Past Public Appearances
Oct
14
2021
Frederick, MD
Frederick Speaker Series, Weinberg Center for the Arts
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Aug
5
2021
The Royal Institution — In conversation with Jules Evans
Online, 7pm BST
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Jul
29
2021
Libreria/Second Home — In conversation with Dennis McKenna
Online, 7 pm BST/11 am PT
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Jul
26
2021
Virtual—The College of The Atlantic
The Summer Institute: Good Food and Food Fights
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Jul
16
2021
How To Academy — In conversation with Robin Ince
Online, 6:30 pm BST
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Jul
15
2021
Virtual Book Tour: In conversation with Davia Nelson
Presented by Literati, Seminary Co-op, Northshire Books, and Midtown Scholar—8pm ET
Jul
15
2021
A Drink with the Idler—In conversation with Tom Hodgkinson
Online, 6 pm BST
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Jul
12
2021
Virtual Book Tour: In conversation with Rick Doblin
Presented by Changing Hands Bookstore, Elliott Bay Book Company, Vroman’s Bookstore, and Boulder Bookstore—9pm ET
Jul
12
2021
Intelligence Squared—In conversation with Dr. Guddi Singh
Online, 6pm BST
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Jul
8
2021
Virtual Book Tour: In conversation with Alix Spiegel
Presented by Harvard Book Store, Politics & Prose, Community Bookstore, and Books & Books—8 pm ET
Jul
7
2021
5×15—In conversation with Monty Don
Online, 7 pm BST
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Jul
6
2021
Virtual Book Tour: In conversation with Dacher Keltner
Presented by Book Passage, Booksmith, Bookshop Santa Cruz, and Point Reyes Books—9pm ET
Jul
20
2020
Denver, CO
The Denver Post Pen & Podium Series
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May
9
2020
Frederick, MD
Weinberg Center For the Arts POSTPONED
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Mar
5
2020
Eugene, OR
Hult Center for the Performing Arts
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Mar
4
2020
Bend, OR
Author! Author!
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Nov
8
2019
New Orleans, LA
Improv Conference New Orleans, in conversation with Mark Plotkin and Randy Fertel
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Oct
8
2019
Brookline, MA
Brookline Public Library: Dessa discusses her memoir MY OWN DEVICES in conversation with Michael Pollan
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Sep
24
2019
Boston, MA
Northeastern University—The 2019 Morton E. Ruderman Lecture
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Sep
24
2019
Boston, MA
HubWeek Fall Festival
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Aug
9
2019
Chicago, IL
American Psychological Association Convention
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Jul
20
2019
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Opera House
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Jul
19
2019
Melbourne, Austraila
The Wheeler Centre at Melbourne Town Hall
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Jul
10
2019
Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage—With Rebecca Solnit and Peter Coyote
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Jun
5
2019
Bristol, England
Bristol Festival of Ideas
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Jun
1
2019
Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Hay Festival — in conversation with Katya Adler
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May
29
2019
New York, NY
92nd Street Y — in conversation with Hamilton Morris
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May
28
2019
Brooklyn, NY
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May
23
2019
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
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May
22
2019
St. Paul, MN
In conversation with Dessa
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May
21
2019
Chicago, IL
Chicago Humanities Festival
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May
18
2019
Portland, OR
In conversation with Nick Powers, PhD
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May
17
2019
San Francisco, CA
In conversation with Nellie Bowles
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May
15
2019
Mesa, AZ
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May
14
2019
Los Angeles, CA
In conversation with Lera Boroditsky
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Apr
23
2019
Santa Barbara, CA
UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures
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Apr
16
2019
San Francisco, CA
The Integrative Mental Health Conference
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Mar
31
2019
Big Sur, CA
Esalen Institute — Psychedelic Integration Workshop
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Mar
19
2019
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University
Mar
10
2019
Austin, TX
SXSW, in conversation with Tim Ferriss
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Mar
2
2019
San Francisco, CA
Wisdom 2.0
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Feb
21
2019
St. Louis, MO
Washington University
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Feb
11
2019
Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia
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Oct
19
2018
San Rafael, CA
Bioneers 2018 Conference
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Oct
12
2018
Boston, MA
Boston Book Festival
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Oct
6
2018
New York, NY
Horizons Conference
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Aug
19
2018
Chilmark, MA
Martha’s Vineyard Author Series
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Aug
16
2018
Kent, CT
KentPresents – A Festival of Ideas
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Aug
6
2018
San Francisco, CA
Scribd
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Jun
23
2018
Bolinas, CA
Commonweal
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Jun
14
2018
London, England
Presented by 5×15 at The Tabernacle.
