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Live broadcasts from Aspen Institute events, including the McCloskey Speaker Series, Aspen Ideas Festival and more. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values. Aspen Public Radio is a non-profit organization that relies on support from listeners like you. Please consider making an annual contribution to Aspen Public Radio at www.aspenpublicradio.org/pledge. Every dollar makes a difference and helps Aspen Public Radio provide great podcasts for everyone everywhere.
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Nuclear Security | Nuclear Security As President Obama has said, the prospect of nuclear terrorism is “the single biggest threat to U.S. security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term.” How great is the threat of nuclear weapons’ falling into terrorists’ hands and what more can be done to prevent it? Dr. Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund Dr. Robert Gallucci, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; former Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs Megan Garcia, Fellow, Nuclear Security Initiative, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Warren Stern, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security Moderator: Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Border Security | Border Security In all the focus on illegal immigration, how secure are our borders from terrorists and what more can and must be done to secure them? Chief Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security Cindy Coppola, Deputy Director, Terrorist Screening Center Robert Mocny, Director, US-VISIT program, Department of Homeland Security Daniel Prieto, Vice President and Practice Lead, Public Sector Strategy & Innovation, IBM Moderator: Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aviation Security | Aviation Security Ten years after 9/11 and billions of dollars later, gaps remain in aviation security, as shown by the “underwear bomber” and the cargo bomb plot. Meanwhile, the public’s tolerance for heightened security measures is waning. Is there a way to close the security gaps that remain and, and at the same time, lessen the inconvenience to the traveling public? Or, must we choose between security and convenience? The Honorable John Pistole, Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, CNN | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Role of Special Ops in War on Terror | The Role of Special Operations Forces in the Global War on Terrorism The commander of Special Operations Forces will explain their role in the successful hunt for Osama bin Laden; the ongoing searches for Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mullah Omar, Anwar al-Awlaki, and other top terrorists; and “the war on terror” in general around the globe. Admiral Eric T. Olson, Commander, US Special Operations Command Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Governors Haley, Martinez, McDonnell, Perry, Walker | McCloskey Speaker Series Welcomes the Republican Governors Association to the Aspen Institute Featuring South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Texas Governor Rick Perry and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in Conversation with Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inequality and Recovery in Obama America | Featuring Donna Brazile in Conversation with Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos | Brian Greene, a professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, discusses his new book, The Hidden Reality (January 2011). His area of research is superstring theory, which purports to give us a quantum theory of gravity as well as a unified theory of all forces and all matter. As such, superstring theory has the potential to realize Einstein's long sought dream of a single, all-encompassing theory of the universe. | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can We Reverse Aging? | Can We Reverse Aging? Science and Mythology Behind Growing Old Thomas A. Rando | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What is the Future of Cancer? | What is the future of Cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee INTERVIEWER: David Agus | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can Social Media Benefit the Greater Good? | Can Social Media Benefit the Greater Good? Lance Armstrong, Pete Cashmore, Matt Flannery, Chris Hughes, Doug Ulman MODERATOR Jerry Murdock | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Goolsbee | America—The Great Debate Austan Goolsbee INTERVIEWER Maria Bartiromo | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Duncan | Teaching and Learning for a Global Economy Arne Duncan INTERVIEWER Andrea Mitchell | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Breyer | We the People: Making a Democracy Work Stephen Breyer | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Borda, Gehry | Leading Design Deborah Borda, Frank Gehry MODERATOR Gwen Ifill | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How America Lost its Way | That Used to Be Us: How America Lost Its Way in the World It Invented and How We Come Back Thomas L. Friedman INTERVIEWER Walter Isaacson | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Moore | The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Geography of Happiness | The Geography of Happiness Carol Graham, Eric Weiner MODERATOR Daniel Gilbert | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afternoon of Conversation: Livni, Muasher | Prospects for Peace Tzipi Livni, Marwan Muasher MODERATOR James Bennet | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Challenge of Nation Building | The Challenge of Nation Building and the Lessons from Iraq L. Paul Bremer, III, James Dobbins MODERATOR Mickey Edwards | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Modesty Manifesto | The Modesty Manifesto David Brooks | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does the Supreme Court Follow the People? | Does the Supreme Court Follow the People? Stephen Breyer, Larry Kramer, Sandra Day O’Connor MODERATOR Jeffrey Rosen | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Economics of Happiness | The Economics of Happiness Robert Frank, Justin Wolfers MODERATOR Daniel Gilbert | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Shifts in American Politics | STATE OF THE UNION Great Shifts in American Politics: A Conversation with David Axelrod INTERVIEWER Joe Klein | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Freedom