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Two days of off-the-record conversations with your favorite independent thinkers in which we ask:

• Does masculinity matter?

• Is a city only as good as its policing?

• Does the mental health field need mental help?

• How will history look back on the gender movement?

• Should art care about our feelings?

This coed event will have the same lively discussions and eclectic participants you’ve come to expect from Unspeakeasy retreats. But it will have multiple speakers, more attendees, and more opportunities to meet and interact with your favorite independent thinkers as guest speakers. Held in a private venue in New York City, attendees will challenge their thinking, meet their intellectual heroes, and make new friends.

Guest Speakers

John McWhorter

New York Times columnist, linguist and bestselling author of Woke Racism: How A New Religion Has Betrayed Black America, among other books.

Carole Hooven

Evolutionary biologist and author of T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us.

Mike Pesca

Host of the podcast, The Gist.

Alana Newhouse

Editor of Tablet.

Lisa Selin Davis

Journalist and author of Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls*Who Dare to Be Different as well as a forthcoming book about the youth gender culture war.

Andrew Hartz

Founder of the Open Therapy Institute.

Ben Appel

Author of the forthcoming Cis, White, Gay: The Making of A Gender Heretic.

Peter Moskos

Sociologist, policing expert, and author of Back From The Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York’s City Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop.

Meghan Daum

Author, podcaster, and founder of The Unspeakeasy.

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Refund Policy

Refunds are available within 30 days of purchase. Refunds are unavailable within 30 days of the event start date (In this case, September 11, 2025).

Social Media & Recording Policy

This retreat is off-the-record. No recording, photography or unauthorized social media is permitted. The Unspeakeasy might record or take photographs with participant permission for marketing purposes.

DETAILS

WHEN: Oct 11 – Oct 12, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.

LOCATION: A private venue in Manhattan

GUEST SPEAKERS: John McWhorter, Carole Hooven, Mike Pesca, Peter Moskos, Alana Newhouse, Lisa Selin Davis, Ben Appel, Andrew Hartz & Meghan Daum.

(More to be added soon.)

PRE-SALE: There will be a pre-sale from May 21–June 2. Founding members, forum members, and yearly Substack subscribers will get special pricing through a coupon code only during the following dates:

• May 21–June 2: Founding Members of the Substack — $1250

• May 23–June 2: Online Forum Members — $1500

• May 26–June 2: Yearly Substack paid subscribers — $1500

• June 3: Regular price goes on sale — $2500

FEE: $2500, includes lunch both days.