MPR News Presents, Minnesota Public Radio News
MPR News Presents
Speeches, documentaries and debates, weekdays from noon to one p.m.
Labor Day special: The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviewed working people about their jobs and their lives, which became the best-selling book “Working.”
MPR Day at the State Fair: How well do you know Minnesota?
Cathy Wurzer of Minnesota Public Radio News and Sean McPherson of The Current host MPR Day at the Minnesota State Fair, on stage at Dan Patch Park with a news quiz featuring local celebrities.
Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks on the ‘annunciation moments’ in life
David Brooks’ annual Aspen Ideas Festival Lecture: “The 2nd Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life.”
Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization and ‘The Big Sort’
Bill Bishop says some of our political polarization comes from the fact that we’re ideologically inbred — we don’t know, can’t understand and can hardly conceive of people who live just a few miles away.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks on race in America
The fresh president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks and answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about race in America. He titled his talk, “Beyond Charlottesville.”
Climate One: Tesla and the future of cars
A fresh program from the Commonwealth Club’s “Climate One” series about electrified cars, autonomous vehicles and the eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Cathy Wurzer hosts TPT’s Almanac at MPR State Fair Booth
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT’s Almanac co-host Eric Eskola at the MPR State Fair booth for a live noon hour broadcast.
Aspen Ideas Festival: When colorblindness renders me invisible to you
Former NPR host Michele Norris moderated a discussion about race, inequality and the future of democracy at this summer’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Is chance and social mobility still possible in America?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Are the founding fathers overrated?
David Rubenstein asks, and attempts to response, the question, “Are the Founding Fathers overrated?” He says they were talented and courageous people, who deserve all the credit they get for putting the country together and creating a durable constitution. but they could not figure out a way to deal with America’s thickest original defect: slavery.
Truth, Politics and Power: A North Korea update
The U.S. and South Korea this week commenced computer-simulated military drills designed to prepare for a possible war with a nuclear-capable North Korea. Former NPR host Neal Conan studies the diplomatic and military situation with a former negotiator, a former high level Pentagon official and a historian.
Listen live to NPR special: solar eclipse across America
Monday, August 21st the solar eclipse will darken the skies along a path from Oregon to South Carolina. It’s the very first eclipse that will be seen from coast to coast in ninety nine years. Millions will don special glasses or witness through pinhole projectors. Eclipse enthusiasts say totality never disappoints.
NPR’s Richard Harris on the dangers of messy science
Harris says science is hard, and there are a lot of ways to get it wrong – sometimes with dangerous consequences.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci
The best-selling biographer says that while we can’t be Albert Einstein or Tormentor Isaac Newton, we can all attempt to be more like da Vinci. “We can attempt to be nosey — playfully nosey and inquisitive, which was his ultimate trait,” he said.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on presidential character and temperament
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian says a skill of history “tames” presidents, and is essential for successful leadership.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America
The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker investigates the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and wished to know what had happened?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Reclaiming the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise
A conversation about our public discourse and the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise.
Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world
The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a fresh novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
America’s history of impeaching presidents
An historian, a political scientist and NPR legal affairs reporter Nina Totenberg explain the presidential impeachment process, and our past two practices: the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Being Muslim and American in 2017
Insights into the varied practices of Muslims in America, from a son of Afghani refugees who works for the Department of Homeland Security, and the daughter of Pakistani immigrants who founded an organization called Safe Nation Collaborative.
Al Gore speaks about fresh movie, ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks about his fresh movie, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Gore believes the stakes are high, but human ingenuity and passion can successfully combat climate switch.
MPR News Presents, Minnesota Public Radio News
MPR News Presents
Speeches, documentaries and debates, weekdays from noon to one p.m.
Truth, Politics and Power: Voter fraud
Federal investigations of possible voter fraud are underway. In this scene of Truth, Politics and Power, former NPR host Neal Conan probes the history of voting rights, voter fraud and the current investigations.
Labor Day special: The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviewed working people about their jobs and their lives, which became the best-selling book “Working.”
MPR Day at the State Fair: How well do you know Minnesota?
Cathy Wurzer of Minnesota Public Radio News and Sean McPherson of The Current host MPR Day at the Minnesota State Fair, on stage at Dan Patch Park with a news quiz featuring local celebrities.
Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks on the ‘annunciation moments’ in life
David Brooks’ annual Aspen Ideas Festival Lecture: “The 2nd Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life.”
Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization and ‘The Big Sort’
Bill Bishop says some of our political polarization comes from the fact that we’re ideologically inbred — we don’t know, can’t understand and can hardly conceive of people who live just a few miles away.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks on race in America
The fresh president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks and answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about race in America. He titled his talk, “Beyond Charlottesville.”
Climate One: Tesla and the future of cars
A fresh program from the Commonwealth Club’s “Climate One” series about electrical cars, autonomous vehicles and the eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Cathy Wurzer hosts TPT’s Almanac at MPR State Fair Booth
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT’s Almanac co-host Eric Eskola at the MPR State Fair booth for a live noon hour broadcast.
