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Remembering Madeleine Albright
Episode 411
The Aspen Institute remembers and mourns Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, who passed away on March 23, 2022. She was a diplomat, professor, author, b…
4 years, 6 months ago
A New and Improved Social Contract
Episode 410
The industrial revolution and consequent terrible labor conditions sparked a wave of revolutions in Europe, and then a string of laws and protections…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Russian Cyber Threats Facing Ukraine
Episode 409
Any organization, public or private, with any connection to Ukraine, should be exercising extreme technological vigilance, says cybersecurity expert …
4 years, 6 months ago
How to Build Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that Sticks
Episode 408
We may have moved from a time of reckoning on racial equity to a time of transformation, says business leader Dr. Rohini Anand, and that gives her ho…
4 years, 7 months ago
How Can Activism Repair Our Democracy?
Episode 407
The cornerstone of democracy is the principle that all citizens have the right and ability to participate in their own governance, either directly or…
4 years, 7 months ago
A Conversation with Author Anthony Doerr
Episode 406
Anthony Doerr is probably best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel All the Light We Cannot See. Just like that book, his latest work, Cloud Cu…
4 years, 8 months ago
What the Ancients Got Right about Happiness
Episode 405
People have been thinking about happiness for thousands of years. In fact, ancient thinkers came up with strategies for cultivating pleasures over a …
4 years, 8 months ago
Brain Health and the Pitfalls of "Bikini Medicine" (Encore)
Episode 404
Even though women are likely to live longer than men, their hormonal changes make them far more susceptible to age-related memory loss like Alzhemier…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Remarkable Brain of the Bird (Encore)
Episode 403
It used to be that having a “bird brain” was an insult. Now, it’s practically a compliment! Turns out the brain of a bird, which is small enough to f…
4 years, 9 months ago
Psychedelics for the Win
Episode 402
In the 1950s and 60s, mental health providers used psychedelics to help patients open up about difficult memories. Then, the drugs were banned. Now t…
4 years, 9 months ago