Chicago Ideas: Conversations That Shape Change

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 a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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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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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 city, we teamed up with The Chicago Community Trust for Mind the Gap, a series that offers a first-hand look at the organizations (like Rebuild) that are reinvesting in communities across the city.

Learn more and do your part:
https://blog.chicagoideas.com/local_look/mind-the-gap/



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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 more: www.chicagoideas.com



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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 have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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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.chicagoideas.com



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

Uploaded 06-02-18

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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 out of bananas and milk. For more info and to see in full HD, visit: https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/how-bad-could-a-hack-on-the-us-get

Uploaded 25-01-18

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