2021 Aspen Ideas Festival

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021: A Playlist

From blockchain to back to school and virus-hunting to bridging divides, speakers at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival addressed issues in a new kind of world—one touched, and changed, by the pandemic.

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021 Plenary 5

The fifth day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Diana Trujillo, Marina Koren, Joe Lubin, and Gillian Tett.

Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence: Reflections on the Derek Chauvin Trial

What did it take to break the blue wall of silence, the informal code among police officers protecting their own?

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021 Plenary 4

The forth day of the Festival includes discussions featuring H.R. McMaster, Jeffrey Goldberg, Elizabeth Alexander, Clint Smith, Priscilla Chan, and Linda Darling-Hammond.

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021 Plenary 3

The third day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Whitney Wolfe Herd, Charlotte Alter, Lori Lightfoot, James Anderson, Jill Tarter, and Garrett Graff.

Education advocate discusses classroom inequity, return to school

Kaya Williams from The Aspen Times recaps the discussion between American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield on classroom inequity.

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021 Plenary 2

The second day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Parag Khanna, Dan Schulman, Shartia Brantley, Lonnie Bunch, and Jonathan Capehart.

Aspen Ideas Festival 2021 Plenary 1

The first day of the Festival includes discussions featuring Pete Buttigieg, Abby Phillip, Oskar Eustis, Saheem Ali, and Arthur Brooks.