Aspen Ideas Festival

The Aspen Ideas Festival is the nation's premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines to engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of the ideas and issues that both shape our lives and challenge our times.

The Aspen Institute produces the Aspen Ideas Festival in concert with its partner, The Atlantic.

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Episodes 137

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S2 Ep138: Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (

Aspen Ideas Festival

S2 Ep138: Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (

We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our inventiveness giving us reason

46:40

S2 Ep138: Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (

46:40

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S2 Ep139: We constantly strive to engage and surprise each o

Aspen Ideas Festival

S2 Ep139: We constantly strive to engage and surprise each o

Suddenly, machines are learning from gigantic expanding data sets at rapid rates.

48:26

S2 Ep139: We constantly strive to engage and surprise each o

48:26

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S2 Ep144: A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Roa

Aspen Ideas Festival

S2 Ep144: A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Roa

They invited America to join them via FB live, and through their spontaneous town hall

59:52

S2 Ep144: A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Roa

59:52

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S2 Ep145: America’s Online Enemies

Aspen Ideas Festival

S2 Ep145: America’s Online Enemies

State-sponsored cyber-spies and transnational organized crime groups pose urgent threats

1:05:24

S2 Ep145: America’s Online Enemies

1:05:24

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Clips 5

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S1: Senator Lindsey Graham on the Danger Posed by Iran

Aspen Ideas Festival

S1: Senator Lindsey Graham on the Danger Posed by Iran

Jeffrey Goldberg, Interviewer, Lindsey Graham

4:40

S1: Senator Lindsey Graham on the Danger Posed by Iran

4:40

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S1: If Culture is the Problem, How Do We Change the Culture?

Aspen Ideas Festival

S1: If Culture is the Problem, How Do We Change the Culture?

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jeffrey Goldberg, Moderator, Mitch Landrieu

9:40

S1: If Culture is the Problem, How Do We Change the Culture?

9:40

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S1: Should We Replace the WHO?

Aspen Ideas Festival

S1: Should We Replace the WHO?

Sam Kargbo, Tom Kenyon, Ron Klain, Brian Koll, Seema Yasmin, Moderator

2:31

S1: Should We Replace the WHO?

2:31

Video thumbnail: Aspen Ideas Festival S1: The Gutenberg Moment for Medicine

Aspen Ideas Festival

S1: The Gutenberg Moment for Medicine

Corby Kummer and Eric Topol

1:40

S1: The Gutenberg Moment for Medicine

1:40

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