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A Year of Pods: Online or in Portland
Commit to a full year of Premise Pods and make space for deeper conversation, new ideas, and meaningful connection throughout the year. Your registration includes all seven Pods in your chosen format, plus automatic enrollment, readings, films, and session updates for each one.
Join us for a year of Pods and save!
Online, in Portland, or both!
Join a Year of Premise Pods
Treat yourself to connection & learning
A year of Pods offers more than a discount. It creates a steady rhythm of reflection, conversation, and intellectual companionship throughout the year. You will return to life’s big questions from different angles, encounter new ideas and perspectives, and have time for both the conversations and the relationships around them to deepen.
Rather than joining for a single experience, you are making space for curiosity, connection, and the life of the mind to become an ongoing part of your year.
$800 in person / $700 online* (The cost of the all access membership decreases after each Pod takes place).
Portland participants can choose to attend any Pod either in person or online, depending on what works best.
2026-2027 Pods online & in person in Portland
Are We Who We’ve Always Been?
A Pod on memory, change, identity, and the selves we carry. Explore what stays constant, what changes, and who we are still becoming.
In person, Portland
September 13 and 27, and October 4, 2026
5:30–7:30 PM PT
Online
September 5 and 19, and October 3, 2026
10:00–11:30 AM PT / 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Are We Our Bodies?
A Pod on bodies, identity, beauty, aging, and vulnerability. Explore how our bodies shape how we meet the world, and how the world meets us.
In person, Portland
October 18, November 1 and 8, 2026
5:30–7:30 PM PT
Online
October 24, November 7 and 14, 2026
10:00–11:30 AM PT / 1:00–2:30 PM ET
What Is Home?
A Pod on place, belonging, longing, and what it means to feel rooted.
In person, Portland
November 15, December 6 and 13, 2026
5:30–7:30 PM PT
Online
December 5, 12 and 19, 2026
10:00–11:30 AM PT / 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Just Because We Can, Should We?
A Pod on progress, power, responsibility, and restraint. Explore how we decide what we should do when what we can do keeps changing.
In person, Portland
January 10 and 24, and February 7, 2027
5:30–7:30 PM PT
Online
January 9 and 23, and February 6, 2027
10:00–11:30 AM PT / 1:00–2:30 PM ET
What Is Happiness, Really?
A Pod on pleasure, meaning, desire, and the good life. Explore what we chase, what satisfies us, and what kind of life happiness might actually require.
In person, Portland
February 21, March 7 and 21, 2027
10:30 AM–12:30 PM PT
Online
February 14 and 28, and March 14, 2027
4:00–5:30 PM PT / 7:00–8:30 PM ET
What Is Love? What Should It Be?
Explore love from many angles, including tenderness, longing, loyalty, sacrifice, possession, and freedom. What kinds of love enlarge us, and what kinds make us smaller?
In person, Portland
April 4 and 18, and May 2, 2027
10:30 AM–12:30 PM PT
Online
March 28, April 11 and 25, 2027
4:00–5:30 PM PT / 7:00–8:30 PM ET
Does Thinking About Death Lead to a Good Life?
A Pod on mortality, meaning, time, grief, and whether facing death can help us live more fully.
In person, Portland
May 16 and 23, and June 6, 2027
10:30 AM–12:30 PM PT
Online
May 15 and 22, and June 5, 2027
10:00–11:30 AM PT / 1:00–2:30 PM ET
FAQ Premise Pods
Have more questions? Get all your questions answered here.
What Happens After You Register?
Once you purchase the full year, your place will be reserved in all seven Pods.
You will automatically be added to the participant list for each Pod. As each one approaches, you will receive the readings, films, session information, and other updates along with the rest of the group. There is no need to register separately for each Pod.
Do I have to attend every Pod if I sign up for the year?
No. Signing up for the year helps keep Premise programming running and gives us greater financial stability. If you want to support Premise but cannot attend every Pod, that is completely fine.
Join Us
Portland Year of Pods
The year of Pods in Portland starts at $600 for the year and decreases in price after each Pod.
$450.00
Online Year of Pods
The online year of Pods starts at $500 and decreases in cost after each Pod takes place.
$350.00
Total
$0.00