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
- 561
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Jeffrey Sachs on Why We're Living in a Dangerous Time
World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs is distressed about the political and social atmosphere in the United States. With advances in technology, he says we can choose to do the ultimate good or crea…
00:52:48 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
WTF (What's The Future)?
The “next economy,” or digital revolution, is restructuring every business, job, and sector of society. By 2055, it’s estimated that half of today’s work activities will be automated. Tim O’Reilly, f…
00:51:35 |
Tue 26 Sep 2017
The Best Sports Town in America
The tiny town of Norwich, Vermont, has likely produced more Olympians per capita than anywhere else in the United States. Over the past thirty years, the town of 3,000 has sent an athlete to almost e…
00:42:51 |
Tue 19 Sep 2017
On Being Latino in America Today
As Latino Americans emerge as the majority minority and the new mainstream, representing 18 percent of the US population, questions are emerging about how Latinos fit into the national narrative. Lat…
01:00:17 |
Tue 12 Sep 2017
The Road from Paris, Featuring Ernest Moniz
What are the consequences of the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement? In June, the Trump administration announced the move. In this episode, former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz …
00:48:25 |
Wed 06 Sep 2017
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, Featuring Kurt Andersen
Has the great American experiment in liberty gone off the rails? Kurt Andersen’s latest book, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, a 500 Year History, is a provocative chronicle of magical thinking…
00:51:32 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
National Security in the Age of 'America First'
The Trump Administration has said it’s “committed to a foreign policy focused on American interests and American national security.” Critics have said Trump is isolating the US by withdrawing from th…
01:00:00 |
Fri 25 Aug 2017
CRISPR: A Crack in Creation
CRISPR is the cheapest, simplest, and most effective way of manipulating DNA. It has the power to give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. It could even help address the world’s h…
00:58:31 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White
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…
00:59:14 |
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Hate on the Rise
Hate groups are growing and the number of hate-fueled incidents is spiking in America. The latest incident was in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists violently clashed with anti-fasci…
00:54:51 |
Tue 15 Aug 2017
The Opioid Tsunami
It’s been called the most perilous drug crisis ever and it was generated in the healthcare system. The epicenter of the opioid crisis is the United States, where overdose deaths have quadrupled since…
00:55:45 |
Fri 11 Aug 2017
Securing the Homeland, Featuring John Kelly
In this episode, you’ll hear from the nation’s new White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly. Kelly spoke in July at the Aspen Security Forum. At the time, his job was Homeland Security Secretary. In hi…
00:58:53 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
The Roots and Future of Populism
The confluence of globalization and the information revolution has primed the United States, and the world, for a resurgence of populism. Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” explains …
01:04:22 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Millennials and Motivation, Featuring Simon Sinek and Adam Grant
Millennials shoulder a lot of stereotypes. They’re called entitled and in need of instant gratification. They’re not committed to their work and expect a work-life balance at their very first job. Do…
01:03:53 |
Tue 01 Aug 2017
Under Assault, Featuring John Brennan and James Clapper
What are the most pressing external and internal threats to the United States? Two former US Intelligence officials discuss Syria, Russia, ISIS, and President Trump’s embattled relationship with the …
01:01:55 |
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Tom Price: Federal Health Care Policy
After many setbacks, a possible vote to overhaul of the Affordable Care Act is back on the table. President Trump is urging Senators to pass a bill that repeals and replaces the ACA. In today’s show,…
00:30:54 |
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Can the Democrats Get Their Groove Back? Featuring Cory Booker
Democrats face an uphill battle: republicans control the House, Senate, and the White House. Democrats hold the lowest number of state legislative seats since the turn of the 20th century. And, the n…
00:58:40 |
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Conservatism, the Republican Party, and President Trump
Despite controlling both the White House and Congress, the Republican Party has had a bumpy ride in the first months of the Trump administration. Trump isn’t a traditional party standard-bearer. So, …
01:00:59 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
What Have We Learned from Listening to America?
Over the past year, the United States has been described as profoundly divided. But are these divisions as deep and hopeless as we think? The journalists in today’s show have made careers out of aski…
00:53:48 |
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Can We Prevent a North Korea Crisis?
Known as the “land of lousy options,” North Korea has posed problems for the US for decades. But now, the country is testing its missiles regularly and the situation is increasingly dire. What are th…
00:56:46 |
Tue 11 Jul 2017
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