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Behind the Mask | COVID Doctor & Scientist Patrick Hines

Aspen Insight - December 22, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
For more information on Patrick and Functional Fluidics, visit www.functionalfluidics.com.  For more information on the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship, and to hear from more leaders on the front-lines of health care on the Behind the Mask podcast, head to www.aspeninstitute.org/HIF.

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Value of Leadership | Healing in the United States: Wonder?

Aspen Insight - December 14, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Find more about this episode and part two here.  Learn more about The Civil Society Fellowship – a partnership of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network– here.  Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts here.  Learn more about the podcast series ...

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State of Native Youth Report 2020

Aspen Insight - December 04, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
To read the 2020 State of Native Youth report, click here. 

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Decolonize Your Thanksgiving with Nikki Pitre

Aspen Insight - November 26, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Despite the stories commonly taught about the first Thanksgiving, the truth behind this holiday is much darker. Listen to Nikki Petre of the Center for Native American Youth talk about what work is left to be done around a holiday that is constructed on false history, and how native youth across ...

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How Schools Can Be Part of Climate Action

Aspen Insight - October 31, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
To learn more about K-12 Climate Action, head to this website: https://www.k12climateaction.org/ 

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Don't Panic: Election Security 2020

Aspen Insight - October 23, 2020 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
To see more election content from the Aspen Institute, head to our Gears of Democracy page: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/gears-of-democracy/ 

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Shades of Freedom: The Criminalization of Black Girls

Aspen Insight - September 11, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Read more here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/podcasts/new-criminal-justice-podcast-launches-with-look-into-the-criminalization-of-black-girls/    Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shades-of-freedom/id1527499155 

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America's Looming Eviction Crisis

Aspen Insight - August 26, 2020 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Find all of the eviction research from Aspen's Financial Security Program and its partners here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/the-covid-19-eviction-crisis-an-estimated-30-40-million-people-in-america-are-at-risk/ 

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Aspen Ministers Forum: Madeleine Albright in Conversation with Jan Eliasson

Aspen Insight - July 29, 2020 16:12 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Find the full letter on the pandemic from The Aspen Ministers Forum here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/press-release/amf-global-covid-19-response/ 

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The Intersection of Structural Racism and a Pandemic

Aspen Insight - June 16, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
East Harlem is an overlooked neighborhood of Manhattan, made vulnerable by structural racism and gentrification. But even before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, the neighborhood had its own preparedness organization run by women of color who work and live there. Listen as Ann-Gel Palermo—an East H...

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Artist in Residence Edmund de Waal in conversation with Paula Crown

Aspen Insight - May 08, 2020 16:23 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Artist, advocate, and entrepreneur Paula Crown reflects with Artist in Residence Edmund de Waal on his work.

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Dan Porterfield on the Business of Giving Podcast

Aspen Insight - April 27, 2020 19:56 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
The following is a cross-posted conversation between Dan Porterfield, CEO and President of the Aspen Institute, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving Podcast. On the episode, Dan Porterfield talked about leading the institute into a pandemic, a new social contract, and why this...

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Containing the Spread of Viral Misinformation

Aspen Insight - April 10, 2020 13:46 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly, the global trends around information flows seem to be moving even faster. In this episode, Aspen Digital Executive Director Vivian Schiller answers pressing questions like the long term impact of misinformation on government trust and transparency.

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Cash Matters

Aspen Insight - January 08, 2020 16:26 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Long before Andrew Yang raised the idea of universal basic income (UBI) as a presidential campaign platform, UBI has been a topic among economic development experts. Is it a silver bullet or money without accountability? The reality is much more complicated. One cash transfer program, developed ...

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The State of Native Youth in 2019

Aspen Insight - November 27, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Every year during National Native American Heritage Month, the Center for Native American Youth puts out a report centered on Native Youth and the issues they are working towards solving in their communities. This year’s report was centered on civic engagement and belonging.

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Madeleine Albright is Unapologetic

Aspen Insight - November 13, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
When it comes to being an immigrant and helping women succeed, former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is unapologetic.

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Confronting Machismo in Central America

Aspen Insight - October 28, 2019 16:54 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Maria Pacheco and Alexandra Kissling speak about combatting machismo is Central American society and empowering Central American women with the tools they need to succeed economically and socially. They are two of the founders of Vital Voices Central America in Costa Rica and Guatemala and are 2...

