Aspen Public Radio is proud to partner once again with the Aspen Institute to bring listeners special live coverage of relevant and insightful events with leaders from around the world. View broadcast schedules below (subject to change). Listen to past broadcasts on our Aspen Institute podcast.

Aspen Environment Forum

Aspen Ideas Festival

McCloskey Speaker Series

Aspen Security Forum

For more information on the Aspen Institute’s programs, please visit the Aspen Insitute website.

The 2011 Aspen Environment Forum presented by the Aspen Institute in partnership with National Geographic will provide a critical framework for committed voices to address a significant milestone: A global population of 7 billion and how to reconcile Earth's finite resources with its ability to sustain our expanding human needs.

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Exchanging IDEAS that MATTER
Entering its seventh year, the Aspen Ideas Festival will gather some of the most interesting thinkers and leaders from around the US and abroad to discuss their work, the issues that inspire them, and their ideas. Presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, the Festival is unique in its dedication to dialogue and exchange, and in its commitment to bringing ideas to the public at large.

Corporate Support for APR's live coverage of the Aspen Ideas Festival is generously provided by Obermeyer Asset Management Company. www.ObermeyerAsset.com | 970.925.8747

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Bringing together a range of leaders who have had a far-reaching impact on society.

Corporate support for APR's live coverage of the McCloskey Speaker Series is generously provided by Penney Evans Carruth of Chaffin Light Real Estate. www.CLRE.com | 970.925.2811

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Tuesday, July 5 at 6:30pm
Brian Greene, a professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, will discuss his new book, The Hidden Reality (January 2011). His area of research is superstring theory, which purports to give us a quantum theory of gravity as well as a unified theory of all forces and all matter. As such, superstring theory has the potential to realize Einstein's long sought dream of a single, all-encompassing theory of the universe.

Donna Brazile
Tuesday, July 12 at 6:30pm
Donna Brazile is a university professor, author, columnist, and the Democratic National Committee's vice chair of voter registration and participation, as well as the author of the best-selling book Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. She can be seen as a political contributor on CNN and ABC, including "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."

A Conversation with Republican Governors
Friday, July 22 at 6:30pm
A Conversation with Republican Governors, moderated by Walter Isaacson.

Aspen Security Forum
Wednesday, July 27 at 6:30pm
In collaboration with the Aspen Security Forum Following last year's sold-out event with Admiral Mike Mullen, the McCloskey Speaker Series and the Aspen Security Forum will present a conversation with a top-level incumbent government official on the nexus between the war in Afghanistan and homeland security.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30pm
Elena Kagan joined the US Supreme Court on August 7, 2010, becoming the fourth female to ever serve on the court. Prior to that, President Obama nominated her to serve as the 45th solicitor general of the United States, and she was confirmed on March 19, 2009. She joined Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999, became professor of law in 2001, and was appointed the 11th dean of Harvard Law School in 2003. She was associate counsel to President Clinton and then served as deputy assistant to the President for domestic policy and deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council from 1995 to 1999.

Ten Years After 9/11
Tuesday, August 9 at 6:30pm
Featuring a discussion among a panel of leading policy experts and members of the Aspen Strategy Group, moderated by Ambassador Nicholas Burns.

To answer critical questions about America's preparedness for terrorism, the Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Program, in partnership with The New York Times, presents the second annual Aspen Security Forum. The Forum will bring together top-level government officials, industry leaders, and leading thinkers for three days of in-depth discussions on the state of: aviation security, maritime security, border security, mass transit security, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, counterterrorism strategy, and much more.

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