Track(s):
Afternoon of Conversation
The Afternoon of Conversation is the Aspen Ideas Festival's signature event and hosts an audience of 2,000 in the Benedict Music Tent. Big thinkers and doers will engage serious ideas about their work, our world, and the future. (Doors at 1:30 PM. All backpacks, purses, and bags will be subject to a bag check.)
Speakers: Nkosi Nkululeko, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Esau Sinnok, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Chris Matthews, Jeffrey Goldberg, Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, Nancy Gibbs, Joanne Lipman, Katie Couric, Samantha Power, John Hickenlooper, John Dickerson, Mitch Landrieu, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jeff Immelt, Walter Isaacson, Gerard Baker, Nikhil Deogun, Elizabeth Alexander
Festival: Aspen Ideas 2017
Watch and Listen: World
Most of us probably harbor preconceived notions about refugees. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding about what drove them...
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The Trump Administration has said that “all options are on the table” in North Korea. What actually are the options,...
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The Afternoon of Conversation is the Aspen Ideas Festival's signature event and hosts an audience of 2,000 in the...
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Authoritarian populists are gaining power from Ankara to Athens, from Warsaw to Washington. Meanwhile, popular support...
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