The countdown to the Festival begins 🗓️
| | May 29, 2024 | | | The Countdown Begins | In less than a month, our Rocky Mountain campus will be buzzing with big thinkers, international leaders, artists, scientists, and a whole host of innovators.
From June 23 – 29, we’ll have deep discussions on today’s biggest issues, from building responsible A.I. and addressing humanitarian crises around the world to the run-up to the 2024 election and reforming the criminal justice system. We’ll also cover topics that are simply fascinating and fun. Learn about the latest in space exploration, dive into the mysteries of the ocean with award-winning photographers, discover new breakthroughs in helping our pets live longer and healthier lives, and stretch your creativity in hands-on workshops that celebrate our need for fun.
We’re thrilled to announce some exciting additions to our lineup: Actor and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus will join podcast host Sam Fragoso for a live taping of “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso” — where people sound like people. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will sit down with President and COO of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell for a conversation about new space frontiers. Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard Henry Louis Gates Jr. and actor Joe Manganiello will unpack what it means to find your roots and know your past. MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart will help us make sense of the 2024 political landscape, including the first presidential debate. Human rights attorney Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Perseus Strategies director Jared Genser, and James W. Foley Legacy Foundation president Diane Foley will discuss the fight to free political prisoners. Maryland Governor Wes Moore will discuss leadership during catastrophe with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle. U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) will join a panel with International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband and The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer, moderated by NBC News’ Tom Llamas. | | | | | INTERVIEW | Festival Fellow Spotlight | Meet Samuel Rodriguez, a 2024 Festival Fellow and the Executive Director of Walls for Justice, a nonprofit using public art to beautify cities and bring awareness to social justice issues. “In our experience, when community members pick up the paintbrush, they drop their sword,” he says. Learn how Rodriguez is transforming public spaces and protesting with a paintbrush, one mural at a time. Read | | | 20 YEARS OF IDEAS | Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | In her bestselling book, “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” psychotherapist and Atlantic “Dear Therapist” columnist Lori Gottlieb explores the human condition through the lives of four of her patients — and a fifth one, herself. In this funny and thought-provoking conversation from the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival, Gottlieb talks about the process of writing the memoir and the blind spots it forced her to confront along the way. She examines the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we navigate lives of constant change. Watch
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