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Aspen Ideas to Go

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Aspen Ideas to Go is a show about bold ideas that will open your mind. Featuring compelling conversations with the world’s top thinkers and doers from a diverse range of disciplines, Aspen Ideas to Go gives you front-row access to the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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It might be hard to see–with political attacks in high gear this election season–but there is something hopeful taking root. People with a moral foundation are running for public office and they’re driven by an ethic of service. These individuals are... more

Music has the power to unite our brains and bodies and connect us with people on the other side of the world. Humans have been making and sharing music for thousands of years, but modern medicine and research tools have only recently given us the abi... more

Small businesses and entrepreneurship play a powerful role in American life. They help people build wealth and strengthen communities. In fact, small businesses are one of the most highly trusted institutions. The Pew Research Center reports 86 perce... more

Civilian control of the military is a cornerstone of American democracy. But what happens when the relationship between military and civilian leadership comes under strain? Amid significant changes in senior military leadership and renewed debate ove... more

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Charles Limb
Otolaryngologist and music researcher studying the neural basis of musical genius
UC San Francisco
Episode: Rhythm of Belonging
Cava Lee Menzies
Musician, visual artist and educator; creative director at Oakland School for the Arts
Oakland School for the Arts
Episode: Rhythm of Belonging
Francesca de Quesada Covey
Vice president of community impact at the Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation
Episode: Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Chiling Tong
President and CEO of the National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship
National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship
Episode: Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Karen Kerrigan
President and CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Episode: Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Angie Cooper
President of Heartland Forward
Heartland Forward
Episode: Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Elizabeth Kelly
Head of Beneficial Deployments at Anthropic
Anthropic
Episode: Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Military (former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Episode: Rules of Engagement: The State of Civil-Military Relations
Peter Feaver
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University
Duke University
Episode: Rules of Engagement: The State of Civil-Military Relations

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Trisha Johnson
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4.3 out of 5 stars from 269 ratings
  • Have “Progressive” politics slowed development? lol

    Get outta here with this garbage. We ain’t buying it. The harder you try to sell it the harder we move the other way.

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    jas_8998
    United States5 months ago
  • Aspen Ideas to Go

    Hi Apple Podcasts, I hope you have a good day. My name is David Zavala and I manage and operate a very good and a very successful Business called Sense Counseling LLC. We are filed in Texas. Aspen Ideas to Go, I enjoy the podcasts a lot because they encourage me to become smatter and open windows that allow State-wide Businesses like me to offer, sell, meet, coordinate, stay in the same cabin, and otherwise work with numerous of today’s leading, forward thinkers.

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    Sense Counseling LLC
    United States10 months ago
  • I love the variety of topics and people

    I’ve been listening to this show for a long time and it continues to make the cut in my weekly rotation. Why? Because it covers so many topics. There’s an interesting mix of people in the news and unexpected/unknown (to me) people doing fascinating work.

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    Bookish📚
    United Statesa year ago
  • Worst interviewer

    You need to have someone knowledgeable or can at least listen to do this interview. Interviewer is so self involved an important opportunity was lost. The issues the author writes about are pervasive and damaging to our world and the interviewer was truly clueless to this. Listen to Kirista Tippet’s interview if you are interested in Van der Kolk’s work.

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    khy414
    United States4 years ago
  • Please improve the sound quality of the speakers.

    Please improve the sound quality of the speakers.

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    glimadoll
    United States5 years ago

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Mix of policy, tech, and culture keeps episodes fresh.
Thoughtful, in-depth conversations with top thinkers.
High-quality guests and rigorous discussion, though pacing can be long for casual listeners.
Live-event energy is appealing to fans who enjoy engaged dialogue.

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Rhythm of Belonging
Q: Could you ever imagine getting to the point where there was enough science describing music and the effect it has on us, that it could become like a prescription?
Limb says music therapy is developing, but stronger evidence, including randomized controlled trials, is needed to support insurance coverage and prescriptions. He cites the Sound Health Network as an effort to promote research into music and well-being.
Rhythm of Belonging
Q: I wonder if in all your research, you have noticed a difference between the effect on our well-being of listening to music versus writing and composing music.
Limb says music affects people through different processes depending on whether they listen, create, think about or write music, and that researchers must carefully design questions because music is difficult to reduce to controlled variables.
Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Q: How do you think about that in your role for beneficial deployment at Anthropic?
Elizabeth Kelly says AI's effects are not predetermined and that companies have significant responsibility for a transition that expands opportunity. She emphasizes putting useful tools in people's hands, building partnerships, supporting nonprofits and lenders, and providing training so communities can benefit.
Why Consumers Still Believe in Small Business
Q: Technology is changing the way that they do business. Is that prompt correct? Are you seeing that? What is the data telling us about how technology is affecting entrepreneurs and small businesses?
Karen Kerrigan says digital tools and AI reduce the costs of starting and scaling a business. She reports that small employers are rapidly adopting AI and describes how these tools can let small teams perform work once handled by large corporate departments.
9/11, DHS, and the Rule of Law
Q: Should the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force sunset, and why?
Both guests argued that it should sunset, emphasizing the need for Congress to authorize new capabilities or declarations of war if new threats arise, rather than relying on a permanent blank check.

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2. Cava Lee Menzies
3. Francesca de Quesada Covey
4. Chiling Tong
5. Karen Kerrigan
6. Angie Cooper
7. Elizabeth Kelly
8. Charles Q. Brown Jr.

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