Commonwealth Club World Affairs (CCWA)

Craig Mundie with Sam Altman | Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

Obi Kaufmann—The State of Fire: Why California Burns

California Forever | Can building new cities help solve our housing crisis?

The Power of Human Connection | Photographer Harry Williams

Casimir Yost: Conflicts on Many Fronts in the Trumpian Era

Week to Week Holiday Special | The New Era

Humanities West Presents Arias from Heaven: the 100th Anniversary of Puccini’s Death

What Is Cultural Appropriation?

AI, Art and New Technology | Threat or Opportunity

"Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law" Film Trailer and Q & A

Jeff Jarvis: How We Reclaim the Internet

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries | The ABC’s of Democracy

Community Town Hall 2025 | State of LGBTQIA+

Navigating Identity in a Complex World

LGBTQIA+ Community Town Hall | Preparing for 2025

California Forever | Can building new cities help solve our housing crisis?

Community Roast and Exit Interview with SF Pride Board President Nguyen Pham

California’s Ethnic Studies Controversy | Launch of a curricular alternative

What’s Next for Former S.F. Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson

Jonathan Alter | Trump on Trial

Ai in Healthcare: Will the Reality Match the Hype?

Election 2024: The Voters Have Spoken | A Week to Week Special

Bigad Shaban | Journalism’s Role in Civic Life

From Silence to Solutions | Changing the Conversation about Domestic Violence

Co-founder & CEO of The Seneca Project Tara Setmayer, discusses how elections are a game of margins.

From Silence to Solutions: Changing the Conversation about Domestic Violence

Nate Silver on how a lead in the popular vote doesn’t necessarily mean a win on election night

Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) on the need to debate facts in a post-truth world

Paola Ramos discuess the Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

"HOLLYWOODGATE" Film Trailer Screening and Q & A

From Silence to Solutions: Changing the Conversation about Domestic Violence

A Nature Positive San Francisco Future | What’s Good SF! Summer Series

The 2024 Election and the AANHPI vote

Educating During Turbulent Times

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries: The ABC’s of Democracy

Jonathan Alter: Trump on Trial

Reid Hoffman: Superagency and Our AI Future

"October Surprise" | What Could Derail Harris and Trump?

Michael Mina | My Egypt, Cooking From My Roots

Aza Raskin of Center for Humane technology | What’s the incentive driving the development of A.I.?

Aza Raskin of Center for Humane technology | What’s the incentive driving the development of A.I.?

Charles Piller: Fraud and Tragedy In the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s

Juan Williams: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement

The Handmaid’s Tale | Opera of Searing Contemporary Resonance

Yuval Noah Harari discusses how the speed of A.I. outpaces the speed of Humanity.

Humanities West Presents Classical Music in the 21st Century

Paola Ramos | The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

"Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law" Film Screening and Q & A

2024 Nobel Prize in Economics winner Simon Johnson discusses Francis Bacon

Yuval Noah Harari and Aza Raskin | The Making and Unmaking of Humanity

The 2024 Election and the AANHPI vote

Arlie Russell Hochschild | Stolen Pride and the Rise of the Right

Sergeant Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto | Protecting Africa’s Wilderness

California’s Ethnic Studies Controversy: Launch of a curricular alternative

Community Roast and Exit Interview with SF Pride Board President Nguyen Pham

Mark Clifford: How Jimmy Lai Became Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident and China’s Most Feared Critic

Jeff Jarvis: How We Reclaim the Internet

Gary Marcus: Taming Big Tech and AI

What’s Next for Former S.F. Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter