Chicago Ideas: Conversations That Shape Change

There are nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America. Define American Founder and CEO, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and Chicago Ideas Week speaker @joseiswriting is one of them. How do you define American?

Uploaded 24-01-19

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Disruptive innovation is everywhere. From healthcare to social media, education to music, CIW gathers game-changing leaders from across the board to explore the importance of disruption in every corner of business, tech and life.

Uploaded 22-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things...

Every 3 hours someone is shot in Chicago. It’s time to Put The Guns Down.

Uploaded 12-10-15

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As a food futurist (and co-founder of Chicago's new wndr museum), Dr. Irwin Adam Eydelnant specializes in making food in new and curious ways, including edible clouds and other "moments of food delight.” He also studies emerging technologies in how food is grown, how people are choosing food (or in the future, how the food will choose them), and even the very essence of what food is. He covers all of it in this fascinating Talk that will leave you hungry for the future.

Uploaded 25-07-18

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Why hire a veteran? Hear Major General Marcia Anderson share why the more than 200,000 deployed citizen soldiers of the Army Reserve make five-star employees, and find out how employers can connect with those returning home.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great...

How will the news industry change over the next decade as we become an increasingly social media driven, paperless, and global society? In collaboration with TIME, CIW investigates citizen journalism, digital media and the future of news as we know it.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who...

In this interview by tech writer and entrepreneur Anil Dash, top stakeholders at Facebook discuss navigating modern tech ethics in the new world, where tech dominates our lives. Facebook Vice President of Product Design Margaret Gould Stewart and Facebook Research Manager Sudhir Venkatesh explain how Facebook addresses ethical challenges; how to design for a diverse audience of 2 billion that has varying needs and different morals; and what you might not know about Facebook from the outside looking in.

Uploaded 01-05-18

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Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur who's behind several successful ventures, but he wanted to learn how to push himself to his absolute limits. He decided to invite a Navy SEAL into his home to live and train with him for a month.

Uploaded 27-04-17

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What makes you nervous? Have you ever seen a sunset? Where do the stars go? Ponder seven riddles as technologist and Discovery Channel host Jeff Lieberman sheds light on the meaning of life. You'll never take a shower or sit in traffic the same way again.

Uploaded 16-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish...

Photographer Brian Bowen Smith has seen it all - he's shot Hilary Swank on a white shag carpet, Gabrielle Union on a fly-covered beach - and heard it all, too. In this hilarious talk, he shares how to silencing the critics by trusting your gut, leaving your ego at the door, and more.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures...

In the midst of a truly unprecedented year, how does Mayor Lightfoot stay calm and centered? How does she spend her free time (if she actually has any to spare)? These are some of the questions we asked during this insightful conversation, politics aside.

Uploaded 10-11-20

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Comedian and college professor Stephanie Shaw offers her hilarious insights on dating, now vs. then.

Uploaded 14-03-18

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After her newborn daughter experienced unnecessary treatments in the NICU, CNN correspondent Elizabeth Cohen began a quest to empower patients to better navigate the health care system, encouraging us all to be vigilant, be educated, and listen to our bodies.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have...

29.6% of the households in Greater Grand Crossing live beneath the federal poverty line. 22.4% of the houses are vacant. Like neighborhoods across the city—especially on the West and South Sides—Greater Grand Crossing is suffering from Chicago’s notorious wealth gap.

Uploaded 29-01-20

And Rebuild Foundation is changing the narrative by leveraging the power and potential of communities, buildings, and objects that others have written off to give spaces that have otherwise been forgotten a new breath of life.

In order to learn about the positive impact organizations across Chicago are having on the...

What's in store for the tech world when it comes to disruptive innovation? Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of AllThingsD, sits down with Rick Stengel to discuss what's next in this constantly evolving industry.

Uploaded 22-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn...

The primary function of footwear is not walking, but a statement of where you stand in shoe culture. From the war to Barbie, Run-DMC to Air Jordans and a shoe cobbler to a celebrity, listen to filmmaker Thierry Daher explain the psychological and social impact of shoes.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and...

Every 3 hours someone is shot in Chicago. It’s time to Put The Guns Down.

Uploaded 12-10-15

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Jamila Woods performs "Blk Girl Solider" live at Chicago Ideas Week 2017, with MusicReloaded accompanying on piano. The event, "A Seat at the Table: Finding Equal Footing Through Storytelling," brought together powerful black women in media from across platforms, including brand director Bozoma Saint John, Teen magazine editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth and actress, producer, and writer Lena Waithe.

Uploaded 20-12-17

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Do you "collect" things like it's going out of style? You're not alone. Hear self-proclaimed hoarder and Cheap Trick lead guitarist, Rick Nielsen, share his extensive guitar, stamp and record collections and find out why he loves The Who and more.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who...

