This will be the last round up until after Labor Day, as I take a bit of a break to regroup before the new school year. I will still be putting out some class posts, though, and make sure to check the upcoming events below and mark your calendar for the guest speaker in August (and a new Wine & Fries event)!
Upcoming events:
NEW! Wine & Fries with special guest Wajahat Ali, Sunday, August 11 at 8 p.m. EDT. It’s the Desi Duo! We’ll scoop on Kamala, Usha, Nikki, and everything else going on. Link will be sent to Wine & Fries subscribers at 5 p.m.
Guest Speaker Andy Norman, author of Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think, Tuesday, August 13, 12-1 p.m. EDT. We’ll be discussing the psychology of disinformation over the next few weeks in the Substack class, Democracy in the (Dis)Information Age (it’s a great time to jump in, especially if you want to learn how you’ll be manipulated by foreign and domestic propaganda as we approach the election!). Andy will explain how we can develop “cognitive immunity” and become more resilient to attempts to hack our brains. Paid subscribers will receive a Zoom link three hours before the talk. This talk will be recorded and posted for those who can’t attend live.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Looking forward to the guest speakers! Got some books to read 😁
Thanks Asha, Thanks for your work and for all you do. I was, hmm,…how shall i put this, keenly aware of how Instinctively almost reflexively reach out to “check to see what did Asha say/tweet/write. My mind is mush at this point but there was a recent week just after you mentioned to Renato you would be away for a week on vacation and perhaps buying a home on a Carribean Island which is very tiger mom smart I respect every aspect of your persona. Your parents raised you right!!! Gosh i think it was just a week or 2 ago. I looked online for anything. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Then remembered you were doing that discussant thing with Norm Eison and googled it / nothing.
What can i say.
Its soothing like tea
To have you back
Its all a state of mind
Asha, Professor, I am so glad you’ve returned!!😊