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National Security

Why Our Partisan Differences Are Threatening National Security

It's clear the United States isn't united right now. A Pew Research poll done before the 2020 election showed about 9 in 10 voters worried a victory by the other party would lead to lasting harm for the country.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.09.2021
Global Health

Learning from the Pain of the Pandemic

Arthur Brooks shares how to emerge from the pandemic happier, stronger, and more resilient.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

07.14.2021
Society

The Most Important Rule for a More Civil Thanksgiving: No Eye Rolling

Current political fault lines are fracturing American society as people grow further apart from one another due to differing beliefs and opinions.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

11.24.2020
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
US Economy

Inequality and Opportunity

In this episode, Poet Elizabeth Acevedo tells stories important to the idea of a wound needing a witness.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

05.03.2017
Culture

What's Fueling an Angry America?

Mickey Edwards, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Stephen Carter, and Arthur Brooks explore the issues contributing to an angry America.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

10.05.2016
US Economy

Finding Meaning in Our Work

David Brooks and Arthur Brooks discuss the elements of meaningful work and the ways to achieve it.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

09.21.2016
Workforce Development

7 Ways to Find Meaning at Work

David Brooks and Arthur Brooks offer advice on how to turn a job into a vocation.

BY Uri Friedman, The Atlantic

Video

07.06.2016