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Jun
11
2018
London, England
The Royal Institution
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Jun
6
2018
San Francisco, CA
Psychedelic Seminars—Mission Bay Conference Center
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Jun
5
2018
Santa Cruz, CA
In conversation with David Bienenstock, Peace United Church
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Jun
4
2018
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Arts & Letters
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Jun
1
2018
Boulder, CO
First Congregational Church
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May
31
2018
Denver, CO
Trinity Methodist Church
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May
30
2018
Albuquerque, NM
University of New Mexico
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May
29
2018
Austin, TX
Central Presbyterian Church
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May
24
2018
Pasadena, CA
All Saints Church
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May
23
2018
Portland, OR
Newmark Theater
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May
22
2018
Seattle, WA
Town Hall Seattle/Elliott Bay Books
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May
21
2018
San Francisco, CA
City Arts and Lectures — SOLD OUT
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May
18
2018
Miami, FL
Books & Books/Miami Book Fair
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May
17
2018
Washington DC
Politics & Prose
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May
16
2018
Cambridge, MA
In conversation with Ron Suskind, Harvard Science Center
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May
15
2018
New York, NY
Barnes & Noble, Union Square
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Mar
29
2018
Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing
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Mar
27
2018
Toledo, OH
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
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Mar
21
2018
Fresno, CA
San Joaquin Valley Town Hall
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Feb
20
2018
Arlington, TX
University of Texas
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Feb
8
2018
Santa Rosa, CA
The Luther Burbank Center
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Feb
2
2018
Austin, TX
The Long Center
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Nov
2
2017
Chestnut Hill, MA
Boston College
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Jun
29
2017
Salt Lake City, UT
Tifie Humanitarian — Events will be held at Red Butte Garden
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Apr
27
2017
Ithaca, NY
Cornell University
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Feb
25
2017
Vero Beach, FL
Emerson Center. Details to come.
Oct
24
2016
Hanover, NH
Dartmouth College
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Apr
21
2016
Dayton, OH
The University of Dayton
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Apr
14
2016
Tempe, AZ
Arizona State University
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Nov
4
2015
Atherton, CA
Common Ground Speaker Series
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Oct
22
2015
Boston, MA
Boston Museum of Science
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Oct
21
2015
Washington, D.C.
George Washington University
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Oct
20
2015
Williamstown, MA
Williams College
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Sep
29
2015
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Speakers Series
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Jul
19
2015
Berkeley, CA
Books, Inc.
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Apr
30
2015
Santa Barbara, CA
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Apr
8
2015
Seattle, WA
University of Washington
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Feb
4
2015
Malibu, CA
Pepperdine University
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Jan
29
2015
New Albany, OH
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Nov
11
2014
Pocantico Hills, NY
Stone Barns-New York Times Conference: “Food for Tomorrow – Eating Better, Farming Better, Feeding the World.”
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Nov
7
2014
Milwaukee, WI
The Urban and Small Farms Conference. In conversation with Growing Power’s Will Allen.
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Oct
30
2014
Burlington, VT
University of Vermont. Details to come.
Sep
3
2014
London
London School of Economics
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Jun
17
2014
Amherst, MA
Taste of the World Chef Culinary Conference, University of Massachusetts
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May
22
2014
Austin, TX
Book People
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May
21
2014
Oxford, MS
Square Books
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May
20
2014
Memphis, TN
Crosstown Arts
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May
18
2014
Seattle, WA
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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May
16
2014
Raleigh, NC
Quail Ridge Bookstore
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May
15
2014
Miami, FL
Books and Books, offsite at Miami Dade College Culinary Institute
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May
14
2014
Nashville, TN
Parnassus Books
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May
13
2014
New York, NY
92Y
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May
12
2014
Boston & Cambridge, MA
Harvard Bookstore, offsite at First Parish Church
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May
10
2014
Pittsburgh, PA
Hillman Center for Performing Arts
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May
3
2014
Healdsburg, CA
SHED
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May
1
2014
San Francisco, CA
City Arts & Lectures
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Apr
24
2014
Sacramento, CA
Cosumnes River College, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Apr
9
2014
Denver, CO
Craft Brewers Conference
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Mar
14
2014
Temecula, CA
Permaculture Voices Conference
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Nov
8
2013
Grass Valley, CA
The Center for the Arts, 8 pm
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Oct
10
2013
Charlotte, NC
The Learning Society of Queens, Queens University, Dana Auditorium, 8:15 pm
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Oct
8
2013
Tempe, AZ
Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture, Tempe Center for the Arts, 8:00 pm
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Sep
26
2013
Gambier, OH
Following his Wednesday evening lecture, Michael Pollan will engage in a Common Hour conversation about his work. Peirce Hall Lounge, Kenyon College, 11:10am.
