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Wine & Dine with Scientific American's John Rennie
6/03/2008 2:23:00 PM ET
The next event in CFI-NYC's Truth Uncorked dinner series, on Thursday, July 10, features John Rennie, the famed skeptic, science writer, and editor-in-chief of Scientific American. For reservations call (212) 504-2935 or e-mail twilliams [at] centerforinquiry [dot] net.
Wine, Dinner & Conversation with Matthew Chapman
6/03/2008 2:23:00 PM ET
Don't miss the next event in CFI-NYC's new Truth Uncorked dinner series, featuring wine and intimate conversation with local authors, artists, and intellectuals. The next dinner, on Thursday, June 12, features Matthew Chapman, the acclaimed author, film producer and director, champion of evolution, and great-great-granson of Charles Darwin. For reservations call (212) 504-2935 or e-mail twilliams [at] centerforinquiry [dot] net.
Susan Jacoby, Chris Hedges on Reason, Religion & Politics
5/28/2008 3:37:00 PM ET
Don't miss CFI-NYC Program Director Susan Jacoby's GRITtv interview, alongside Chris Hedges, on reason, religion, and public policy. Susan is the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, and the recent NY Times bestseller The Age of American Unreason. Chris Hedges, former Middle East bureau chief for the NY Times and a senior fellow at The Nation Institute, is the author, most recently, of I Don't Believe in Atheists.
CFI-NYC Co-hosts Daniel Dennett
5/22/2008 5:31:00 PM ET
Tufts philosopher and author Daniel C. Dennett (Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Consciousness Explained; Breaking the Spell) is coming to New York City on Saturday, May 31. CFI-NYC will co-host Dennett's appearance at the New York Society for Ethical Culture from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (See http://www.nysec.org for more information.) A short presentation and discussion will follow a screening of Dennett's extended interview by Jonathan Miller during the making of the BBC series A Rough History of Disbelief. The extended interview is part of The Atheism Tapes series now available on DVD. Last year the Center for Inquiry helped bring the original BBC series to public television under the name A Brief History of Disbelief.
Susan Jacoby on The Colbert Report!
4/23/2008 10:38:00 AM ET
CFI-NYC Program Director Susan Jacoby appeared on Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report on Tuesday, April 22 to discuss her bestselling book, The Age of American Unreason. Visit the Colbert Report web site to watch.
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