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Get a window into Aspen Health Innovator Fellow Patrick Hine's experience as a physician during covid-19, as a father of two young Black boys, and how he dealt with the compounding challenges that took place as the pandemic intersected with systemic racial injustice. This conversation is hosted by Indu Subaiya, Aspen Health Innovator Fellow and founder of Health 2.0.

What will it take to bring the country together? The Civil Society Fellowship – a partnership of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network–AGLN- answers that question by engaging the next generation of community and civic leaders & activists on AGLN’s new Value of Leadership podcast. This episode is a repost of our sister podcast from the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN).

The Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute recently released its annual report. Listen to their Executive Director, Nikki Pitre, explain how it's a resource and roadmap to help decrease barriers and increase the opportunity for Native youth.

Despite the stories commonly taught about the first Thanksgiving, the truth behind this holiday is much darker. Listen to Nikki Petre of the Center for Native American Youth talk about what work is left to be done around a holiday that is constructed on false history, and how native youth across the country are creating positive change in their food systems.

Former US Secretary of Education John B. King and Former Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman believe the education sector can be a force for climate change. That's why they joined the Aspen Institute's K-12 Climate Action Commission to create a comprehensive action plan to address climate change in the United States by leveraging the power of the education sector.

It's one of the craziest election years in America's history, and it's inevitably causing a lot of stress. But cybersecurity expert and Aspen Tech Policy Hub Founding Director Betsy Cooper says we don't need to panic. She helps keep things realistic by explaining the different threats to election security this November and how probable the doomsday events actually are.