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Sep
25
2013
Gambier, OH
“How Cooking Can Change Your Life,” Kenyon College, Rosse Hall Auditorium, 7:30 pm
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Sep
14
2013
Guelph, Ontario, CANADA
Eden Mills Writers Festival, Food for Thought with Michael Pollan & Sarah Elton in Rozanski Hall, 1:00 PM EDT.
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Jun
20
2013
Walnut Creek, CA
Lecture at Lesher Center for the Arts, evening.
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Jun
18
2013
Santa Cruz, CA
Book talk and signing at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 pm.
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Jun
17
2013
Petaluma, CA
Copperfield’s Books & Music event at The Seed Bank, 7pm.
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Jun
6
2013
Toronto, Canada
The Cookbook Store event on-stage at Isabel Bader Theatre in conversation with CBC Metro Morning Host Matt Galloway, 7 pm
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Jun
3
2013
Amsterdam
Aula – Universiteit van Amsterdam – Singel 411, Amsterdam. Presented in cooperation with The John Adams Institute.
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Jun
1
2013
Hay on Wye, Wales
Hay Literary Festival, Michael Pollan talks to Rosie Boycott, Sky Arts Studio, Hay Festival Site, Dairy Meadows, Brecon Road, Hay on Wye
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May
31
2013
Bristol, UK
Bristol Festival of Ideas, Cooking as a Political Act, A Talk by Michael Pollan, Rosalind Franklin Room, At-Bristol, Anchor Road, 7:45pm
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May
30
2013
London, UK
How Cooking Can Change Your Life A talk by Michael Pollan, RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London 1:00pm
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May
30
2013
London, UK
Cooking as a Political Act, A talk by Michael Pollan, New Theatre, East Building, London School of Economics, 6:30pm
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May
29
2013
London, UK
Michael Pollan talks to William Leith, The School of Life, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, 7:30pm
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May
22
2013
El Cerrito, CA
Book talk and signing at Barnes and Noble, 7pm.
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May
20
2013
Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage talk at Dominican University, 7:00 PM.
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May
14
2013
Portland, OR
Powell’s Book event at the Newmark Theatre, 7:30pm.
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May
13
2013
Seattle, WA
Lecture at Benaroya Hall, 8pm.
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May
10
2013
Kansas City, MO
Rainy Day Books talk at Unity Temple, 7:00 PM
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May
9
2013
Saint Louis, MO
Left Bank Books event at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts, Chaminade College Preparatory School, 7 pm.
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May
8
2013
Denver, CO
Tattered Cover talk with Denver U. College Enrichment Program (University of Denver, Sturm Hall), 7:00 PM
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May
7
2013
Salt Lake City, UT
Event at King’s English Bookshop talk (Rowland Hall School, Larimer Auditorium), 7:00 PM.
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May
6
2013
San Francisco, CA
Event for Booksmith at First Unitarian Universalist Society, 7:30 PM
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May
2
2013
St Louis Park, MN
Beth El Synagogue talk and book signing, 7 pm.
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May
1
2013
Louisville, KY
Carmichael’s Bookstore event at The Clifton Center, onstage conversation with Wendell Berry, 7pm.
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Apr
29
2013
Milwaukee, WI
Boswell Book Company talk (The Oriental Theatre), 7:30 PM.
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Apr
28
2013
Elmhurst, IL
Lecture at Elmhurst College, Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 7pm.
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Apr
27
2013
Durham, NC
Regulator Bookshop talk (Motorco Music Hall), 7:30 PM
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Apr
26
2013
Philadelphia, PA
Free Library talk, 7:30 PM
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Apr
25
2013
Washington, DC
Book reading at Politics & Prose, 7:00 PM
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Apr
23
2013
New York, NY
Barnes and Noble Union Square talk, 7:00 PM
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Nov
1
2012
Austin, TX
Lecture at the Paramount Theatre, 7pm.
