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See the world through the eyes of a bird, dive into the culture wars, and hear how AI is revolutionizing health care with our favorite Aspen Ideas To Go podcast episodes from 2019! Some are serious (Bill McKibben has a message about climate change everyone should hear), some are surprising (wait until Tara Westover sings), and others, like Ibram X. Kendi explaining antira...
Sarah Rich is a writer and editor focused on design, culture, and social change. Previously, she was a senior editor at Dwell and managing editor of Worldchanging, where she co-authored the best-seller, Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century. Rich has been a founding editor for publications including Longshot Magazine and Civil Eats. Author of Urban Farms, her...
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is US Secretary of Health and Human Services, a position she has held since June 2014. She has led organizations in public and private sectors, most recently as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to serving in the Obama administration, Burwell was president of Walmart Foundation and COO and president of the Global Development Prog...
Kathleen Sebelius is CEO of Sebelius Resources and an expert consultant on health policy, health care reform, and human service delivery. As secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services from 2009 to 2014, she led the effort to pass and implement the Affordable Care Act. Sebelius was governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, Kansas’s elected insurance commissione...
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor and national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes for the magazine and website. He has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and TIME and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Slate, and other publications. He is the author of the 2008 memoir The Beautiful Struggle:...
Mark Warner is the senior senator from Virginia, serving on the Banking, Budget, Finance, and Rules committees and vice chairing the Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to his election in 2008, he was governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006, during which time Virginia was ranked as the best state for business, the best managed state, and the best state in which to recei...
Charlie Cook is publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and its CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and is a political analyst for NBC News. The New York Times h...
Jennifer Senior is a contributing editor at New York magazine, covering politics, social science, and mental health. She is the author of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, a New York Times best-seller and one of Slate’s Top 10 Books of 2014, which earned her invitations to speak at TED’s annual conference and Sydney Opera House. Senior won the Front Pag...
Eli J. Finkel is a professor at Northwestern University with appointments in psychology and in the Kellogg School of Management. Most of his research revolves around two broad topics: romantic relationships and self-control. For example, he explores how technological developments influence dating and courtship, and he develops tools to help people sustain passion in their...
Tim Kasser is a professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. He has written numerous scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, goals, ecological sustainability, quality of life, and related topics. He is the author of The High Price of Materialism, co-editor of Psychology and Consumer Culture, and co-author of Meeting Environmental Challeng...
Mike Mullen is a retired US Navy admiral. He was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president’s principal military advisor, from 2007 until 2011, leading the military during a critical period of transition. Mullen also spearheaded the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. From 2005 to 2007, he was chief of naval operations, the Navy’s highest-ranking officer, culminatin...