of the Press | STATE OF THE UNION The Freedom of the Press in the Age of (Wiki)Leaks James Fallows, Lawrence Lessig, Jeffrey Rosen, Jonathan Zittrain MODERATOR Richard Wilhelm | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Protecting Public Health | Protecting Public Health and Innovating for a New Energy Future: A Discussion with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson INTERVIEWER Michele Norris | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Immigration Reform | Melody Barnes, domestic policy advisor at the White House, on Immigration and its Impacts on Society. INTERVIEWER Ronald Brownstein. | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Revolution in Food Security and Population | The Revolution We Need in Food Security and Population. Introduction: Dennis Dimick Discussants: Dan Glickman, Roger-Mark De Souza, Roz Naylor, John Foley Moderator: Elliot Gerson | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Energy Challenge | The Aspen Institute's Environment Forum, 2011, The Great Energy Challenge. With Jeff Bingaman, Jim Rogers, Russ Ford, Dan Kammen Moderator: David Owen | 5/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Opening Session | The Opening session of 2011 Aspen Environment Forum featuring Marcia McNutt, Bill McKibben, Thomas Lovejoy and Stewart Brand. Moderated by Joel Achenbach. | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner at ARE Day | T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner talk about their environmental ethics, ideas for the future and how to change the American paradigm about energy and oil consumption. They spoke at ARE Day. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Khaled Hosseini and James Lehrer | Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, and James Lehrer, anchor of PBS Newshour. | 8/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ambassador Peter Galbraith | Peter W. Galbraith was chosen in March 2009 to be the United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. However, Galbraith abruptly left the country in mid-September 2009 at the request of UN Special Representative to Afghanistan Kai Eide following a dispute over the handling of the reported fraud in the 2009 Afghan presidential election. Formerly Ambassador to Croatia, Galbraith wrote Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America’s Enemies. | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Promise: President Obama, Year One | Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where, since 1991, he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. Alter speaks about his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One (May 2010, Simon & Schuster). His 2006 book, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, was a national bestseller. | 7/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Water in the West | Hot and Dry: Water in the West includes four speakers: Senior Environment editor for National Geographic, Rob Kunzig, former US Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority Pat Mulroy and director of the Global Water Policy Project Sandra Postel. | 7/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vartan Gregorian | Vartan Gregorian is the president of the Carnegie Corporation. He was born in Tabriz, Iran to Armenian parents. He graduated from Stanford University with honors. He is a scholar, author, educator and philanthropist. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons from the Gulf Oil Crisis | A discussion on the Gulf oil crisis between Tulane University President Scott Cowen and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. All eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico as we watch and wait for some good news from this seemingly endless oil spill that has become by far the nation's largest, and ranks among the worst environmental disasters in American history. The spill symbolizes our heavy dependence on oil and the increasing risks we take to power our modern economy. Nature's economy in the Gulf has been traded for a human economy based on fossil fuels. What prospects and plans are there to rehabilitate the coast, fisheries, and people of the region? How can we realistically move ourselves away from risky and environmentally damaging energy choices? | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Pink: The Truth About What Motivates Us | Daniel Pink speaks at the Aspen Institute on July 20th as part of the McClosky Speaker Series. The topic is motivation, drawing from material in his most recent book, "Drive: The Truth About What Motivates Us." He takes a scientific approach to looking at issues of motivation and productivity. Pink has written three other books about business and technology, has a law degree and also worked as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore from 1995 to 1997. | 7/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Michael Oren Israeli Ambassador | Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren speaks about the current state of Israel and the Middle East with Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for The Atlantic. | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Design and Sustainability: Living on a Fundamentally Altered Planet | Author and Founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben, talks about "Living on a Fundamentally Altered Planet." McKibben is an environmentalist who wrote one of the first books for a general audience on global warming, in 1989. Since then he's written a dozen more books. | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Neuroscience of Play: What Play Does for You and Your Brain--and What Happens if You Don't Play | President of the National Institute of Play, Dr. Stuart Brown presents "The Neuroscience of Play: What Play Does for You--and What Happens if You Don't Play." Brown discovered the essential contributions of play by finding its absence in murderers and felony drunk drivers. | 7/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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General George Casey: Our 21st Century Army | The New York Times' chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger moderates a conversation with General George W. Casey Jr., the 36th Chief of Staff of the US Army. | 7/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Promise of Play: Imagination and Play | Architect and designer David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group speaks with editor-at-large of Fortune