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MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

American RadioWorks documentary: Teaching Teachers

American RadioWorks documentary: Teaching Teachers

Research shows that good teaching makes a big difference in how much kids learn. Is there an effective system for training new teachers and helping them get better on the job? An American RadioWorks documentary looks at what it would take to improve American teaching.

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American RadioWorks documentary: The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century

American RadioWorks documentary: The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century

In this American RadioWorks documentary, we hear from students about why they chose to attend one of the 'Historically Black Colleges and Universities,' and we travel to an HBCU that's in the process of reinventing itself wholesale.

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Dan Olson's 'Minnesota Sounds and Voices' special

Dan Olson's 'Minnesota Sounds and Voices' special

This audio sample offers assorted highlights from Dan Olson's "Minnesota Sounds and Voices" series, which features tales from around the state.

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Gary Eichten hosts Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the State Fair

Gary Eichten hosts Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the State Fair

Longtime MPR host Gary Eichten hosts US Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on "MPR Day" in Carousel Park at the Minnesota State Fair. She talked about her new memoir, "The Senator Next Door," and answered questions about the major issues of the day.

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Robert Redford and Maureen Dowd at JFK Library

Robert Redford's newest movie, "A Walk in the Woods" opened this week, and the 79 year old Redford tells Maureen Dowd of the New York Times he had hoped to make the movie with his old friend Paul Newman. Hear Robert Redford on his movie career, the media, the role of sports in society, environmental politics and a lot more.

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GOP So. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at the National Press Club

GOP So. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at the National Press Club

South Carolina's Republican Governor Nikki Haley is the youngest governor in the nation, and that state's first female and first minority governor. She titled her National Press Club talk, "The New American South" and answered questions on a wide range of issues including education, immigration, racism and guns.

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Documentary: Examining the Nuclear Deal with Iran

Documentary: Examining the Nuclear Deal with Iran

Documentary from the America Abroad series. An in-depth look at the Iran nuclear deal and a review of ten years of negotiations with Iran. You'll hear from Obama and Bush administration negotiators and from people in Tehran and Tel Aviv.

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Dr. Sheri Fink: 'Five Days at Memorial,' during Katrina

Dr. Sheri Fink: 'Five Days at Memorial,' during Katrina

Physician Sheri Fink gives a 2014 Chautauqua Lecture about her book, "Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital." Dr. Fink won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the hospital workers and patients struggling to survive after Hurricane Katrina devasted New Orleans in late August 2005.

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MPR forum: Latinos and education

MPR forum: Latinos and education

Chris Farrell and Alberto Monserrate co-host a discussion about education and Latinos. Teachers and students all over Minnesota are headed back to school this week and next. What's working, and what lessons can we all learn about how best to teach all of Minnesota's children?

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Aspen Ideas Festival: How useful is medical screening?

Aspen Ideas Festival: How useful is medical screening?

Is early detection of diseases like cancer always a good thing? Is it worth the fear, anxiety, false alarms, and possible over-diagnosis? Two doctors at the Aspen Ideas Festival say there's not just a dollar cost, but a human cost. And they say it's important to find the cancers that actually matter.

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