ZOOM INFORMATION

Zoom is an online program which will allow Explorers to participate in their courses virtually from their homes. It is user-friendly, and if you are new to the program there will be mentors to help you to join in for your first class.

  • You can access Zoom through a smartphone, (iPhone or Android,) iPad or tablet, a laptop or desktop computer with a WI-FI (internet) connection.
  • It will simplify the connection process if you download the free Zoom app beforehand.
  • On the invitation there will be a lengthy blue link that begins with https:// and followed by number and letters. Approximately ten minutes prior to the starting hour of the class, you will double click on that link and it will transport you to your meeting.
  • If you have problems connecting, a telephone number will be provided to assist you on the course’s first day.

Here is the Zoom link for the 2025 Winter semester.  It is the same for all sessions.

2025-WINTER-Intersessions

Winter 2024 Recordings

Date February 28, 2024

A History of Doo Wop Music

Date February 14, 2024

The Poisoner’s Handbook:  Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Date February 7, 2024

Sea Turtles in Winter – How they Survive

Date January 31, 2024

Why we Forget and How We Remember Better

Date January 24, 2024

The State of the City of Salem

Date January 17, 2024

My 30 Years Visiting the Navajo

Please note that the recording began about 4  minutes into the session.


Summer 2023 Recordings

Date August 30, 1923

The first Iron Mill in the Americas – Right in Our Backyard!

Date August 23, 2023

The Hidden Workings of the Massachusetts Legislature 

Please note that this recording started late.  About 3 minutes into the session.

Date August 16, 2023

Mindful Movement in Stretching for Older Adults

Date August 9, 2023

What’s Lurking in your Electronics? – Online Safety

Date August 2, 2023

Seal Shoebert’s Shenanigans and other Stories

Date July 19, 2023

A Magical History Tour – Cultural Impact of the World’s Fairs of 1888 and 1929 on the city of Barcelona

Date July 12, 2023

Renewable Thermal Energy and Preventing Gas Leaks

Unfortunately this recording is incomplete.  You can view the session slides as a pdf here:  Renewal Energy session slides