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MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the National Parks

Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the National Parks

We mark today's centennial of the National Park Service with a talk by historian Douglas Brinkley, who has written books about the two presidents he thinks have had the biggest impact on conservation in America: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR said, "there's nothing more American than the National Parks."

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'

An Aspen Lecture by Adam Grant, author of "Originals." He shares the most important things he's learned about the people who come up with new ideas, speak up, and speak out of turn. And why there's danger in intuition and the lessons of experience. Some ideas on how to be original, and how to unleash it in others around you.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Andy Stern calls for 'Universal Basic Income'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Andy Stern calls for 'Universal Basic Income'

The idea pitched this hour is that the job market disruptions we see in the economy may not be temporary, and the best way to provide a shock-absorber to individual Americans is to just give them money. Andy Stern is out with a new book proposing a universal basic income, it's titled "Raising the Floor."

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'Bought and Sold: The New Fight Against Teen Sex Trafficking'

'Bought and Sold: The New Fight Against Teen Sex Trafficking'

An APM Reports American RadioWorks documentary on sex trafficking looks at what's being done in Minnesota and other parts of the country to help young victims and crack down on traffickers and buyers.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on America's conscience

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on America's conscience

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says America has lost its conscience, and leaves too many people behind with little hope and opportunity. He's calling for an economic and moral transformation and says there must be a balance between corporate profit and social impact.

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David Simon of 'The Wire' on police work and crime

David Simon of 'The Wire' on police work and crime

A Chautauqua Lecture by David Simon, the former Baltimore police reporter who produced the hit television shows "The Wire" and "Homicide: Life on the Street." He says the arrest of non-violent drug offenders has led to mistrust of police, which has caused information to dry up, with the result that murderers don't end up in prison.

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APM Reports: Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education

APM Reports: Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education

Advocates of liberal arts programs say their graduates are still among the most likely to become leaders, and that a healthy democracy depends on citizens with a broad and deep education.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Do We Need to Rescue the Humanities?

Aspen Ideas Festival: Do We Need to Rescue the Humanities?

An Aspen Ideas Festival discussion about the purpose of a college education. The president of Harvard is an historian, and she says the declining prestige of the humanities is a cultural crisis in America. Drew Gilpin Faust quotes Picasso, who said "computers are useless. They only give you answers."

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Hear Hillary Clinton's economic policy speech in Michigan

Hear Hillary Clinton's economic policy speech in Michigan

Hillary Clinton said her plan offers economic opportunity and good-paying jobs, and she said, "In America, if you can dream it, you should be able to build it." Donald Trump's economic speech aired Tuesday, today, it's Hillary Clinton.

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