Goes Back to School!

Ideas on tap! Every other Thursday this summer, a professor grabs the mic for a short, lively talk. Pull up a stool.

🍺 Every other Thursday 🕒 7:00 PM 21+ only Jun 25 → Aug 20, 2026

The Summer Lineup

Five Thursdays · five talks · zero pop quizzes

Dr. Spencer Bagley
Mathematics
Sandwiches, straws & other things more mathematical than they seem
Is a hot dog a sandwich? How many holes are in a straw? Come have a beer and fight about the precise definitions of imprecise things!
THU
June
25
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Dr. Julia Kamenetzky
Astrophysics
The Search for Other Worlds
How do astronomers discover and learn about planets around other stars? How can you see what’s basically invisible?
THU
July
9
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★ Next up!
Dr. Alicia Cunningham-Bryant
Egyptology
Pyramids: 1, Aliens: 0 · the truth behind Ancient Aliens
How did TV convince us aliens built the pyramids instead of the Egyptians? Come for the wild theories, stay for the real engineering!
THU
July
23
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Charlie Warner, MBA
Entrepreneurship
What Trees Know About Entrepreneurship
Mother Nature has been solving entrepreneurs’ hardest problems before businesses existed. Come learn about what forests, fungi, and food webs can teach us about running a business (and a life) that actually works.
THU
Aug
6
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Dr. Kellie Gerbers
Outdoor Education
Heuristic traps, snake rhymes & how to avoid self-sabotage outdoors
“It’ll be fine.” If a friend says this right before something risky outdoors, it’s time to pause. The most common ways we get into “spicy” situations!
THU
Aug
20
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