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In Conversation
Sarah Churchwell
Justin Webb
Sarah Churchwell and Justin Webb
Join acclaimed historian Sarah Churchwell in conversation with Justin Webb to delve into American myth-making and denialism past and present
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The Premonitions Bureau
Jack Parlett
Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise
Philip Lymbery
Sixty Harvests Left
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - September 2022
Start the new season with 5x15 in September and journey from the ground beneath your feet, to island utopias and the outer edges of reason
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5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
Wade Davis @ 5x15 - Cultures at Risk
Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic.
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
