Plus, our April book club pick 📚
| | April 3, 2025 | | | See the Remarkable 2025 Speaker Lineup…So Far
| | We’re excited to share a larger preview of the 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival speaker lineup, which is packed with visionary leaders and inspiring thinkers whose ideas and actions are shaping our collective future.
Get to know this exceptional mix of speakers — including the names below — and stay tuned for more announcements in the coming weeks. Former U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan examines the challenges ahead and how we might best meet them. President of the New York Stock Exchange Lynn Martin discusses markets and the economy. Jonah Goldberg, editor in chief of the Dispatch, considers the press’s role in a just society. Podcast and TV host Kelly Corrigan explores intellectual first principles. CORE co-founders Sean Penn and Ann Lee address providing aid, support, and rebuilding communities around the world. Bestselling author and New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman breaks down the new world order. National Book Award winner Imani Perry reflectson the color blue and its role in Black history and culture Pico Iyer, author of 15 books including “Aflame,” helps us understand the power of time spent in silence Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, leads conversations on everything from foreign policy and national security to the ingredients of joy. The 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival promises to be a truly exceptional gathering. Only a few passes are left for Festival 1 and Festival 2 is quickly filling, so don’t miss your chance to join us for conversations that matter with people who inspire.
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| | | | | The 2025 Festival Book Club: April Pick
| | We’re counting down to June by reading thought-provoking books by some of the brilliant minds speaking at this year’s Festival. Each month, we’ll highlight a book by one of our speakers, giving attendees the opportunity to dive into transformative ideas before seeing the authors in person on our stages.
Our April pick is “Aflame: Learning from Silence” by bestselling author Pico Iyer. Decades ago, Iyer lost everything in a wildfire that swept through Southern California. Unexpectedly, this loss led him to a small Benedictine hermitage high above the sea in Big Sur, where he has returned time and time again in the years since. At a time when families across LA are reckoning with what it means to start over in the wake of wildfire, “Aflame” takes readers of all walks of life through his many seasons of silent meditation at the monastery, offering counsel about the power of silence and what it can teach us about how to live, how to love, and, ultimately, how to die.
| | | Julia Louis-Dreyfus Talks Easy with Sam Fragoso
| | Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus has kept us laughing for years in her roles as Elaine Benes in “Seinfeld” and Selina Meyer in “Veep.” But her most recent work has her shifting from comedy to drama; in her latest film “Tuesday,” she plays a mother battling to accept the impending death of her terminally ill daughter. “I really love being an actor, so even the hard stuff has a grip on me,” she tells podcast host Sam Fragoso. A master interviewer, Fragoso is known for eliciting emotions his guests don’t expect (we’re thrilled that he’ll be joining us again for the 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival). Their wide-reaching conversation touches on ambition, frustration in showbusiness, Louis-Dreyfus’s battle with breast cancer, and much more. Listen
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