ASU in Washington D.C.

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Video archive

The Targeter: My Life in the CIA Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House

In 1999, Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. In her new book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA...

Thursday, June 06, 2019

The Shadow War - Inside Russia and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America

Poisoned dissidents. Election interference. Armed invasions. International treaties thrown into chaos. Secret military buildups. Hackers and viruses....

Friday, May 31, 2019

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

From the award-winning author of The Unwinding—the vividly told saga of the ambition, idealism, and hubris of one of the most legendary and...

Thursday, May 09, 2019

What Sci-Fi Futures Can (and Can't) Teach Us About AI Policy

Our anxieties about what we can do with AI versus what we should do are reaching a fever pitch. While companies scramble to define what "AI ethics"...

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

The Power of Deliciousness

The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems welcomes world-renowned chef and author, Dan Barber, for a discussion about the commodification of...

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Gaming the Future - Re-activating creativity and play in professional spaces

Remarkable failures of foresight make headlines all the time. The now-bankrupt Blockbuster could have purchased Netflix in 2000; policymakers missed...

Friday, April 26, 2019

How Will Climate Change Transform American Democracy?

If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In...

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

21st Century Proxy Warfare

From Libya to Syria and Ukraine to Yemen, proxy warfare is back with a vengeance. Yet today’s tightly networked world of mercenaries, militias,...

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Your At-Home DNA Test Could Crack a Cold Case

The hit podcast Bear Brook detailed how genetic genealogy—the use of DNA testing in conjunction with family-tree mapping—helped identify the...

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Get Ready for the Next Generation of Organic

Gary Hirshberg, co-founder of the world’s leading organic yogurt maker, Stonyfield Farms, shares his thoughts on the progress of the organic industry...

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Project Confluence

It’s no secret that poor and disenfranchised people—including in the US—suffer disproportionately from environmental problems. At the global scale,...

Monday, March 18, 2019

How We Win - How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat

In her groundbreaking new book How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media...

Monday, March 18, 2019