The 2009 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.
'What's the Big Idea?' at the Aspen Ideas Festival
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Nine speakers from a variety of fields give short presentations on their big ideas, at the opening of the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo.
Guests
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Sandra Day O'Connor: Former United States Supreme Court Justice.
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David Bradley: Chair and owner of the Atlantic Media Company.
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Sean Carroll: Professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Madrina Pisklakova: Founder of Center ANNA, the first crisis counseling center in Russia.
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Robert Socolow: Professor of mechnical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. Co-director of Princeton's Carbon Mitigation Initiative.
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Marian Wright Edelman: President and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
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Paul Ryan: U.S. Representative, R-Wis.
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Elissa Massamino: CEO and executive director of Human Rights First.
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David Fanning: Executive producer of PBS Frontline.
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