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Could that be true? Would they really lie to you? Listen in as NPR’s Peter Sagal, host of public radio’s favorite game show Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, along with Aspen “celebrities” Steve Child, Torre and Mayor Rachael Richards judge this year’s storytellers for a memorable night of oral storytelling! Audience participation was encouraged as Nina Gabianelli, Mike Monroney, Doc Eason, and Sylvia Wendrow took the stage at the historic Wheeler Opera House in downtown Aspen to “tell” us a story… -
We have, for the first time, a physical path to storing information in the most efficient and fastest way allowed by nature. It can save the environment and accelerate AI and its connectivity to unprecedented speeds. There lies our salvation, but also our possible doom.
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Featuring Dr. Emily Jacobs, neuroscientist and professor at UC Santa Barbara, whose groundbreaking research examines how hormonal changes across the female lifespan influence brain function and structure. -
Aspen Historical Society and TACAW host author Lance R Blyth to share “Unknown Tales of the Tenth,” unexpected stories he learned while researching and writing Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare (Oklahoma, 2024). These include that a unit called 10th Mountain was never at Camp Hale, that the Roaring Fork Valley almost became the site of the Army’s mountain training camp, and that mountain training continued in Colorado after WW II well into the 1950s. -
Ana María Hernando, from Argentina (b. 1959, Buenos Aires), is a Colorado-based multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on the feminine, using empathy to make the invisible visible, and to question our preconceptions of the other and each other, including nature and the earth, their worth, and value. -
Listen in for an invigorating conversation about the healing and wholeness of trees with environmental psychologist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Dr Lindsay Branham, artist Laura Betti, and Aspen City Councilmember John Doyle to celebrate the publication of Lindsay’s book: Heartwood: The Wisdom and Healing Kinship of Trees. -
Witness to Water follows the Colorado River from its pristine headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to its altered and endangered end in the Sonoran Desert. In this immersive multimedia presentation and book launch celebration, acclaimed National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Pete McBride shares images, videos, and sound from decades spent documenting the river from source to sea—or dry delta—and its many tributaries, from the Roaring Fork to the Gila and beyond. -
Year after year, English In Action’s Immigrant Voices event bridges cultural divides by bringing people together to honor our differences and highlight our shared human experiences. -
Listen in for an Anderson Ranch visiting artist lecture with Diana Heise. -
Galaxies are complex collections of stars, gas, and dark matter. The largest galaxies host many of the Universe’s stars and harbor the most extreme supermassive black holes. Today these massive galaxies are ancient relics – they stopped forming stars long ago and shine with a dim, reddish glow. -
Are you noticing changes in our local forest? Join Colorado State Forest Entomologist Dr. Dan West as he explores the complex factors driving the Douglas-fir beetle outbreak, from biological interactions to climate change, and dives into how Douglas-fir forest might evolve over the next 20 years. Discover the realities of the current infestation and learn about management options and limitations. -
Science on Skis: Traversing the Juneau Icefield is about Izzo’s experience as a student with the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). Since 1946, JIRP has facilitated two months of immersive, hands-on glaciology research across the Icefield. Izzo shares about glaciological field methods, camp life and logistics, and hopefully answer the question: “Why study glaciers in a warming climate?”
