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Aspen Ideas to Go Podcast: "The Road to Character" with David Brooks and Katie Couric

David Brooks’ latest New York Times bestseller is about personal virtues and honesty in a materialistic age.

BY Tricia Johnson, Guest Blogger

Podcast

01.14.2016
Culture

David Skorton: Future of the Smithsonian

In a conversation with Walter Isaacson, David Skorton, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian, describes the vision for his institution in the 21st century.

BY Arts Program

Video

11.24.2015
Culture

Smithsonian's David Skorton on the Future of the Institution

New Smithsonian secretary David Skorton is the first to admit that he "really [doesn't] know much about the museum world." But a lack of first-hand knowledge won't keep Skorton from making big changes to the 169-year-old museum and research complex. In a conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson at the Washington Ideas Roundtable, Skorton outlined his vision for updating the government institution into a twenty-first century marvel.

Blog Post

11.23.2015
Culture

What 10 things should every American know?

Eric Liu of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program talks about cultural literacy and the need for a shared core of knowledge in 21st-century America.

BY Citizenship and American Identity Program

Video

10.23.2015
Culture

Cultural Literacy in the 21st Century

As debate rages on issues of race, immigration, and religion, the question of what holds us together is more relevant than ever. This panel discussion on cultural literacy and the need for a shared core of knowledge in 21st-century America.

BY Citizenship and American Identity Program

Video

10.20.2015
Culture

Ev Williams on Innovation & Creativity

The CEO of Medium.com and co-founder of Twitter in conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson.

BY Institute Staff

Video

07.16.2015
Culture

The Price of Genius

Alan Turing, the intellectual father of the modern computer, had a theory. He believed that one day machines would become so powerful that they would think just like humans. He even devised a test, which he called "the imitation game," to herald the advent of computers that were indistinguishable from human minds.

BY Walter Isaacson

Blog Post

12.22.2014
Culture

What Could Be Lost as Einstein’s Papers Go Online

By empowering everyone to get information unfiltered, it diminishes the role of gatekeepers and intermediaries. But even in our digital age, scholars should visit their subjects’ archives—not just surf their sites.

BY Walter Isaacson

Blog Post

12.10.2014
Culture

Book talk with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson

2014 New York Socrates Salon and Book Event featuring Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson on his new book, "The Innovators".

BY Socrates Program

Video

11.24.2014
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