MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

IQ2 debate: Tech companies, private data and law enforcement
A new debate from the Intelligence Squared series. Four experts debate if tech companies should help law enforcement gain access to your private digital data. Perhaps it could prevent or solve crimes, or protect national security. But isn't personal data supposed to be private?
APM Reports: Thurgood Marshall Before the Court
Listen to an APM Reports documentary, "Thurgood Marshall Before the Court." Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court fifty years ago today, June 13, 1967, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
A history of the FBI and former American presidents
Exploring the relationship between the FBI and past presidents in U.S. history: A constitutional lawyer and two historians share their insights - they also take a look at President Truman's dramatic firing of General Douglas MacArthur.
Documentary: 'Little War on the Prairie'
Although Mankato native and former MPR reporter and documentary producer John Biewen grew up in Mankato, he heard next to nothing about the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 during his childhood there.
Thread Book Hour: Eddie Glaude Jr. on what it means to be American
Part 2: Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. explores that it means to be American, in conversation with MPR's Kerri Miller for the "Thread" book series. He's the author of "Democracy in Black."
Thread Book Hour: Eddie Glaude Jr. explores what it means to be American
Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. explores that it means to be American, in conversation with MPR's Kerri Miller for the "Thread" book series. He's the author of "Democracy in Black."
Dr. Vivek Murthy says emotional health key to physical health
Some health advice from the outgoing Surgeon General. Dr. Vivek Murthy says our emotional well-being is central to our physical health, and if we're not emotionally well, our educational achievement, workplace productivity and civic engagement are all imperiled.
Who says religion and politics don't belong in polite conversation?
There are two subjects etiquette rules say we shouldn't talk about in polite conversation: religion and politics. But political science professor Amy Black of Wheaton College says it's both valuable and essential to discuss our political and religious world views.