Shows In This Series
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An Evening With William Browder William Browder was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia until being declared “a threat to national security” in 2005 for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies. He is the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and...Watch now » |
Wed, 11/22/2023 |
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Beyond Belief: Considering Evidence for Life After Life with Dr. Eben Alexander and Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD. Believing in the afterlife is one thing… proving it is another. This year, people from around the world competed in an essay contest providing their rationale for life after death. Nearly $2 million in prize money was awarded with Las Vegas entrepreneur Robert Bigelow putting up the prize money...Watch now » |
Fri, 04/08/2022 |
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Bill Browder: Fraud, Murder and Vladimir Putin William Browder was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia until being declared “a threat to national security” in 2005 for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies. He is the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and...Watch now » |
Wed, 08/02/2023 |
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Book Banning: Controversial Conversations Conversations on Controversial Issues moderated by Clay Jenkinson: Books under Siege in America PEN America, a first amendment watchdog group focused on the freedom to write, reported more book banning activity in the fall of 2022 than all of the previous year. Recent NPR/Ipsos polling found...Watch now » |
Thu, 02/22/2024 |
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Bravo! Vail: The Building of a Festival Every year, Bravo! Vail brings the finest orchestras in the world to Vail to present classical repertoires, world premieres and popular interpretations. On beautiful summer evenings, guests and locals gather from around the valley to enjoy the fruit of colossal labor from the “10,000 hours”...Watch now » |
Thu, 06/15/2023 |
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The 50th Anniversary of “Valley Curtain” and the Artists’ Legacy Although it only lasted a mere 28 hours in the winds of the Grand Hogback Mountain Range in 1972, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s masterwork “Valley Curtain” sent ripples through the art world and continues to influence artists and art critics today. The 4½-acre curtain of orange fabric hanging...Watch now » |
Tue, 08/09/2022 |
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Climate Change and Extreme Weather There’s no shortage of extreme weather around the globe and scientists assert that intense storms, droughts and record-breaking heat waves are occurring with increased frequency because of humans. But blaming individual weather events on climate change is harder. This panel of scientists will...Watch now » |
Tue, 03/20/2018 |
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Cold Comfort: Investigating a Mysterious Disappearance on Everest - Jeremy Evans on Marco Siffredi Marco Siffredi was the first person to make a complete snowboard descent of Mount Everest in 2001 and was regarded by many as the world’s best snowboarder. But the following year, in 2002, Marco mysteriously disappeared on Everest while attempting a more difficult route known as Hornbein Couloir...Watch now » |
Wed, 02/23/2022 |
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Conversations on Controversial Issues: Moderated by Clay Jenkinson - The Supreme Court of the USA In a new series from Vail Symposium, humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson gathers experts for a thoughtful, civil, rigorous and historically-grounded discussion on various controversial issues. The first topic? The Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court has become the focus of...Watch now » |
Fri, 06/24/2022 |
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COOL: Women and Girls Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future with Paola Gianturco Author/photographer Paola Gianturco will share slides and stories from “COOL: Women leaders Reversing Global Warming,” the first book to document the work of women and girl climate leaders worldwide, all courageous, creative and effective.Watch now » |
Fri, 03/17/2023 |