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Thursday Morning Talks brings speakers that help us explore and understand the ever-evolving world we live in today. From topics as varied as truth and the future of journalism, the struggle of the arts in a non-democratic society, and the impact of diversity and inclusivity on businesses and culture, our speakers will change the way we see the world.

For the 2025 season we are pleased to announce that we will again be meeting in person for eight Thursdays in January and February, at the Holy Trinity Armenian Church located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge. Each week we gather at 10:15 for social time and bouillon with the Speaker beginning at 11:00 am.

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January 9, 2025 - Margaret Low

Public Service Journalism: The Promise in Peril

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

January 16th, 2025 - Henry Kriegstein

Dinosaurs

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

January 23rd, 2025 - Carol Felsenthal

Writing Unauthorized Biographies & Magazine Profiles

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

January 30th, 2025 - Monica Brady-Myerhov

Building & Expanding a Business from an Expert in Listening

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

February 6th, 2025 - Jim Sebenius

Dealcraft: Insights from Great Negotiators

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

February 13th, 2025 - I. Glenn Cohen

Medical Artificial Intelligence: Legal & Ethical Issues

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

February 20th, 2025 - Susan Suleiman

Existential Choices: The Cinema of Istvan Szabo

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

February 27th, 2025 - Sabrineh Ardalan

Seeking Safety: Asylum and the Border

Holy Trinity Armenian Church, located at 145 Brattle Street in Cambridge

10:15am - 12:00pm

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Margaret Low

Margaret Low is the CEO of WBUR, Boston's NPR. Prior to joining WBUR, Low has held several key positions at both The Atlantic and NPR. She has had an impact on almost every area at NPR where she developed such shows as “Fresh Air” and “Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me”.

Henry Kriegstein

Dr. Kriegstein is a board certified ophthalmologist. Outside of the office, Dr. Kriegstein pursues his passion for paleontology, organizing private digs in the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana and collecting dinosaur fossils. His collection is hailed to be fantastic!

Carol Felsenthal

Carol Felsenthal is a journalist whose in-depth magazine articles about numerous political figures have received wide acclaim. She is also the author of several highly praised biographies on such high-profile figures as Alice Roosevelt Longworth, S. I. Newhouse, Jr., and Katharine Graham. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Monica Brady-Myerhov

Monica Brady-Myerov is the Founder and CEO of Listenwise, an award-winning listening skills platform. Monica began her journey as an award-winning public radio reporter. Before starting Listenwise, Monica was a Senior Reporter and Assistant Managing Editor at WBUR, Boston's NPR news station.

Jim Sebenius

James K. Sebenius specializes in analyzing and advising corporations and governments worldwide on their most challenging negotiations. He is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and also directs the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School.

I. Glenn Cohen

From radiology to embryology to day-to-day encounters with a patient, medical AI is rapidly becoming embedded in medical practice. How should the law regulate medical AI? What does ethical use of medical AI look like? This lecture will cover topics such as privacy, informed consent, bias, liability, and governance of medical AI.

Susan Suleiman

Susan Rubin Suleiman is the C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita at Harvard University. Her latest book, published in February 2024, is about the great Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó: István Szabó, Filmmaker of Existential Choices.

Sabrineh Ardalan

Sabrineh Ardalan is a clinical professor of law and Director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program where Ardalan supervises and trains law students engaged in deportation defense, district court and appellate litigation and policy advocacy. She teaches courses on immigration and refugee law/advocacy, as well as on trauma, refugees, and international labor migration.

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