Each Spring, the New America Foundation gathers its fellows, senior staff, board members and select guests for an extended conference and retreat to discuss the issues and policy challenges that will dominate the months ahead.

The retreat is closed to the public, but one of this year's key discussions -- with Google's Eric Schmidt, the State Department's Alec Ross, Columbia's Tim Wu and The Atlantic Monthly's James Fallows on the Internet and political dissent -- was webcast live to broaden the conversation. A recording of that discussion is available here.