Requests for Lectures

Requests for Lectures is our running list of ideas we believe would make for incredible nights at  the bar. If one sparks something in you—whether it fits your expertise or inspires a new angle—we’d love to see you bring it to life.


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🔬 Science & Technology

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

🔬 Science & Technology

  • Aliens, Fermi, & The Drake Equation Explained
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum Explained
  • The Manhattan Project: The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb
  • The Science of Auroras
  • Chaos Theory
  • Simulation Theory
  • The Dark Forest Theory
  • Quantum Physics Explained
  • Blade Runner: What Does It Mean to Be Human?
  • Interstellar & The Science of Black Holes

📜 History

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

🔬 Science & Technology

  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Victorian Era anything (fashion, medicine, occult, etc)
  • Manifest Destiny
  • The History of Comedy
  • A History of Presidential Assassinations
  • Let Them Eat Cake: The French Revolution
  • Operation Paperclip: The Nazi's at Home
  • COINTELPRO: FBI Surveillance & Sabotage of Activists
     

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

  • The Psychology of Personality: Myers-Briggs & More
  • Rorschach Inkblot Tests
  • Machiavellianism & More: Exploring the Dark Triad
  • Carl Jung: Dreams, Shadow, Unconscious

🧩 Philosophy

🎬 Film & Literature

🧠 Psychology & Sociology

  • Fate & Free Will
  • Master Debaters: The Art & Science of Debating
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Lessons From Stoicism
  • Aristotelian Logic
  • The Matrix: Simulation Theory Explored
  • Logical Fallacies Explained: Straw Man, Red Herrings, & More
  • Nietzsche & the Birth of Existentialism
  • The Life & Death of Socrates

🎬 Film & Literature

🎬 Film & Literature

🎬 Film & Literature

  • The Genius of Quentin Tarantino
  • 1984: Philosophy, Themes, & More
  • The Moral Universe of Dostoevsky
  • The A24 Effect: How One Studio Rewrote Modern Cinema
  • World-building with Wes Anderson
  • Fight Club: An Exploration of Modern Masculinity on Screen
  • Afros & Guns: Blaxploitation Films Explored
  • The Narrative Labyrinths of Christopher Nolan
  • Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale
  • The Psychology of Shakespeare: Jealousy, Ambition, Madness & Desire

🏛️ Politics

🎬 Film & Literature

🎬 Film & Literature

  • Red Pilled: The Alt Right Pipeline Explained
  • Overton Window Explained
  • Anarchy & the State: Do We Need Government to Function? 
  • A History of Feminism
  • Eat the Rich: From Marie Antoinette to Modern Billionaires
  • Adam Smith: Capitalism & The Wealth of Nations Explained

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