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From Angry Online Discourse to Real Conversation: Nathan Beacom on the Tallgrass Festival of Ideas – 08/05/2026
Nathan Beacom traces the Lyceum Movement back to a desire, born out of pandemic isolation in 2021, to revive an almost 200-year-old American tradition of neighbors gathering to discuss the big questions of life face to face. He explains how the movement takes its name from ancient Athens, where Aristotle taught in the garden known as the Lyceum, and how that same spirit now animates Tallgrass, the Lyceum's flagship annual festival in downtown Des Moines.
This year's theme, the pursuit of happiness, ties into the 250th anniversary of America's founding and will be explored from angles ranging…
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