Latest Aspen insight Podcast Episodes
Using Music to Tackle Hate
Aspen Insight - May 17, 2018 16:23 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsReligion is behind an increasing number of hate crimes in the United States and religious minorities, like Jews and Muslims, are often the target. An unlikely set of people are working to turn things around. A group of kids make up a Muslim youth choir, the first in the country, that performs at...
Make Way for These Changemakers
Aspen Insight - April 19, 2018 20:11 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWhat does it look like when people rise to the challenge and tackle problems in their communities and around the world? Our first story highlights two gutsy women who are making strides towards gender equality in developing countries. Agnes Igoye trains law enforcement officers to counter human ...
Taxation and Investigation
Aspen Insight - March 15, 2018 19:02 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWhile he rarely speaks to the media, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s name makes headlines nearly everyday. He’s leading the probe into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential campaign, and Garrett Graff was one of the first journalists to closely follow his career. Graff’s 2011 book The Thr...
This Land Is Our Land
Aspen Insight - February 14, 2018 23:24 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWhat are the issues causing deep divisions in our neighborhoods and among our leadership in the United States? What can be done to repair the damage? Two former members of Congress — a Republican and a Democrat — describe how they worked across the aisle in a time when divisions weren’t so deep....
Speaking Up
Aspen Insight - January 18, 2018 15:42 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWhat is the best way to speak up and navigate difficult conversations? This episode examines how breaking the silence about sexual harassment is leading to change, along with the best ways to engage those with whom we disagree. The collective power of women and men speaking up about unwanted se...
Finding Power
Aspen Insight - December 21, 2017 18:25 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWhat drives us to find a sense of power we didn’t know was there? It could be a crisis, or feeling unequal or left out. In some cases, the power we discover inspires us to write. In this episode, a niece finds that she has the power to help her ailing aunt in Puerto Rico. The island's power blac...
Survival Stories
Aspen Insight - November 20, 2017 22:39 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe toll of the opioid drug crisis in America is far-reaching. We talk to a mother who battled addiction during pregnancy, and policy experts who are working to solve this epidemic. What can we do to win this battle? War in East Congo forced Robert Hakiza from his home. His new life as a refugee...
Keeping Watch: Cybersecurity, Creativity, and the Press
Aspen Insight - October 19, 2017 16:18 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWho is watching us when we aren’t looking? And what can we learn from keeping an attentive eye on the world around us? In this episode, we explore the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, and examine how Leonardo’s genius came from his ability to observe the world with wonder. Then, a cybersecuri...
Confronting Our History
Aspen Insight - September 21, 2017 16:52 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHow do we have difficult conversations about race in America today? In our debut episode, Clarence B. Jones, a close advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., discusses what it was like to work with King in the 1960s and why Americans continue to grapple with talking about race. Then, we listen in as ...
Introducing "Aspen Insight"
Aspen Insight - September 08, 2017 22:51 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsFinding common ground in today's divided society can feel like an impossible task. But here at the Aspen Institute, we are committed to doing just that. We work all across the globe, bringing together people from different backgrounds, experiences, and points of view, to tackle society's most co...
Related Aspen insight Topics