Aspen Ideas Festival: When colorblindness renders me invisible to you
Former NPR host Michele Norris moderated a discussion about race, inequality and the future of democracy at this summer’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Is chance and social mobility still possible in America?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Are the founding fathers overrated?
David Rubenstein asks, and attempts to reaction, the question, “Are the Founding Fathers overrated?” He says they were talented and courageous people, who deserve all the credit they get for putting the country together and creating a durable constitution. but they could not figure out a way to deal with America’s largest original defect: slavery.
Truth, Politics and Power: A North Korea update
The U.S. and South Korea this week commenced computer-simulated military drills designed to prepare for a possible war with a nuclear-capable North Korea. Former NPR host Neal Conan probes the diplomatic and military situation with a former negotiator, a former high level Pentagon official and a historian.
Listen live to NPR special: solar eclipse across America
Monday, August 21st the solar eclipse will darken the skies along a path from Oregon to South Carolina. It’s the very first eclipse that will be seen from coast to coast in ninety nine years. Millions will don special glasses or see through pinhole projectors. Eclipse enthusiasts say totality never disappoints.
NPR’s Richard Harris on the dangers of dirty science
Harris says science is hard, and there are a lot of ways to get it wrong – sometimes with dangerous consequences.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci
The best-selling biographer says that while we can’t be Albert Einstein or Master Isaac Newton, we can all attempt to be more like da Vinci. “We can attempt to be nosey — playfully nosey and inquisitive, which was his ultimate trait,” he said.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on presidential character and temperament
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian says a skill of history “tames” presidents, and is essential for successful leadership.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America
The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker probes the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and dreamed to know what had happened?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Reclaiming the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise
A conversation about our public discourse and the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise.
Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world
The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a fresh novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
America’s history of impeaching presidents
An historian, a political scientist and NPR legal affairs reporter Nina Totenberg explain the presidential impeachment process, and our past two practices: the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Being Muslim and American in 2017
Insights into the varied practices of Muslims in America, from a son of Afghani refugees who works for the Department of Homeland Security, and the daughter of Pakistani immigrants who founded an organization called Safe Nation Collaborative.
MPR News Presents, Minnesota Public Radio News
MPR News Presents
Speeches, documentaries and debates, weekdays from noon to one p.m.
How voter fraud and voter suppression shaped the nation
Federal investigations of possible voter fraud are underway. In this gig of Truth, Politics and Power, former NPR host Neal Conan examines the history of voting rights, voter fraud and the current investigations.
Labor Day special: The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviewed working people about their jobs and their lives, which became the best-selling book “Working.”
MPR Day at the State Fair: How well do you know Minnesota?
Cathy Wurzer of Minnesota Public Radio News and Sean McPherson of The Current host MPR Day at the Minnesota State Fair, on stage at Dan Patch Park with a news quiz featuring local celebrities.
Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks on the ‘annunciation moments’ in life
David Brooks’ annual Aspen Ideas Festival Lecture: “The 2nd Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life.”
Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization and ‘The Big Sort’
Bill Bishop says some of our political polarization comes from the fact that we’re ideologically inbred — we don’t know, can’t understand and can hardly conceive of people who live just a few miles away.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks on race in America
The fresh president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks and answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about race in America. He titled his talk, “Beyond Charlottesville.”
Climate One: Tesla and the future of cars
A fresh program from the Commonwealth Club’s “Climate One” series about electrified cars, autonomous vehicles and the eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Cathy Wurzer hosts TPT’s Almanac at MPR State Fair Booth
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT’s Almanac co-host Eric Eskola at the MPR State Fair booth for a live noon hour broadcast.
Aspen Ideas Festival: When colorblindness renders me invisible to you
Former NPR host Michele Norris moderated a discussion about race, inequality and the future of democracy at this summer’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Is chance and social mobility still possible in America?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Are the founding fathers overrated?
David Rubenstein asks, and attempts to response, the question, “Are the Founding Fathers overrated?” He says they were talented and courageous people, who deserve all the credit they get for putting the country together and creating a durable constitution. but they could not figure out a way to deal with America’s fattest original defect: slavery.
Truth, Politics and Power: A North Korea update
The U.S. and South Korea this week commenced computer-simulated military drills designed to prepare for a possible war with a nuclear-capable North Korea. Former NPR host Neal Conan studies the diplomatic and military situation with a former negotiator, a former high level Pentagon official and a historian.
Listen live to NPR special: solar eclipse across America
Monday, August 21st the solar eclipse will darken the skies along a path from Oregon to South Carolina. It’s the very first eclipse that will be seen from coast to coast in ninety nine years. Millions will don special glasses or witness through pinhole projectors. Eclipse enthusiasts say totality never disappoints.
