Our archive preserves the wisdom, insights, and ideas of more than 250 leading thinkers, analysts, innovators, artists, and activists sharing ideas on the issues that shape our world.
Here you’ll find audio recordings for most presentations and video for presentations for lectures after 2004.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the first woman elected spiritual leader for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, which includes the Washington National Cathedral and other congregations and Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties.
Pulitzer-prize winning historian Steve Hahn is renowned for his understanding of the political dynamics of the American South. He suggests that Donald Trump’s reliance on racial resentments and coercion is not new to America but familiar to its history.
Steve Grove will share his insights on why starting local is the best opportunity we have to reclaim the promise of America and rebuild trust in our future.
Duchesne Drew and Sylvia Strobel currently sit at the epicenter of preserving the future of public broadcast media in Minnesota.
Our new Executive Director, Sara Wilhelm Garbers, takes the helm of the Westminster Town Hall Forum on September 2, 2025.
Prior to being named the first Chief Impact Officer for the Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx of the NBA and WNBA, Tru Pettigrew served as the organizations’ Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Vice President of Player Programs and Diversity and Inclusion.
Sarah Lewis’ research focuses on the intersection of visual representation, racial justice, and democracy in the United States from the nineteenth century through the present.
Well known for his powerful storytelling, Robert Samuels won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for co-authoring His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
Jack Goldsmith teaches and writes about national security law, presidential power, international law, federal courts, and internet law.
Makena Kelly is a senior writer at WIRED focused on the intersection of politics, power, and technology. She writes the Politics Lab newsletter that helps you make sense of how the internet is shaping our political reality.
