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Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Gopnik on 'A Thousand Small Sanities'
Adam Gopnik explores the history of our political ideologies and convictions, and the importance of trust, compromise and conciliation.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Healing America through a year of service
Could a year of service — be it military, civilian, or public service — bring people together, bridge divides, and provide a common experience, so we can work with and understand people who are different from ourselves?
Rep. Elijah Cummings at the National Press Club
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington about the investigations into the Trump administration, drug pricing and more.
The 'climate candidate' for president: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington has made climate change the central issue of his 2020 presidential campaign. He shared his ideas as part of the “Climate One” series.
Discourse Disrupters: Nadine Strossen and Thane Rosenbaum on free speech in America
Discourse Disrupters series: former American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen and NYU law professor Thane Rosenbaum discuss the future and limits of free speech in America.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage on why theater matters
Lynn Nottage is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose new play, "Floyd's," has its world premiere this weekend at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She came to town for it, and joined the Guthrie's artistic director Joseph Haj for a conversation about the importance of theater.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Tara Westover and Sarah Smarsh on revising the narrative on rural America
Writers Tara Westover and Sarah Smarsh speak at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the ways we think about rural America and the destructive stereotypes we hold about people who have different experiences from our own.