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The Bridge from The Aspen Institute
These days, women of different generations and geographies have never needed one another more. And yet, there are so few places where we are in meaningful dialogue. This inspired The Aspen Institute to create The Bridge, a podcast that puts two people with deep knowledge and compassion in fierce, fu...
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Jacqueline Novogratz and Steph Speirs: You Say You Want a Revolution
Can capitalism and activism work together in movements of collective action? Does morality play a key role in leadership? In this episode of The Bridg...
Cecile Richards, Ai-jen Poo, Katherine Grainger: Our Rights Shall Not Be Abridged
How has the women’s movement evolved since 1919? What challenges remain in the fight for gender equality? This month marks the 100th anniversary of th...
Chelsea Kline and Kate Manne: Facing Misogyny
This month’s episode of The Bridge features an insightful conversation between Chelsea Kline and Kate Manne on how women encounter and deal with misog...
Riane Eisler and Jamia Wilson: The Future of Feminism
This month’s episode of The Bridge Podcast features an intergenerational conversation on the intersection of current and past thinking of feminism and...
Madeleine K. Albright and Alice Albright: Best Mom Ever
To kick off Women’s History Month and to celebrate International Women’s Day, The Bridge is excited to launch Season 3 with a fierce, intergenerationa...
Lan Yang: A Window Onto the World
In every field — business, politics, science, tech, and sport — women are breaking barriers in unprecedented numbers. As more women have taken up care...
Cecile Richards and Alicia Garza: Women are on Fire
When women mobilize, countries are transformed. In the United States, women have been the majority of voters in every national election since 1964. In...
Alexis McGill Johnson and Ndidi Nwuneli: Implicit/Explicit - Breaking Biases
What is implicit bias, and how can we overcome it? How can we address our biases in a world hyperconscious of identity? In this special live episode o...
Dr. Ruth and Molly Fischer: Let’s Talk About Sex
Let’s talk about sex! In this politically charged and technologically driven era, how we talk about sex to different generations is exceedingly import...
Kavita Ramdas: We Are Sparks, Not Flowers
In this episode, Kavita Ramdas proclaims, “We are the women of India. We are not flowers, we are the sparks that will ignite change.” Kavita is the Di...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Alaa Murabit: Stand Up and Show Up
How can women’s activists of different generations learn from each other? Is there a deep divide or are we closer than we think? Older activists bring...
Ai-jen Poo and Kumi Naidoo: Activism is an Act of Love
How can we build a global movement of love in a time of change and hatred? Ai-jen Poo is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Co-Di...
Irin Carmon and Linda Hirshman: Fierce Integrity
Irin Carmon and Linda Hirshman share many things in common - one is that they both respect and have written books about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bad...
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho: The Heart of Healing
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho served as the Rwandan Minister of Health for 5 years, and she is now the Vice Chancellor and co-founder of the University of Globa...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: When Women Lead
What happens when women lead? In 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the 24th president of Liberia and the first democratically elected female head of...
Melanne Verveer & Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Women's Rights are Human Rights
At the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women, Hillary Clinton famously said "Women's rights are human rights, and human rights are women's rights." L...
Akaya Windwood and Liz Ogbu: Sitting in the River
In what direction is the river flowing today for women in power and leadership? What tools do we have to break down walls and constructs of oppression...
Teresa Younger & Vera Papisova: Vantage Point - Tales of Women's Health
How does understanding our bodies, our health, and our sexual experiences push the feminist dialogue forward today? From the institute's Spotlight Hea...
Abigail Disney and Michèle Stephenson: Everyone Loves a Good Story
How can storytelling, especially through film, take people to a different place? How can stories expose vulnerabilities and empower people to take act...
Kimberlé Crenshaw and Mia Birdsong: We Have Our Own Table
How can the civil rights and women’s movements be mutually supportive? What does the women's movement look like today? What are its shortcomings? What...
Mary Robinson and Rachel Kyte: Our Common Future
As fossil fuels, natural disasters, the role of science, and the Environmental Protection Agency fill the news, former President of Ireland Mary Robin...
Joy Phumaphi and Sisonke Msimang: This Is What Resistance Looks Like
After seeing a mass mobilization of women across the world in January, one important question arises: What does a global women's movement look like? A...
Courtney Martin and Pat Mitchell: The Women's Movement Redux
In this premiere episode, journalists and friends Courtney Martin and Pat Mitchell discuss what's ahead, and the rich past that can inform how we conf...