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The Threads of Life

The Institute's new initiative, Weave: the Social Fabric Project, asks Americans to find a better way to live.

BY David Brooks

1 week ago
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In Memoriam of Charles Van Doren: An Appreciation of Our Moderator - a Master Teacher

Charles Van Doren, scion of one of America’s premier intellectual and literary families, died on April 9, 2019, at the age of 93. His fath

BY Jane Jaquette, & 1 more

Blog Post

1 week ago
Society

Social Media Threatens America

Jeffrey Rosen discusses how social media is threatening the America idea.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

05.29.2019
Society

Personal and National Crises

Jared Diamond describes the tools we use to solve personal crises related to national problems.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

05.07.2019
Society

Language of Friendship

Deborah Tannen discusses the way friends talk to one another can either bring them closer or create distance.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

04.30.2019
Society

The Work You Do Pays Its Benefits in Generations

Aspen Institute President and CEO delivered the following remarks at the national conference of the Child Welfare League of America on April

BY Dan Porterfield

Of Interest

04.10.2019
Society

Darius Ballinger

Darius Ballinger amplifies opportunities for young men in Chicago through direct service and eduction

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Video

04.04.2019
Society

Finding Happiness

Behavioral economist Arthur Brooks talks about finding happiness throughout life, particularly in later years.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

04.03.2019
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Escaping Hate

Former white supremacist skinhead Christian Picciolini talks with journalist Matt Thompson about his departure from the hate movement.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

03.21.2019
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