Plus, meet the 2024 Festival Fellows!
| | June 6, 2024 | | | The Countdown Begins | We’re less than three weeks away from the Aspen Ideas Festival and can’t wait for our stages to be filled with curious minds and bold ideas. We’ve continued to add more extraordinary speakers to our lineup, including: Basketball legend Candace Parker will sit down with NBC’s Lester Holt to discuss her legacy, and what’s to come for her and the sport. Dive into NCAA's record-breaking year with University of Connecticut's Geno Auriemma, the forty-year veteran coach of the most successful women’s college basketball team. Legendary producer and Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer will take us behind the scenes into the seismic shifts shaking Hollywood and beyond. Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert, Jordanian Ambassador to the United States Dina Kawar, and former United States Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides will discuss the future of the Middle East with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Maryland Governor Wes Moore will discuss leadership during catastrophe with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle. | | | | | Q & A | The Art of the Interview | On his podcast “Talk Easy,” Sam Fragoso has captured some of the most raw and unexpected interviews with many of our favorite celebrities, as well as musicians, artists, activists, politicians, and more. Ahead of his live taping with actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, we caught up with Fragoso to discuss his intensive research process, the ingredients of a good conversation, and how he gets people who have given thousands of interviews to say something new. Read | | | ANNOUNCEMENT | Meet the 2024 Fellows | We're thrilled to announce the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival Fellows, a diverse group of over 130 leaders from all over the United States and 11 different countries who have been selected for their work, accomplishments, and ability to transform ideas into action. At the Festival, these rising stars will bring forward innovative solutions to the complex problems discussed on our stages and join a vast network of past Fellows whose big ideas are making the world a better place. ⭐ Get to know this year's cohort | | | 20 YEARS OF IDEAS | Confronting History | How can we face and overcome the mistakes of our past? At the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of “Just Mercy,” spoke about his organization’s efforts to build a museum examining the legacy of slavery, segregation, and racial violence. Watch Stevenson discuss how America can own up to its history and get more comfortable discussing uncomfortable truths. Watch
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