2024 Speaker Recordings

June 18th - Justin Farrell & Neal Payton, in conversation with Jason Blevins of The Colorado Sun - “Resort Economics: How mountain towns and their communities thrive in the future?”

June 25th - Sandy Magnus - “Satellite Space Jams: Avoiding Collisions in Outer Space”

July 9th - Dr. Lisa Dale - “Adapting to Climate Change”

July 16th - Dr. Paul Spiegel - “ Delivering Humanitarian Assistance in Gaza: Public Health Strategies and Interventions”

July 16th - Sophia Rosenfeld - “What Can We Talk About? The Free Speech Battle in Our Colleges and Universities”

July 30th - Alison Nordt - “From the James Webb Telescope to Habitable Worlds: Technology to Scientific Discovery”

August 6th - Daniel Drezner - “ The Uncertain State of American Grand Strategy”


2023 Speaker Recordings

Sewell Chan, “The Collapse of Local News, the Rise of Disinformation and the Consequences for our Democracy”

June 27, 2023 - This speaker recording is unavailable. We apologize.

Naomi Oreskes, “The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government & Love the Free Market”

July 5, 2023

Ed Goeas ~ “The State of Politics Today” ~Interviewed by Steve Scully

July 11, 2023

Dr. Lesley Brooks ~ “Learning & Unlearning: The Opioid Crisis, the Stories We Tell Ourselves and the Way Forward”

July 18, 2023

Dr. Anthony Tingle ~ “The Ukraine War: Origins to Endgame”

July 25, 2023

Dr. Sam Myers ~ “Planetary Health”

August 1, 2023

Hardin Lang ~ “The Geopolitics of Conflict and Crisis: Humanitarian Action in a Complex World”

August 8, 2023

Maggie L. Fox ~ “Kinship: The Role of Culture in Driving Collective Action”

August 15, 2023










2022 Speaker Recordings

Michael Swaine, What Exactly, Is the Threat From China?”

June 28, 2022

Amy Zegart, “Decoding Cyber Threats”

July 12, 2022

Peter Baker & Susan Glasser - Moderated by Bill Scanlan,

“Biden’s Washington: A Report From the Front Lines”

July 19, 2022

Amber McReynolds, “Voters First Future - The Challenge to Improve Our Civic Health, Protect Voting Rights and Secure Our Elections”

July 26, 2022

Dr. Nicki Gonzales, “Si Se Puedo: How Latinos Shaped Colorado History”

August 2,2022

General James L. Jones, “America In Decline? Not so Fast!”

August 9, 2022

Anne Castle, “The Years of Living Dangerously on the Colorado River”.

August 16, 2022

Anne Castle Power Point



Listen to Past speakers

2021 Speakers

Joe Cirincione, “Biden’s National Security Priorities: Will His New Strategy Work?”

June 29, 2021


Sharon Hom, “Between a Rock & a Hard Place: China Challenges to Human Rights.”

July 6, 2021 - No recording available at this time.

Joni Reynolds, “Reflections on the Pandemic: A Report from the Front Lines”

July 13, 2021

David McCraw, “Lies and Liberty: The Future of Free Speech in a Divided America”

July 20, 2021

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Is Big Tech Too Powerful? The Case against Facebook and Google”

July 27, 2021

Paul Andersen, “The Legacy of the Red Lady Mine Battle and Lessons for the West”

August 3, 202

Governor Bill Ritter, “America’s Energy Economy: Transition or Revolution?”

August 101, 2021


Naomi Oreskes, “Why do we trust Science when our politicians don’t?”

August 17, 2021

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