Evening Lecture Series - Ocala

Upcoming Lecture : January 22, 2026

Mark Emery

Our Amazing Wild Backyard

Many of you know that Ocala has been a film destination for years. Mark Emery has cataloged 40 films here, [...]

Upcoming Lecture : February 12, 2026

Nicole Rendos

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Upcoming Lecture : March 12, 2026

Christian Brechot

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Upcoming Lecture : April 9, 2026

Bradlee Heckman

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Ocala Archives

Robert Griffin

The Potential of Humanoid Robots, from Past, Present, to Future

December 9, 2025

Dave Rabin

The Art and Neuroscience of Self-Healing and Learning

November 13, 2025

Bruce Welt

Reimagining Recycling With Regenerative Gasification

October 16, 2025

Andrew Koutnik

Carbohydrates and Exercise Performance

September 9, 2025

Brent Venable

Machines Thinking Fast and Slow How the Way We Think is Shaping Smarter AI

May 15, 2025

Daniel Britt

Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate

April 10, 2025

Butler Hine

The Promise of Spacecraft Swarm Missions

March 11, 2025

Pascal Lee

A Moon Base at Clavius

February 11, 2025

Johnathan Edwards

Ketamine: From Anesthetic to Healer

January 23, 2025

Tim Broderick

Wearable Devices That Extend Human Health, Performance and Teaming

December 10, 2024

Todd Manini

Gerotechnology Tools for Understanding Mobility Resilience in Late-Life

November 6, 2024

Dave Rabin

Cancelled due to Hurricane

October 10, 2024

Zachary Graham

Improving Neuromuscular Health After Injury or Disease

September 12, 2024

Jose Gaudier

Olympic Science and Glory

June 27, 2024

Mark Lupo

Individualizing Care for Thyroid Nodules & Cancer

May 30, 2024

Michael Larson

Enhancing Wellness Through Sensory Stimulation: An Application to Better Sleep

April 25, 2024

Kevin Gluck

Mind Flight: A Sampling of Things We Now Know about the Human Mind

March 28, 2024

Dom D’Agostino

Achieving Therapeutic Ketosis

February 29, 2024

Michael Okun

Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription for Action

January 22, 2024

Dr. Morley Stone

The Quantified Human – future opportunities and implications for healthspan, resilience and performance

December 5, 2023

Dr. Niranjan Suri

Internet of Things: Origins, Present and Future

November 16, 2023

Dr. Lori Marino

Changing the Scenery for Captive Whales: The Whale Sanctuary Global Movement

October 19, 2023

Dr. Alexander Fleming

Targeting Healthy Longevity—Why, How, and When will we have the means of living longer but healthier

September 28, 2023

Dan Pardi

How to Measure Your Health

May 18, 2023

Morgan Cable

Exploring Ocean Worlds

April 20, 2023

Tom Jones

Beyond Earth: Humanity’s Future In Space

March 9, 2023

Dr. Steve Anton

Lifestyle Approaches for Cellular Health

February 23, 2023

Dr. Gwen Bryan

Improving Human Performance Through Wearable Robotics

January 19, 2023

Todd White

Your Health - The Dirty Secrets of the Wine Industry

December 6, 2022

Natalie Ebner

Aging Online: Determinants of Susceptibility to Deception in Later Life

November 17, 2022

Jeff Phillips

Science, Knowledge, Belief and Human Nature

October 20, 2022

Marcas Bamman

Human Health and Performance: Assembling the Puzzle Pieces toward Optimization

May 19, 2022

John Dunn

Why is Florida, America’s Wettest State, Running Out of Water?

April 21, 2022

Mark Williams

What Makes an Expert?

March 3, 2022

Jennifer Gresham

Learning to Learn - Rethinking Education in an Age of Complexity

February 6, 2020

Brendan Egan

Muscling in on Aging

January 23, 2020

Andrew Taggart

Psychotechnologies of Self-Transformation

December 10, 2019

Art Devany

The Youthful Brain- A Revolutionary Program to protect the Brain, Extend Youthfulness and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

November 14, 2019

Mark Emery

Anatomy of a Film: The Silver River Story

October 24, 2019

Andrew Koutnik

Low Carbohydrate Diet for Type-1 Diabetes? Patient and Research Perspective

September 12, 2019

Gideon Mailer

Nutrition, Immunity, and the Warning from Early America

May 2, 2019

Duane Mitchell

The Cancer Immunotherapy Revolution and Relevance for Brain Tumors

April 11, 2019

Joe Gomes

Lessons Learned from Training the Elite

March 5, 2019

Maisha Robinson

Putting the Cart Before the Horse: Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care

February 19, 2019

Marcia Morris

Curing the College Mental Health Crisis: It Takes A Family

January 24, 2019

William Dalton

Moving from Reactive to Proactive Medicine through Data Science

December 4, 2018

Colin Champ

Fighting Cancer with Food and Fitness

November 13, 2018

Jonathon Clark

Space Tourism: Commercial Potential in the new Space Era

October 30, 2018

Rick Baker

A Timeline of Florida's Past and Lessons for the Future

September 27, 2018

William Davis

Germs, Muscle, and Pac-Man: Exciting New Concepts in Youth Preservation and Anti-Aging

May 16, 2018

James Briscione

The Flavor Matrix

April 10, 2018

John Welbourn

Athletic Performance and Strength Training for Aging Populations

March 8, 2018

Stephen Cunnane

Can Ketones Slow Down Alzheimer’s?

