Collection
It’s Personal: Exceptional People, in Their Own Words
These are stores of survival, of discovery, of heroism — many of them told by the protagonists of the stories themselves. Though the subjects of these gripping and emotional sessions each face their own obstacles, they share a common quest for individual identity and the empowerment that brings.
![Christian Picciolini](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e816b77c-e1da-4d10-8522-e8a59189f61d/42206391435_885ffc23fb_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=4b7780&q=80&rect=738%2C323%2C2023%2C2029&w=400)
![Christian Picciolini](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e816b77c-e1da-4d10-8522-e8a59189f61d/42206391435_885ffc23fb_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=738%2C323%2C2023%2C2029&w=400)
Mar 19, 2019
Escaping Hate
Christian Picciolini went to his first white supremacist skinhead meeting at age 14.
Podcast — 59m
![Aspen Words Caldwell1819 379 1](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fc9dbc36-6065-4c07-8021-87c453859379/Aspen_Words_Caldwell.1.8.19.3791.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=4b7780&q=80&rect=2472%2C234%2C3567%2C3556&w=400)
![Aspen Words Caldwell1819 379 1](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fc9dbc36-6065-4c07-8021-87c453859379/Aspen_Words_Caldwell.1.8.19.3791.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=2472%2C234%2C3567%2C3556&w=400)
Jan 15, 2019
Pushing the Limits
What does it take to rock climb one of the world’s hardest routes?
Podcast — 49m
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![19419216251 Cf6d0d3b18 O](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ccffaf25-8b79-44b5-b5a4-36d8d3707db4/19419216251_cf6d0d3b18_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1314%2C11%2C4903%2C4901&w=400)
Aug 3, 2018
Longtime Kremlin Critic Says He's Not Afraid
Bill Browder, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, explains why he's not afraid of Putin.
Podcast — 38m
![Identity, Belonging, and an Epic American Mystery](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5e483c06-ec18-4ea7-88c2-b4fc895d8fe2/42149608565_f4697a4d25_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C1688&w=400)
2018 Festival
Identity, Belonging, and an Epic American Mystery
Moved by her own deep hunger to belong — to have an identity that matters and a tribe of her own — Alex Wagner, author and host of Showtime’s “The Circus,” set off on a quest...
Audio — 48m
![Hidden Figures: The Secret Legacy of Women in Tech](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6558ab29-29c5-4c92-9e4e-21eea28759e6/42974973122_4e5caea821_o21.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C5504%2C3096&w=400)
2018 Festival
Hidden Figures: The Secret Legacy of Women in Tech
The way history books tell it, the story of science and technology is one where the heroes are almost exclusively men. But we as a country have recently come to think of femal...
Video — 47m 0s
![David Bradley 2017](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2d4918ad-e48e-48bf-b91c-754369531139/35246563490_b919244466_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=870%2C0%2C3463%2C3462&w=400)
![David Bradley 2017](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2d4918ad-e48e-48bf-b91c-754369531139/35246563490_b919244466_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=870%2C0%2C3463%2C3462&w=400)
Dec 12, 2017
Coping with Disappointment, Setback, and Crisis
How well you handle difficulty may determine how happy and healthy you are later in life.
Podcast — 56m
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