Consider This — Oregon Humanities

Since 2009, Oregon Humanities has hosted onstage conversations with writers, civic leaders, activists, and artists in venues in Portland and around Oregon. You can find recordings of many of these events in our archive. Originally called Think & Drink, the program was renamed Consider This in 2020.

These onstage conversations between featured guests and an interviewer have taken place in Ashland, Astoria, Bend, Eugene, Grants Pass, Hood River, Portland, Pendleton, Salem, and Tillamook.

Consider This is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Oregon Cultural Trust, The Standard, and Pacific West Bank.

The People and the Public: 2024–25 Consider This Series

In 2024 and 2025, join us for a series of onstage conversations about all things public.

Consider This: Our Place in the World with Ben Rhodes

A conversation about geopolitics, American power, and public service with Ben Rhodes, a former national security and diplomacy advisor to President Barack Obama and host of the "Pod Save the World" podcast.

Consider This: Reinventing American Democracy with Danielle Allen

A conversation about the failings and challenges of democracy in the United States and what we can do about them with Danielle Allen, director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center. How can we find common purpose to build a stronger democratic society amid today's complex political climate?

Consider This: Stories of the Hood River Watershed

Join us at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River for a conversation with city manager Abigail Elder, media creator Sarah Fox, and orchardist Lesley Tamura on the intersections of place, storytelling, and the public in the Hood River watershed.

Consider This Archive

Did you miss one of our Consider This conversations? You can find audio and video from past events here.