An enormous flood in 1927 shaped national politics and changed the way Americans think about the size and role of government. Neal Conan explores the role of the Army Corps of Engineers, the national flood insurance program, and the secret history of FEMA.
Some of the nation's foremost historians, journalists, veterans and presidential advisers were convened at the JFK Presidential Library in Boston to discuss the lessons and legacy of the Vietnam War.
Three doctors and a public health expert debate the motion, "The U.S. health care system is terminally broken." Do we need to design tomorrow's health care on a clean slate, or can the current system be jolted back to life?
Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly founded an organization to reduce gun violence, called "Americans for Responsible Solutions." Kelly says we must stand up to fear and reclaim American values.
Today is the opening day of the Supreme Court's fall term. Harvard law and history professor Annette Gordon-Reed is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and this hour in a Chautauqua Lecture she explores the origins, and the evolution, of the nation's highest court.
A talk by longtime Marvin Companies executive Susan Marvin. The company is headquartered in Warroad, six miles from the Canadian border, and Susan Marvin believes it's important to keep a healthy and vital rural America.
After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, scientists are looking at the connection between warming oceans, rising sea levels and other factors that are contributing to the intensity of storms. Are there human fingerprints on the recent hurricanes?
Some historical context for the troubled relationship between the United States and Iran. Former NPR host Neal Conan and several experts explore the conflict in this "Truth Politics and Power" feature.