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Speeches, documentaries and debates.

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How Nature Can Save Us'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How Nature Can Save Us'

M. Sanjayan is senior scientist at Conservation International and host of the acclaimed PBS series, "Earth: A New Wild." Sanjayn says preserving natural resources like forests and oceans can help the humans just as much as the other animals.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines?'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines?'

An Aspen Lecture about what it means to be human in the digital age. Sherry Turkle of MIT says conversation is the most humanizing thing we do, and we're not doing enough of it because we're texting and talking to machines. She says too much focus on robots reduces our empathy, self-reflection and creativity.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'American Dreamers: Immigration and the Future of Opportunity'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'American Dreamers: Immigration and the Future of Opportunity'

Three Americans, originally from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and India, share their insights about immigration's transformation of our country. The lively discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival also included conservative Grover Norquist. They all say immigration is our national challenge and our national strength.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Disrupting Political Campaigns: Shifting Political Influence from the Money to the Many'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Disrupting Political Campaigns: Shifting Political Influence from the Money to the Many'

A freewheeling discussion featuring Heather Smith of "Rock the Vote," now at Google, John Pudner of "Take Back Our Republic," Heather McGhee of Demos and Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org. Opening remarks by Lucas Welch, executive director of the Aspen Institute's "Pluribus Project" on political empowerment.

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Documentary: Steps to Recovery- The History of Alcoholics Anonymous

Documentary: Steps to Recovery- The History of Alcoholics Anonymous

In the middle of the Great Depression, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith had their first meeting, which blossomed into a service organization that has helped millions of people battle addiction.In its 80th anniversary year, a documentary about the history of Alcoholics Anonymous from Humankind and WGBH.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: A debate on the Second Amendment

Aspen Ideas Festival: A debate on the Second Amendment

Two lawyers with opposing views on the Second Amendment delve into the implications of the 2008 Supreme Court decision recognizing the individual right to own a gun.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: '2016 and the Politics of Inequality'

Journalists, nonprofit leaders and political analysts from across the political aisle discussed the politics of inequality and the role that the issue could play in the 2016 presidential elections.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Generation Unbound'

The rate of parents having babies out of wedlock is growing, especially for those who don't have access to quality birth control.

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