2007 Festival News!
 The Aspen Ideas Festival panel, "Your Brain and Yourself," included speakers and topics that will be featured at the Health Forum. Visit the New York Academy of Sciences eBriefing on the panel to see a video overview, interviews, slides and a printable 'e-book.' |
Plum TV video (Quicktime, Windows) and audio (mp3) of the Festival.
Minnesota Public Radio has dedicated a page on the MPR website to coverage of the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
View the episode of Studio 360 taped live during the 2007 Ideas Festival by clicking here.
Columnist Paul Andersen writes in the Aspen Times that an Ideas Festival targeting youth is vital to promoting change in the world (Ideas for youth, Aspen Times, July 22, 2007)
Jeffrey Rosen details in The New Republic his discussion with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about the Court's role in American democracy at the Aspen Ideas Festival (A Conservative Activist Court, cbsnews.com, July 14, 2007)
Karl Rove garners praise for his Aspen Ideas Festival appearance. (How Rove Charmed A Clinton Crowd, National Journal, July 13, 2007)
A HuffingtonPost.com blogger describes her experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival (The Aspen Ideas Festival: Media Darlings, Grace and Humility, July 11, 2007)
The Chicago Sun Times reports on the high-profile Aspen Ideas Festival attendees (Aspen Action, July 10, 2007)
Tucker Carlson Discusses Colin Powell's Remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival (TVEyes.com transcript of Tucker on MSNBC, July 9, 2007)
President Bill Clinton touts global interdependence at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Those Were the Days, The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2007)
Visit The Huffington Post's coverage of the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell questions Karl Rove at an Aspen Ideas Festival event (Rove and Powell Engage in CIA Leak Case, The Aspen Times, July 9, 2007)
Karl Rove spoke about the war in Iraq and the CIA leak case at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Rove Faces Cynics in Aspen, Denver Post, July 9, 2007)
Walter Isaacson urges the presidential candidates to provide visionary and imaginative ideas for a global response to the continuing threat of jihadist terrorism (A Vision to Match the Threat, The Washington Post, July 9, 2007)
The Malaysia Sun reports on commentary about the Iraq war at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Colin Powell Told Bush Not to Invade Iraq, July 8, 2007)
Madeleine Albright speaks on "Women and American Politics" Panel at Ideas Festival (Women and politics a Hard Line to Cross, The Aspen Times, July 7, 2007)
Watch Washington Week with Gwen Ifill, filmed during Aspen Ideas Festival with guests Dan Balz, Washington Post; John Dickerson, Slate Magazine; Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Alexis Simendinger, National Journal (July 6, 2007)
Wes Jackson, president of The Land Institute, described the perils of carbon-driven population and industrial growth and advocated for increased reliance on wind and solar power at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Growing a perennial revolution, Aspen Daily News, July 6, 2007)
Writer and television reporter Jeremy Schaap to co-host an Aspen Ideas Festival discussion titled "Sports and Society" on Saturday with HBO sports reporter and filmmaker Jon Frankel and former Minnesota Vikings running back Robert Smith (Schaap: Sports provide window into society, The Aspen Times, July 6, 2007)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer describes to Aspen Public Radio the compelling ideas he has heard at Aspen Ideas Festival (Exclusive Interview with Justice Breyer, July 6, 2007)
Listen to Iraq study group co-chairman Lee Hamilton, U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, and former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jack Keane debate the Iraq war strategy and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings defend No Child Left Behind on Aspen Public Radio (Hamilton: Bush Starting to Implement Study Group Recommendations, July 6, 2007)
In panels at the Aspen Ideas Festival, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Iraq study group co-chairman Lee Hamilton, U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, and former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jack Keane predict the likely outcomes in Iraq (Sunnis likely to prevail in Iraq, Powell predicts, The Denver Post, July 6, 2007)
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said the global warming threat is probably the biggest challenge ever facing humankind (Is it all a 'green hallucination'? The Aspen Times, July 6, 2007)
Clark Kent Ervin, director of the Institute's Homeland Security Initiative, suggests the U.S. needs to inquire as to "Why do so Many U.S. Muslims Appear to be Sympathetic to al-Qaeda?" (The Dallas Morning News, July 5, 2007)
ThinkProgress reports on results of a new poll released yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Read Voters Believe Iraq is Creating New Terrorists, Distracting From Domestic Priorities, July 5, 2007.
Aspen's IdeasFestival-Independence Day Explores Frontiers, and Aspen IdeasFestival - from a distance (conferenza.com, July 5, 2007)
Prompted by a discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Jim Wallis of Sojourners/Call to Renewal blogs about American ideals about human rights and the road to social change (American Ideals, BeliefNet.com, July 05, 2007)
U.S. Rep. Jane Harman; Former Sen. Gary Hart; and R. James Woolsey, a former director of the CIA and current vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton, decry US energy policy (U.S. energy policy attacked at Aspen forum, The Denver Post, July 4, 2007)
Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discussed his book Einstein, His Life and Universe at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Isaacson Explains Einstein in His Spare Time, Aspen Daily News, July 4, 2007)
U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) and energy guru Amory Lovins reflected on fuels for the future at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Festival sparks energizing ideas, The Aspen Times, July 4, 2007)
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong discussed Floyd Landis, beating cancer, and personal regrets at the Aspen Ideas Festival (Armstrong still has eyes on the prize, The Aspen Times, July 4, 2007)
Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham discussed 'What Bush Could Really Learn from Churchill' at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Read "Bush Could Learn From Churchill," Aspen Daily News, July 4, 2007.
It's "Politics Aside" at the Ideas Festival. (Washington Times 'Inside the Beltway' column, June 29, 2007).
The 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival includes numerous public events ("Even More Events for Ideas Fest," Aspen Times, June 28, 2007)