Magazine Patricia Sellers about "Imagination and Play." | 7/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation With Bill Gates | Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates talks with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson about education and the work of his foundation. | 7/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Nuclear Future: Global Strategies and Regional Threats | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg speaks with David Sanger, the Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, about strategies going into "our nuclear future." | 7/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3D Technology In the Service of Storytelling | Matthew Bishop, US business editor and New York bureau chief for The Economist, moderates a talk with Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, Co-Founder, and Director of DreamWorks Animation SKG. DreamWorks Animation SKG is the largest animation studio in the world and has released 18 feature films, including Oscar winners Shrek and Wallace & Gromit. DreamWorks Animation SKG is also the first studio to produce all of its feature films in 3D. | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working will Drive Post-Crash Prosperity | Author and Professor Richard Florida discusses his book, "The Great Reset." Florida directs the Martin Prosperity Institute and is a professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He founded the Creative Class Group, a firm charting new trends in business. | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can We Rethink Consumer Behavior? Going Green in America | Fred Dust, partner at IDEO discusses how design affects our behavior as consumers in the USA. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Will the Century of Biology Mean to the Global Economy? | Juan Enriquez, academic, author and manager for a venture capitalist firm that invests in life sciences, discusses how advances in biology could affect the global economy and change lives. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Is a Learning Ecosystem and How Does it Advance Educational Innovation? | Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education talks with Constance Yowell, the director of education at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, about education. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Financial Crisis: Will it Lead to America's Decline? | Niall Ferguson, History and Business professor at Harvard University and David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government discuss the financial crisis in America and around the world. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff | Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff in conversation with Catherine Herridge of FOX News. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Leiter: The Terror Threat Picture and Counterterrorism Strategy | National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter speaks with Michael Isikoff of NBC. Their discussion is called, "The Terror Threat Picture and Counterterrorism Strategy." | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fran Townsend in Conversation with Walter Isaacson | CEO and President of the Aspen Institute, Walter Isaacson, is in conversation with Fran Townsend, the former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism during the Bush Administration. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Admiral Mike Mullen on Afghanistan/Pakistan: The National Security Challenge | Admiral Michael Mullen (US Navy) is the 17th and current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mullen previously served as the Navy's 28th chief of Naval operations from 2005 to 2007. He spoke on June 28, 2010 as part of The Aspen Institute's McCloskey Speaker Series. | 6/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Saving the World in Your Spare Time | Nicholas D. Kristof spoke from Paepcke Auditorium on August 4, 2009 as part of the Aspen Institute's McCloskey Speaker Series. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, writes a twice weekly op-ed in The New York Times. His columns often focus on global health, poverty, and gender issues in the developing world, as well as on US foreign policy. | 8/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ezekiel Emanuel | Ezekiel Emanuel, head of the Department of Bioethics at The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, spoke from the Paepcke Auditorium on August 1, 2009 as part of the Aspen Institute's McCloskey Speaker Series. Emanuel is on extended detail as a special advisor for health policy to the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. | 7/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard N. Haass | Richard N. Haass spoke from the McCloskey Speaker Series about his book 'War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars.' He is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, former director of policy planning for the Department of State under Colin Powell from 2001-2003, and special assistant (and senior Middle East advisor) to President George H. W. Bush. | 7/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Rather in conversation with Walter Isaacson | Award-winning journalist Dan Rather spoke with Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute on July 28 as part of the 2009 McCloskey Speaker Series. Rather's distinguished career includes 24 years as anchor on the CBS Evening news, earning numerous Emmys and a Peabody Award. | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arlen Specter at the McCloskey Speaker Series | Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and his five terms have made him the longest-serving US senator in Pennsylvania's history. He spoke from Paepcke Auditorium on July 11, 2009. | 7/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stumbling on Happiness | Most of us think we know what would make us happy and that our only problem is getting it. But research in psychology and economics show that people routinely mispredict who they feel when they do and don't get what they are seeking. Daniel Gilbert, psychology professor at Harvard University talks about what science has to tell us about why we seem to stumble "on" happiness rather than "upon it." | 7/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Stumbling on Great Lectures
The July 2009 lecture Stumbling on Happiness is brilliant and completely entertaining. Will begin sampling other lectures!
