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The Republican Brain, New Tour Dates: Los Angeles, D.C., Madison, West Virginia

By | Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

My very first book talk–a pre-talk, really–was a big success. Some 150 people showed up in Santa Barbara on Thursday to hear about the Republican Brain, even though there was no book they could buy.

There were also some, er, challenging questions–suggesting the topic is going to draw controversy. I’ll comment more on that soon enough.

For now, I want to list new tour dates–seven total.

First, there are three more “pre-tour” events, in February and March, including a panel at the AAAS meeting where I’ll talk about the psychology of climate deniers a bit:

FEBRUARY
DATE: Thursday, February 9, 2012
TIME: 8:00PM
PLACE: Bier Baron, Washington, DC
EVENT: Thirst, D.C.: “The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality” (preview lecture)

DATE: Sunday, February 19, 2012
TIME: 8:30AM
PLACE: Vancouver Convention Center, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C8
EVENT: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2012 Meeting. Talk title: The Challenges of Climate Change Denial and Communication in Getting to 350. This presentation will examine the political challenge of “getting to 350″, with a special focus on the means to counteract the goals, tactics, and communication strategies of climate change denialists.

MARCH
DATE: March 10
TIME: 2:30 PM
PLACE: Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ
EVENT: Panel with Rick Perlstein and Tom Zoellner, moderated by Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly.

The book then comes out in early April, April 10 or so. Then comes the real tour, and these are the confirmed dates so far, with more being added all the time:

DATE: Monday, April 16, 2011
TIME: 12:10-1:30 p.m
PLACE: University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, Room 1457
EVENT:  ”The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality” (RSVP here!)

DATE: Sunday, April 22, 2011
TIME: 2pm-4pm
PLACE: April 22 2-4 PM at the Hill Center, Washington, DC. Address is 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE near Eastern Market metro.
EVENT:  ”The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality” (register/tickets)
Sponsor: Center for Inquiry, Washington DC.

DATE: Monday, April 23, 2011, Noon
TIME: University of Wisconsin, Madison
PLACE: Health Sciences Learning Center
EVENT:  ”The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality”
SPONSOR: authors@HLSC lecture

DATE: Wednesday, April 25, 2011
TIME: 6:30 pm or so
PLACE: Mountain State Brewing Company, 54 Clay Street, Morgantown WV 26505
EVENT:  ”The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality”
Sponsor: Science on Tap, West Virginia University

New events being lined up all the time, so contact me or post here if you want to help set one up…..

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