What fuels American workers? What runs people's lives? From coal miner to an air traffic controller to a trucker, hear author Jeanne Marie Laskas illuminate how and why our country works.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www...

DanceWorks Chicago performs to "Little Girl Blue" as sung by Nina Simone

Uploaded 06-02-18

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Why do people immigrate to the United States, even illegally, especially from certain countries? In this interview with Anne Marie Slaughter, Define American's Jose Antonio Vargas asks how US foreign policy, trade agreements, and addiction to cheap labor affect migrant populations and discusses how race plays into immigration status.

Uploaded 02-07-18

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Natalie Vanatta was always interested in science fiction, particularly what would happen in the future. So it’s no surprise that as a defensive hacker working to protect the United States from a malicious attack, she and her colleagues have thought long and hard about what could happen as the US becomes more fully automated—and what they can do to stop it. In this Talk, she takes us through her sci-fi, yet completely plausible, vision for what could happen in the future if a hacker decides to wreak havoc by causing automated refrigerators and pantries to think they’ve run...

With viral quips and brilliant one-liners, hear how Megan Amram, writer for NBC's Parks and Recreation, got her surprise start on Twitter.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Lucianne Walkowicz is an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and is part of the team working on the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in Chile, which will revolutionize the way we understand the night sky.

Uploaded 27-04-17

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For a lot of people, college is defined by school, parties, etc. But as an undergraduate, Michael Carter rolled up his sleeves and founded Strive for College, a mentoring program to help low-income students apply for a higher education. Hear how this BHSI fellow has done some A+ work helping hundreds of students enter four-year colleges.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new...

At age 9, Tiffany Persons won the "Miss Congeniality" award at the Little Miss Detroit Pageant. Little did she know it would be that spirit that would lead her to a life of social change. As the founder of Shine on Sierra Leone, Tiffany shares how she "accidentally" became a social entrepreneur.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new...

And you thought your sorority or fraternity was exclusive. Hear TIME Magazine's Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy share the secrets of the world's most private fraternity: The Presidents Club.

Uploaded 18-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com<...

"I never started in life to have my name on a lawsuit...nor did I plan to have my name on a law that would be become so well-known around the world," Lily Ledbetter says in this Talk about her struggle for equal pay for all women. As an overnight supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Ledbetter discovered she was getting paid less than her male co-workers with the same job. Even though it took nine years, lasting through her husband's fatal illness, Ledbetter took her case all the way to the Supreme Court. Hear how she went...

What if you had to eliminate in-person meetings and phone calls? What if you had to only work four hours each week -- or were forced to take four weeks off? Hear the mental tools Tim Ferriss uses to blast away bottlenecks in your productivity and enjoyment.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and...

Every 3 hours someone is shot in Chicago. It’s time to Put The Guns Down.

Uploaded 12-10-15

Hear more stories at https://www.musicVSgunviolence.com



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30 Project Founder Ellen Gustafson believes we can take back control of our food system and health, and proves her point by connecting global hunger, obesity, and security issues to the food we put on our own tables.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to...

Brad Goreski has dressed the biggest celebrities, landing them on the best-dressed lists while maintaining their individuality. Hear Brad's insider perspective on the nature of trends, designers who challenge us and how to dress fierce and fabulous.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to...

Francoise Baylis, a renowned geneticist, ponders the ethics behind the manipulation of the human genome and whether, as a human race, more safeguards need to be put in place to preserve it.

Uploaded 15-05-20

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Joanne Caceres, a Cannabis Law Attorney at Dentons, explains the various components of the law that legalized cannabis in Illinois and how they address social inequity in the state.

Uploaded 05-12-19

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One day you're dodging bombs in Afghanistan. The next, you're dodging traffic in America. Hear Paul Rieckhoff of The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America share the physical and emotional challenges of transitioning into civilian life, and find out how you can give veterans an 'on ramp' back into society.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections...

President of charter school Success Academy in New York, Eva Moskowitz explains how the conversation around "school choice" takes the focus away from where educators would like it to be: on how to best educate students.

Uploaded 14-03-18

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Renaissance man Brandon Boyd can do it all... he sings, he writes, he draws, he paints. But he knows his limits, and shares them (and much more) as he discusses and analyzes a lifetime of creative expression and experience.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the...

Steve Case, cofounder of AOL and CEO of Revolution LLC, is an original disruptor who is still disrupting the status quo of business and technology today. From the CIW stage, Steve sits down with Rick Stengel to explore the past, present and future of game-changing innovation.

Uploaded 22-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish...

When Theodore Ross was 9 years old, he moved from New York City to Georgia, where his mother had him convert from Judaism to Christianity. Years later, he embarked on a cross-country journey looking for his lost religion, and found some unusual answers to a simple question -- am I a Jew?

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new...