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
Politics
Culture
Ai
Social Sciences
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
A New Leash on Life: How Can We Help Our Dogs Live Longer?
Research on aging and extending life and healthspan has ventured beyond humans to our best animal friends – dogs. In less than a year, dog owners may be able to buy a drug that would extend their dog…
00:46:05 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Jane Fonda, Rebel With a Cause
After a lifetime of successful acting and passionate activism, Jane Fonda is far from done. At 86, she’s now pouring all of her efforts into pushing for action that will stop climate change, and she’…
00:33:06 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
White Poverty
Many more Americans are struggling to survive and make ends meet than is typically portrayed in the media and public policy debates. And when poverty is depicted, harmful and inaccurate stereotypes o…
00:54:06 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
The Secrets of Great Leadership
Leaders are the face of their institution, answering for all its missteps and sometimes taking the fall for the actions of others. How can anyone manage that job in today’s divisive world, and why wo…
00:57:21 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
The Disruptors: Sam Altman and Brian Chesky
Technological innovations are led by people, and in this episode, the leaders of two of the most influential companies in Silicon Valley provide some insight into the human drivers of their products.…
00:40:46 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
U.S. and China: Edging Toward the Brink?
Relations between the United States and China have become increasingly tense over the past few years. Trade wars have escalated, and U.S. national security experts are bracing as China bulks up its m…
01:31:13 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Is America Due for a Third Founding?
America’s “second founding” came on the heels of the Civil War, when the architects of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments thought long and hard about how to enshrine civil rights that were truly for …
00:53:58 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
The $38 Trillion Question
If we do absolutely nothing to mitigate climate change, scientists estimate the toll could be $38 trillion a year in damages. Industrialized countries like the United States, China, Russia and Europe…
00:55:14 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Hope in Troubling Times
Hope seems like a simple concept, but the feeling can be difficult to hold onto. And when times are difficult and chaos swirls around us, it’s more important than ever. How do we find and practice ho…
00:54:54 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
The First AI Elections
Almost anyone with a computer can figure out how to make a deepfake photo, video or audio. With a contentious and vitally important election around the corner in the United States, what can we do to …
00:48:12 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
At America’s Edge: Border Politics, Policy and People
It’s been decades since the United States has updated its immigration policies in any sort of comprehensive way, and the problems and suffering at the southern border have persisted. Meanwhile, worse…
00:55:03 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
AI Superthinker
Where will artificial intelligence be in five years, or 10 or 20? What happens if the technology is regulated? And if it isn’t? How will it shape the world and the way we live our lives? The CEO of M…
00:46:31 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Academia at a Crossroads
The challenges for university presidents keep coming, from Middle East protests to standardized testing and admissions debates, to complaints over classroom content and pedagogical methods. The Ameri…
00:51:53 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Peter Thiel — On the Record with an Iconoclast
Whether they publicly tout it or not, U.S. technology companies play a powerful role in politics, cultural issues and the way we live. Founder and investor Peter Thiel is one of the more visible and …
01:03:18 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
A Revolutionary Age with Fareed Zakaria
Sizable electorates around the world are flocking to populist candidates who promise power, domination and a return to better times. The global experiment in liberalism seems to be suffering a setbac…
00:50:48 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Seeing Light in Dark Times with Nicholas Kristof
Conflict and suffering can bring out the worst in people, but it can also bring out the best. This is one of the lessons New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has learned from decades of reportin…
00:53:47 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Women’s Rights Under Attack
The federal right to abortions in the United States has been overturned, access to contraception and IVF services are threatened in many states, and the gender wage gap persists. It feels like an era…
01:06:07 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
The Future of the Middle East
The grim stream of news from the Middle East has been making it more and more difficult to hold onto hope for peace. When and how will the conflict in Gaza end? And could war even spread to Israel’s …
01:00:18 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
SCOTUS Decides 2024
The Supreme Court has issued another series of controversial and consequential decisions this term, fueling discussion on the current state of the judicial branch. Recent polling data show that seven…
00:57:30 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential: Science, Lifestyle and Longevity
People and families suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia often feel desperate for a cure and will try anything. Unfortunately, no cure exists and not a single treatment has been shown to reverse t…
00:56:52 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
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