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 2020 Special EventThomas Jefferson: Explore an Extraordinary, Controversial Legacy
7/2/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 GeopoliticalGlobalization: Opting Out is Not an Option
6/25/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsHow Ideas Happen
6/18/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Speaking LocallyThe Business of Connection: Skills to Cultivate Thriving Relationships in the Workplace
6/11/20
9 AM - 10 AM
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 2020 Hot TopicsQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
6/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsPower to the States: The Role of Governors During the COVID-19 Crisis
6/4/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsBatter Up: Baseball and the American Dream
5/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessThe Scientific Resurrection of Esoteric Magic
5/21/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Hot Topics4 Non-Obvious Megatrends That Matter Since the Pandemic (And How To Use Them)
5/14/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Health & WellnessFlying, Falling and Public Nudity: The Science Behind Your Dreams And Nightmares
4/30/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Speaking LocallyThe Costs of Miscommunication and Strategies for Effective Communication
4/9/20
9 AM
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 Arts & CultureImagining Freedom: Timothy Standring Curates Norman Rockwell
3/16/20
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalBad Blood: Ukraine, Russia and the United States
3/12/20
6 PM
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 FinancialTax Cuts and Ballooning Deficits: When Will It Matter?
3/5/20
6 PM
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 Environmental AwarenessWind, Solar, Nuclear and Beyond: Powering the Future
2/24/20
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessThe Scientific Resurrection of Esoteric Magic
5/21/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessOpen to the Infinite: Exploring Human Consciousness
2/12/20
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessWorkshop: Finding Your Answers
9/24/19
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessFinding Friendship and Healing in the Aftermath of Near-Death Experiences
9/23/19
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessStressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards
9/4/19
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessDying Well: Doing Death Right and the Comfort of End of Life Visions
6/6/19
6 PM
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 ConsciousnessLife Before Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives
3/14/19
6 AM
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 ConsciousnessThe Energy Codes®:  Awaken Your Spirit, Heal Your Body and Live Your Best Life
2/6/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessOrbs and the Afterlife: Survival of the Soul
10/11/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessInside House of Darkness, House of Light: The Real Story of “The Conjuring”
10/10/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessWorkshop: An Evening of Interdimensional Communication
8/3/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessDebunking Death: The Science of Reincarnation and Eternal Life
8/2/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 ConsciousnessA Collection of Consciousness: Curated Selections
4/7/18
9 AM
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 ConsciousnessWorkshop! Impossible Truths: Exploring Research at the Boundary where Science and Mystical Experience Meet 
3/22/18
4 AM
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 ConsciousnessThe Challenge of After Death Survival: Finding Common Ground Between Science and Spirituality
3/21/18
6 PM - 7 AM
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 2020 GeopoliticalGlobalization: Opting Out is Not an Option
6/25/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 GeopoliticalBad Blood: Ukraine, Russia and the United States
3/12/20
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalIran in Turmoil? Prospects for Change
1/13/20
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalAn Evening with the Ambassadors: A Geopolitical Conversation with Ambassadors Hussain Haqqani and Christopher Hill
9/16/19
6 PM
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 Geopolitical Leapfrogging into the Future – The Digital Revolution in India
8/15/19
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalBrexit Bedlam: What It Means for Britain and the World
7/22/19
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalGlobal Regression: Democracy in Crisis
7/15/19
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalDirty Money – How Corrosive Capital Undermines Democracy
6/27/19
6 PM
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 GeopoliticalThe Rise of Asia in the 21st Century: What It Means for the United States
1/24/19
6 AM
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 GeopoliticalThe Rise of Asia in the 21st Century: What It Means for the United States
1/23/19
6 AM
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 GeopoliticalTurbulent Times: Turkey’s Tenuous Relationship with the West
1/3/19
6 AM
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 GeopoliticalWhat’s Next for North Korea Policy?
9/27/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 GeopoliticalAfrica Matters: A Perspective on U.S.-Africa Relations 
8/8/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 GeopoliticalUnderstanding the Mess in the Middle East and Its Effects on the U.S. 
7/30/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 GeopoliticalAfter Engagement: The Unfolding U.S.-China Strategic Competition and What It Means for Global Peace and Prosperity
6/28/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsHow Ideas Happen
6/18/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
6/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsPower to the States: The Role of Governors During the COVID-19 Crisis
6/4/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Hot TopicsBatter Up: Baseball and the American Dream
5/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Hot Topics4 Non-Obvious Megatrends That Matter Since the Pandemic (And How To Use Them)
5/14/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Hot TopicsRecalibrating the Scales of Justice
1/30/20
6 PM
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 Hot TopicsDying of Whiteness: How Racial Resentment is Decimating America’s Heartland
1/9/20
6 PM
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 2019 Hot TopicsHigh Country Sci-Fi: Explore the Literature of Ideas with a Panel of Science-Fiction Writers
10/21/19
6 AM
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 Hot TopicsTo Infinity and Beyond: America’s Space Program Now and In the Future
10/7/19
6 AM
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 Hot TopicsTalking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures
8/26/19
6 PM
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 Hot Topics One Nation Under God: Religious Freedom In The U.S.
8/13/19
6 PM
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 Hot TopicsAttorney General Phil Weiser’s First Six Months on the Job
7/29/19
6 PM
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 Hot TopicsEngineering the Future: Advanced Manufacturing Confronts Society’s Challenges
6/10/19
6 PM
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 Hot TopicsMaking News: The Quarter Century Collaboration Between Correspondent David Martin and Producer Mary Walsh
3/5/19
6 AM
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 Hot TopicsFleeing Home: The Refugee Experience in the United States
2/12/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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 2020 Speaking LocallyThe Business of Connection: Skills to Cultivate Thriving Relationships in the Workplace
6/11/20
9 AM - 10 AM
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 Speaking LocallyThe Costs of Miscommunication and Strategies for Effective Communication
4/9/20
9 AM
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 Speaking LocallyBeating Burnout: Using Inspiration and Empowerment to Foster Successful Organizations
1/23/20
8 AM
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 Speaking LocallyTabor and Gallagher: Power to the People or Fiscal Stranglehold?
10/3/19
6 PM
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 Speaking LocallyHealing What Ails Us: Affordable Healthcare In Our Community
6/13/19
8 AM
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 Speaking LocallyTEDxYouth@Vail – Rise Up
4/13/19
2 AM
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 Speaking LocallyImmigration, Locally: How to Protect Your Business and Advocate for Workers
4/9/19
6 AM
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 Speaking LocallyThe State of the Valley
11/7/18
9 AM - 10 AM
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 Speaking LocallyLand Conservation vs Development: What Will Be Our Legacy? 
10/18/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Speaking LocallyThe Law of the Colorado River: Conflict and Collaboration
10/3/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Speaking LocallyRocky Roads or Smooth Sailing? A Discussion on the State of Transportation in Colorado
9/11/18
9 AM - 10 AM
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 Speaking LocallyHow the Railroads Built Colorado
6/13/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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 Speaking LocallyWorkforce Trends and Human Resource Professional Panel
4/11/18
8 AM
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 Speaking Locally“Edvonavail”: Regional Cooperation and Consolidation
11/16/17
5 AM
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 Speaking LocallyNIMBY Jamboree: Creating a Healthy Community Through Workforce Housing
8/2/17
8 AM
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