Politics with Amy Walter: Unpacking the Democratic Debates from the Aspen Ideas Festival

At this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, Amy hosted back-to-back post-debate discussions with a panel of influential writers. We’ll hear excerpts from the conversation, in an effort to provide analysis of the first Democratic debates of the 2020 presidential campaign.

We also talk with two academics to discuss how their policy work could be used in tandem with politics to bring about change in areas of technology and inequality.

Finally, Amy reflects on the LGBTQ movement, on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

Guests:

Kristen Soltis Anderson,co-founder of Echelon Insights and author ofThe Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (and How Republicans Can Keep Up)

Rich Lowry,editor-in-chief ofNational Review

Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer forThe Washington Postand a member of its editorial board; he also hosts the “Cape Up” podcast

Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard University, and the director of Opportunity Insights

Ramesh Srinivasan,professor and director of the Digital Cultures Lab at UCLA

Ilene Chaiken, co-creator ofThe L Wordand executive producer ofEmpire