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Amina.akhtar@aspeninstitute.org (Amina Akhtar)
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Aspen Insight
Behind the Mask | COVID Doctor & Scientist Patrick Hines
For more information on Patrick and Functional Fluidics, visit www.functionalfluidics.com. For more information on the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship, and to hear from more leaders on the front-lines of health care on the Behind the Mask podcast, head to www.aspeninstitute.org/HIF.
2020-12-22
29 min
Aspen Insight
Don't Panic: Election Security 2020
To see more election content from the Aspen Institute, head to our Gears of Democracy page: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/gears-of-democracy/
2020-10-23
17 min
Aspen Insight
Shades of Freedom: The Criminalization of Black Girls
Read more here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/podcasts/new-criminal-justice-podcast-launches-with-look-into-the-criminalization-of-black-girls/ Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shades-of-freedom/id1527499155
2020-09-11
25 min
Aspen Insight
America's Looming Eviction Crisis
Find all of the eviction research from Aspen's Financial Security Program and its partners here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/the-covid-19-eviction-crisis-an-estimated-30-40-million-people-in-america-are-at-risk/
2020-08-26
13 min
Aspen Insight
Aspen Ministers Forum: Madeleine Albright in Conversation with Jan Eliasson
Find the full letter on the pandemic from The Aspen Ministers Forum here: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/press-release/amf-global-covid-19-response/
2020-07-29
21 min
Aspen Insight
Make Way for These Changemakers
What does it look like when people rise to the challenge and tackle problems in their communities and around the world? Our first story highlights two gutsy women who are making strides towards gender equality in developing countries. Agnes Igoye trains law enforcement officers to counter human trafficking in Uganda and Quratulain Fatima was the first woman to join the Pakistan Airforce. They are both Aspen New Voices fellows. And who says young people can’t be leaders? In our second story, high school students in Philadelphia work with the Institute’s Aspen Challenge to develop projects that address crit...
2018-04-19
29 min
Aspen Insight
Taxation and Investigation
While he rarely speaks to the media, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s name makes headlines nearly everyday. He’s leading the probe into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential campaign, and Garrett Graff was one of the first journalists to closely follow his career. Graff’s 2011 book The Threat Matrix offers an intimate look at then-FBI Director Mueller. Graff, who’s the executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technology program, explains how Mueller’s handling of the Russia investigation reflects his commitment to country and the Constitution. It’s tax time and many people may be noticing how the new Ta...
2018-03-15
27 min
Aspen Insight
Finding Power
What drives us to find a sense of power we didn’t know was there? It could be a crisis, or feeling unequal or left out. In some cases, the power we discover inspires us to write. In this episode, a niece finds that she has the power to help her ailing aunt in Puerto Rico. The island's power blackout following Hurricane Maria was preventing her aunt from getting life-saving medical treatment. Also, author Eric Liu talks about his book You’re More Powerful Than You Think. He says people are coming together and rising up across America and the...
2017-12-21
35 min
Aspen Insight
Keeping Watch: Cybersecurity, Creativity, and the Press
Who is watching us when we aren’t looking? And what can we learn from keeping an attentive eye on the world around us? In this episode, we explore the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, and examine how Leonardo’s genius came from his ability to observe the world with wonder. Then, a cybersecurity expert explains who is really watching us online and how they are influencing our lives. An expert from our Sports and Society program fills us in on a recent scandal in the NCAA, and finally, we hear how young Syrian journalists are being trai...
2017-10-19
44 min
Aspen Insight
Confronting Our History
How do we have difficult conversations about race in America today? In our debut episode, Clarence B. Jones, a close advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., discusses what it was like to work with King in the 1960s and why Americans continue to grapple with talking about race. Then, we listen in as three Institute Fellows explore what the US can learn from countries like South Africa when it comes to confronting the darker parts of our history. Finally, we introduce you to a first-generation American who’s defying the odds and achieving her goals through a college education....
2017-09-21
42 min