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MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

Ellen Fitzpatrick on 'The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency'

Ellen Fitzpatrick on 'The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency'

The 2016 campaign of Hillary Clinton marks the latest in a string of two hundred women who have tried for the top office in the land, starting with a campaign back in 1872. Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells us how the campaigns of Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Chase Smith and Shirley Chisholm can inform this year's election.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Vice President Joe Biden

Aspen Ideas Festival: Vice President Joe Biden

Biden urges politicians to speak clearly to the fears and aspirations of Americans and says our politics are more divided than our people are.

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MPR documentary: 'The Politics of Joy: A Radio Remembrance of Hubert Humphrey'

MPR documentary: 'The Politics of Joy: A Radio Remembrance of Hubert Humphrey'

The last time the Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia, it was 1948 and young Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey pleaded for a civil rights plank in the Democratic platform. He asked the party to "walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." You can hear his words in an MPR documentary, "The Politics of Joy: A Radio Remembrance of Hubert Humphrey."

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Vermont Public Radio documentary: 'Becoming Bernie: The Rise and Record of Bernie Sanders'

Vermont Public Radio documentary: 'Becoming Bernie: The Rise and Record of Bernie Sanders'

The life and politics of Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The program from Vermont Public Radio is called "Becoming Bernie: The Rise and Record of Bernie Sanders." It explores his childhood growing up in New York and his political activism during college and throughout his adult life.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: First lady Laura Bush on empowering women and girls

Aspen Ideas Festival: First lady Laura Bush on empowering women and girls

Former first lady Laura Bush talks about her work to educate and empower women and girls in Afghanistan, Egypt and Tunisia. Mrs. Bush says when half a country's population is left out, it's a failed country. She spoke at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival along with Mina Sherzoy, the founder of the Afghan Women's Business Federation.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: David Gergen on 'The Type of President We Need Next'

Aspen Ideas Festival: David Gergen on 'The Type of President We Need Next'

David Gergen has advised four presidents of both parties and he was invited to the Aspen Ideas Festival to answer the question, "What Type of President Do We Need Next?" Gergen says we need somebody we can trust, who has good judgment, a sense of history and a vision for the future.

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APM Reports documentary, 'Campaign '68'

APM Reports documentary, 'Campaign '68'

An APM documentary about a presidential campaign that was marked by surprising turns, tragic violence and a momentous outcome. The 1968 presidential campaign was shaped by an unpopular war and by fractious race relations. Donald Trump's advisors say he's looking to Richard Nixon's 1968 speeches for insights. Hear the "Campaign '68" documentary produced in 2008 by Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Stephen Carter on 'Democracy in Danger'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Stephen Carter on 'Democracy in Danger'

From the Aspen Ideas Festival: "Democracy in Danger: Bumper Stickers, Tweets, and Our Worrisome Love for Simplicity." Stephen Carter believes we need fewer slogans and more deliberation, empathy, critical thinking, and the ability to listen to opinions and facts that challenge our own views.

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Chautauqua: Civil rights protests then and now

Chautauqua: Civil rights protests then and now

A discussion about the ways Black Lives Matter compares to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. The pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and a young activist appeared at the Chautauqua Institution along with two older people who shared their view of the sixties-- civil rights leader Andrew Young and LBJ aide Bill Moyers.

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