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Our civilization has learned how to turn sand into silicon chips, silicon chips into neural networks, and neural networks into Artificial Intelligences (AIs). Over the last half decade, the capabilities of large language model AIs (like ChatGPT and Gemini) have leapt from babbling preschoolers to International Math Olympiad gold medallists, and now beyond. This talk reviews recent progress in training AIs to do science and reasoning, and speculates as to what it will mean for the future of physics if these trends continue. -
AXEL DE TORRES CURTHAvians have been migrating between North and South America for millions of years, linking the hemispheres like only birds can do. In November 2025, people in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina and Aspen bridged this journey in a new way: through our Sister Cities program and our shared love of birds.
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Mitzi Rapki in conversation with journalist Devon O’Neil, author of The Way Out: A True Story of Survival in the Heart of the Rockies. -
2025 Issues and Answers Election Forum: Roaring Fork School District Board of Directors Candidates, Ballot Measure 7A and Ballot Measure 7C. -
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a literary podcast produced and hosted by Mitzi Rapkin. Each week the podcast features an in-depth interview with a fiction, non-fiction, essay, or poetry writer. The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about the topics of an author’s work.
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Join Jeff Kripal and Jacob Sherman, in conversation with Sam Kimbriel, to share how the field of consciousness studies experiences unprecedented expansion—with over 100 theories now in academic circulation—radically transforming our conception of consciousness. -
Join David Abram as he elaborates on his phrase "the more-than-human world" to speak of nature as a realm that thoroughly includes humankind, yet one that necessarily exceeds humankind; the phrase has now been taken up worldwide within the broad movement for ecological sanity. -
Join Iain McGilchrist and Richard Tarnas, in conversation with Andrew Davis, to explore how their complementary ways of engaging with reality, when properly balanced, can foster both our sense of wholeness and our remarkable problem-solving abilities. -
Join Bruce Damer and Matthew David Segall, in conversation with Candice Olson, to learn more about how together they exemplify a paradigm shift across scientific disciplines that transcends traditional boundaries between physics, chemistry, and biology while addressing both the "how" and "why" of life's origins. -
Join Brian Thomas Swimme, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Jude Currivan for the ride of a lifetime, from the beginning of this universe to the present, with each chapter—atoms, stars, galaxies, plants, animals, and humans all making their dramatic appearance, each expressing the unfolding intelligence of the cosmic process. -
Taking place as part of our 2025 Nonprofit Volunteer Fair, this special broadcast explored what it takes to build community, moderated by Aspen Public Radio Executive Director, Breeze Richardson. -
Michael Seabaugh in conversation with Jeannie Walla at Explore Booksellers.
