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What America's Best Community Colleges Can Teach Us Apr 25, 2019

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There are over 1,000 community colleges in America serving the needs of millions of students, many of whom are the first generation of their families to continue on to college. The best schools across the nation not only offer a great educational opportunity, but are the bedrock of their communities and surrounding areas across the nation.

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Saving the High Seas Mar 28, 2019

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A tide of threats against the ocean is rising, but pioneering ocean scientist and advocate Dr. Sylvia Earle, co-chair of the Aspen High Seas Initiative, has a solution. On this episode of Aspen Insight, we hear from Dr. Earle about her life charting the depths of the oceans, and we also learn the ways we all can better sustain them, and finally, we speak with Aspen High Seas Initiative Executive Director Michael Conathan on how the Initiative is working to protect these most vulnerable parts of the world.

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How to Save a Democracy in Decline Feb 28, 2019

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For decades, Americans have been losing trust in democratic institutions, particularly media. In the news landscape, fact and opinion are getting blurred, falling revenues are shuttering newsrooms, and the public lives in “echo chambers” and can’t agree on facts. The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy believes distrust has reached crisis levels. The 27-member commission, created by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, drilled into why trust is declining and how it can be rebuilt. Their list of recommendations for media organizations, technology companies, and the public was released in early February 2019. In this episode, commissioners explain that it takes work from everyone to strengthen American democracy.

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The Bauhaus Roots of Aspen Jan 31, 2019

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, a highly influential German modern art school that closed under pressure from the Nazis. One of the school’s teachers, Herbert Bayer, came to Aspen, Colorado in 1946 and had a profound impact on the Aspen Institute. The Institute’s 40-acre campus in the Rockies is filled with Bayer artifacts. In fact, you can’t walk the campus without seeing an earthwork, Bauhaus-inspired architecture, sculptures, tapestries, and more. We guide you through the history of Bayer, Bauhaus, and the Institute.

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The Impact of the Women's Wave Dec 21, 2018

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A record number of women are heading to Congress and state legislatures across the country. What led to this “Women’s Wave,” and how might policies change with more women at the helm? Anne Mosle, executive director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute, and Peggy Clark, who leads the Institute’s Aspen Global Innovators Group, discuss potential policy changes, the role of the women’s movement in the election, and how women across the world, and in the US, continue to fight bias and discrimination.