The thrill of an original idea, the drive to explore new possibilities, discover ever more creative solutions—that won’t happen in a cubicle. But it will, at POSTHOC. This is what it means to be alive.
POSTHOC welcomed Emmy award-winning journalist and producer Lisa Ferri, who has spent the last three decades covering politics and culture inside some of America’s most storied newsrooms including 60 Minutes, Deadline, Rachel Maddow, Good Morning America and World News tonight,
POSTHOC kicked off the spring 2024 salon season with deep-dive conversation with David Chalmers, University Professor of Philosophy at NYU, to discuss consciousness and why it matters. Consciousness is an area of science and philosophy that is fundamental to our understanding
In the wildly oversaturated media climate most of us live in, word of mouth referrals stand as the only true currency. If a trusted source tells us about something, be it a work of art, new product, service or idea,
We had the pleasure of hosting founder of Strategic Investment Group, Orchestra of the Americas and former Chief Investment Officer of the World Bank Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg at a salon funded by a grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation. In support
Susan jetted from the LA Substack salon straight to NYC to interview author Jonathan Taplin, author of Move Fast and Break Things about his new book The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires Are Selling a Fantasy Future of The
The Los Angeles Substack creator community came together for a fall salon at the POSTHOC warehouse to hear founder Susan MacTavish Best interview platform cofounder Hamish MacKenzie about Substack’s origins, evolution and why it’s become such a unique hub for
POSTHOC returned to Susan’s SoHo loft for a fascinating conversation with co-authors Igor Tulchinsky, WorldQuant CEO, and Dr. Christopher Mason, Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Cornell, to discuss their new book The Age of Prediction. Published via co-hosts
POSTHOC, tapped into the zeitgeist as always, brought Matt Gutman to the LA warehouse for a conversation about his new book No Time To Panic on how he learned to manage his panic attacks just days before it was added
We headed back to London this fall as part of our grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation to interview the U.K. CEO of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, Emma Cherniavsky. In keeping with the POSTHOC mission of bringing
We returned to our beloved TreeHouse for a summer salon in London with Templeton World Charity Foundation, live music and a fascinating discussion examining humanity’s relationship with technology. In a world that moves so quickly, salons are an opportunity to
In their third interview since Susan first spoke with Kinsey Institute Executive Director Dr. Justin Garcia over Zoom during the Posthoc Digital Covid Salon Series in 2020, LA got to learn all about how modern sex and dating has evolved
For our last salon as part of our grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation, we decided the topic of forgiveness could be explored even further alongside live music, allowing an emotional catharsis element to the experience. Everyone in the room
POSTHOC returned to the U.S. for the first NYC salon of the year with Templeton World Charity Foundation, where Susan interviewed Dan Lyons about his best-selling new book, STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy
We kicked off the 2023 Posthoc salon season in London January 11th at our beloved Shoreditch Treehouse, in partnership with Templeton World Charity Foundation. Susan made a fabulous dinner, followed by an acoustic performance from our artist-in-residence and musical curator
The final holiday salon of 2022 went off with a bang in NYC at Posthoc SoHo, where Climax showed off its cheeses alongside Susan’s famous port cocktails. She introduced CEO Oliver Zahn to the NYC ahead of her interview with
For the last two salons of the year, Posthoc brought the soft launch of Climax Foods’ specialty plant-based cheeses to both coasts, starting with LA. Susan made a gorgeous vegan meal and interviewed both Climax Foods CEO Oliver Zahn and
POSTHOC made its public salon debut at The Green Space in SoHo in partnership with New York Public Radio featuring special guest Dr. Justin R. Garcia. Serving as a Match.com advisor and executive director of Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute which
Following Templeton World Charity Foundation’s awards picnic in LA honoring Jane Goodall with last year’s Templeton Prize, we invited her predecessor Paul Rosolie over to speak with Susan about his work in exploring and preserving the Amazon rainforest as part
We kicked off our fall 2022 salon season with in New York City with David Gelles, staff writer for the NY Times Sunday business section who just published a new book on Jack Welch, The Man Who Broke Capitalism. A
After nearly three years away, POSTHOC finally returned to London with Templeton World Charity Foundation to celebrate the wrap-up of their Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute at Oxford in conversation with author and researcher, Philip Ball. In a spirited discussion about
As part of POSTHOC’s salon series on human flourishing with Templeton World Charity Foundation, Susan interviewed Pray.com co-founder Matthew Potter alongside TWCF’s President Andrew Serazin. The conversation dug into Pray.com’s rapid-growth online community, which surged during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and
As part of POSTHOC’s ongoing conversation series with Templeton World Charity Foundation on human flourishing, Susan hosted TWCF President Andrew Serazin and Medici Land Trust Founder and President Ali El-Husseini at her SoHo loft in NYC this past June. Medici
Galileo Health explored the topic of insulin prices with Susan, granddaughter of its co-discoverer, CEO Tom Lee and Olympic swimming champion / diabetes advocate Gary Hall. Jr.