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What is Medicare for All?

Aspen Insight - October 14, 2019 15:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
There have been many proposals on how to fix the healthcare system in America. One proposal in particular, Medicare for All, has gained a lot of popularity. Margot Sanger-Katz from The New York Times joins host Amina Akhtar to explain the proposal and what it means for the 2020 election.

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What's the Deal With Vaping?

Aspen Insight - September 30, 2019 18:28 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
With such drastic measures being taken both by government and companies selling vaping products, it begs the question: what’s the deal with vaping? Internationally recognized anti-tobacco experts Deborah Arnott and Matthew Myers give us their take on vaping from the Aspen Ideas Health Conference.

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Aspen Insight Season 3 Trailer

Aspen Insight - September 06, 2019 18:12 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Starting the week of September 23rd, the Aspen Insight Podcast will be back for its third season with host Amina Akhtar.

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What America's Best Community Colleges Can Teach Us

Aspen Insight - April 25, 2019 20:42 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
There are over 1,000 community colleges in America serving the needs of millions of students, many of whom are the first generation of their families to continue on to college. The best schools across the nation not only offer a great educational opportunity, but are the bedrock of their communi...

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Saving the High Seas

Aspen Insight - March 28, 2019 19:36 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A tide of threats against the ocean is rising, but pioneering ocean scientist and advocate Dr. Sylvia Earle, co-chair of the Aspen High Seas Initiative, has a solution. On this episode of Aspen Insight, we hear from Dr. Earle about her life charting the depths of the oceans, and we also learn th...

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How to Save a Democracy in Decline

Aspen Insight - February 28, 2019 17:11 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
For decades, Americans have been losing trust in democratic institutions, particularly media. In the news landscape, fact and opinion are getting blurred, falling revenues are shuttering newsrooms, and the public lives in “echo chambers” and can’t agree on facts. The Knight Commission on Trust, ...

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The Bauhaus Roots of Aspen

Aspen Insight - January 31, 2019 20:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, a highly influential German modern art school that closed under pressure from the Nazis. One of the school’s teachers, Herbert Bayer, came to Aspen, Colorado in 1946 and had a profound impact on the Aspen Institute. The Institute’s 40-acre ca...

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The Impact of the Women's Wave

Aspen Insight - December 21, 2018 19:54 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A record number of women are heading to Congress and state legislatures across the country. What led to this “Women’s Wave,” and how might policies change with more women at the helm? Anne Mosle, executive director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute, and Peggy Clark, who leads the Institute’s Aspe...

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Eradicating Intolerance

Aspen Insight - November 29, 2018 21:53 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
How can we create a more inclusive, just, and optimistic world? Mehrdad Baghai, co-founder of High Resolves, says it starts with young people. His organization, which was recently recognized by the John P. McNulty Foundation, works to reframe young people’s thinking around race and justice. “We ...

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Creating Jobs, Alleviating Poverty

Aspen Insight - October 25, 2018 22:58 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Uganda, in East Africa, has more startups than any other country in the world, but they’re driven by necessity. The number of young people searching for work dramatically exceeds the number of jobs available. When an entrepreneur does get a business running, it’s challenging to find funding, tal...

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Beyond a Level Playing Field

Aspen Insight - October 10, 2018 19:34 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
How would sports change if athletes of all genders were able to compete side by side? There is a long history of teams being separated by gender, but now, some athletes are starting to call that tradition into question. On this episode of Aspen insight, three Olympic athletes lay out why they th...

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The Old West: Reshaping the Myth

Aspen Insight - September 27, 2018 19:01 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Rugged cowboys, high-noon gun fights, and Manifest Destiny—all images of the Old West in America. But what did the 19th century in the West really look like? Myths from books and movies shape our understanding of that time and place and even help define our values and culture. These stories ofte...

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What is the Aspen Institute?

Aspen Insight - September 25, 2018 21:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
The Aspen Institute has seen many changes in the last year, including welcoming a new leader. Dan Porterfield became the Institute's new president and CEO in June, after seven years serving as president of Franklin and Marshall College. In the first episode of Aspen Insight's second season, Port...

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