New Dialogues

In this episode of New Dialogues, Mckenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media, and alum Sul Mousavi (BA Creative Writing ‘22) converse about the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and what it means to endure amid growing anti-trans legislation and violence. This episode was initially recorded in June 2022.  For support and resources, visit translifeline.org or call 877.565.8860. The resour...

In this episode of New Dialogues, essayist, screenwriter, and cultural critic, Jia Tolentino joins author, multidisciplinary artist, and Director of The Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, J. Mae Barizo. The two discuss media, performance, cultural production, the possibilities of the essay, artistic process, and sustaining a creative life. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social R...

In this episode philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition, Cornel West joins Simon Critchley, philosopher and chronicler of the human condition for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, ethics, faith, and the urgent questions of this moment. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.

In this episode, Egana Djabbarova discusses her book My Dreadful Body with New York Times columnist and Director of Hofstra's Institute for Public Humanities and the Arts, Rhonda Garelick. This debut novel explores a young woman's coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling with the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition....

In this episode of New Dialogues, Nicolas Langlitz, Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research and Founder/Director of the Psychedelic Humanities Lab joins alum Hamilton Morris, journalist and chemist, at SXSW 2023. They discuss the psychedelic renaissance, how we can understand the significance of psychedelic use beyond utopian hopes and moral panics, whether psychedelics are...

In this episode of New Dialogues, Salman Rushdie visits The New School and delivers the 2025 New School for Social Research William Phillips lecture titled “Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.” Rushdie, the author of 15 novels, including the Booker Prize-winning “Midnight’s Children and “The Satanic Verses,” and nonfiction books including, most recently, “The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories,” spe...