NPR’s Richard Harris on the dangers of muddy science
Harris says science is hard, and there are a lot of ways to get it wrong – sometimes with dangerous consequences.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci
The best-selling biographer says that while we can’t be Albert Einstein or Master Isaac Newton, we can all attempt to be more like da Vinci. “We can attempt to be nosey — playfully nosey and inquisitive, which was his ultimate trait,” he said.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on presidential character and temperament
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian says a skill of history “tames” presidents, and is essential for successful leadership.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America
The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker examines the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and wished to know what had happened?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Reclaiming the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise
A conversation about our public discourse and the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise.
Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world
The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a fresh novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
America’s history of impeaching presidents
An historian, a political scientist and NPR legal affairs reporter Nina Totenberg explain the presidential impeachment process, and our past two practices: the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Being Muslim and American in 2017
Insights into the varied practices of Muslims in America, from a son of Afghani refugees who works for the Department of Homeland Security, and the daughter of Pakistani immigrants who founded an organization called Safe Nation Collaborative.
MPR News Presents, Minnesota Public Radio News
MPR News Presents
Speeches, documentaries and debates, weekdays from noon to one p.m.
How voter fraud and voter suppression shaped the nation
Federal investigations of possible voter fraud are underway. In this scene of Truth, Politics and Power, former NPR host Neal Conan probes the history of voting rights, voter fraud and the current investigations.
Labor Day special: The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviewed working people about their jobs and their lives, which became the best-selling book “Working.”
MPR Day at the State Fair: How well do you know Minnesota?
Cathy Wurzer of Minnesota Public Radio News and Sean McPherson of The Current host MPR Day at the Minnesota State Fair, on stage at Dan Patch Park with a news quiz featuring local celebrities.
Aspen Ideas Festival: David Brooks on the ‘annunciation moments’ in life
David Brooks’ annual Aspen Ideas Festival Lecture: “The 2nd Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life.”
Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization and ‘The Big Sort’
Bill Bishop says some of our political polarization comes from the fact that we’re ideologically inbred — we don’t know, can’t understand and can slightly conceive of people who live just a few miles away.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks on race in America
The fresh president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson speaks and answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about race in America. He titled his talk, “Beyond Charlottesville.”
Climate One: Tesla and the future of cars
A fresh program from the Commonwealth Club’s “Climate One” series about electrical cars, autonomous vehicles and the eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Cathy Wurzer hosts TPT’s Almanac at MPR State Fair Booth
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT’s Almanac co-host Eric Eskola at the MPR State Fair booth for a live noon hour broadcast.
Aspen Ideas Festival: When colorblindness renders me invisible to you
Former NPR host Michele Norris moderated a discussion about race, inequality and the future of democracy at this summer’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Is chance and social mobility still possible in America?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Are the founding fathers overrated?
David Rubenstein asks, and attempts to reaction, the question, “Are the Founding Fathers overrated?” He says they were talented and courageous people, who deserve all the credit they get for putting the country together and creating a durable constitution. but they could not figure out a way to deal with America’s fattest original defect: slavery.
Truth, Politics and Power: A North Korea update
The U.S. and South Korea this week commenced computer-simulated military drills designed to prepare for a possible war with a nuclear-capable North Korea. Former NPR host Neal Conan studies the diplomatic and military situation with a former negotiator, a former high level Pentagon official and a historian.
Listen live to NPR special: solar eclipse across America
Monday, August 21st the solar eclipse will darken the skies along a path from Oregon to South Carolina. It’s the very first eclipse that will be seen from coast to coast in ninety nine years. Millions will don special glasses or see through pinhole projectors. Eclipse enthusiasts say totality never disappoints.
NPR’s Richard Harris on the dangers of dirty science
Harris says science is hard, and there are a lot of ways to get it wrong – sometimes with dangerous consequences.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Walter Isaacson on how we can be more like da Vinci
The best-selling biographer says that while we can’t be Albert Einstein or Tormentor Isaac Newton, we can all attempt to be more like da Vinci. “We can attempt to be nosey — playfully nosey and inquisitive, which was his ultimate trait,” he said.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on presidential character and temperament
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian says a skill of history “tames” presidents, and is essential for successful leadership.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America
The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker studies the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and dreamed to know what had happened?
Aspen Ideas Festival: Reclaiming the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise
A conversation about our public discourse and the democratic virtues of moderation, civility and compromise.
Thread Book Hour: Authors take on American empathy and the edge of the world
The Thread features a conversation with novelist Stephanie Powell Watts about race, class and life in small-town America. Plus, hear from the author of a fresh novel about a quarter-life crisis at the South Pole.
America’s history of impeaching presidents
An historian, a political scientist and NPR legal affairs reporter Nina Totenberg explain the presidential impeachment process, and our past two practices: the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Being Muslim and American in 2017
Insights into the varied practices of Muslims in America, from a son of Afghani refugees who works for the Department of Homeland Security, and the daughter of Pakistani immigrants who founded an organization called Safe Nation Collaborative.