We invited NBC News tech correspondent and author of ‘The Loop’ Jacob Ward for a conversation about artificial intelligence and decision-making as it relates to healthcare for our second installation of the Galileo salon series.
We launched a new NYC salon series with Galileo Health in February with author Florence Williams, who’d just released a new book about the science of heartbreak and her own experience coping with it.
For the first salon of 2022 we kicked off in the LA Posthoc warehouse with author Erich Schwartzel about China and Hollywood’s complicated relationship.
As part of a salon series with TWCF, Susan hosted a conversation with Templeton’s President Andrew Serazin and Sacred Design Lab co-founder Casper ter Kuile about the power of ritual.
Susan invited guest speaker, cardiologist and best-selling author Dr. Sandeep Jauhar out to Posthoc LA warehouse to appear at a second edition of a Matters of the Heart salon.
Burning Man came to New York City for the first-ever Burner art Sotheby’s auction in October 2021, which gave Susan the opportunity to interview artist, curator and Burning Man council-member Fab5 Freddy at Posthoc’s NYC loft.
Susan interviewed author and psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky about the science of happiness, and from what her research shows are the most important contributing factors. The number one factor, according to Sonja, is connection.
At Posthoc’s first post-lockdown salon in New York City June of 2021, Susan had a fascinating conversation with gut microbiome researcher and PH.D candidate David Good and the incredible story of reconnecting with his mother, who is from a remote
Posthoc hosted a salon in LA on whistleblowers. Susan MacTavish Best interviewed attorney Mary Inman. Mary has represented clients including those from Theranos and Boeing, and she is now based in London where she heads up the whistleblowing practice of
Susan MacTavish Best interviewed the FT’s columnist Rana Foroohar at Posthoc Soho about her new book Don’t Be Evil which takes a deep dive into the world of big tech. Peter Spiegel, FT’s US Editor introduces the evening. Quinn Wharton,
Andrew Serazin, President, Templeton World Charity Foundation & Susan MacTavish Best hosted a gathering in Soho. Susan MacTavish Best, Posthoc & Vonnie Quinn, Bloomberg Data Artist Laurie Frick Susan MacTavish Best, Posthoc cooking w/ Melissa Taunton Posthoc Soho
Susan MacTavish Best, Lauren Jauregui, Jennifer Frommer and Jenna Andrews Susan MacTavish Best, BBQing suckling lamb (!) in The Vampire’s Wife Susan MacTavish Best & DJ TuffGhost Posthoc Warehouse Jennifer Frommer, Columbia Records David Pramik, Producer/Songwriter Brett Bassock, Renegade Songs
Susan MacTavish Best & Conor Dougherty, author of Golden Gates and NYT reporter. Vishal Garg, CEO of Better.com
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Susan MacTavish Best, Paul Davies and Andrew Serazin, President of TWCF Andrew Serazin, President, Templeton World Charity Foundation Paul Davies taking questions in the Posthoc office. 2019 Templeton Prize winner Marcelo Gleiser Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku Edward Akrout, actor Filmmaker