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Sep
29
2012
Jackson, Wyoming
Lecture at the Teton Wellness Institute, 7 pm.
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Jul
10
2012
Sydney, Australia
Lecture at the Sydney Opera House. Tickets go on sale at the end of April.
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Jul
8
2012
Melbourne, Australia
Lecture at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets go on sale at the end of April.
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May
5
2012
Hartford, CT
The Connecticut Forum at the Bushnell Theater.
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May
3
2012
Fayetteville, AR
Walton Arts Center
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Apr
19
2012
Chattanooga, TN
Benwood Foundation event to be held at the Tivoli Theater at 7:00 pm.
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Mar
1
2012
Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University, Tate Series, 8:00 pm
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Feb
29
2012
Denver, CO
Paramount Theatre
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Jan
25
2012
Boston, MA
Cambridge Speaker Series at Boston Symphony Hall, 8:00 pm
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Jan
24
2012
St Louis, MO
Cambridge Speaker Series, sponsored by Maryville University at Powell Symphony Hall, 8:00 pm
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Jan
23
2012
Philadelphia, PA
Cambridge Speaker Series. Sponsored by Widener University at Kimmel Center, 8:00 pm
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Jan
18
2012
Pittsburgh, PA
Cambridge Speaker Series. Sponsored by Robert Morris University at Heinz Hall, 8:00 pm
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Jan
17
2012
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Speakers Series presented by Stevenson University, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 8:00 pm
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Nov
3
2011
New York, NY
Book signing at Barnes and Noble, Union Square, 7:00 pm for the newly published, Illustrated Food Rules.
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Oct
28
2011
Lubbock, TX
Texas Tech University, Presidential Lecture & Performance Series, 7:00 pm
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Oct
27
2011
Houston, TX
Lecture at the Progressive Forum. 7:30 pm at the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater.
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Oct
26
2011
Bethesda, MD
Lecture at the Strathmore Hall Foundation, 8:00 pm at the Music Center at Strathmore.
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Oct
25
2011
Troy, NY
Lecture at Hudson Valley Community College. SOLD OUT.
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May
13
2011
New York City, NY
Yoga Journal Conference. Evening Onstage Conversation Hilton Hotel in NYC. (Tickets on sale after Dec. 2010)
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Apr
16
2011
Portland, OR
Lecture at the University of Portland.
Mar
24
2011
San Rafael, CA
Marin Center. Evening Lecture. Go to: www.marincenter.org or call 415-499-6800
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Feb
10
2011
Santa Barbara, CA
University of California Santa Barbara and Orfalea Foundation onstage hosted conversation.
Feb
9
2011
Los Angeles, CA
Onstage conversation with Eric Schlosser and host at the University of Southern California.
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Jan
15
2011
Seattle, WA
Lecture at Benaroya Hall for Northwest Associated Arts, 8 p.m.
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Dec
10
2010
Austin, TX
Lecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Bass Concert Hall, 8pm.
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Dec
1
2010
Arcata, CA
Lecture at Humboldt State University.
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Nov
12
2010
Indianapolis, IN
Spirit and Place Festival, 12 noon.
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Nov
10
2010
Milwaukee, WI
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, lecture at 7pm.
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Oct
7
2010
Louisville, KY
Lecture at Bellarmine University, 7:30pm.
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Oct
5
2010
Syracuse, NY
Lecture at the Friends of the Central Library, 7:30pm.
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Jun
28
2010
Berkeley, CA
Books Inc. celebrates 75 years of Penguin Books, 7pm.
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Feb
3
2010
Petaluma, CA
Copperfield’s Bookstore at SEED Bank
Jan
27
2010
Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley Reads
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Jan
23
2010
San Francisco, CA
SF Ferry Building, Farmer’s Market
Jan
14
2010
Bellingham, WA
Western Washington University
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Jan
13
2010
Pullman, WA
Washington State University
Jan
1
2008
Past Public Appearances 2008-2009
December 8, 2009; San Francisco, CA. Jewish Community Center.
November 4, 2009; San Francisco, CA. City Arts & Lectures. In conversation with Wendell Berry
October 16, 2009, San Rafael, CA. Bioneers.
