Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh
A secular community that celebrates life!
Multimedia Meetup!
The SAPgh Multimedia Meetup! gathers on the 2nd Sunday of every month!
Join us for wonderful discussion and company, even if you haven’t read the book, watched the program, or listened to the podcasts!
2022 Selections:
March — Documentary (Math): Coded Bias
April — Book (Geological History…): Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
May — Podcast Selections (Neurodivergence) 4 episodes
- Multiamory Podcast: Autism, Neurodiversity, and Relationships with Stevie Lang
- Audacious Autistics Podcast: All the Things: Neurodivergent Communication
- The Neurodivergent Nurse Podcast: ADHD and The Shame Epidemic
- OCD Stories Podcast: Robert Fox: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) View of OCD
June — Standup Comedy Special (Humor): Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning
July — Book (Community): How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
August — Podcast Selections (Elders) 4 episodes
- The Science of Happiness Podcast: Are You Listening to Your Elders?
- Ologies Podcast: Biogerontology (Aging) with Caleb Finch
- Sexology Podcast: Sexuality and Aging with Dr. Stacy
- The Retirement Wisdom Podcast: The Second Curve of Life with Arthur C. Brooks
September — Documentary (Space): Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know
October — Book (Ancestors): The Family Tree
November — Podcast Selections (Interrogating Whiteness) 4 episodes
- Divesting from Whiteness Podcast: “Whiteness is Hurting All of Us” with Andrea Miller
- All My Relations Podcast: Lies Your Teacher Taught You: The Truth about Thanksgiving
- Eyes on Whiteness Podcast: Eyes on Whiteness with Amara Tabor-Smith
- On Being Podcast: Eula Biss – Talking about Whiteness
December — Documentary (Yule Rock): Ghost of the Mountains
Past Reads
2022 Selections
- JANUARY 2022 – For Small Creatures Such are We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by Sasha Sagan
2021 Books
- JANUARY 2021 – Embracing Hopelessness by Miguel A. de la Torre
- FEBRUARY 2021 – Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
- MARCH 2021 – Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
- APRIL 2021 – My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- MAY 2021 – The Emotional Lives of Animals by Marc Bekoff and Jane Goodall
- JUNE 2021 – Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens
- JULY 2021 – Run for Something by Amanda Litman
- AUGUST 2021 – From Here to Equality… by William A. Darity, Jr. & A. Kirsten Mullen
- SEPTEMBER 2021 – The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- OCTOBER 2021 – The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017 Documentary)
- NOVEMBER 2021– BIG FRIENDSHIP: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
- DECEMBER 2021– 4 Podcasts: Katherine May — How ‘Wintering’ Replenishes, If Your New Years Resolutions Don’t Work, #265: How to Avoid the Wellness Diet in the New Year with Harri Rose of Anti-Diet Riot Club, and Thinking Critically About Elimination Diets with Guest Co-Host Ayana Habtemariam, and There and Back Again.
2020 Books
- JANUARY 2020 – Sissy: A Coming of Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
- FEBRUARY 2020 – The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers Paperback by Maxwell King
- MARCH 2020 – Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
- APRIL 2020 – Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
- MAY 2020 – Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg
- JUNE 2020 – Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing by David A. Treleaven
- JULY 2020 – The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
- AUGUST 2020 – The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- SEPTEMBER 2020 – Teaching Community – A Pedagogy of Hope by bell hooks
- OCTOBER 2020 – Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler
- NOVEMBER 2020 – The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- DECEMBER 2020 – The Hogfather by Terry Pratchet
* Buy local…this service is provided by our friends at White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh!
**This service is provided by our friends at Allegheny County Library Association, Pittsburgh! You must have an ACLA or Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh card to borrow.
