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May 23, 2024

Aspen Ideas Festival on Morning Joe

An Aspen Ideas Festival Update on TODAY

We’re only one month away from the Aspen Ideas Festival and couldn’t be more excited about the events and conversations we’ll have in June. This week, 2024 Festival curator Tina Brown joined the TODAY show to share more details about what to expect. “Convening is very much like editing,” she said. “I’ve taken the approach to the Aspen Ideas Festival as if I were editing an issue of Vanity Fair, putting it together with that same mix of substance, sizzle, intellectual conversation, and provocative ideas.” 


Brown shared her excitement over the incredible range of speakers set to join us in June, from visionary tech CEOs and bestselling novelists to government leaders and human rights activists.


This is a year not to miss. We hope you’ll join us.

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Your 2024 Reading List

Head into the long weekend with some great reads from our speakers and dive into questions like, How do we best navigate the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence? What can we learn from America’s past to inform our future? How are relationships changing in the 21st century? What can be done about democratic backsliding around the globe? And what are the ingredients for a meaningful life in the modern world? 


These topics and more are highlighted in a bounty of books from our 2024speakers. We’re proud to showcase their writing in talks and book signings throughout the Festival.

Check out our list of speaker books


20 YEARS OF IDEAS

Cosmic Conundrums

Ever since humans looked up at the night sky, we have searched for clues that connect the celestial and terrestrial. However, it was not until the birth of modern science — seeking explanations with empirical data — that we came to understand our cosmic habitat better. And although we now know much about the universe we inhabit, there are many unsolved mysteries. At the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan explained dark matter and dark energy, and the research taking us closer to understanding our cosmic beginnings.

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