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Aspen Ideas Festival: 15 Years after 9-11, Are We Any Safer?

Aspen Ideas Festival: 15 Years after 9-11, Are We Any Safer?

Investigative reporter Steven Brill wrote the September cover story in The Atlantic, titled "Fifteen Years After 9-11, Are We Any Safer?" Sunday marks the 15th anniversary. Brill concludes that in the cause of "never again", we haven't spent money and resources wisely, and it's amounted to nearly a trillion dollars.

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NPR special: The Making of Clinton and Trump: Character in the 2016 Election

NPR special: The Making of Clinton and Trump: Character in the 2016 Election

The special examines the characters of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The 2016 Democratic and Republican candidates are the most unpopular candidates since modern polling began. Why is that the case? Over the course of the hour, we will revisit their personal histories and explore episodes in which their characters were forged.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks and Arthur Brooks on finding meaning in our work

Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks and Arthur Brooks on finding meaning in our work

An Aspen Ideas Festival discussion about finding meaning in your work. David Brooks of PBS and the New York Times and Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute say we need to make ourselves useful and do skillful, competent work. And seeking money, power, pleasure and fame won't usually lead to a happy life.

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APM Reports documentary, Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal

APM Reports documentary, Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal

To preview Labor Day, you'll hear an APM Reports/American RadioWorks documentary about jobs and public works programs during the 1930's, called "Bridge to Somewhere: Lessons from the New Deal." It was produced in 2009 by Catherine Winter.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Can placebos cure pain?

Aspen Ideas Festival: Can placebos cure pain?

Science writer Jo Marchant has studied decades of research on the effectiveness of placebos. She says the science shows our brains have an "inner pharmacy" and the placebo response is particularly significant for reducing pain.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: GMO's: Savior, Satan, or Something in Between?

Aspen Ideas Festival: GMO's: Savior, Satan, or Something in Between?

An Aspen Ideas Festival exploration of one of the country's big controversies about food and farming. The session was called "GMO's: Savior, Satan, or Something in Between?" Experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, Monsanto Corporation and the Environmental Defense Fund try to answer that question.

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