February 15, 2018

Ken Ford

On Computational Wings: The Prospects & Putative Perils of AI

January 24, 2018

Joan Vernikos

Born to Move: A Body in Motion Stays Healthy Longer

December 13, 2017

Greg Smith

Breaking the Herpesvirus Détente

November 7, 2017

Bill Shepherd

Building the International Space Station

October 12, 2017

Steve Anton

Lifestyle Approaches for Health Aging

September 21, 2017

David Spiegel

Tranceformation - Hypnosis in Brain and Body

May 3, 2017

Mark Lupo

Thyroid Nodules and Cancer: Less is More Personalized Medicine for Better Outcomes

April 6, 2017

Roger Smith

Raptor Conservation- A Human Endeavor of Passion and Ingenuity

March 9, 2017

Laura Reiley

Farm to Table: Doomed to be Duped?

February 9, 2017

Dawn Kernagis

NEEMO 21 Mission: Going Undersea to Get to Outerspace

January 19, 2017

Mark Reifkind

A Leg to Stand On; Life After Total Knee Replacement

December 15, 2016

John A. Swanson

Renewable Energy - An Optimistic Future

November 9, 2016

Kirk “Doc” Parsley

The Most Overlooked Factor of Health and Longevity

October 20, 2016

Doug McGuff

Strength Training for Health and Longevity

September 29, 2016

Joseph Signorile

Bending the Aging Curve: Targeted Exercise Training from Mechanical Power to Cognition

May 12, 2016

Brent Reynolds

Eco-Oncology: Applying the Principles of Ecology to Oncology

April 28, 2016

Brian Shul

From Butterflies to Blackbirds

March 31, 2016

Mark Mattson

Optimization of Cognitive Performance: An Evolutionary Perspective

February 9, 2016

Mac Stone

A Journey Through America’s Everglades

January 27, 2016

Rhonda Patrick

Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, and Stress Tolerance: A New Heuristic for Lifestyle Strategy

December 15, 2015

Judith Curry

Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster

November 19, 2015

Larry Arnn

Churchill as a Defender of Constitutionalism

October 8, 2015

David Diamond

Demonization and Deception in Cholesterol Research: Separating Fact From Profitable Fiction

September 17, 2015

Dr. Bruce Ames

Vitamin and Mineral Inadequacy Accelerates Aging-associated Disease

May 13, 2015

Jay Dean

Your Body in Flight During World War II: How American Physiologists Learned to Protect the Health of Airman in the World’s First High Altitude, High Speed Air War

April 15, 2015

Lori Marino, Ph.D.

Dolphin Brains: An Alternative to Complex Intelligence in Primates

March 5, 2015

Thomas Seyfried

Cancer: A Metabolic Disease With Metabolic Solutions

February 19, 2015

Shalesh Kaushal

Metabolic Control And The Retina: It’s More Than What Meets The Eye

January 21, 2015

Bob Knight

Florida’s Springs, Aquifer, and Water Economy

December 16, 2014

Shirley Pomponi

Telepresence and Robotics: New Paradigms for Ocean Exploration

November 12, 2014

Colin Champ

Augmenting Cancer Therapy with Diet

October 21, 2014

Dominic D’Agostino

Metabolic Therapies: Therapeutic Implications and Practical Application

September 25, 2014

Michael Okun

Parkinson’s Treatment: 10 Secrets to a Happier Life

May 13, 2014

Jeff Volek

The Many Facets of Keto-Adaptation: Health, Performance, and Beyond

April 24, 2014

Joe Hibbeln

Nutritional Armor – Brain and Behavior

March 18, 2014

Esther Gokhale

Walk This Way

February 13, 2014

Bill Klyn

The Responsible Economy – The Environment is the Economy

January 15, 2014

Alessio Fasano

Spectrum of Gluten-Related Disorders: People Shall Not Live by Bread Alone

December 17, 2013

Michael Holick

The D-Lightful Vitamin D for Good Health

November 21, 2013

Quint Studer

Being An Informed Healthcare Customer: How to Know the Quality of Care You Will Receive

October 17, 2013

Chuck Carlson

Stock Market and Investment Opportunities

April 18, 2013

Mary Newport

Medium Chain Triglycerides and Ketones: An Alternative Fuel for Alzheimer's and Other Diseases

March 6, 2013

Susan MacManus

Campaign 2012: What Florida Taught the Nation

February 14, 2013

Sue Skemp

Ocean Energy – The Next Blue Source of Power

January 24, 2013

Wes Huntress

Roving the Solar System: Looking for Signs of Life

December 18, 2012

Charlie Kennel

The Climate Threat We Can Beat

November 27, 2012

William Davis

Wheat: The UNhealthy Whole Grain

October 31, 2012

Hattie Dorsey

Growing for the Future: Building a viable and sustainable community using an Equity Agenda

September 6, 2012

Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ

Discarded Worlds: Astronomical ideas that were almost correct...

May 23, 2012

Braden R. Allenby

You Want the Future? You Can’t Handle the Future!

April 19, 2012

Tom Murphy

Building on Innovation

March 20, 2012