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MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

'Climate One' series: Water World

'Climate One' series: Water World

The Commonwealth Club of California's "Climate One" series produced a program that features experts on water conservation, supply and quality.

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Former ambassador Jon Huntsman on US-China relations

Former ambassador Jon Huntsman on US-China relations

A Twin Cities speech by former US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman. The former Utah governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate addressed the Hendrickson Forum at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. Huntsman says China plays the long game--the really long game-- and the US plays the short game. There are lessons each can learn from the other.

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Big Question: 'Why haven't we closed the achievement gap?'

Big Question: 'Why haven't we closed the achievement gap?'

A broadcast from the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts "Big Questions" series. The question this time is "Why haven't we closed the achievement gap?" Education commissioner Brenda Cassellius, Mitch Pearlstein of the Center of the American Experiment and Catherine Squires of the U of M discuss why so many things have been tried, but the gap continues to persist.

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MPR News Special Report: Opioid abuse epidemic

MPR News Special Report: Opioid abuse epidemic

Stories of the people affected by the opioid epidemic, and MPR News hosts Cathy Wurzer and Tom Crann interview Minnesota experts. One of the most staggering aspects of the epidemic is that, for many, drug abuse starts with legal painkillers. MPR reporter Jon Collins is the reporter and producer of this special report.

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Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston's economic views

Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston's economic views

Economists Louis Johnston and Chris Farrell team up to discuss the state of the economy, in an event moderated by longtime MPR host Gary Eichten. Farrell and Johnston say the economy is basically healthy and going in the right direction, but the "distribution of well-being" isn't very good.

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Minn. police chiefs hear about implicit bias in policing

Minn. police chiefs hear about implicit bias in policing

Psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff told the Minnesota chiefs of police that bigotry is alive and well, but that isn't the whole story. He says racism in police work is about actions and behavior, not motives or character. He offered an examination of what's called "implicit bias." Goff is a psychology professor, visiting scholar at Harvard, and founder of the Center for Policing Equity. He spoke April 18, 2016 at the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association Executive Training Institute in St. Cloud, Minn.

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Documentary about Flint water crisis: 'Not Safe to Drink'

Documentary about Flint water crisis: 'Not Safe to Drink'

On April 25, 2014 Flint, Michigan's water supply was switched from Detroit to the Flint River, to save money. Dangerous levels of lead contamination resulted. A Michigan Radio documentary explains how the situation unfolded. It's called "Not Safe to Drink."

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Jonathan Foley on food, water and the global environment

Jonathan Foley on food, water and the global environment

On Earth Day, and the first day of MPR's Water Month, global scientist Jonathan Foley gives a Chautauqua Lecture on the ways our current system of food production damages water and the environment, and discusses his controversial National Geographic cover story. Formerly of the U of M, Foley is now head of the California Academy of Sciences.

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Prince remembered

Prince remembered

Prince program begins after about 15 minutes. Minneapolis pop music superstar Prince died today at the age of 57. Tom Weber hosts, with Bill Wareham of MPR News and Jim McGuinn of The Current.

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