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January 7, 2020 1:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Joshua Foer on 'The Art and Science of Remembering Everything'

Science journalist Joshua Foer speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival about techniques for improving your memory.

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January 6, 2020 10:02 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Joan Biskupic, author of 'The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts'

As the chief justice prepares to preside over a Senate impeachment trial, legal analyst Joan Biskupic shares insights into his thinking and methods.

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January 2, 2020 1:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How to be an Antiracist'

This session at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival had the same title as Ibram Kendi's newest book published in August, "How to Be an Antiracist."

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January 1, 2020 1:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Healing America through a year of service'

A program from the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado: "Healing America through a year of service."

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December 31, 2019 1:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Gopnik on 'A Thousand Small Sanities'

New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik speaks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about the ideas in his book, "A Thousand Small Sanities." The book is both history and philosophy.

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December 30, 2019 1:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Correcting America's Historical Memory'

Historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed say sometimes our myths and memories collide with historical reality.

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December 26, 2019 1:00 AM

Intelligence Squared debate: Parenting is overrated

An Intelligence Squared debate about nature versus nurture.

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December 25, 2019 1:00 AM

Humankind documentaries: 'World War I Christmas Eve Truce' and 'Reclaiming the Holidays”

Two documentaries from the Humankind series produced by David Freudberg

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December 24, 2019 1:00 AM

Jonathan Winters reads 'A Christmas Carol'

Jonathan Winters reads the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol."

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December 23, 2019 2:00 AM

Hanukkah special: 'Candles Burning Brightly.'

MPR's Mindy Ratner has produced a holiday special about the music, history, foods and traditions of Hanukkah.

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