October 14, 2009, San Luis Obispo, CA. Fundraiser for Cal Poly’s Sustainable Agriculture Resource Center.
September, 30, 2009, Berkeley, CA. Zellerbach Hall. UC Berkely’s College of Letters & Science’s On the Same Page program
September 27, 2009, Cincinnati, Ohio. E/RS Lecture.
September, 26, 2009; Madison, WI. Food for Thought Festival.
September 24, 2009; Madison, WI. Lecture at the Kohl Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
September 23, 2009; Winona, MN. Lyceum Lecture Series, Winona State University.
September 21, 2009; Chicago, IL. Chicago Botanic Garden. Lecture and book signing.
August 22 , 2009; NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon interviews Michael about orchids.
August 21, 2009; Michael on a panel on NPR’s Science Friday discussing "Sizing Up Sustainable Food."
August 3, 2009, Fresh Air; Terry Gross interviews Michael about his recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine exploring America’s obsession with cooking as a spectator sport.
June 10, 2009, Sacramento, CA; Westminster Presbyterian Church/California Lectures
June 15, 2009, El Cerrito, CA; Barnes & Noble
June 16, 2009, San Francisco, CA; World Affairs Council
June 18, 2009, Berkeley, CA; In conversation with Novella Carpenter. Berkeley Arts and Letters First Congregational Church of Berkeley
June 22, 2009, San Francisco, CA; Benefit for the Chez Panisse Foundation Omnivore Books
June 6, 2009, Vancouver, BC; UBC Farm
May 22, 2009, St. Louis, MO; St. Louis County Library
May 21, 2009, Boulder, CO; Unity Church/Boulder Bookstore
May 20, 2009, Kansas City, MO; Union Temple/Rainy Day Books
May 19, 2009, Edina, MN; Barnes & Noble
May 18, 2009, Chicago, IL; Chicago Public Library
May 17, 2009, Fairfax, VA; Wegman’s
May 16, 2009, Baltimore, MD; Enoch Pratt Library
May 15, 2009, Washington, DC; Politics & Prose
May 14, 2009, New York, NY; American Museum of Natural History
May 12, 2009, West Roxbury, MA; West Roxbury Branch Library
May 11, 2009, Coral Gables, FL; Temple Judea/Books & Books
May 1, 2009, San Francisco, CA; Michael J. Fox in conversation with Michael Pollan at the Herbst Theater.
April 18, 2009, Richmond, VA; The Richmond Forum; A Conversation with Marion Nestle
March 2009, Bridgewater, MA; Bridgewater State College Distinguished Speaker Series
March 2009, Medford, MA; Tufts University Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture
March 2009, New York, NY; Columbia University American Studies Program Lecture
March 2009, Atlanta, GA; 12th Annual Georgia Organics Conference
March 2009, “Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner,” Mother Jones Magazine interview.
February 2009, Berlin, Germany; Berlin Film Festival
January 2009, Portland, OR; Portland Arts & Lectures
January 2009, Seattle, WA; Seattle Arts & Lectures, Benaroya Hal
November 2008,“Changing the Way We Eat”, Bill Moyers Journal, PBS
November 2008, St. Louis, Missouri, Washington University, Center for the Humanities 2008 Humanities Prize and Grossman Humanities Medal.
November 2008, Ketchum, Idaho; Sun Valley Center for the Arts
November 2008, Boise, ID; The Cabin ‘Readings and Conversations’ series
October 2008, Kenmore, WA; Bastyr University
October 2008, Oberlin, OH; Oberlin College, Finney Chapel
October 2008, Lewiston, Maine; Bates College Otis Lecture
October 2008, In an interview with TIME Magazine, Barack Obama refers to Michael Pollan’s New York Times Magazine article “Farmer In Chief.”
October 2008, Michael Pollan on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross
May 2008, Michael Pollan on Nightline
April 2008, New Haven, CT; Yale University, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
March 2008, Democracy Now interview:
In Defense of Food: Michael Pollan on Nutrition, Food Science, and the American Diet
March 2008, Mountain View, CA: Authors @ Google, In Defense of Food
March 2008, Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Museum of Natural History
February 2008, Portland, OR: In Conversation with Deborah Kane
January 2008, San Francisco, CA: Michael Pollan at Grace Cathedral
January 2008, Stanford, CA: Stanford School of Medicine; Michael Pollan on Nutritionism
January 2008, Louisville, KY: Kentucky Author Forum
