Harassment - Anita Hill
- 2019
- Perpetual War, 18 Years & Counting - Major Danny Sjursen & Coleen Rowley
- Free Screening of Citizen K - Alex Gibney
- How to be Unsuccessful In College - Jessica McCabe
- Murder Case of State VS. Adnan Syed/Adnan’s Story - Rabia Chaudry
- In the Country We Love: My Family Divided - Diane Guerrero
- A Different Kind of Career: Under Cover in the CIA - Jim Olson
- Protecting the Voices of Our Youth - Tinker v. Des Moines
- Black Klansman: How Ron Stallworth Infiltrated the KKK - Ron Stallworth
- 2018
- Livewired: How the Brain Rewrites Its Own Circuitry - David Eagleman
- American Order and Disorder, At Home and Abroad - Ben Sasse
- Can Colleges Fix Our Politics? - Frank Bruni
- Greatness - Common
- An Insider’s View of Washington D.C. - Cokie Roberts
- Joe Russo
- Lindy West
- Ellen Stofan - Climate Change: Keeping the Earth Green, Clean, and Habitable
- Tarana Burke - Me Too
- From Kareem To Kaepernick: A History Of Political Activism In Sports - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Woody Harrelson
- 2017
- Monica Lewinsky - The Price of Shame
- Byron Pitts
- Peter Aguero
- G. Willow Wilson - A Superhero for Generation Why
- Khizr Khan
- Lisa Lucas
- Jane Elliot
- Nate Staniforth
- Zach Wahls - Housing First: A Revolutionary Approach to Ending Chronic Homelessness
- Joe Quint
- Everything is Connected - Neri Oxman
- An Evening with Dean Strang - Dean Strang
- From Auschwitz to Iowa City: An Evening with Michael Bornstein - Michael Bornstein
- Free Speech Day Featuring Ana Navarro
- A Conversation With Leslie Odom Jr. - Leslie Odom Jr.
- An Evening with Reza Aslan - Reza Aslan
- An Evening with Oscar Salazar - Oscar Salazar
- #BlackLivesMatter - Patrisse Cullors
- 2016
- Lois Lowry - An Evening with Lois Lowry
- Josh Sundquist
- Farai Chideya - 2016 Election/ Digital Journalism/ Big Data
- Ted Waitt
- Joe Ehrmann - Healthy Masculinity from the InSideOut
- Melissa Fleming - How to Help Refugees Rebuild Their World
- Kailash Satyarthi
- Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court - Jeffery Toobin
- Robert D. Bullard - The Wrong Complexion for Protection: Flint Water Crisis
- Alison Bechdel
- Angela Davis - International Women's Day: The Black Radical Tradition
- Ben Plesser - Covering ISIS: A Journalist's Challenge
- 2015
- J.K. Rowling Letter Pick-Up
- Terry Gilliam - In Conversation with Terry Gilliam
- Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley joined by Edward Snowden via video link - Intelligence not “Mistaken” but “Fixed” for War!
- Nina Totenberg - The Supreme Court and Its Impact on You
- The Yes Men - Making Meaningful Mischief with the Yes Men
- Daymond John - Five S.H.A.R.K. Points: The Fundamental Keys to Business & Personal Success (Followed by "Hawk Pitch")
- Mark Bittman - The Future of Food
- Jeff Chang
- J.K. Rowling Letter Writing Campaign
- Vandana Shiva - Eco Feminism: Women in Defense of the Earth
- Ta-Nehisi Coates | Being Black at Iowa - A Deeper Black: Race in America
- 2014
- Alex Sheen - because I said I would
- James Hansen - Speaking Truth to Power: Lessons from Iowa and Relevance to Global Climate Policies
- Renewable Energy Debate
- Film Screening - Dirty Business: "Clean Coal" and the Battle for Our Energy Future
- Performing Your Life - Jeffrey Tambor
- Meg Jay - Defining Decade
- Andrew Solomon
- Laurie Anderson - "Some of My New Projects"
- Dr. Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope
- 2013
- Ging Cristobal - Dismantling the Web of Patriarchy: LGBT rights in the Asian region
- Margaret Atwood - An Evening With Margaret Atwood
- Marsha Ternus - Restoring Justice in the U.S.
- Hollye Jacobs - How to Help a Loved One Diagnosed with Cancer
- Jon Ronson - Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
- Dr. John Lawrence - Medical Crisis in Syria: Perspectives from Working with Doctors Without Borders
- Nick Kristof - Half the Sky
- Neil deGrasse Tyson - “2012-2013 Distinguished Lecture”
- Fiscal Reform, Monetization or Default
- Jose Antonio Vargas - Define American
- Roxana Saberi - Courage Under Fire
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