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Each Tuesday at 10:00am PST the Cobb Institute community gathers to hear presentations from prominent speakers across a wide variety of fields, all of whom align with the vision of the Institute in one way or another. These gatherings are also a time for lively discussion between community members and the presenter(s), with space for Q&A following the presentation.

Up Next @ Cobb & Friends

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Sample of Presentations

Here is a small sampling of recent Cobb & Friends presentations to provide a snapshot of the various topics and themes which have been explored. Visit our YouTube channel to see the full sample.

Visit our YouTube channel to see the full sample of presentations. To access the complete archive of Cobb & Friends recordings, visit the meeting recordings page.

Featured Speakers

Bob Mesle
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Catherine Keller

Robert Mesle

Interview with Jay McDaniel

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Love Beyond Belief

Jeremy Lent

The Web of Meaning: An Integration of Modern Science with Traditional Wisdom

Catherine Keller

Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances

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Rebecca Parker
Fahran Shah

Helena Norberg-Hodge

World Loyalty as Local Loyalty: Localization and the Economics of Happiness

David Ray Griffin

Reinhold Niebuhr and the Question of Global Democracy

Rebecca Parker

Why play the cello in a suffering, unjust world?

Farhan Shah

Islamic Process Theology

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Christine Loh

Jon Gill

Process, Hip Hop, and Afro-Futurism

Sheri Kling

Dreaming Together: On Whitehead & Jung

Matt Segall

Thinking Cosmologically in an Ecological Civilization

Christine Loh

Asia's Climate Optimism: Toward Carbon Neutrality

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Brad Artson

Sofia Said

On Being Muslim in America

Thomas Jay Oord

Open and Relational Theology

Mirian Vilela

Earth Charter’s Gifts for the Planet

Bradley Shavit Artson

Revelation and Creativity

Check out the complete list of past guests and topics