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Aspen Ideas Festival 2010

The 2010 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.

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Aspen Ideas Festival 2010

What's Your Big Idea?


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Eleven participants in the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival present their "big idea" to the assembled crowd.

Guests

  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Somali native, former member of Dutch Parliament, and author of "Infidel." She is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
  • Jeffrey Rosen: Law professor, George Washington University. Legal affairs editor, The New Republic.
  • Kim Bottomly: Biologist and president of Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
  • David Leonhardt: Economics columnist, New York Times. Staff writer, New York Times Magazine.
  • Vivian Schiller: President and CEO of National Public Radio
  • James Fallows: National Correspondent, The Atlantic Magazine. Former speech writer for President Carter and editor of US News and World Report.
  • Buddy Fletcher: Investment banker and philanthropist. Chairman of Fletcher Asset Management in New York.
  • Fred Swaniker: Founder of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa.
  • Regina Benjamin: Physician and Surgeon General of the US. Founder of a rural nonprofit health clinic in Alabama.
  • James Bennet: Editor of The Atlantic Magazine.

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