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“Aspen Ideas to Go” Announces New Episodes And Partnership with Public Media Organization PRX 

The podcast from the Aspen Institute brings the best of Aspen Ideas programming to a worldwide audience

New episodes will feature former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Epidemiology Professor Jennifer Nuzzo, American Council on Education President Ted Mitchell, content creators Brad Polumbo, Jayme Franklin, and Dean Withers, and more

Aspen, CO, June 25, 2025 – Aspen Ideas to Go, the podcast that features compelling conversations from the world’s most intriguing thinkers at Aspen Ideas events, today announced a partnership with Peabody Award-winning public media organization PRX. Beginning July 9, the leading audio distributor will help bring Aspen Ideas to Go to an expanding audience. An audio trailer is available now, celebrating new episodes of the series.

The announcement was made on the opening day of the Aspen Ideas Festival, where hundreds of brilliant leaders, innovators, and changemakers are gathering in the Rocky Mountains to explore the most critical issues of our time. Aspen Ideas to Go takes these engaging conversations directly from our stages to listeners everywhere, with deep dives and unexpected insights into the forces shaping our society today, spanning technology, culture, health, geopolitics, design, and much more. Each episode also features Tricia Johnson, the Aspen Institute’s Editorial Director of Public Programs.

“We’re proud to partner with the Aspen Institute to help bring the Aspen Ideas Festival’s characteristically bold, captivating conversations to listeners everywhere,” said Stephanie Kuo, vice president of content at PRX. “Today’s environment calls for meaningful dialogue and ideas that help move us forward–– Aspen Ideas to Go is a companion to anyone seeking inspiration for just that.”

“Our goal is always for the essential dialogue we host on our stages to be heard far beyond the Rocky Mountains, and Aspen Ideas to Go is how we bring our programming to the world,” said Graham Veysey, Executive Director and Producer of the Aspen Ideas Festival. “In PRX, we have found the ideal partner to bring the best of Aspen Ideas to new audiences, wherever they are.”

The first weekly episode of Aspen Ideas to Go to air as part of the new partnership with PRX will be released on July 9. Among the new episodes planned (subject to change):

  • Higher ed is in the crosshairs – what does the future hold? The New York Times’ David Leonhardt interviews American Council on Education President Ted Mitchell, Bipartisan Policy Center President and CEO Margaret Spellings, and  Amherst College President Michael Elliott.
  • How TikTok Changed The Vote: POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard chats with Gen Z content creators Brad Polumbo, Jayme Franklin, and Dean Withers.
  • The Price of Discovery: Can U.S. Science Survive the Squeeze? Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Senior Vice President Karel Mertens, Brown University Epidemiology Professor Jennifer Nuzzo, and Science Editor in Chief Holden Thorp share their perspectives with David Leonhardt.
  • Can Justice Be Independent? Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria asks former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales how the DOJ can be better insulated from political interference.

Episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays free on-demand across all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Overcast, and Pocket Casts.

Featured content comes from Aspen Ideas programming. In addition to the Aspen Ideas Festival, which is the Aspen Institute’s flagship summer event taking place from June 25-July 1, other marquee events in 2025 include the just-concluded Aspen Ideas: Health (June 22-25), Aspen Ideas: Climate Chicago (July 20-22), and the recently announced Aspen Ideas: Economy, set to take place in Newark, New Jersey from October 20-21.

Several PRX-distributed podcasters and public radio hosts are also set to appear at the 2025 festival, including Shira Stutman (Chutzpod!), David DeSteno (How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality) and Sam Sanders (KCRW’s The Sam Sanders Show).

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About the Aspen Institute 

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve society’s greatest challenges. It is headquartered in Washington, DC and has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, as well as an international network of partners.

About PRX

Celebrating more than 20 years as a nonprofit public media company, PRX works in partnership with leading independent creators, organizations, and stations to bring meaningful audio storytelling into millions of listeners’ lives. PRX is one of the world’s top podcast publishers, public radio distributors, and audio producers, serving as an engine of innovation for public media and podcasting to help shape a vibrant future for creative and journalistic audio. Shows across PRX’s portfolio of broadcast productions, podcast partners, and its Radiotopia podcast network have received recognition from the Peabody Awards, the Tribeca Festival, the International Documentary Association, the National Magazine Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. Visit PRX.org for more.

Contact: Jon Purves
Media Relations Director
Aspen Institute
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