About us
This group is for people who want to skip the small talk and get into conversations that matter, the ones that shift how we see ourselves and the world. We gather around big questions, less to settle them than to find out what they mean for the lives we're living. Bring your curiosity and a willingness to play with an idea before deciding what you think of it.
What We Explore
Philosophy, Psychology & Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Mind & Consciousness, Morality & Ethics, Culture & Society, Human Experience & Meaning, Art & Beauty, Nature, Myth & Storytelling, Emerging Technology
What to Expect
Conversation that's flexible but structured enough that everyone's voice is heard. You don't need to be an expert in anything above. You do need to be willing to stay with a question after the easy answers run out, and to listen as closely as you speak.
Our Format
We meet on alternating Wednesdays.
Media nights: We share a podcast, essay, or chapter in advance, and the evening assumes you've engaged with it. It's the starting point for the discussion, and not always the subject. We use it to notice what's familiar or strange in our own lives.
Deeper Dive nights: Nothing to prepare for in advance. We work from a deck of scenarios and questions written for the group.
Group Guidelines
This is a space FOR: curious questioning, thoughtful listening, honest sharing, intellectual humility, generous disagreement, genuine connection, playfulness, and the belief that good conversations can be transformative.
This is NOT a space for: sales pitches, proselytizing, uninvited romantic advances, adversarial debate, partisan polemics, hate speech, or disrespectful behavior.
Upcoming events
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Podcast: House on Loon Lake
Fairmount Community Library, 1310 W Allen Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76110, USA, Fort Worth, TX, US“House on Loon Lake” from This American Life. 56 minutes. A boy breaks into an abandoned house in New Hampshire and takes what he finds. Years later, he goes back to learn what happened to the family who left everything behind.
Listen to the episode →
Read the transcript →Before the discussion
Please listen to the episode beforehand. The evening assumes you have. The transcript is linked if you’d rather read it.Location Notes
We meet at the Fairmount Community Library. Bring snacks and drinks if you like, or grab a bite before. Parking is on the street.Waitlist
We cap attendance so that everyone at the table can be heard. If you’re waitlisted, keep the RSVP; spots do open up, and there’s another night in a couple of weeks.Group Guidelines
This is a space FOR: curious questioning, thoughtful listening, honest sharing, intellectual humility, generous disagreement, genuine connection, playfulness, and the belief that good conversations can be transformative.This is NOT a space for: sales pitches, proselytizing, uninvited romantic advances, adversarial debate, partisan polemics, hate speech, or disrespectful behavior.
Related Themes
keeping and letting go, inheritance, abandoned things, home, objects and memory, taking what isn’t ours, curiosity, family, what we leave behind20 attendees
Past events
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