Video Archive
What Women Want (on TV)
Lifetime Networks CEO Andrea Wong on acquiring Project Runway, surviving her years at MIT, and making "TV women can escape with."
"Fun With Technology"
Tim O'Reilly talks to Bob Cohn about Twitter, transparency, and his delight in seeing "geeks playing with sensors, with robotics, with building things."
Not Your Father's Marijuana
Anti-drug activist Joseph A. Califano Jr. explains to Scott Stossel why America's substance-abuse problem is more potent--and pervasive--than ever before.
"We Have to Get Better"
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks to Bob Cohn about national standards, the good parts of No Child Left Behind, and his roadtrip with Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton.
The View from Stanford
University President John Hennessy talks to Bob Cohn about green technology, Condi Rice's return to campus, and what it takes to get admitted to Stanford these days.
American Writer
Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife and Prep, talks to Scott Stossel about chick lit, George and Laura Bush, and those "disgusting sex scenes."
Darwin's Favorite Judge
The federal judge who ruled that so-called intelligent design cannot be taught in public schools talks to Bob Cohn about why the debate over evolution will not end.
The Gamemaker
Will Wright, creator of Sim City and Spore, talks to Ta-Nehisi Coates about "flow state" and how to keep players coming back.
Steve Brill Wants to Save the Media
By charging for online content, for starters. "The Atlantic is idiotic to give its stuff away for free."
Economic Reality Check
Former Clinton adviser Laura Tyson tells James Fallows: "If you knew the next big mistake, you wouldn't make it."
The O'Connor Factor
Sandra Day O'Connor talks to Bob Cohn about her 25 years on the Supreme Court and her "absolutely miserable" confirmation hearings.
Beyond Reagan
Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin speaks to Megan McArdle about moving the Republican Party past the politics of personality and into the realm of new ideas.
"Answer the Question"
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer talks to Bob Cohn about David Souter, the polarization of the Court, and his advice to nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
"If Bush Had Done That ... "
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino talks to Bob Cohn about Obama's likability, the media's complacency, and whether she was wrong to turn the other cheek
The Man from Google
CEO Eric Schmidt talks to James Fallows about China, U.S. immigration policy, and how the search engine can be misused by "bad people."
The Pawlenty Plan
The Minnesota governor talks about Al Franken, the Republican Party's "rebuilding year," and his own plans for 2012
ASPEN PANEL: Building Palestine
Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, talks to Thomas Friedman about laying the groundwork for statehood
ASPEN PANEL: Alan Greenspan on the Housing Bubble
The former Fed chair traces the current economic crisis back to the fall of the Soviet Union
ASPEN PANEL: What Drives Up the Cost of Health Care?
White House health care advisor Ezekiel Emanuel talks to Philips CEO Gerard Kleisterlee about the incentives that make medical technologies more and more expensive
ASPEN PANEL: Winning the Green Innovation Race
John Doerr asks Stanford President John Hennessy why so few of the leading clean energy companies are American
ASPEN PANEL: Are Jews Safe in Israel?
Jeffrey Goldberg asks Israeli Ambassador-Designate Michael Oren whether the Jewish State has failed in its mission to provide a secure haven for the Jewish people
ASPEN PANEL: Benefiting from China's Rise
James Fallows and Niall Ferguson debate how to steer the Far East superpower toward America's best interests
ASPEN PANEL: A Game of Catch-Up
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains to Bob Schieffer why American schools have fallen behind, and how the Obama administration plans to regain ground
ASPEN PANEL: Obama's America and the World
James Bennet asks Susan Rice, American ambassador to the United Nations, whether the new U.S. outlook can be labeled as idealist or realist
ASPEN PANEL: Is the Administration Anti-Business?
Austan Goolsbee, economic adviser to Obama, defends the president's tax plan
ASPEN PANEL: Google and the Financial Crisis
Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, explains why the recession is a failure of information
ASPEN PANEL: A Blogger's Story
Andrew Sullivan tells Ta-Nehisi Coates why he began exploring the new medium and explains why it enthralled him
ASPEN PANEL: Why Are More Women in Prison?
Linda Wertheimer asks former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, religious leader T. D. Jakes, and Harvard-based scholar Charles Ogletree to weigh in on the growing number of young female convicts
Katharine Weymouth on the Future of Paper
The publisher of the Washington Post explains the paper's adjustment to the online business model
For the Children
Marian Wright Edelman shares her vision at the Aspen Ideas Festival opening ceremony
