Up Next
Back to Show
Aspen Ideas Festival
What Turns a Skater Kid from Colorado into a Fighter for ISI
Season 2
Episode 65
Tens of thousands of men and women have left comfortable, privileged lives to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—and kill for it. The highest-ranking American currently fighting for ISIS is John Georgelas, a Texan whose dad was a US Air Force colonel. Who are the Westerners who join ISIS? Where do they come from? What do they believe? And most importantly, what can we do to stop them?
Support Provided By
24:11
Corey Casper, Elliot Gerson, Moderator, Barak Goodman
58:09
Hugh Acheson, Corby Kummer, Moderator, Jorg Spieldenner, Blaine Wetzel
57:20
Peter Drobac, Garth Graham, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Serufusa Sekidde, Wendy Taylor
57:07
Diana DeGette, Margaret A. Hamburg, Joanne Kenen, Moderator, Fred Upton
40:56
Featuring U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson
59:27
Todd Breyfogle, Moderator, Howard Koh, Sabina Rashid, Kevin Vigilante
54:27
Barbara Bush, ElsaMarie D'Silva, Brian Murphy Eustis, Abraham Leno, Estefania Palomino