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.
Technology
Psychology
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Spirituality
Education
Health
Philosophy
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 562
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
The Rising Belligerence of Putin's Russia
President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday during a time when international relations are being tested. On the heels of a tension-filled NATO summit, Russia experts wonder…
00:54:17 |
Fri 13 Jul 2018
The Age of Euroscepticism
Hours before President Trump attends a NATO Summit in Brussels, we examine the role of the alliance and how it fits into Europe’s recent struggles. Brexit, terrorism, a new anti-establishment governm…
00:49:23 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
James Comey on His Legacy Leading the FBI
Former FBI Director James Comey says transparency and a desire to maintain his agency’s credibility prompted him to reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2016. He sent a letter to Congres…
00:56:33 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
A Conversation with the US Surgeon General
As the nation’s top doctor, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has pledged to lead with science and collaborate with local entities to tackle national health crises. In this episode, he speaks with NPR’…
01:00:22 |
Wed 27 Jun 2018
Love, Sex, and the Brain
What makes two people click? What does it really mean to say, “we have chemistry”? The Atlantic's Olga Khazan talks to biological anthropologist Helen Fisher about the four styles of thought and beha…
01:00:30 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Race, Youth, and the American Vote
In a recent Alabama Senate election, 96 percent of African American voters supported one candidate, and according to a Pew Research Center survey, 66 percent of Latino voters chose just one candidate…
00:56:32 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
How Broadway's Hamilton is Radically Relevant
A hip-hop musical about America’s founding fathers with a virtually all minority cast. A reimagining of La bohème as a rock musical uncovering the AIDS crisis in New York City. A coming-of-age musica…
00:54:34 |
Tue 05 Jun 2018
How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Industry
Bill Gates portends doomsday is coming. The late Stephen Hawking said we should prepare for our robot overlords to take their thrones. But is the future as glaring as HAL’s red eye? Or is it more com…
01:00:55 |
Tue 29 May 2018
Threats from Abroad: Iran, North Korea, and Russia
News from around the globe is dominating US headlines. President Trump plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in June, Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, and Special Counsel Robert Muel…
00:56:10 |
Tue 22 May 2018
The Perils of Over-Parenting
By trying to provide the perfectly happy childhood, a generation of parents may be making it harder for their kids to actually grow up. Hear from psychologists Polly Young-Eisendrath and Madeline Lev…
00:54:50 |
Tue 15 May 2018
'That's What She Said' with Joanne Lipman
The #MeToo Movement has exposed sexual harassment in the workplace, but what about the problem of gender inequality? Journalist Joanne Lipman says every woman knows how it feels to be marginalized, n…
00:55:18 |
Tue 08 May 2018
Why Being Mayor Is the Best Job in Politics
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter insists that serving in city council is the best job in politics. He served two terms as mayor and managed to lower the city’s homicide rate and increase the …
00:54:31 |
Tue 01 May 2018
Securing the Nation's Secrets
As our lives become increasingly tech driven, we’re more vulnerable to cyberattacks, and our workplaces and government are too. William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Secur…
00:56:18 |
Wed 25 Apr 2018
Philanthropy & Democracy: Risky Liaisons
Big philanthropy can contribute to a democratic society by addressing problems that neither government nor the private sector will take on. Yet philanthropic institutions and foundations are institut…
00:55:56 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Luis Alberto Urrea on the Power of Family
Author Luis Alberto Urrea's latest novel, The House of Broken Angels, is inspired by his own Mexican-American family. Set in a San Diego neighborhood, the book's characters celebrate a final birthday…
00:55:13 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Stopping the Violence in Chicago
In rallies from coast to coast, students across the United States are calling for tighter gun control. The deadly Parkland, Florida shooting resurfaced the conversation but the issue of gun violence …
00:55:50 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Runaway Slave: A Story of Triumph, Survival, and Resistance
A young, courageous African American woman risked it all to gain freedom from America’s First Family in the late 18th century. Ona, or “Oney,” Judge escaped George Washington’s Philadelphia mansion a…
00:58:18 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Living a Moral Life
For centuries the human race has been grappling with how to live a moral life. In this conversation we hear from scholars who think deeply about moral philosophy and helping others. David Brooks sugg…
01:12:49 |
Wed 21 Mar 2018
What's Possible When Young People Speak Up?
Throughout history, young people have been at the center of activism: the Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter, the labor movement, and now gun violence. What barriers do young people have to ov…
01:07:48 |
Wed 14 Mar 2018
The Nature of Evil: Paul Bloom and Graeme Wood
Why do people do evil things? We hear from Yale psychologist Paul Bloom and journalist Graeme Wood about the nature of evil. Bloom studies morality in babies, children, and adults. Wood immersed hims…
00:49:39 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
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