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: 2017
Watch and Listen: World
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While the allegations of Russia’s 2016 election meddling have dominated US headlines, Vladimir Putin’s government is...
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