MPR News Presents

June 29, 2015 1:45 PM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Inside the Affordable Care Act

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News moderates a panel about Obamacare featuring Nancy-Ann DeParle, a former head of Medicare and Medicaid and President Obama's health care advisor, and lawyer and journalist Steven Brill, author of the best-selling book, "America's Bitter Pill."

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 26, 2015 12:00 PM

Documentary explores the brain, neuroscience research

Scientists and engineers are bringing us closer to an understanding of how the brain works, and why it works the way it does.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 25, 2015 1:45 PM

Chris Farrell and MIA's Kaywin Feldman on the creative economy

Chris Farrell's "Conversations on the Creative Economy" series continues with Kaywin Feldman, director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She shares her thoughts about the arts, vision, creativity, and the role of museums in our lives and the fabric of our community.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 24, 2015 3:00 PM

American RadioWorks documentary: Remembering Jim Crow

For much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and walled off from many of the rights they deserved as American citizens. Until well into the 1960s, segregation was legal. The system was called Jim Crow. In this documentary, Americans-- black and white--remember life in the Jim Crow times.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 23, 2015 1:45 PM

EPA chief Gina McCarthy pushes clean power agenda

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy says every time the EPA has moved ahead with environmental regulations, the result has been a healthier environment and economic growth. She agrees with the Pope that we have a moral obligation to do something to protect the air and water and to combat climate change.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 22, 2015 2:55 PM

American RadioWorks documentary: The New Face of College

Today's college students are more likely to be older, working class, and ethnically diverse than in the past. Colleges must figure out how to serve these students, or they won't have students to serve.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 19, 2015 1:50 PM

The Really Big Questions: Why do humans tell stories?

Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E. O. Wilson talks about humans' unique instinct for storytelling. And psychologists say reading stories isn't just pleasurable, it make us more empathetic. Why do we tell stories? From The Really Big Questions series, with host Dean Olsher: What's Your Story?

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 18, 2015 1:45 PM

Charles Murray on restoring freedom and liberty

Libertarian political scientist Charles Murray says he wants the "Madisonians" to engage in civil disobedience to restore freedom in America. He spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book, "By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission."

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 17, 2015 1:45 PM

Listen: Garrison Keillor ruminates on making America better

The host of A Prairie Home Companion suggests 16 things that would improve the country.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

June 16, 2015 1:45 PM

Intelligence Squared debate on gay marriage

A debate from the Intelligence Squared series: The Equal Protection Clause does not require states to license same-sex marriages. FOR: John Eastman and Sherif Girgis. AGAINST: Evan Wolfson and Kenji Yoshino

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.