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.
Spirituality
Health
News Commentary
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Education
Society & Culture
Psychology
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Social Sciences
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Interview with Michael Bloomberg and Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, Mayor, London, Michael Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, 108th Mayor of the City of New York, and With Walter Isaacson, CEO and President, The Aspen Instit…
00:36:06 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
Robotic Moment: Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines? (Aspen Lecture)
Conversation is facing a crisis in our culture. We regularly put people on "pause" in conversation to check our phones. We treat machines as if they are almost human. We want technology to step up, a…
00:56:21 |
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Building a Better Teacher
We've all had great teachers who opened our minds — and maybe even changed our lives. But how can we make every teacher a star teacher? Elizabeth Green's New York Times best-selling book 'Building a …
00:54:44 |
Mon 19 Oct 2015
Gray Matter: The Brain after 50
Our brains are getting older, but there's still much to be optimistic about. Neuroscientists Susan Greenfield and Gary Small discuss the aging brain with journalist Sam Kean.
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00:58:28 |
Mon 12 Oct 2015
What's Character Got to Do with It?
David Brooks writes about character. Aaron Sorkin writes about characters. The opinionator and consummate storyteller join in a conversation about how Sorkin's connection to and love of character dis…
00:59:32 |
Mon 05 Oct 2015
'Unfinished Business' with Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter provides a sneak peek of her new book, 'Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family'. Inspired by her 2012 article "Why Women Still Can't Have it All," one of the most-read pieces…
00:55:54 |
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Facing Death with Dignity and a Plan
How can our medical and social systems support or hinder dying? Do we have the right to bend the arc of our own death, or that of a loved one? How can we approach the final passage with grace? Dan Di…
01:05:50 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
The Church of Pope Francis
Nancy Gibbs, editor of TIME magazine, leads a conversation with: Michael Gerson, a nationally syndicated columnist whose writing appears twice weekly in 'The Washington Post'; Matt Malone, president …
01:00:39 |
Mon 14 Sep 2015
The New Golden Age of Television
Internet TV is growing globally in ways that traditional TV just isn’t. Netflix is a change-maker that is dramatically influencing our consumption of story-telling. This episode features Katie Couric…
01:03:37 |
Tue 08 Sep 2015
What is College For?
Featuring William Deresiewicz, author of 'Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life' and New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks. At a time when tra…
00:56:34 |
Mon 31 Aug 2015
China: New Economic Superpower?
Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has had unprecedented access to modern China’s political and business elite. As head of Goldman Sachs, he had a pivotal role in opening up China to private e…
00:45:24 |
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Long Life in the 21st Century (Aspen Lecture)
Aspen Lecture featuring Laura Carstensen, Fairleigh Dickinson Professor in Public Policy, Department of Psychology, Stanford University; Director, Stanford Center on Longevity. We are approaching a w…
00:55:47 |
Mon 24 Aug 2015
Is Violence a Function of our Culture?
Homicide remains an endemic, seemingly unsolvable problem in America. And violent crime afflicts African-American communities to a much greater degree than others, as does mass incarceration — and po…
00:59:09 |
Mon 17 Aug 2015
A View from the White House
The President’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor tells us what keeps her up at night and how she is working to make us all safe. Lisa Monaco, Deputy National Security Advisor and Assist…
00:46:54 |
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Faith and the Public Square
Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) discusses faith and public life with Jim Wallis. The conversation begins from an agreement that the separation of church and state is imperative but that moral values sho…
00:56:42 |
Mon 03 Aug 2015
Circuit Training for Your Brain: Well-Being Is a Skill
Scientific evidence suggests that we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivating habits of mind that will improve well-being. These include happiness, resilience, compassion, and …
00:44:03 |
Mon 27 Jul 2015
Radical: My Journey Out Of Islamist Extremism
Maajid Nawaz shares his remarkable journey from Islamist extremism to liberal democratic values. Nawaz is the co-founder of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank based in London, and engages in co…
00:45:59 |
Mon 20 Jul 2015
The Obama Doctrine: America's Role in a Complicated World
Benjamin J. Rhodes, the deputy national security advisor to President Obama, was the chief US negotiator in the secret normalization talks with Cuba and has been a central player in the making of Ame…
01:02:23 |
Mon 13 Jul 2015
The Supreme Court's Marriage Equality Ruling: The Most Consequential Ruling in Our Lifetimes?
Recorded just four days after the SCOTUS ruling, this episode features a wide-ranging discussion of the cases and history behind the Marriage Equality ruling. Featuring the legal dream team that help…
01:03:25 |
Mon 06 Jul 2015
Undaunted: Stories from the Frontlines of Global Health
During the Ebola crisis, strong grassroots relationships and homegrown leadership made the difference between life and death. Drawing on that learning, movers and shakers from the Aspen New Voices Fe…
00:53:38 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
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