The Summer Series program features some of the most influential artists of our time, exploring the work of world-renowned creators in conversation with today’s leading critics, curators, and collectors.Listen in for a conversation with Ranch Week’s 2026 International Artist Honoree, Marilyn Minter, and Lisa Phillips.

The Summer Series program features some of the most influential artists of our time, exploring the work of world-renowned creators in conversation with today’s leading critics, curators, and collectors. Listen in for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Roberto Lugo and Carmen Hermo.

Hear author Kari Wells talk at Explore Books. She discusses transforming pain into purpose and discovering and committing to gratitude.

Alan Fletcher speaks with internationally admired countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and conductor Rafael Payare as part of the 2026 High Notes series.

This lecture traces the history of the Aspen Center for Physics and its broader impact through more than half a century of upheavals and changes in both science and society. It follows the Center from its early days as a utopian refuge from the strictly regimented environment of the Cold War-era research university, through turbulent years of federal funding cuts and political crises for American physics, and into years of growth and expanding influence during which the Center has come to serve as a prominent and internationally-imitated model for a new kind of scientific institution.

Which came first, the black hole or the galaxy? And how did black holes grow to be billions of times the mass of our Sun? Astronomers have made remarkable progress in answering these questions in the past five years, in large part thanks to the advent of the James Webb Space Telescope. Jenny Green discusses how the mysterious “Little Red Dots” discovered by James Webb may ultimately reveal the origin of supermassive black holes.

Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue—it is one of the defining public health challenges of our time. In this thought-provoking talk, physician-scientist Dr. Mark Gladwin, Dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, explores the rapidly emerging field of climate medicine and how a warming planet is already reshaping human health. From wildfire smoke and extreme heat to expanding infectious diseases and environmental toxins, climate change is altering the conditions that keep communities healthy. Dr. Gladwin connects the science to real-world impacts and discusses why understanding climate through the lens of health may be one of the most powerful ways to inspire solutions and build more resilient communities—here in Aspen and around the world.

This program is for art and design enthusiasts who want to better understand the influence of culture and identity on the continually refreshed design legacy that fills our world today.

On the eve of Aspen’s second Albert Schweitzer Day, three of the world’s most consequential voices in humanitarian medicine shared the TACAW stage for a public conversation about care, conscience, and the demands of this moment.

Aspen Public Radio will once again partner with the Aspen Music Festival and School to broadcast AMFS Sunday concerts live each week throughout the greater Roaring Fork Valley, beginning Sunday, July 5, 2026.