A community of

leaders rooted in a

physical campus

in Austin, Texas.

A Force for Flourishing

Apr 8, 2024

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Psychedelic Research and Therapy Fireside Chat
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Welcome to ARENA hall

Arena Hall is a community that explores ideas, tells stories, and funds projects–all to advance American ideals.

Arena Programs

Most great movements in history begin in a place. This is where yours begins.

Events

Hospitality at Arena Hall brings world-class execution into the historic grandeur of a 150 year mansion in downtown Austin.

Stories

Arena Hall’s In the Arena is now streaming on Apple TV+ featuring the most innovative visionaries around the world alongside Arena Hall’s very own In the Arena podcast.

Membership

At Arena Hall, a community of like-hearted leaders in Austin collaborates through friendship to initiate and propel critical projects for the betterment of our city, state, and nation.

Events

Hospitality at Arena Hall brings world-class execution into the historic grandeur of a 150 year mansion in downtown Austin.

Stories

Arena Hall’s In the Arena is now streaming on Apple TV+ featuring the most innovative visionaries around the world alongside Arena Hall’s very own In the Arena podcast.

Membership

At Arena Hall, a community of like-hearted leaders in Austin collaborates through friendship to initiate and propel critical projects for the betterment of our city, state, and nation.
Arena Events

Upcoming events

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Upcoming

Unlocking Africa's Bright Future

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UPCOMING

Building A City That Works

Previous events

DATE
Speaker
TOPIC
THeme
Sep 6, 2024
John Arnold
Wrecking Shop for Flourishing: A Billionaire's Plan to Save America
Futurism
3
Aug 13, 2024
Wilbur Ross, Joe Lonsdale
Lunch and Fireside Chat with Wilbur Ross
Leadership
9
Aug 4, 2024
Bryan Johnson
Don't Die Brunch
Longevity
1
Apr 8, 2024
Paul Stamets, Rick Doblin
Psychedelic Research and Therapy Fireside Chat
Mental Health
3
Apr 2, 2024
Sharon Maidenberg, Simone Wicha
Brushstrokes & Boomtown: The Fight for Austin's Cultural Soul
Arts & Culture
10
Mar 26, 2024
Jason Karp
Wake the F* Up: The Meta-Crisis of Our Physical Health, Mental Health, and Planetary Health
Food
4
Sep
06
John Arnold

Wrecking Shop for Flourishing: A Billionaire's Plan to Save America

Futurism
View Recap
3
Aug
13
Wilbur Ross, Joe Lonsdale

Lunch and Fireside Chat with Wilbur Ross

Leadership
View Recap
9
Aug
04
Bryan Johnson

Don't Die Brunch

Longevity
View Recap
1
Apr
08
Paul Stamets, Rick Doblin

Psychedelic Research and Therapy Fireside Chat

Mental Health
View Recap
3
Apr
02
Sharon Maidenberg, Simone Wicha

Brushstrokes & Boomtown: The Fight for Austin's Cultural Soul

Arts & Culture
View Recap
10
Mar
26
Jason Karp

Wake the F* Up: The Meta-Crisis of Our Physical Health, Mental Health, and Planetary Health

Food
View Recap
4
Arena stories

In the Arena

We’re on a mission to recruit more leaders to build scalable ventures that solve the biggest challenges we face.

Ep 1: Johns Hopkins expert says psychedelic medicine can solve our mental health crisis | Dr. Matthew Johnson and Evan Baehr

Could long-misunderstood psychedelics be the key to revolutionizing mental health treatment and addiction recovery?

Ep 2: How food and Pharma are destroying American competitiveness, one human at a time | Dr. Casey Means and Evan Baehr

Could a 'McDonald's for healthy food' help solve America's metabolic health crisis?

Ep 3: Revolutionizing energy: The battery breakthrough that could supercharge our future | Justin Briggs and Evan Baehr

Could a new kind of battery revolutionize electric vehicles and help solve our energy storage challenges?

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Speakers, allies, and members

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Speakers, allies, and members

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Together we’re
building a flourishing community

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Renji Bijoy

Immersed

Arthur Brooks

Gay Gaddis

Texas Exes

Pat Gelsinger

Intel

Bill Gurley

Benchmark

Jay Hartzell

University of Texas at Austin

Stacy Hock

Family Office

Bryan Johnson

Pano Kanelos

University of Austin

Garheng Kong

HealthQuest Capital

Joe Lonsdale

8VC

Nicole Nosek

Texans for Reasonable Solutions

MacKenzie Price

2 Hour Learning

Reihan Salam

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Codie Sanchez

Contrarian Thinking

Magatte Wade

Skin Is Skin and Tiossan

Bari Weiss

The Free Press

Simone Wicha

Blanton

Renji Bijoy

Immersed

Arthur Brooks

Gay Gaddis

Texas Exes

Pat Gelsinger

Intel

Bill Gurley

Benchmark

Jay Hartzell

University of Texas at Austin

Stacy Hock

Family Office

Bryan Johnson

Pano Kanelos

University of Austin

Garheng Kong

HealthQuest Capital

Joe Lonsdale

8VC

Nicole Nosek

Texans for Reasonable Solutions

MacKenzie Price

2 Hour Learning

Reihan Salam

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Codie Sanchez

Contrarian Thinking

Magatte Wade

Skin Is Skin and Tiossan

Bari Weiss

The Free Press

Simone Wicha

Blanton
Ideas that inspire us
"My greatest fear about America’s future is that we run out of the kind of people who see a big problem and go build an innovative solution in the arena.”
Wilbur Ross, interviewed by Joe Lonsdale at Arena Hall
ideas that inspire us
“The best, disruptive ideas never start in the solitary mind of some genius in some solitary room, as is commonly thought. They start in fellowship, debate, community. Arena Hall is a society of minds and personalities, much like the great societies of the past that charted a future we all now live in and take for granted. Which basically means that Arena Hall is the future.”
Ryan Streeter,
Executive Director of the Civitas Institute
VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY
“Our times beg us to ask: ‘How do you become an adult in a society that doesn’t ask for sacrifice? How do you become a man in a world that doesn’t require courage?’ Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It’s time for that to end.”
Sebastian Junger,
American Journalist and Writer

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