Topic outline

  • General

    First & Third Thursdays of the month, 12-1pm 


    Engage in quality conversations with members and OLLI facilitators twice a month on various TED talk topics. Visit the class website, classes.olli.unlv.edu, to watch and review the videos prior to each discussion. Previous topics include Are We Alone in the Universe?, Architecture, Death and Loss, and Why Do We Tell Stories? to name a few. Let's talk soon and hope to see you there starting October 6th.


    Oct 6 | Oct 20 | Nov 3 | Nov 17

  • Nov 17

    • The pattern behind self-deception URL

      Michael Shermer debunks myths, superstitions and urban legends -- and explains why we believe them. Along with publishing Skeptic Magazine, he's author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Mind of the Market and his latest is Conspiracy, out this year.

  • Nov 3

  • Oct 20

    • Ted Talks Page

      Climate change is becoming a problem you can taste

      Our food systems have not been designed to adapt to major disruptions like climate change, says environmental journalist Amanda Little. In this eye-opening talk, she shows how the climate crisis could devastate our food supply -- and introduces us to the farmers, entrepreneurs and engineers who are radically rethinking what we grow and how we eat, combining traditional agriculture with state-of-the-art technology to create a robust, resilient and sustainable food future

      https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_little_climate_change_is_becoming_a_problem_you_can_taste 12:07

      The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms
      Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials -- leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few -- that contribute to fashion's sustainability crisis. Biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explains how we could look to nature for sustainable replacements for these much-used materials and introduces a leather alternative made from mushrooms that looks great and doesn't harm the environment. "We can make fashion sustainable, and we're going to do it with science," Widmaier says.

      https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_widmaier_the_future_of_fashion_made_from_mushrooms 10:52

  • Oct 6 - What a Pain!