Below are past events from the Oxy Live! Speaker Series. Some listings include a recording of the event.

Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Kip Thorne appeared on Feb. 18, 2025 in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Renowned visual artist Ed Ruscha appeared on Feb. 4, 2025 in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Acclaimed artist Tavares Strachan appeared on Sept. 24, 2024 at 7 p.m. in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Writer, director, composer, visual artist, musician and vocalist Laurie Anderson appears on April 10, 2024 at 7 p.m. in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Internationally acclaimed artist Julie Mehretu appears Feb. 21, 2024 at 7 p.m. to discuss the sociopolitical inspiration behind her work with cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Writer, historian, and environmental and political activist Rebecca Solnit joins us Nov. 28, 2023 at 6:30 p.m., in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

Sociologist Ruha Benjamin appears in New York City on Nov. 20, 2023 in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.

The inaugural season of Oxy Live! opens Oct. 3, 2023 at 6 p.m. with internationally celebrated writer, artist and non-binary activist ALOK, in conversation with acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.