An Empire of Ideas: How Ancient India Transformed the World
For about a millennium and a half, between 250 BC and A.D. 1200, India was a confident exporter of i ...View More
Event Recap | Discussion on Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid—and the Future of Foreign Aid
Recorded on 6-23-2025 The beginning of 2025 saw significant cuts to US foreign aid, most notably wit ...View More
The Future Reimagined | Network States and Corporate Governance
Journalist Gil Durn discusses the rise of the "Network State". Commonwealth Club World Affairs is a ...View More
Crystal Haryanto on Taylor Swift: An Icon in the Music and Business Worlds
Taylor Swift is world-famous as a singer and cultural icon, even as a political influencer. But as a ...View More
The Nerd Reich: Tech Billionaires' Plan for Corporate Autocracy
Commonwealth Club World Affairs is a public forum. Any views expressed in our programs are those of ...View More
The Playbook of a Dictator: UC Berkeley’s Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and the Rule of Law
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's 2024 book No Democracy Lasts Forever examined how de ...View More
The Science of Happiness
It can be difficult to figure out where to start or what needs to change when we seek to increase th ...View More
Time to Strengthen Local Health Ecosystems in California
Due to major cuts to Medicare, wildfire season, looming earthquakes, public health needs, and the in ...View More
Shaka Senghor: How to Be Free
After Shaka Senghor was twice denied parole after 18 years behind bars, he had to decide: surrender ...View More
Steven Pinker: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…
What's common about common knowledge, and how does it become common? Common knowledge—the awareness ...View More
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