Aspen Ideas to Go
Aspen Ideas to Go is a show about bold ideas that will open your mind. Featuring compelling conversations with the world’s top thinkers and doers from a diverse range of disciplines, Aspen Ideas to Go gives you front-row access to the Aspen Ideas Festival.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 562
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Citizenship Without Certainty
What does it mean to be American? How is that story best told and understood? New York Times columnist David Brooks talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antoni…
00:54:17 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White (Rebroadcast)
What role does faith play in bringing people together? Reverend Adam Hamilton pastors the largest United Methodist church in America. Within his Kansas congregation, he observes deep divisions that r…
00:59:40 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Is There a Path out of Afghanistan and Iraq?
This spring marked the 15th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, and the war in Afghanistan has gone on long enough that children born after 9/11 are now old enough to enlist in the military. Is t…
00:56:26 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
From Tragedy to Hope: A Conversation with Robert Runcie
Broward County School District Superintendent Robert Runcie remembers clearly the events of February 14, 2018. That’s the day a gunman killed seventeen people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
00:50:20 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Sal Khan: Education Reimagined
Sal Khan’s career journey took him from finance to the classroom. The former hedge fund manager now runs the nonprofit Khan Academy, which provides free online education. He says online learning is c…
00:50:05 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
From Despair to Optimism on Climate Change
Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres led the global adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and continues to fight for the climate today in her work with Mission 2020. Working to reduce greenhou…
00:52:15 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
David Miliband on Fixing the Refugee Crisis
More than 65 million people around the globe are either refugees, asylum seekers, or displaced within their own countries. It’s the largest number of people forced to flee their homes since World War…
00:52:47 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Madeleine Albright on Fighting Fascism
How do we save ourselves from repeating errors of our past? Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright poses this question in her new book, Fascism: A Warning. She thinks fascism now presents a gre…
00:54:32 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018
College Students, Mental Health, and the University's Role
Across the US, students are heading back to college for the start of the school year. Many will wrestle with mental health challenges. Campus counseling offices are busier than ever and peer-run ment…
01:02:49 |
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Can the Democrats Win Big in 2018—and 2020?
Midterms are often seen as the first nationwide referendum on a first-term president. Donald Trump’s ratings have ranged from low to medium-low, but a “blue wave” of victories is far from guaranteed …
01:02:45 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Off Stage 2: Fighting for Immigrants
At age 25, Gaby Pacheco was the first undocumented Latina to testify in front of Congress. In this conversation with New York Times Contributing Op-Ed Writer Wajahat Ali, she talks about the struggle…
00:28:31 |
Thu 09 Aug 2018
Off Stage 1: Leaving Hate Behind
In our first “Off Stage” bonus episode, New York Times Contributing Op-Ed Writer Wajahat Ali speaks with former white supremacist skinhead Christian Picciolini. For 8 years, Picciolini was a follower…
00:25:27 |
Thu 09 Aug 2018
Still Healing: Charlottesville, One Year Later
One year after a deadly hate rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city continues to heal. White supremacists gathered at the University of Virginia and then in downtown Charlottesville in mid-Augu…
00:53:21 |
Tue 07 Aug 2018
Longtime Kremlin Critic Says He's Not Afraid
Russian President Vladimir Putin in July, singled out American-born businessman Bill Browder at a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland. Putin, standing alongside President Trump, named Browder…
00:38:17 |
Fri 03 Aug 2018
Conservatism in the Era of Trump
Is the Republican Party in the United States having an identity crisis? Are the priorities of the Republican Party, conservative ideals, and the Trump administration’s policies aligning? Or, are we w…
01:00:13 |
Tue 31 Jul 2018
The Surge of Women into Politics
Since 2016, we’ve watched women rack up unprecedented wins in statehouses, city halls, and even Congress — and thousands more are throwing their hats into the ring. How did factors like Donald Trump’…
00:59:30 |
Fri 27 Jul 2018
Dan Coats Discusses Election Interference, the White House’s Invitation to Putin, and More
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats goes over President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in this discussion held July 19th. These are his first public comments after stan…
00:55:58 |
Tue 24 Jul 2018
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Russian Interference, the Border Crisis, and More
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has defended the Trump administration’s controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has led to families being separated at America’s southwest …
00:54:17 |
Thu 19 Jul 2018
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Russian Meddling
FBI Director Christopher Wray is firm in his position that Russia was involved in the 2016 presidential campaign. “The intelligence community’s assessment has not changed,” he says, “and my view has …
00:52:48 |
Thu 19 Jul 2018
First-Hand Account: Family Separation at the US-Mexico Border
A lot has happened since US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in May a “zero tolerance” policy for illegal crossings at the southwest border. The family separation policy that contributed to d…
00:51:48 |
Wed 18 Jul 2018
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