Curious Minds

Join two of our most important thinkers, writers and activists for the Toronto premiere of Rehearsals for Living,  a revolutionary collaboration about the world we’re living now—and what we can learn from Black and Indigenous perspectives to chart a different way forward in these unprecedented times.

When Nikole Hannah-Jones published 1619 Project, her award-winning multimedia series for The New York Times Magazine, she reframed the public’s understanding of the legacy of slavery in American life—and incurred the wrath of Donald Trump and other leading politicians opposed to social change.

Bestselling food writer Bill Buford offers the inside dish on the art of French cooking and cuisine, and the valuable lessons he learned in writing Dirt, his anticipated follow-up to the bestselling classic, Heat.

Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? Help find the answer with former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes who’s recently released new book, After The Fall, draws inspiration from the politicians, activists and dissidents fighting for a more just and democratic world.

It took the pandemic to open our eyes to society’s systemic neglect of our elders. Is it time to reimagine the systems that support them? In conversation with Maclean's' Paul Wells, The Globe and Mail's André Picard and veteran journalist Katie Engelhart will help us reassess how we approach life’s final chapters, drawing from their important new books, Neglected No More and The Inevitable.

Join Princeton historian and MSNBC commentator Eddie Glaude for a timely look at the legacy of the late great public thinker James Baldwin—and how his life and work can serve as a powerful guide for our moment of social change.

On the release of his new memoir, cultural icon, gay rights activist, and Tony Award–winning actor Harvey Fierstein dishes on the New York arts scene, the evolution of gay culture and the making of landmark plays and films like Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Join us for an evening of mind-expanding conversation with the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie whose latest collection of non-fiction, Languages of Truth, solidifies his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time.

As President Biden enters his first term in office, join The New Yorker's Evan Osnos for a timely look at the man and his moment in history, as outlined in his anticipated new biography, Joe Biden.

The bestselling biographer behind Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs joins Anna Maria Tremonti to discuss his latest book, The Code Breaker, a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna launched a revolution with the invention of CRISPR, the groundbreaking gene editing tool.