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Where hard-won lessons meet honest questions, live.
How it works
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Reserve a seat
Your name and email save your place with the community.
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Join online
On show night, open the note we send and come into the room on this site.
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Type your question
Bring a question of any kind. A deeper question helps the whole room learn.
Next night
Thursday, January 14, 2027, 7 PM ET
Pam
Episodes are every other Thursday.
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$19.95/mo
- Join the live chat.
- Vote live on which questions get asked.
- See the guest list 2 weeks early.
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$39.95/mo
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- Submit your question before the show.
- See the guest list 4 weeks early.
- Recommend future guests and topics.
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Hosts and guests
Dana Cowles hosts. Shelby Anderson is cohost. Pam is the guest. Mark Hulsewé is the guest. Connie Humenik is the guest.
Board-certified ER physician. He runs this conversation.
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Cohost. She reads a room and likes a real conversation.
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Upcoming Topics
- Pam fostered about 75 babies from birth until adoption, sometimes for up to 18 months. She adopted the last two with her husband Ron, and later became an RN. The night is what that care taught her.
- Filmmaker Mark Hulsewé, maker of In Plain Sight, on bullying and how to change toxic school culture. The film examines the hidden social dynamics behind school violence.
- Connie will talk about facing fear, anxiety and PTSD. When she was just 10, she and her family were held at knifepoint. Tune in to learn how to build strength, resilience and purpose, even when tragedy throws up barriers and setbacks.
- A night on emergency medicine in Jerusalem: what is different in that work, and what is the same wherever the shift is.
- A night on the COVID vaccine trial. Room for the questions people are still carrying, said without a fight.
- A night on Kisunla and reversing dementia. What families can ask about, and how to stay close while someone changes.
- From the eyes of an NYPD detective working in the bias crimes unit on 9/11.
Ways to be part of it
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A sit-in is a short turn on camera with the people in the room that night. It supports the host, the guest, and everyone who came to listen and ask.
A live show and podcast
What is Conversations That Go Deeper?
- Is this a podcast?
- It's the next-generation podcast. A live show where you help steer the conversation, and every night becomes an online course that helps others.
- What topics?
- Meaningful conversations on life's big questions.
- How do I join?
- Reserve a seat on this site. Joining the live show is how you ask a question.
- Can I suggest a topic or a question?
- Yes. Audience questions are a core part of the show. Insiders can also recommend future guests and topics.
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You can watch the night in other places. Here you can ask a question live, stay with the community, and receive course credit when your question is used.