An NYC couple realized what tired, lonely corporate workers miss about college — fun lectures, socializing, and drinking. Now they hold events that try to bring that spark back.

To date, the couple has hosted 16 90-minute sessions in various bars in New York, charging an entry fee of around $35 per attendee. They said that about 50 people attended each lecture.

Their lecture topics are varied, from “The Search for Alien Megastructures” to “Your Brain on Movies” and “The Cult of Wine.”

The couple said that ever since they hosted their first session on June 18, they have amassed thousands of interested participants in their email list.

They said their attendees were mostly Gen Zs and millennials who were “intellectually curious.” The attendees’ occupations varied according to the lecture topic that day.

“We also had one lecture — your brain on movies — which was a neuroscientist who literally put people into MRI machines and studied their brains while they watched movies,” Felecia said. “That lecture actually attracted a lot of film students.”

Attendees also think it’s a great place for platonic socializing.

“I think the value it provides is a social event that isn’t primarily centered around drinking. You can enjoy the lecture with friends and choose to drink or not,” said Alan Huse, who attended the event with Firine on July 7.

The couple also said that participants have told them it’s an ideal place to meet a potential partner offline.

“They think ‘Lectures on Tap’ is the perfect place to meet a partner,” she said. “If someone has chosen a particular lecture and someone else has chosen it there’s already some basis of compatibility there.”

“So it’s a date night for us, but for others as well,” Felecia added.