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Upcoming Events:
May 22, 2026, 12pm ET
INTELLECTUAL BOOTCAMP: David Graeber’s “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.”
Location: Zoom. Paying subscribers only. A link to join will be emailed both a few days in advance and on the day itself.
Click here to read more about Intellectual Bootcamp!
Once again, the Persuasion team will be at Liberalism for the 21st Century Conference, which is organized annually by the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism in Washington, D.C. on July 16-17—and there’s a special discount for subscribers who’d like to join us! Find out more and get your exclusive discount code here.
September 6, 2026, 5pm BST
IN-PERSON: An Evening With Francis Fukuyama. SOLD OUT!
Yascha Mounk interviews Francis Fukuyama about his life and thought.
Location: The Sekforde, London. This event is now SOLD OUT! To join the waitlist, please email events@persuasion.community.
Past Events and Recordings:
May 19, 2026, 6pm ET
BOOK CLUB: Freya India on GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything
Location: Substack Live. Open to all! Don’t forget to read the book and prepare your questions!
May 15, 2026, 12pm ET
INTELLECTUAL BOOTCAMP: Reading Gilles Deleuze’s “Postscript on the Societies of Control.”
Location: Zoom. Paying subscribers only. A link to join will be emailed both a few days in advance and on the day itself.
Click here to read more about Intellectual Bootcamp!
May 5, 2026, 6pm ET
ASK THE AUTHOR: Cathy Young on Who’s To Blame for Trump’s Attacks on Free Speech
Read Cathy’s article “They Went Hard Against Woke. And Then… Went Even Harder Against Trump.”
Location: Substack Live. Open to all!
May 1, 2026, 12pm ET
INTELLECTUAL BOOTCAMP: Reading Jonathan Haidt’s “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.”
Location: Zoom. Paying subscribers only.
Click here to read more about Intellectual Bootcamp!
April 13, 2026, 12:30pm ET
ASK THE AUTHOR: John B. Judis on Hegel, Trump, and Our New Historical Era
Location: Substack Live. Open to all!
April 7, 2026, 6pm ET
BOOK CLUB: Russell Muirhead on Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos
Location: Zoom. Open to all!
April 2, 2026, 12:30pm ET
DEBATE: AI - To Boycott or Not to Boycott? With Quico Toro and Sam Kahn.
Location: Substack Live. Open to all!
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