Join Chicago Ideas & WBEZ for a screening of the film Contact, followed by a Q&A with WBEZ's Nerdette podcast and the SETI Institute's Jill Tarter, who is the basis for Jodie Foster's character in the film.

In 1992, director Penelope Spheeris brought Wayne and Garth out of the basement and onto the big screen with Wayne’s World.

The culminating event of Illinois Humanities’ yearlong, statewide series Continuing Ed.

Sex is once again a lightning rod on college campuses, from alarming sexual assault statistics to controversies over free speech and "trigger warnings." In partnership with Chicago Humanities Festival, WBEZ hosts Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis.

Michael J. Glennon, Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Mike Lofgren, Former Senior Analyst, United States Congress. Moderated by Jerome McDonnell, Host, Worldview, WBEZ.

WBEZ’s Podcast Passport in partnership with BuzzFeed presents the award winning podcast Another Round as the next event in the Podcast Passport series!