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
The Evolution of Thinking Machines
In many ways, artificial intelligence has become the norm. From autopilot on airplanes to language translation, we've come to accept once novel concepts as just something thinking machines do. What w…
00:57:47 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Should We Design Our Babies?
The discussion of "designer babies" often revolves around gender or hair color, but as Nita Farahany and Marcy Darnovsky explore, the medical debate is far more complicated. Farahany is Professor of …
00:58:20 |
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Acting Out
From co-founding Artists for a Free South Africa, to working in failing schools to turn them around, actor and 2014 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Alfre Woodard has played a role in making change …
00:51:47 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Will Violence Be Our Legacy?
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says that nowhere is America's crisis of violence more evident than in the African-American community. In this talk, he asks: What’s the real cost of violence? And h…
00:56:29 |
Mon 01 Jun 2015
Kids These Days: Technology and Culture in American Life
What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens’ lives? Youth culture and technology expert Danah Bo…
00:56:19 |
Mon 25 May 2015
On Russia and Putinism
This episode features Nicholas Burns and Strobe Talbott discussing Russia and Putinism. Burns is director of the Aspen Strategy Group and Talbott is an ASG member and president of the Brookings Insti…
00:48:25 |
Mon 18 May 2015
"Redeployment" author Phil Klay
Winner of the 2014 National Book Award, "Redeployment" takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Author Phil Klay reads from and discusses this collection of short stories…
01:13:43 |
Mon 11 May 2015
When Experts Disagree – The Art of Medical Decision Making
Despite medical advances and the application of scientific principles to modern medicine, there seems to be increasing controversy about the "right" diagnostic and treatment choices, even for very co…
00:59:05 |
Mon 04 May 2015
The Road to Depth, Thinking about what Character Is
Description Some people seem to lead inner lives that are richer and more substantive than the rest of us. How do they do it? In this talk, author and commentator David Brooks explores some of histor…
00:57:36 |
Mon 27 Apr 2015
A Conversation Across Cultures
In this lecture, philosopher, cultural theorist, and author Kwame Anthony Appiah rejects the idea that cross-cultural conversations often lead to the discovery of irreconcilable differences. The argu…
00:51:30 |
Mon 20 Apr 2015
"Our Kids" author Robert D. Putnam
A professor of public policy at Harvard, Robert D. Putnam has consulted for the last three American presidents and many other leaders around the globe. His newest book, "Our Kids: The American Dream …
00:50:13 |
Mon 13 Apr 2015
American Musical Traditions
At 28, musician Jon Batiste is considered by many to be one of the most exciting and progressive new crossover talents on the scene today. His modern take on the American songbook — equally influence…
00:53:06 |
Mon 06 Apr 2015
From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Time, The Universe, and Everything
Astrophysicist and writer Janna Levin offers an epic tour through time from the beginning of the universe in a big bang, through black holes, past the emergence of life on at least one little planet …
00:54:36 |
Mon 30 Mar 2015
Flash Boys and the Human Piranha
Michael Lewis is the author of the bestsellers "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt", "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game", and "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game", among other books. After …
00:46:22 |
Mon 23 Mar 2015
How Democracy Gets Restored
Lawrence Lessig (professor at Harvard Law School) says there's a profound loss of confidence by Americans in their government. In this Aspen Lecture, Lessig shows exactly why Americans are right, and…
00:56:40 |
Mon 16 Mar 2015
A Candid Conversation with John R. Lewis
Congressman John R. Lewis (D-GA), civil rights leader, and co-author of the bestselling graphic memoir March: Book One, is the recipient of numerous awards including the United States' highest civili…
00:46:25 |
Thu 12 Mar 2015
The Resilience Dividend
Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow…
00:59:01 |
Mon 09 Mar 2015
A Formula for Happiness
Want to be happy? Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, has read all of the books and studies about what makes us happy — so you don't have to. By marrying ancient wisdom …
00:55:43 |
Mon 02 Mar 2015
The Risky Business of Writing
Journalist Katie Couric interviews "House of Cards" creator and producer Beau Willimon. Recorded live at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the two have a lively conversation about Willimon's career (he studi…
01:09:50 |
Mon 23 Feb 2015
"Wild" author Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed discusses her journey, chronicled in the hugely popular book, Wild, and shares her search to overcome heartache and find healing. (Recorded live at Aspen Words.) The book was adapted f…
00:36:29 |
Mon 16 Feb 2015
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