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The U.S., California, and POW-MIA flags waving in the wind in front of the Capitol State Building in downtown Sacramento.

Improving governance in the Golden State

Wednesday December 3, 2025

4:00pm - 5:45pm

In Person
The exterior of the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C.

Monopoly politics: Competition and learning in the evolution of policy regimes

Tuesday January 27, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person
Outside the White House in Washington D.C. on a cloud day.

The rise of the strongman presidency

Tuesday February 10, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person
An aerial image of the Acropolis in Athens.

Financial democracy or democratic finance?

Monday February 23, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person

Finance, technology, and fascism today

Thursday February 26, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person
A bundle of unplugged cables with various connectors.

How to opt out: Lessons from 14 years of evading surveillance capitalism

Wednesday March 4, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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Progressively larger stacks of coins represent tax brackets.

What do the rich owe the rest of us?: A conversation on taxation and democracy

Tuesday March 10, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person
An abstract human head consisting of lines and shapes, representing biohacking technology.

Biohacking: Law, food systems, and the future of optimization

Monday March 30, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person

Arbitraging China’s platform economy in the Silicon Savannah

Wednesday April 1, 2026

3:30pm - 5:00pm

In Person
An illustration of a computer processor with numerous pathways emanating.

Cloud capitalism and the AI transition

Thursday April 9, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

In Person
Close up of the scales of justice, part of a small bronze statue.

Scoring justice: Risk assessment tools, court practices, and fairness perceptions

Tuesday April 21, 2026

12:00pm - 1:30pm

In Person
Outside a gated suburban housing community.

Suburban blues: The clash of local and national politics in America’s suburbs

Wednesday April 22, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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Wind energy and transmission towers over the California Delta.

California climate governance: How to move forward

Monday April 27, 2026

4:00pm - 5:45pm

In Person

Muskism: A guide for the perplexed

Friday May 1, 2026

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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A woman demonstrating a large, 1950s computer.

The irrational decision: How we gave computers the power to choose for us

Tuesday May 5, 2026

4:00pm - 5:15pm

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