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Aspen Ideas Festival
Might the Past Inform Our Future?
Season 2
Episode 87
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?
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Poverty is a powerful stressor that influences growth and development in children

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Can health interventions really change hearts and minds and turn potentially violence?

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What can we learn about the future of health care?

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Kathleen Sebelius, 21st secretary of HHS, discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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Opening Session