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Might the Past Inform Our Future?

Historian Jon Meacham has written extensively about the presidency, with acclaimed books on Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, and most recently, George H. W. Bush. He is currently working on a book on James and Dolly Madison. What does his research into these presidents suggest about the nature of the office?
Season 2 Episode 87 Length 1:01:59 Premiere: 06/28/17

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On Genius
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How AI Will Shake Up Business — and Society
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America’s Online Enemies
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A Democrat, a Republican, a Rental Car — and a Road Map to B
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S2 E139 Length 48:26 Premiere Date 07/01/17

Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (includes l
S2 E138 Length 46:40 Premiere Date 07/01/17

The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life
S2 E135 Length 50:52 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Are We Sure We Want to Let Robots Kill?
S2 E133 Length 53:31 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Protecting Earth’s Last Conservation Frontier: The High Seas
S2 E132 Length 1:03:33 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Inventing Plan B: How to Move Forward without a Template
S2 E130 Length 1:08:46 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Hacking, Disinformation, and a New Cold War with Russia
S2 E129 Length 1:28:06 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Climate Under Conservatives
S2 E127 Length 55:38 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Will the Rise of Populism Destroy Liberal Democracy?
S2 E125 Length 53:01 Premiere Date 06/30/17

The Inside Story of How Presidents Prepare for Armageddon
S2 E124 Length 59:43 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Markets Can Solve the Global Energy and Climate Challenge, i
S2 E123 Length 59:37 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Economic Policy
S2 E122 Length 1:02:46 Premiere Date 06/30/17

Hate on the Rise — And What We Can Do to Stop It ?
S2 E121 Length 58:51 Premiere Date 06/30/17

The Future of Human-Robot Interaction
S2 E100 Length 57:15 Premiere Date 06/29/17

Going Rogue: What Happens When States and the Federal Govern
S2 E98 Length 57:58 Premiere Date 06/29/17

Aspen Ideas Festival Young Adult Forum
S2 E96 Length 11:05 Premiere Date 06/28/17

Art, Architecture, and Justice
S2 E94 Length 1:07:22 Premiere Date 06/28/17

Who’s Generating the New Jobs, and What Skills Will Workers

S2 E93 Length 1:04:03 Premiere Date 06/28/17

On Founders
S2 E90 Length 1:01:59 Premiere Date 06/28/17

Muslims and Jews in America
S2 E88 Length 1:02:42 Premiere Date 06/28/17

Might the Past Inform Our Future?
S2 E87 Length 1:01:59 Premiere Date 06/28/17

The Future of News: Is There a War on Truth?
S2 E86 Length 1:03:57 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Philanthropy and Democracy: Dangerous Liaisons
S2 E85 Length 1:01:53 Premiere Date 06/27/17

The America I Have Come to Know through StoryCorps
S2 E84 Length 1:08:03 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Is the Internet Broken?
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Manufacturing in America: The Millennial Way
S2 E82 Length 58:12 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Stopping the Violence in Chicago: Lessons for America’s Citi
S2 E81 Length 56:44 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Lying, Bullshitting, and Truth Telling: When is the Truth th
S2 E79 Length 1:22:35 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Managing Through Disruption
S2 E78 Length 1:27:06 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Trump + Brexit and a New World Order
S2 E77 Length 1:28:50 Premiere Date 06/27/17

What Would Madison Think?
S2 E75 Length 59:08 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Whom Can We Trust?
S2 E74 Length 1:00:08 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Creative Genius, Derived from Nature
S2 E73 Length 54:30 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Mother Nature Is Cruel. Should Humans Intervene?
S2 E72 Length 1:00:20 Premiere Date 06/27/17

The Privacy Paradox
S2 E71 Length 57:24 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White
S2 E69 Length 58:55 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Good Companies, Good Jobs — Are They Also Good Stocks?
S2 E68 Length 47:30 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Markets and Investing in a Dynamic World
S2 E67 Length 46:03 Premiere Date 06/27/17

Conservatism, the Republican Party, and President Trump
S2 E66 Length 59:17 Premiere Date 06/26/17

What Turns a Skater Kid from Colorado into a Fighter for ISI
S2 E65 Length 1:02:52 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Has American Grand Strategy Gone Missing?
S2 E63 Length 57:05 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Jeff Koons: American Imagination
S2 E62 Length 56:39 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Why Investing in Good Companies Makes Economic Sense
S2 E60 Length 55:14 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Making Tech Humane Again
S2 E59 Length 56:45 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Afternoon Jam Session
S2 E56 Length 1:26:57 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Black in America Since MLK
S2 E54 Length 49:04 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Is the Internet a “Gift from God”?
S2 E52 Length 58:38 Premiere Date 06/26/17

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power

S2 E48 Length 1:02:37 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Can Faith Help Unite Us in Divided Times?
S2 E47 Length 56:59 Premiere Date 06/26/17

Music, Health, and Well-Being: Jon Batiste in Conversation w
S2 E34 Length 1:06:52 Premiere Date 06/24/17

Deep Dive: Breaking the Cycle: Health, Poverty, and the Soci
S2 E32 Length 1:33:55 Premiere Date 06/24/17

Health Legislation in the 115th Congress: Interview with Sen
S2 E30 Length 1:01:46 Premiere Date 06/24/17

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of the National Cancer Institu
S2 E28 Length 56:43 Premiere Date 06/24/17

Building a Caregiving Society
S2 E27 Length 53:11 Premiere Date 06/24/17

A World without AIDS
S2 E26 Length 1:00:49 Premiere Date 06/24/17

Reproductive Health: Can We Find Common Ground?
S2 E21 Length 1:02:45 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Undaunted: Defining Moments
S2 E19 Length 1:19:17 Premiere Date 06/23/17

The Neuroscience of Poverty
S2 E18 Length 45:31 Premiere Date 06/23/17

James Beard: America's First Foodie (Film and Discussion)
S2 E17 Length 39:44 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Deep Dive: Preventing Pandemics
S2 E14 Length 1:27:17 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Deep Dive: The Opioid Tsunami
S2 E13 Length 1:28:29 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Quelling Violent Extremism with Public Health Tools
S2 E12 Length 55:20 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Follow the Money: Investing in Health
S2 E8 Length 58:52 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Health and US Politics
S2 E7 Length 57:51 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up
S2 E6 Length 59:04 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Will People, Data, or Payments Drive Health Care into the Fu
S2 E4 Length 44:50 Premiere Date 06/23/17

Whither Health Care Reform?
S2 E3 Length 1:05:25 Premiere Date 06/22/17

Federal Health Policy: An Interview with Kathleen Sebelius,

S2 E2 Length 1:01:34 Premiere Date 06/22/17

Festival Opening and Welcome Reception
S2 E1 Length 48:09 Premiere Date 06/22/17

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