POSTHOC Salons LIVE w/ Susan MacTavish Best - Intimate Conversations on Topics of the Zeitgeist

Not So Sweet Insulin Prices, a health equity-focused conversation with Galileo CEO Tom Lee and Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr. This salon is part of a series we are producing with healthcare company GALILEO. Who's  Galileo ? Many of you have met Galileo's founder Tom Lee at past salons.  Galileo  is a modern medical group operating across all 50 states, designed to...

Susan talks with Jacob Ward, author of “The Loop: How Technology is Creating a World without Choices and How to Fight Back” about how unconscious instincts drive our decision making process. This salon is part of a series we are producing with healthcare company GALILEO.  Who's  Galileo ? Many of you have met Galileo's founder Tom Lee at past salons.  Galileo  is a mo...

This salon is the first in a series we are hosting with healthcare company  GALILEO . I'll be speaking to journalist Florence Williams. Florence is the author of  Heartbreak , a personal and scientific journey which has just come this week. ( Pick it up here. ). During Covid, I interviewed her about her prior book,  The Nature Fix , why we need nature in our lives to make us ha...

Kicking off the 2022 Posthoc salon season we have a hot topic based on a just-released book,  HOLLYWOOD, CHINA, AND THE GLOBAL BATTLE FOR CULTURAL SUPREMACY Salon with  Erich Schwartzel .  Erich is a reporter covering the film industry  at  The Wall Street Journal  and author of  RED CARPET , just featured on the front page of the NYT Book Review  Sunda...

Today’s salon, “Does God Need an R&D Department,” is cohosted by POSTHOC and Templeton World Charity Foundation. The co-interviewer today is TWCF president Andrew Serazin. Our guest today is Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and author of The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host sa...

Matters of the Heart with Sandeep Jauhar POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations. Instagram: @posthocpictura Twitter: @PosthocSalons LinkedIn: Posthoc Facebook: @Posthocpictura

First it was a show at the Smithsonian, this year it's an auction at Sotheby's. Art created for Burning Man is on fire, and it's coming to NYC. And to celebrate that, Ana Roth and I are hosting a little shindig, a Burning Man inspired art salon at my loft in Soho. I'll be throwing out 5 questions to artist Fab 5 Freddy - NYC’s cultural curator and courier.  POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas &...

Is happiness genetic? Are some corners of USA happier than others? After dark periods, does happiness taste better? Why do we get happier with age? Will we see an uptick in the business of happiness? So much to discuss.  I'll be throwing out some questions to one of the world's foremost happiness experts, author and researcher, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph. D., who is Distinguished Professor and Vic...

POSTHOC SALON -  Susan MacTavish Best speaks w/ Olympic Hall of Fame Swimmer & Diabetes Patient Advocate Gary Hall Jr.   Gary Hall, Jr. is a three-time Olympian and 10-time Olympic medalist. He held two world records in relay events throughout his career. Born in Cincinnati, Hall was introduced to swimming by his father, Gary Hall, Sr., who competed in three Olympic Games. At the Oly...

Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller, listed as one of the 37 best books of 2020 by The Times and gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times. It is available now in audiobook format as well. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique...

What's your relationship with WORK like? Do you feel guilty if you don't "work hard enough"? What is hard enough? -- Susan MacTavish Best and Andrew Serazin speak to anthropologist James Suzman. His book WORK - A History of How We Spend Our Time has just come out in North America. He is also the author of Affluence Without Abundance. Since the 90's, he has lived and worked with every major Bushman...

What is your relationship with uncertainty, risk and decision-making? Covid has certainly tested it! Susan MacTavish Best, Posthoc, cohosted with Andrew Serazin, Templeton World Charity Foundation, speak to Maria Konnikova- author, journalist and poker player. Maria Konnikova is the author most recently, of The Biggest Bluff, a New York Times bestseller and Editors’ Choice. Her previous books are...

Anne Case & Angus Deaton are two Princeton Economists. Their new book is called Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.   Instagram: @posthocpictura...

Susan MacTavish Best and Andrew Serazin speak to Professor Tom Oliver about his latest book The Self-Delusion. This salon is cohosted by Templeton World Charity Foundation and Posthoc. It is Part 1 in a series on Human Flourishing. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that...

Susan speaks to fashion and culture writer Christina Binkley. Christina writes about the business of culture and is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine. Formerly a staff writer and columnist for this newspaper, and a frequent on-air commentator, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Winner Takes All. She has critiqued fashion runways from New York to Mi...

What is our Los Angeles of today? There is so much more than meets the eye in LA. Susan speaks to Peter Lunenfeld, author of the urban portrait of LA called City at the Edge of Forever. Lunenfeld weaves together the alchemical city's art, architecture and design; juxtaposes its entertainment and literary histories; and moves from restaurant kitchens to recording studios to ultrasecret research and...

10 Questions for Farrah Storr. Farrah is author of The Discomfort Zone and the EIC of Elle. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations. Instagram: @posthocpictura Twitter: @PosthocSalons LinkedIn:...

Celebrities investing in the world of startups - that is the topic we'll be discussing with writer Zack Greenburg who has been covering Hollywood and the entertainment industry as an editor at Forbes. If you're interested in venture capital and angel investing, entrepreneurism, Hollywood, Silicon Valley and how these all converge at times .. tune in as we speak about Zack's latest book. “Exciting,...

Pippa is a trend spotter who advises investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is ranked in the top 25 Most Influential Economists in the World and one of the top 10 of global experts on Geopolitics and she was ranked in the top 5 on the Most Powerful Women in Finance list, all in 2017. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic...

Discussing the world of songwriting with Grammy-nominated producer David Pramik (Selena Gomez, Mae Muller, Lauren Jauregui) and Brett Bassock (Founder, Renegade Songs, working with ARTY, Mae Muller and David Pramik). POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the sense...

Dr. Robert Brooks, psychologist, author and frequent commentator on resilience, motivation, school climate, a positive work environment, and family relationships. Dr. Brooks has written 18 books including The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people...

Our guest today is the queen of happiness research. If you have a book on happiness, she probably wrote it.  Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph. D., is Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Lyubomirsky currently teaches courses in social psychology and positive psychology and serves as the Department of Psychology’s Vice Chair.  Lyubomirsky’s...

" The most succinct definition of loneliness is failed solitude." - Prof. David Vincent   Susan MacTavish Best speaks to Investigative Reporter at the Financial Times, Erika Solomon.   POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the...

Susan MacTavish Best talks with Daniel Handler, creator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions, published under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and con...

Susan MacTavish Best speaks to ultra runner Dean Karnazes.    POSTHOC is a petri dish for ideas & thought-leaders. We host invite-only salons that connect people and spread ideas. We create unique and intimate experiences that stir the senses—a forum for the cross-pollination of ideas and conversations.  Twitter: @PosthocSalons LinkedIn: Posthoc Facebook: @Posthocpictura