Foothill Forum Book Club

Current Events and Social Issues

This book club examines contemporary socio-political issues through nonfiction books, thought-provoking questions, and civil discourse. Held on the last Tuesday of each month.

This book club examines contemporary socio-political issues through nonfiction books, thought-provoking questions, and civil discourse. Held on the last Tuesday of each month.

Foothill Forum meets on the last Tuesday of each month from 6:30-7:30pm. Books can be picked up at the Anderson-Foothill branch one month prior to the meeting, while supplies last. 

Tue, Jan 27, 6:30pm · Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by Jamil Zaki

Tue, Feb 24, 6:30pm · AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor

Tue, Mar 31, 6:30pm · The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It by Mary Ann Sieghart

Tue, Apr 28, 6:30pm · Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America by Ryan Busse

Tue, May 26, 6:30pm · Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America by Julia Lee

Tue, June 30, 6:30pm · The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA by Jorge L. Contreras

Tue, July 28, 6:30pm · The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned by John Strausbaugh

Tue, Aug 25, 6:30pm · Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson

Tue, Sep 29, 6:30pm · Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris Van Tulleken

Tue, Oct 27, 6:30pm · White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Tue, Nov 24, 6:30pm · Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will by Robert M. Sapolsky

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